Flee from that doorbuster sale immediately. Here are the only gifts you need to buy today.
A good gift: driving someone to the zenith of all pancake houses in New Hampshire, Polly’s Pancake Parlor. The non-driving option: a vacuum-packed delivery of the Polly’s Sampler, complete with Polly’s pancake mix, their maple syrup and even two pounds of house-smoked bacon. Aka your “finder’s fee.”
For that person on your list who’s always wanted to fox-trot. They’ll get five private lessons, two group lessons and a dance party to show off their newfound skills. With pizza. Bonus: the owner of this school coached the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team. Which is a thing, apparently.
There are plenty of books on the championship run of the 2011 Bruins. But there’s only one that is signed by the team and contains a piece of net that was used in all Bruins home games during the playoffs. You can almost smell the Thomas on it.
We all have that one uncle: local history buff, avid smoker. This is for him: a glass ashtray featuring a Gangs of New York-y map of Boston circa 1877. It should go great with his vintage Boston Massacre cereal bowls.
Fun fact: Fenway turns 100 in 2012. Which means it’s the perfect time to buy the biggest Sox fan in your life a 100th-anniversary brick, engraved with a personal message and laid in Fenway herself. No word on personalized cement blocks for Gillette Stadium.
How to distinguish yourself at the office: work really hard. Or failing that, show up at the holiday party at the boss’s penthouse with a bottle of White Whiskey under your arm from Bully Boy, the city’s only distillery. Remember the rule: a bottle for him, a bottle for you.
