So this is the final day before Xmas. And you know what that means: last minute mayhem. Here are some suggestions:

Save on Fifth:
I was just in there yesterday and they've already got their New Year's
Eve stuff on dispaly. Get your hats, get your horns. But they've still
got chocolate Santas and plenty of practical gifts, including the
Simple Human touch hands free sensor soap pumps: a perfect gift in these
times.

Lion in the Sun: Moleskin notebooks in all sizes. Acme pens. Great place to find gifts for the writer in your life.

Matter: This shop is a beautifully curated selection of modernist and contemporary high design objects for life and home. Still life fruit bowl — ceramic and wood; rainbow of 13 colored sake or shot glasses; cork chair and much, much more.

Bob & Judi's Coolectibles: How many times have you walked by this shop and not gone in? Well, go in. They've got a lot of cool stuff inside (just like their name says). Wide
variety of laminated posters that are ready to hang: Mighty Mouse Float
Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee film about Mohammad Ali by William
Klein ($13). Locker baskets.

Extraordinary: I've bought their key rings
with small metal high heels, wing tips, ballet slippers, high tops as gifts for colleagues and friends.

4-Play BK: For the tweens and teens on your list: hppy-chic brands like Free People and Blue Platealong with urban
essentials like Puma kicks, designer jeans and Paul Frank t-shirts and more.