# Need a gift idea for that difficult-to-shop-for person on your Christmas list?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432 "2009-11-30T04:15:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432/1 "2009-11-30T04:15:35Z")

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Well trouble yourself no more!

When you’ve got nothing to give the person who has everything, give them a [Celestial Soul Portrait](http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/)!

And please post the result here.

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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432/2 "2009-11-30T04:37:10Z")

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Oh, man, if only the turnaround time wasn’t a month…you should have posted this sooner.

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432/3 "2009-11-30T04:47:11Z")

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Ye gods!

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432/4 "2009-11-30T04:53:47Z")

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Wowee! I definitely need one of those. I could hide it in the back of my closet and take it out every so often to remind myself of how glorious I truly am.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-that-difficult-to-shop-for-person-on-your-christmas-list/519432/5 "2009-11-30T04:58:04Z")

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Almost beyond comprehension – you’ve found a worse artist than Thomas KinKade.

I think it’d be really hilarious to send in a bunch of those mugshots that get posted on _The Smoking Gun_. Here’s a pretty good [candidate](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/1127092mugs10.html).