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Here are a few off-the-grid ideas for those hard-to-buy-for people on your gift list
222They gave a newborn infant incense and an oil used for embalming. Those choices suggest either a penchant for re-gifting or last-minute desperation.
If you find yourself in the latter category, don't do anything rash such as buy a bunch of boring, practical stuff that will make you just one more in a long line of generic, unimaginative, follow-the-herd gift givers.
Wake up and smell the myrrh.
When it comes to gifts and giving, it's the thought that counts, and we at Detour are here to help you think outside the box. Way outside.
Happy holidays, everyone!
Keep on the grass
You may not be able afford to take your loved ones on a winter escape to a tropical paradise, but you can give them the feeling of walking barefoot on artificial turf.
Australian footwear company KUSA calls its grass flip-flops "an attempt to treat the syndrome of disconnection from nature and community felt by modern society."
They'll occasionally need to be fluffed, and probably shouldn't be kept near the family dog, but otherwise, these sod-soled shoes will make every day a walk in the park.
Available at www.kusashoes.com for around $30
a pair.
Why, Mary... it's minty fresh!
Are there people in your life who think their you-know-what doesn't stink? Make it so with PooPourri.
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