When it comes to receiving gifts, conventional wisdom states that how much someone spent on you speaks to how much they love you. This year, however, with everyone flipping out about a recession, perhaps it really will be the thought that counts. While we’re no strangers to Dec. 24 Duane Reade runs—what mom doesn’t love a picture frame?—with two weeks until the big day (and Hanukkah kicking off at sundown on Dec. 21), there’s still time to pick up a decent gift for any budget. Read more Read it in print

When it comes to receiving gifts, conventional wisdom states that how much someone spent on you speaks to how much they love you. This year, however, with everyone flipping out about a recession, perhaps it really will be the thought that counts. While we’re no strangers to Dec. 24 Duane Reade runs—what mom doesn’t love a picture frame?—with two weeks until the big day (and Hanukkah kicking off at sundown on Dec. 21), there’s still time to pick up a decent gift for any budget. Read more

When it comes to receiving gifts, conventional wisdom states that how much someone spent on you speaks to how much they love you. This year, however, with everyone flipping out about a recession, perhaps it really will be the thought that counts. While we’re no strangers to Dec. 24 Duane Reade runs—what mom doesn’t love a picture frame?—with two weeks until the big day (and Hanukkah kicking off at sundown on Dec. 21), there’s still time to pick up a decent gift for any budget. Read more

When it comes to receiving gifts, conventional wisdom states that how much someone spent on you speaks to how much they love you. This year, however, with everyone flipping out about a recession, perhaps it really will be the thought that counts. While we’re no strangers to Dec. 24 Duane Reade runs—what mom doesn’t love a picture frame?—with two weeks until the big day (and Hanukkah kicking off at sundown on Dec. 21), there’s still time to pick up a decent gift for any budget. Read more

You’ve got this friend who’s got this problem with music. She can’t be satisfied with just the songs; she needs to live the band: books, videos and auctioned undershirt. For the severely afflicted, we bring a list of music gifts that go beyond studio releases and B-sides to offer a multidimensional musical experience. Read more

Don’t bother denying it: Every time you see a trailer for a new superhero movie, you cross your fingers and hope it will hit that secret spot that only spandex-clad heroes can satisfy. Not to mention it’s the holiday season, and you’ve got buyin’ on the mind. So with The Spirit and The Watchmen both on the way, it’s impossible to resist the urge to buy yourself, er, your friends, some fresh comic books. But it’s also getting harder and harder to find a comic shop of your own (i.e., not Forbidden Planet or St. Marks’ Comics). These three stores are perfect for anyone looking to surprise that special fanboy who brays that Morpheus is the Hamlet of our time, or that no one gets a bum rap quite like the Martian Manhunter. Read more

When it comes to receiving gifts, conventional wisdom states that how much someone spent on you speaks to how much they love you. This year, however, with everyone flipping out about a recession, perhaps it really will be the thought that counts. While we’re no strangers to Dec. 24 Duane Reade runs—what mom doesn’t love a picture frame?—with two weeks until the big day (and Hanukkah kicking off at sundown on Dec. 21), there’s still time to pick up a decent gift for any budget. Read more