With the holiday season upon us, lockets can serve as perfect gifts, ideal for housing happy memories and moments in time. Here are 16 locket necklaces worth wrapping up.

Oval brass locket with raised flowers and red glass accent on brass chain; $35; Manic Trout

Locket necklace in sterling with enamel butterflies; $90; World Trade Jewelers

Locket necklace in sterling; $98; Ostbye

Borobudur Lotus locket necklace in sterling with bronze accents; $178; GeoArt by Cynthia Gale

Locket necklace for men in sterling; $450; Emil Gordon by Elena Kriegner

Locket necklace in sterling with 18k gold accents and ribbon motif; $675; DeLatori

Padlock necklace in 14k gold with pearl or garnet accent; $1,035; Arik Kastan

Locket necklace in 14k gold; $1,300; Just Jules

Locket in sterling with black mother-of-pearl and black sapphires; $1,365; Kara Ross

Locket necklaces in gold-plated silver come with three message inserts; from left, 38 cts. t.w. pink amethyst, 43 cts. t.w. custom-cut smoky quartz, and 38 cts. t.w. lemon quartz; $2,600, $2,726, and $2,552; Art of Henri

Locket necklace in 18k white gold with colorless quartz; $5,700; Single Stone

Compass locket necklaces in 18k gold with a satin finish and a Boulder opal and 0.50 ct. t.w. diamonds; $6,750–$1,3500; Monica Rich Kosann

Owl locket pendant necklace in 18k gold with with 4.05 cts. t.w. mixed garnet and 0.335 ct. t.w. diamonds; $7,500; Temple St. Clair
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