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This Christmas you can do something special and give a unique gift to people who truly need it. http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/ has a list of ideas for you to make this Christmas meaningful. You can buy a virtual gift for people all over the world to make their lives just a little easier - for instance you could give the gift of clean water by contributing a community tap for a village.
photo from: http://www.careinternational.org.uk/
Maybe you know someone you like to get together with for a few friendly drinks. Give them their own personal pub sign - lots of designs that can be personalised at http://www.simply-sublime.com/
For a truly spectacular Christmas tree get these beautiful hand-crafted glass ornaments.........and spread some light with this unique Christmas oil candle, also made of hand-crafted glass.
http://glassdimensions.com/site/site_welcome.html
These are traditional German beer steins. They are collectors' items and these two are musical ones. As they say in German (I think) Prost!
For coffee lovers.........unique coffee........house brewed for freshness.
http://www.ravensbrew.com/ Know people who are forgetful? Here's a neat gift for them. A magnetic chalkboard to stick on their refrigerator. Now they'll never forget the important stuff. Stick of chalk is attached to the board, so they won't forget where they put the chalk! 
http://www.brightfungifts.com/det/magnetic_chalkboards.html
.........literally. For all those who love caps, there's a whole collection at
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/cap/-/fpt___________a____________D/c_51
I'm not really good at craft but these look so good I'd like to make some of them. These models would make perfect gifts for those who like such craftwork. I especially like this carousel
and this lucky cat is really cool too. There is even a crank you can turn for its hand to move - that's to usher in the 'good luck'! 
Look at all the models at http://www.dotdotshop.com/
For the romantic at heart - send your special one a message in a bottle. Made to look like it came from the sea, with your own special message printed on parchment paper.
http://www.onepassionplace.com/messageinabottle.htm.
A handrolled scroll, placed in a bottle, which includes sand and colorful sea shells to best emulate a feeling of a "bottle washed ashore" (they've really thought of everything). Now isn't that romantic, or what?
The folks at One Passion Place are careful with shipping, as they are well aware of the fragility of this lovely item. These bottles, reminiscent of the seaside, aren't the only two types of bottles that are found on the website.
If I had to select one more, the Top Secret Edition was one that caught my attention too. It's a bottle gift, but a very interesting one as it's solely for the mission of getting a secret note to a special "client". This set boasts an actual lock stopper whereby the gift recipient must use the combination (which is provided to them) to open the bottle, allowing access to the hand rolled scroll that is placed in the 12" glass bottle.
Other items that One Passion Place is selling, include customizable (custom embroidered monogram) spa robes, handcrafted pewter, gift rings and boxes, jewelry and romantic games. Ooh la la love!
http://www.harmonydesigns.com/details/charm.php has these pretty little charms you can choose from to do whatever you like with them - put them on a bracelet, bookmark, bag, zipper - depends on your creativity. You can make them for yourself or make a truly special gift for someone special. I've always liked charms - they're just........well, charming.
More stuff for Thanksgiving - like this game that will be lots of fun for the whole family
and this singing and dancing turkey! See these gifts and more at http://www.findgift.com/ 
Before Christmas there's Thanksgiving, and it's right round the corner. So be sure you order this gift fast if you want it in time for Thanksgiving. http://www.cindysthrows.com/product/catalog.cfm/nid/1031
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas - well, at least here in Maine it is. There was frost on the lawn this morning, and I thought I heard the jingling of bells at Walmart yesterday......
Anyway if you want these hand crafted ornaments and decorations for Christmas , you better order them soon from
http://tinibaybeez.stores.yahoo.net/
If you know of any neat gifts or would like to feature some of yours for Thanskgiving and Christmas, do send me an email at purplelog@hotmail.com
For the music lover, these are hand-crafted, traditional Peruvian panpipes. These panpipes called zampoña, are the flute of the Andes and dates back to the Inca empire. Read more about this beautiful instrument at: NOVICA - Wind Instruments.
NOVICA is in association with The National Geographic Society. The global aspect of NOVICA is very inspiring, as the website unites you with more than 2000 extraordinary master artists around the world. There's a wealth of information. You can read about their lives, explore their unique cultures, and select from more than 20000 handcrafted works of art available online.
The regions are separated into the following categories: The Andes, Bali and Java, Brazil, India, Mexico, Thailand, and West Africa. The ceramics, glassware, and folk art are fascinating. There's a whole gifts ideas section - earrings (beautiful!), sculptures, bracelets, rugs, tapestries and vases can be purchased. There are also items with a more contemporary feel which would complement a setting that's a bit more urban.
The musical instruments section has the greatest wow-factor to me, because of the sheer vastness of instruments I'd otherwise have known very little about. I thought that I'd never be able to get up close to any of these (apart from them being glass-cased in museums, or extremely well-kept by collectors).
JESS.
