The holiday are a - coming and you know what that means : Someone will be compose a gift inclination . No , not Santa — Oprah ! This is the 20th twelvemonth ofOprah ’s Favorite Things , an annual list of must - have present , part curated by mega - famous person Oprah Winfrey . This year ’s 102 - item selection , include clothing , kitchenware , food for thought and beauty goods , with an accent on the comfortable and unique .
Winfrey ’s gift list was first publicize in a 1990s instalment of " The Oprah Winfrey Show . " It became instantly popular when she told knocked out hearing members that they would each be receivingall the itemson that initiative list . Soon , the episode became must - watch goggle box every November .
Now " The Oprah Winfrey Show " is go , but the leaning lives on . This year ’s endowment assemblage is discussed in a late episode ofThe Daily Zeitgeist , a podcast hosted by Jack O’Brien and Miles Gray . Guest carbon monoxide gas - innkeeper , show producer Anna Hossnieh , dissects the list with Jack and Miles .
The trey note a pot of the items are on the dear side , running about $ 100 . Not a self-aggrandising wad for a billionaire like Winfrey , but not necessarily manageable for many citizenry . Anna peculiarly likes the emu women ’s Mayberry slider , a plush piece of footwear craft from Australian sheepskin ( $ 60 ) . Jack is partial to the chickenhearted leaf double sack ( $ 199 ) that can sustain up to 400 pounds " or one American . "
Other gift include an comfortable - to - grow Olea europaea tree ; a women ’s bonnet - neck " snuggle lounger " and a $ 50box of blueberries . ( The latter , it must be noted , are organic dotty berry glean in Maine and then frozen within 24 hours of their harvest.)Pricesfor Oprah ’s Favorite Things range from $ 0 ( free downloads of her Super Soul Conversations podcast ) to a $ 2,000 television set .
Many of the gifts , which are easily useable on Amazon , are already selling out . That , the hosts say , is likely due to the"Oprah Effect . “This phrase look up to the fact that people who seem on " The Oprah Winfrey Show , " or whose products are endorsed by her , often find straightaway success later on .
" Toni Morrison … said she got a larger cost increase being on Oprah ’s Holy Writ listing than she did from deliver the goods a f***ing Nobel plunder , " says Miles .
The hosts also discuss whether the great unwashed yield Oprah to get on her natural endowment list . read Anna , " I do n’t think so . I think [ the item ] are given to her for free . I think the whole conception of just getting on that list is enough . "
Counters Jack , " There is no way a billionaire is encourage another ’s merchandise without getting a cut of meat … She ’s not putting something on there [ the list ] she does n’t like , but there ’s no style anyone will convince me she ’s not get money . "
Actually , most of the detail on the list are discover by Gayle King , editor - at - large of O , the Oprah Magazine and Adam Glassman , the cartridge holder ’s originative director , although Winfrey make the final decisions . Glassmantold the Associated Pressthat Oprah always challenges them " to find some newfangled brands , some indie brand , mum - and - pappa variety of brands . "
While many gifts in the guide are useful , grand or challenging , others are , well , eldritch . Do you really desire a lampblack of fatwood ardor - fledgeling joint ? Tinware mugs ? A battery - operated toothbrush ? Those five pounds of organic blueberries ?
It likely does n’t matter . Even if you do n’t want them , someone else in all likelihood will . It ’s the Oprah Effect , after all .
