Travel gifts to give this holiday

Travel gifts to give this holiday

Our picks for holiday gift-giving include carry-on bags, ballet flats for easy security clearance, even a sonic toothbrush.

Gift ideas for the Edgar Allan Poe obsessive

Gift ideas for the Edgar Allan Poe obsessive

Edgar Allan Poe wrote stories that were creepy, disturbing, even macabre. As authors and holidays go, he may seem best paired with Halloween. But just...

Gift picks for dogs, cats and those who love them

Gift picks for dogs, cats and those who love them

Personalized dog bowl, Japanese cat calendar, canine shower stall, felted feline bed: Here we present some unusual finds for your browsing pleasure....

Last-minute gifts: touch-screen-cleaning neckties and T-shirts

Last-minute gifts: touch-screen-cleaning neckties and T-shirts

At first blush, a necktie that doubles as a cloth for cleaning your touch screens may sound like something out of a "Saturday Night Live" TV ad parody...

Top 10 tech products of 2012

Top 10 tech products of 2012

This year was filled lots of great gadgets, ranging from smartphones and tablets to ultra-wide-screen TVs and high-quality headphones. But which...

News & Tips

Holiday travel numbers expected to break record in California

Thanks partly to an improving economy, the number of travelers leaving town during the Christmas and New Year's holidays is  expected...

On the Spot: Tips for holiday travelers

Say, you there. You with the holidays stars in your eyes. Maybe you fly only a couple of times a year or maybe you just need a refresher...

The holidays are upon us: celebrate with these three special meals

We’re deep into holiday territory now. The party invitations just keep coming, the

Facebook opens Gifts feature to all users

Facebook is opening its Gifts feature to all U.S. users, the social network said Tuesday.

Gift card sales booming during the holidays

Cheryl Knauer has a restaurant gift card in mind for her in-laws, a massage gift card planned for another family member and intends to...

Bingo! Recycled gift wrap at Renegade Craft Fair

Christina Winkelmann's booth at the Renegade Craft Fair in L.A. this weekend showcased her holiday wreaths made of vintage Christmas...

Starbucks goes glam with $450 stainless steel gift card [Google+ Hangout]

Starbucks is now offering a gift card for $450 -- $400 to fill the card with store credit and $50 toward the sleek, stainless steel card...

TripAdvisor reviewers will receive the gift of giving, Kiva style

If you haven't heard of Kiva, the holiday season is a great time to learn about the...

New York: Manhattan's holiday lights are the stars of this tour

New York City after dark becomes a dazzle fest of holiday decorations at this time of year. Gray Line New York's usual double-decker bus...

Holiday party with open bar? No thanks, we'd like a bonus instead

Bosses playing Santa, take heed: there are gifts that nearly every employee wants but also a few that make a lump of coal seem like manna...

Holiday cookie recipe: White chocolate turtle cookies

Nicole Cleghorn, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with these...

Dressing up the wine lover in your life, start slow

Wine lovers, in my personal experience, do not as a group suffer from an excess in sartorial sophistication. Certainly they have palates...

Holiday office survival guide: Sick co-workers, party hangovers

The holidays can be a grueling time for office workers, who must survive the ennui-filled purgatory between Thanksgiving and Christmas,...

An Italian holiday treat: panforte from Emporio Rulli

There are few winter sweets I like better than panforte. It’s a Tuscan confection, dense and chewy, almost more like candy than cake....

Facebook Gifts adds iTunes digital gift cards to catalog

Twenty years ago, you might've given your friend an album for their birthday from a Tower Records retail store. Starting today, you can send...

Holiday recipe: Keeflees

Michele Yockey of Arroyo Grande was one of the 10 winners of our first Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with these Keeflees:

'Twelve Days of Christmas' gift list soars to record $107,300

Consumers trying to re-create the classic holiday song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” in which a true (and loaded) lover goes...

Half of workforce plans to do online holiday shopping at work, report says

Half of America’s workforce plans to hit the holiday sales this season from the comfort of their cubicle.

$770: The cost of your Christmas shopping, Gallup poll says

For the average American, $770 is no small sum. But that’s how much they’ll each shell out on average for Christmas gifts this...

Food

25 homemade holiday gift ideas from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen

25 homemade holiday gift ideas from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen

Get crafty this holiday season with homemade gifts from the kitchen! We've compiled a bunch of great ideas, ranging from quick and simple...

Home & Garden

Gifts with a handcrafted touch

Gifts with a handcrafted touch

We're adding gift picks regularly, updating the mix until Christmas Eve. Check back often.

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