The Best Gifts These 13 Celebs Have Ever Received

Alison Sweeney

Alison Sweeney, executive producer and star of Hallmark Channel’s movie Christmas at Holly Lodge, said the best gifts she ever received are "homemade gifts from my kids. One year they set up a ‘spa’ to give me a pedicure and a back rub. Of course, I kept their homemade gift certificates."

Dax Shepard

Dax Shepard had a hard time choosing the best gift because wife Kristen Bell's given him so many good ones.

"There's a monetary one and then there's the nice thing… One is when my father was dying in 2012, I was back and forth nonstop to Detroit, and I was home just before Christmas. I think it was getting more challenging than I was admitting to Kristen, and she somehow detected that while talking to me. And I had built this wheelchair ramp at his house and then I went back to the hospital, and I was in the parking lot and I called her because I kind of needed some support before I went back in there. And, as I was talking to her on the phone, I heard a knock at the window on my car, and I turned around and she was standing there talking to me. I thought she was in LA. She had flown on a red eye and had come to the hospital knowing I'd be there to surprise me. I think that's the kindest thing anyone's ever done," he said.

"But she also bought me a car that I wouldn't buy myself even though I kept saying, 'If I did this I'm going to buy this car… Oh, if we do a third Samsung commercial I'm going to buy this car…' And I just wouldn't buy myself this car. So she got me that. [It's a] E63 Twin Turbo V8 station wagon. It's the fastest station wagon in the world, and surely every dad should have one."

Brittany Snow

Pitch Perfect star Brittany Snow loves gifts from her nieces! "I hang out with them every Christmas and they always draw me amazing pictures and give me gifts and handmake things. Those are the best things because they’re my nieces and they’re my favorite people."

Carla Hall

Carla Hall says her husband is a really great gift giver. "He listens all year round so he has things that I’ve said, that I’ve talked about. It was a collection of books that I wanted. He gives me lots of little things. So, this collection of books that he gave me that I love."

Allison King

Thank You for Your Service star Allison King got her best gift when she was only 6 years old. "My dad got me a synthesizer," she said. "He set it all up on a stand on the side of the house and wound a piece of yarn all through the house like a maze. Christmas morning, I had to follow the yarn all over… and I mean all over the house: under, around and through furniture, in the cupboards. It was crazy fun. And it ended at my keyboard! I’ll never forget that morning. Thanks, Dad!"

Iliza Shlesinger

Iliza Shlesinger, comedian and author of the book Girl Logic, said her answer was "cheesy," but "it's the constant gift of realization and realizing that I'm lucky to have a happy, healthy and whole family around me. I know one day I won't and appreciate that I am realizing it now. Oh, also, my fiancé got me some cool sunglasses last year…that I lost and had to re-buy. So, yeah, family, and one time I gifted myself some sunglasses."

Tiffani Thiessen

Tiffani Thiessen — actress on the new Netflix series Alexa & Katie (premiering in March 2018), host and lifestyle blogger — likes sentimental gifts. "Homemade gifts are always a favorite of mine. From beautiful illustrated art from my husband to sweet works of art from my kids."

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto appreciates the simple things. "The best gift I've received is family time. It’s holiday season. For me to have family time is so important."

Jessica Morris

Jessica Morris, One Live to Live star and the lead in Amazon's new Ladies of the Lake, got a really great gift one year. "A friend of mine bought me a car. I was younger, just starting out as an actor and struggling financially. My car broke down and my friend/angel just bought me a new one."

Denise Boutte

Bouette, known for her role as Sasha Brown on Tyler Perry's hit series Meet the Browns says "unconditional love" is the best gift she's ever received.

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence, who just released a brand-new single and music video for "Christmas Time," said "My puppy Dakota, a golden retriever," was the best gift he ever received. We do call dogs man's best friend for a reason. 

Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Sterling, who is currently touring, just released her latest music video for "Angels We Have Heard on High" and partnered with Masterpass by Mastercard to provide gifts for first responders in Houston. She said, “I was obsessed with the Ty beanie babies, and for Christmas that year my parents got my sister and I a box full of Ty beanie babies. The way I freaked out when I pulled the giraffe beanie baby, you would have thought someone had brought me a real one.”

The best gift she's ever given? "My family and I like to adopt a family that can't afford Christmas and buy them Christmas gifts. Similar to what we did in my latest music video by buying gifts for the first responders in Houston, we purchase the gifts using Masterpass by Mastercard."

Jessica Meraz

Mama knows best, according to Major Crimes star Jessica Merraz. She said she loves "anything my mom gets me. She knows what I want before I do. Earrings, purses, clothes!"