The best gifts to buy for the culture obsessive in your life

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TIFF bucket hat

Bucket hats are back, baby. Earn cool points by gifting the fashion fan in your life with this pastel tie-dye piece that will show they have taste in both haberdashery and film. $30, shop.tiff.net

Aga Khan Museum mug

You could spend a whole afternoon browsing the shop at this museum where the goodies are just as great as the art. Enliven a family member’s breakfast table with this beautiful cobalt mug, which features a lovely line drawing of the museum itself. $30, shop.agakhanmuseum.org

Black Belt Cinema shirt

Brandom Lim runs popular local film series Black Belt Cinema, billed as the “world’s leading cinema of self-defense,” which shows a knock-out variety of kung-fu flicks and cheesy action movies. Lim designs the covet-worthy merch himself, selling his colourful, detail-packed retro shirts at screenings and via Instagram (a Shopify store is coming soon). Picking which one to purchase is as tough as the Little Dragon himself. $20 to $45, @blackbeltcinema

Crow’s Theatre candle

This east-end theatre has some of the coolest merch in town, but we’re most enamoured of this Uncle Vanya-inspired gift-ready candle made in collaboration with the nearby Real Talk Candles, emblazoned with the lovely Chekhov quote, “live the life you have, friends — not the one you don’t” (which is exactly the energy you want to help loved ones bring into 2024). $25, crowstheatre.com

Flying Books tote

Flying Books got their moniker because “to read is to take flight,” as a great book can transport you to other realms and new planes. Gift the publisher’s tote to a bibliophile in your life so they can tug their trove of reads around town in style. $25, flyingbooks.ca

Horseshoe Tavern bandana

We’ve all spent an evening rocking out at the Horseshoe Tavern, one of Toronto’s oldest and most beloved music venues. Give this to your friend who still goes to shows all the time so they can mop their brow with it after a particularly serious dance or mosh session (or even tie it around their pup’s neck in a jaunty fashion). $15, horseshoetavern.com