Istart thinking about holiday gifting probably earlier than most do; the best gifts for mom question looms large in my mind—in part, because of the nature of my job, which requires me and colleagues to think about beauty gift sets and Advent calendars in the middle of summer; but also because my own mother lives 3,650 miles away from me in Belgium, and like any good Italian daughter, I could never go back home empty-handed. My mom, like most mother figures, is particular about what she likes, but the way to her heart is, more often than not, a black and white beribboned box with a camellia on top. (The way to my heart is a bottle of olive oil.)

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