A nifty thing to do for Christmas

If you have some spare change burning a hole in you pocket and you want to do something a little different this year, may I suggest you go to the Mercy Corps and buy a gift.

The way it works is you donate money to buy, say, an acre of rice ($29 measly bucks feeds a whole bunch of people for a long time) or an emergency ration or help a woman in the third world start a business (there's a ton of other gifts too)--and then you can send a note to a friend saying, "I just gave a donation to Mercy Corps in your name. Thanks for being a good friend and Merry Christmas!" or whatever you feel like saying.

Highly recommended.