Looking for a gift for your favorite college kid? How about a Darts! Calendar with magnetic darts and 12 different boards (one for each month, see?).

Jones Soda in holiday flavors: Candy Cane, Pear Tree, and Mele Kalikimaka. (In keeping with the Hawaiian Christmas greeting for which it was named, the soda has a pineapple/coconut taste.)

Not available this year: Turkey and Gravy. No, seriously, that used to be one of their flavors. Of SODA.

Gift ideas for that one-of-a-kind person on your holiday list, such as the Star Trek Interactive Tribble or the Chumps Mini Series Art Toys.

For your favorite baker, how about a Nordicware Mini Holiday Loaf Pan or a Culinary Torch? Or try these Kitchen Pals Silicone Oven Mitts. I like to stalk my cupcakes with the shark. I even whistle the JAWS theme song while I’m pulling scones out of the oven.

(I’m just kidding, silly. I don’t know how to make scones.)

Admittedly, the title of this post only works if you’re one of the 43% of people who pronounce “vase” with a short “a.”*

But you know what always works? A small, inexpensive bud vase like these cute lil’ glass pieces from CB2 ($1.95). Stick a flower or a piece of mistletoe or even a candy cane inside, and ta-da!

Take two Irish coffee mugs (These are $2.95 each at Crate and Barrel, but you can find them just about anywhere. . . except, like, gas stations.)

Add two irresistibly silly Teddy Bear Slipper Coasters.

And some gourmet cocoa or a pound of coffee, and you’re good to go.

Ten Reasons Why The iPhone Coasters Are Better Than the Real Thing

1. You can spill a drink on a coaster. An iPhone, not so much, unless you plan on turning it into a coaster.

2. Coasters: $60. iPhone: $199 + AT&T phone plan + $.99 to buy Neil Diamond’s “Heartlight” on iTunes.

3. You don’t have to wait in line overnight at the Paramus Park Mall to buy the coasters.