Gift Ideas

If you're like me, then you probably started Christmas shopping on Boxing Day last year. I'm a notorious present stockpiler, and I think it has less to do with my shopping obsession than the fact that I don't want to regret passing on what would have been the perfect gift come holiday time.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., meaning Black Friday, which many consider the official kickoff to the Christmas season, is coming up fast (who knew such a bleak term could be used to describe the start of the most festive time of year?). So in honor of the season, and to help those poor souls destined to procrastinate with their shopping, I have compiled a list of interesting gift possibilities:

• For those who have idle hands: an ice cream ball - homemade ice cream in 20 minutes!
• For those who love hockey: customizable NHL Monopoly
• For those who demand perfect English: "good grammar costs nothing!" t-shirt
• For those who want a piece of Laguna: Breanna Couture, created by LC Condrad's little sister
• For those who trek when traveling: card-sized walking tours
• For those who refuse to be wallflowers: private ballroom dancing lessons
• For those who said what they didn't mean to say: Freudian slippers!
• For those who have everything: two hens and a rooster for a third-world family's self-sufficiency

If you have any other unique gift ideas, please feel free to share them!