Millennial Retro

The Midnight Cocktail is a flute-shaped, retro-looking blender from Krups that would make a great gift for that special millennium New Year’s party. It has a rotating stirrer in the shape of a barman holding a 2000 sign, has a miniature ice tray and it’s battery operated.

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Midnight Cocktail, $14.99, from major department stores.

Bite the Dark Star

Need some rich, decadent chocolate? Diane Kron, a fourth-generation Hungarian chocolate-maker, has opened up shop in Beverly Hills with some very impressive chocolate gifts, such as this star (which, with advance notice, she can inscribe.) She sells a variety of other chocolates, including bars, truffles, hot chocolate mix and New York Egg Cream Syrup.

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Chocolates, $20 to $75, from K Chocolatier, Beverly Hills. (310) 286-9300.