Southern Sass: UD | You Still Need to Get Gifts

12.18.2013

UD | You Still Need to Get Gifts

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12/18/13

Last and Furious

Last-Minute Gifts to Save the Holidays

We understand. You’re not forgetful. You’re not lazy. You’ve just been patiently waiting until the last possible second to get your holiday gifts because you crave that sense of danger. Right. That’s it. Anyway, you can relax now. We’ve found your last-minute gifts.

FOR THE TABLE SPORTSMAN

A Rather Attractive Foosball Table

To give someone a handcrafted birchwood foosball table, you’d really have to like them a lot (or they’d really have to like foosball a lot). This one comes with one ball, six playing sticks and some silkscreened artwork printed on the pitch. They don’t call it the beautiful bar-game for nothing.


411:	Fredericks & Mae Foosball Table, put some spin on it here

FOR SOMEONE PRECIOUS. OR SEMIPRECIOUS.

The Jewelry You Knew Was Coming

A good rule of gifting: when all else fails, there’s jewelry. And when you’re totally overwhelmed by the amount of jewelry available, there’re these ring- and triangle-shaped, gold-plated sterling silver bangles that come prewrapped in antique kimono fabric. We know, home run.


411:	Gemma Holt O + Triangle Bangles, test your metal here

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SHADES OF GREAT

Give the Gift of Looking Really Good

A tale of three gifts. In the first box: socks. In the second: a tie. In the third: well, guess. Go on. Give up? It’s sunglasses. Yes, sunglasses handsome enough to make James Dean weep. It’s okay, no one expects to get sunglasses in December. Ergo, you should probably hit Sunglass Hut.


411:	Now open, Sunglass Hut

FOR SOMEONE DIRTY

Brooklyn’s Version of a Bubble Bath

We’re betting you know someone who really values their bath time. If so, present them with these: Brooklyn-bottled Dead Sea bath salts that are available in aromatherapy scents inspired by Victorian England and 19th-century New Orleans. Two of the top five best-smelling eras of all time.


411:	Royal Botanicals Bath Soaks, dip your toes in here

FOR YOUR “NEPHEW”

A Kite Shaped Like a Pirate Ship

Kids are really hard to shop for. Our suggestion: socks. But if they already have socks, maybe this handmade, indigo-colored, pirate-ship-shaped kite that’s made of bamboo by some Balinese kite artisans. Yeah, better buy two...


411:	Haptic Lab Sailing Ship Kite, sail away here

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POWER PLAY

A Camera That’s Ready for Anything

The lighting of the tree. The ceremonial first eggnog toast. The look on Grandpa’s face as he unwraps an entire ham leg. All holiday moments when you’ll either be ready with a lightning-quick Canon PowerShot S120, or fumbling hopelessly with your smartphone. Don’t deny future generations that ham leg.


411:	Online and ready for your moments now, Canon PowerShot S120

FOR THE GOOD LISTENER

Some Nice-Looking/Sounding Speakers

Music. That’s a thing anyone with a functioning soul can appreciate. So here’s a handsome little circular speaker that doubles as a handset and triples as a speakerphone. Pick up a couple and daisy-chain them together to create a giant wall of sound. Then use it to go caroling.