Celebrate the season with this Friends Holiday Gift Guide of 2022
By Joel Leonard
It’s been off the air for almost two decades, but Friends is still one of the most popular sitcoms in the world. People watch and rewatch the show, quoting their favorite episodes while enjoying the stories of six, twenty-somethings trying to make it in the big city.
So, for your Friends obsessed friends, here is a rundown of the perfect gifts you can get them this holiday season to let them know that you’ll be there for them.
9. Friends LEGO set
Friends lives on in LEGO form. With over a thousand pieces, you can build the world of Friends with this set that features the Central Perk coffee house set.
The set, priced at $59.99 includes minifigs for all six cast members as well as one extra for Gunther. The set goes into great detail with plenty of tiny references and details in the background of the coffee shop that the cast frequented for ten years.
BUY: Amazon
8. Crap Bag bag
He didn’t appear until the ninth season, but in many ways, Mike became the unofficial seventh Friend, when he began to date Phoebe and won his way into our hearts. It doesn’t hurt that he was played by a young Paul Rudd who looks suspiciously like a current day Paul Rudd.
Mike was able to hold his own with the rest of the gang, but his shining moment was when he decided to change his name to Crap Bag. First name: Crap.
Last name: Bag. To celebrate his temporary new name, you too can have a crap bag named Crap Bag for $13.99.
It’s a bag for all your crap, complete with official Friends font.
BUY: Amazon
7. Stuffed Capuchin
Some would say that the seventh friend of the cast was Mike, but we really know that in the early days of the series, the seventh friend was Marcel, the pet monkey that belonged to Ross. You can get your own stuffed capuchin monkey to sit on your shoulder and sing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” to.
Who wouldn’t want this cuddly capuchin priced at $13.99?
BUY: Amazon
6. Friends Funko Pops!
Of course, there are Funko Pop versions of the friends, but at this point you can take your pick as to which version of each character you would want. You can get Cowboy Joey, or Monica with the turkey head.
There are Funko Pops featuring characters in costume from the Halloween episodes, and characters with their 80s hair from the flashback episodes. Plus, if you’ve got the whole set and you still want more.
There’s always a Gunther Pop as well. Prices vary, with some in the more affordable range and others not so much.
BUY: Amazon
5. Hugsy Penguin
Joey’s favorite toy can be yours now! Priced at $35.89, the Hugsy stuffed penguin that Joey and Emma fought over in one episode can now join the rest of your stuffed animal collection.
Complete with hat goggles and scarf, you will see why Joey had such a hard time sharing. He’ll look adorable snuggled in any Christmas stocking!
BUY: Amazon
4. Friends Trivia Games
For the person who is the number one fan of Friends and wants to prove it, there are plenty of trivia games out there so you can be the best of the best. You have the classic Friends trivia games for $19.99 as well as the Friends edition of Trivial Pursuit for $20.29.
For those who might be more artistically inclined, a drawing themed party game is an option as well priced at $9.30. Gather your friends and family and make your game night one worthy for the record books!
BUY: Amazon
3. Picture frame
There is probably no image more representative of the series Friends than the iconic picture frame that hung around the peephole in Monica’s apartment. The frame, priced at $18.99, was seen in the final shot of the last episode as the series came to a close.
Now you can have a replica of that exact frame. Use it to frame a picture of a treasured memory or put it on your own door for a peephole decoration.
BUY: Amazon
2. HBO Max subscription
While Friends seems to have found new life when it was available to watch on Netflix, these days the series is streaming on HBO Max along with the Friends Reunion special that was taped for the streaming service. Help your friend who needs to keep their HBO Max subscription alive so they can do the yearly binge of all ten seasons again by paying for a month or two of the service.
BUY: HBO Max
1. Joey on DVD
Some hate it, some tolerate it, but for those desperate enough to get more Friends any way possible, even if it’s only one of the six, there’s always Joey. The spinoff series that focused on Joey lasted for two seasons before it was canceled, having never come close to the popularity of Friends.
Today you can’t even find the series on streaming, and the DVDs are out of print. That means you’ll have to hunt if you want to find just a little bit more footage of one of your favorite Friends.
We found Joey on DVD on Amazon, priced at $63.54.
BUY: Amazon
Which Friends-themed gift do you think you’ll be purchasing this holiday season? Let us know in the comments below!