Top 10 Holiday Gifts from Monticello's 2024 Catalog

by Stephanie Fox, David Hay, and Beth Sawyer - October 22, 2024

#1 - Monticello Botanical Winter Soaps

Bars of a variety of botanical winter soaps arranged on a table

Treat yourself or a loved one with Monticello's exclusive refreshing botanical soap gift set. Each bar is made in the USA with a French-milled technique and individually wrapped with holiday motifs in a lovely gift-box. Fragrances include fresh holly, winterberry, pine, cranberry, peppermint, and mistletoe.

#2 - Book Quote Ornament

Cloth ornament shaped to look like a row of books and embroidered with different colored fabric and thread

Thomas Jefferson's famous quote to John Adams, "I cannot live without books" is embroidered on our book ornament. Red, beige, and green-gold embroidered fabric is richly detailed with light-catching metallic cording. Handmade ornament is 4"h x 3 ½"w.

#3 - Monticello Evergreen and Orange Candle

Large orange jar candle burning next to oranges studded with cloves

Featuring refreshing aromas of mandarin, orange zest, bergamot, cinnamon, clover bud, nutmeg, allspice, and vanilla bean, our hand-poured candle is clean burning and made with blended paraffin wax for optimum fragrance strength.

#4 - Monticello Book Quote Pillow

Cloth pillow embroidered with historic quote

In a letter to John Adams in 1815, Thomas Jefferson wrote the often-quoted phrase, "I cannot live without books." This cotton pillow with a cream back is embroidered with this famous quotation and is the perfect gift for a book-lover in your life. Measures 8" x 12".

#5 - Historic Figures Ornament Set

Small cloth ornaments of Colonial and Revolutionary historic figures

Figures from Jefferson's time are depicted in these World Fair Trade ornaments made by hand using the centuries-old method of zardozi embroidery. Set of 9.

#6 - Honey Skin Care Set

Bottles of skin care products arranged by fabric gift bag

Made with honey collected from Monticello’s beehives, our gift-bagged honey skin care set includes luxurious 16 oz. body scrub, 16 oz. hand soap, 16 oz. lotion, 8 oz. body butter, 6 oz. bar soap and lip balm. Made in the U.S.A.

#7 - Hot and Spicy Gift Bag

Burlap tote bag next to spicy peanuts, bloody Mary mix, and hot sauce.

This gift bag includes a 16 oz. Bloody Mary mix made from Monticello grown garden tomatoes; a 5 -oz. artisanal hot sauce made with Monticello grown heirloom peppers and honey; and a 9 oz. can of spicy Virginia peanuts.

#8 - Monticello Men's Body Care Set

Bottles of body care product by cloth gift bag

This body care collection for men features an assortment of body care essentials with a fresh, invigorating scent. Enriched with shea and cocoa butter, the five-piece set includes bar soap, three-in-one shampoo, shower, and shave formula, body scrub, shea butter lotion, and a fragrance-free beeswax lip balm. Made in U.S.A.

#9 - Salted Roasted Virginia Peanuts

If you've never had Virginia peanuts before, you'll be amazed at their large size, freshness, and crunchy texture. Our peanuts are cooked in pure peanut oil and lightly salted to maintain their distinctive flavor and healthy qualities - perfect for cocktail or anytime snacking. 40 oz. tin.

#10 - Seed Packet Box with Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

Seed box with packets of seeds, carrots, and garden shears on a table

Organize each season's seed packets in this ten-section, glass-lidded, rustic cedar box. We'll get you started with ten delicious historic vegetable varieties from the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.

Also Available While Supplies Last

Christmas tree ornament of Monticello decorated with wreaths with Christmas 2024 written in a scroll at the bottom

Check out our 2024 Monticello Ornament!

Live Nearby or Visiting Monticello?

Stop by the Shop at Monticello, located at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, and check out these favorite items for entertaining and gifting. The Shop is open every day Monticello welcomes visitors and is available to shoppers with no admission required.