DISCUSSION
Worst gift contest
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax asks: What is the worst gift you've ever received?
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Gifts
Holiday Gift Guides
- Winners of Weekend's annual gift wrapping contest
- Food gift guide: Cookbooks 2009
- Book World: Gifts for the reader
- Best books of 2009
- Travel gift guide: Goodies for people on the go
- 12 days of gadgets: Kitchen gifts for the cook
- Sow the seeds of inspiration: Gifts for the gardener
- Pretty and practical gifts for the home
- Best toys to get kids moving
- Wine: Pouring on the presents
- Trend Report: This season's great jewelry
- Fitness gifts: A perfect fit for the exercise lover
- KidsPost: Gifts for the gamer
- Gift ideas for healthful eating
- Holiday Tech Guide: The latest gadgets, games, computers, cameras and more
- DVD gift guide: The best new DVDs and Blu-rays
- KidsPost gift guide: The best toys this season
- Present, perfect: Notable locals' favorite gift ideas
It's a wrap
Wrap gifts like a pro
We called upon an expert for some essential wrapping tips.
- Audio gallery: Gift wrapping how-to
- Q&A transcript: Holiday wrapping and tips
- Holiday shipping cutoff dates
Gifts for kids
Cheap gifts
Do you plan to spend less or give fewer holiday gifts this year to your children? Would you ever re-gift an item to one of your kids?
Charitable giving
- The Giving Map: An interactive rundown of local charities
- Despite the downturn, some are giving more to nonprofit groups
Shopping & Retail News
- Q&A Transcript: Your best online shopping secrets
- All that glitters: Trend Report takes a look at holiday beauty
- Pet gifts: Bakeries, cookbooks center on healthful treats
- Shopping event: 'Craft Mutiny Holiday Booty Market'
- Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
- Retailers tighten belts to bring numbers up
- Wal-Mart confirms some Black Friday deals
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