The Grand Rapids Holiday Shopping Guide 2025 recommends local gifts, with a focus on experience-based presents. The guide suggests options such as fitness classes, crafting workshops, or lift tickets instead of traditional boxed gifts. These experiences are presented as ways to create shared activities among family and friends.
The guide highlights the importance of supporting local businesses. It notes that buying from local entrepreneurs, chefs, and artists helps maintain the Grand Rapids community. Shopping locally is described as a way to benefit both recipients and the local economy.
For shoppers looking for ideas, the guide provides a list of experience gifts and physical items from Grand Rapids merchants. The guide states that these gifts can help reduce clutter and offer enjoyment beyond the holiday season…