Holiday Shopping Guide
Holiday shopping in Long Beach is full of good cheer! In our guide, find gift ideas for your pets, stocking stuffers, ornaments, and even a gift guide from our local museums and attractions. Support the local small businesses and shopping districts that make Long Beach special.
Local Gifts Your Pets Will Dig
We all know we don’t deserve pets. They do so much for us: calming us down, cracking us up, many times providing a furry shoulder for us to lean on. How can we ever repay that kind of companionship? Well Long Beach, a town known for dog beaches and cat lounges, has plenty of places where you can pick up holiday gifts of all types and flavors to say thanks to our furry, feathery and scaly friends.
Long Beach Museum Gift Guide
For holiday gifts that celebrate Long Beach arts and culture, why not shop in our local museum gift stores? Delight friends and loved ones with gifts from the Aquarium of the Pacific, historic Ranchos, and world-class art museums. We have selected a few of our favorite things from these shops to help you artfully check off the loved ones on your gift-giving list.
Uniquely Long Beach Stocking Stuffers
For many, the gifts you find in your stocking rival or surpass the ones left under the tree. There’s something extra special, extra magical about these little gems, these stocking stuffers. From candy to candles, card games to coffee cups, here’s a few places you can find stocking stuffers that will really sock it to them.
8 Uniquely Long Beach Boutiques and Shops
One-of-a-kind? Check. Whether you’re looking for quirky, specialty, or hand-spun local, you’re sure to score lovely finds in Long Beach. It often takes a little digging to unearth cool shopping experiences, so here’s a hit list of where to go in our city to fill your shopping bag with thoughtful gifts, offbeat souvenirs, authentic crafts, and rare treasures.
Shop Small Saturday in Long Beach
Small Business Saturday, Nov. 29, falls between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and serves as a great reminder to support local shops and the amazing people who make them special. Long Beach is full of creative boutiques and neighborhood gems, many of which will offer special deals just for the day. Shopping locally matters: about $68 of every $100 spent at local businesses stays in the community. So visit one of Long Beach’s great shopping districts—or all of them—and see why shopping small is such a big deal.
Long Beach Shopping Districts
Not surprisingly, Long Beach’s many shopping districts reflect the city itself: diverse, distinct and a lot of fun. Some feature a vintage vibe, others are laid back, but all share a commitment to local merchants and artisans while offering lots of entertaining options, including exceptional food, drink and desserts. Check out these popular areas to shop and stroll.
Antique Shopping in Long Beach
If the term “antiques” conjures up images of grandma’s attic and dusty, somewhat creepy objects and ephemera, imagine this: boutiques, stores and swap meets chock full of fun furnishings, funky clothes and all manner of interesting, one-of-a-kind items, from kitschy to classic. That and a lot more is what antiques mean in Long Beach, a curated sea of different eras and styles, a serious collection that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Have a look!
Long Beach Thrift Shops
For those of us who love combing through racks for fashion treasures, decorating our homes with vintage pieces, or seeking out great finds for low prices, thrifting can be both a pastime and a passion. Here are some of our favorite thrift stores in Long Beach, which also support worthy causes.
