It seems like every year, Christmas creeps up on us. We look up from our computer screens or stacks of dirty dishes and realize, “OMG, it’s Dec. 17!”
You frantically draft a list of people you need to buy gifts for and run around the mall, looking for that perfect gift.
Trust me, you’ll never find it.
I’ve been looking for The Perfect Gift my entire life. It doesn’t exist. You can only find The Almost Perfect Gift — or, in my case, The Perfect Gift That Doesn’t Blow My Budget.
So this year, instead of posting a gift idea a day, I gathered the best 15 gift ideas I could come up with this year — all of which you can buy locally. (Meaning, you can wait until the last minute to buy these gifts.)
Each gift is specific to a kind of person — the gardener, the eco-conscious, the foodie. You’ll be surprised, when you take a break and really look around, you’ll find something — maybe not The Perfect Gift — for everyone on your list. Promise.
Sweet Potato Firewire Surfboards
My girlfriend turned me onto these boards, made by Firewire. It's got an aggressive bottom contour and a deep double concave that allows the board to get on a rail quickly. Designer Dan Mann put it this way: "The Sweet Potato is the board you should always bring on a surf check, and you'll find yourself ripping on small days where you'd otherwise go home." Comes in lengths from 4-8 to 6-4. $665.
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Hello Cat!
Great ideas!
CAT: Neat stuff…I don’t like to go shopping this time of year so I would never have found some of these.
I bought all of my Christmas gifts in India last month. All set for the holidays! Yay!