Gift Giving Guy

Eighteen shopping days remain until Christmas. I’ve compiled links to 18 gift guides web sites to help complete your gift list.

1. Gifts.com Christmas Gift Guides offer a collection of gift guides. The Top Holiday Toys for 2008 showcases The LeapFrog Tag Reading System (pictured).
2. Surprise.com Hottest Holiday Gifts can inspire ideas, such as the Craftworks Toolbox Garage Refrigerator for handy giftees.
3. Newsweek’s Tip Sheet Holiday Gift Guide features a slide show of 100 gifts, including the Epson PictureMate Dash Photo Printer.
4. Amazon.com Gift Central ranks gifts by price, personality, relationship, most gifted and most wished for, like Wall-E on DVD.
5. Williams-Sonoma Top 20 Gifts may please with the Breville Ikon Panini Press and the Bialetti Hot Chocolate Pot.
6. Yahoo Shopping Holiday Gift Guide lists popular gifts, including the iGolf neo Pocketsize Golf GPS. Also see the Top 10 Holiday Gift Lists.
7. The New York Times Critics’ Picks 2008 Holiday Gift Guide shares critic favorites, including top 10 books like The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel.
8. ThisNext.com’s 2008 Holiday Gift Guide list 27 categories of suggestions such as Holidays Gourmet (featuring the Tear Drop Tea Set by Tea Forté).
9. The Container Store’s Great Gift Ideas offers clever stocking stuffers, like a Cyclops LED Book Light.
10. ThinkGeek Holiday Gift Guide 2008 has almost everything for the lovable nerd in your life: an official Indiana Jones fedora, the I Can Has Cheezburger? LOLcats Collection book, and Shower Shock Caffeinated Soap.
11. The Washington Post 2008 Holiday Gift Guide highlights travel gifts, including the Silk ‘N Dreams Luxury Lounging and Travel Set.
12. The Ars Technica Holiday Gift Guide 2008 recommends tech gear and gadgets this Christmas. Apple fans will enjoy gifts from the “Infinite Loop” section (Apple Travel Accessories, Mac Apps and Services, and Mac Accessories).
13. TreeHugger.com’s 2008 Gift Guide will appeal to those who lean green. Consider Earth-friendly cookware from La Chamba Black Clay Cookware.
14. RedEnvelope.com’s Holiday Catalog Collection features personalized gifts like a monogrammed cashmere two-tone scarf.
15. Cool Hunting 2008 Holiday Gift Guide selects stylish and unique gifts such as the elegant Kor One Hydration water bottle.
16. Reader’s Digest Holiday Gift Guide 2008 offers categorized gift recommendations, including the Take Four Word Game as a “Top Family Night Game” for ages eight and up.
17. Fredflare.com Holiday Gift Guide has you shop for quirky gifts by 54 themes like Audrey Hepburn, Nancy Drew and Lumberjacks.
18. The JustGive Guide lets you donate to charities that your giftees care about in their names. Give to causes that support their passions like The World Wildlife Fund, The American Red Cross or The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.