holiday trinkets, widgets, and whatnots

holiday trinkets, widgets, and whatnots

extra gift guide

Do something extraordinary this Christmas. Give your significant other something he or she didn’t expect that you can both enjoy. -yvette caslin

get your roll on

These Freeline skates combine the elements of skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding. The wheels face sideways and have reinforced swing-style arms that hold up to 3,000 pounds of downward force. Freeline skates are available at specialty and sporting goods stores and atwww.freelineskates.com.

ballin’ like a bentley driver

Bentley Collection’s fine leather driving gloves ($110.00) feature a keyhole back, perforated fingers and a Bentley stud closure. Available in the following range of beautiful colors: black, berry red and cognac. Ladies gloves are available in sizes 6.5–8. Bentley Collection products can be purchased by visiting the online boutique at www.bentleymotors.com.

your history is your genesis

African Ancestry’s MatriClan and PatriClan do-it-yourself swab test kits ($275; regularly priced at $349) offer the opportunity to trace one’s lineage through the maternal or paternal line. The holiday promotion can be purchased atwww.africanancestry.com/holiday.

drink up

This stylish limited-edition Hennessy V.S Flask is encased in a sleek protective case bound to glorify the emblematic cognac. ($14.00 at select U.S. liquor stores)

write your vision and make it plain

Manifest your dreams and write them down in this leather notebook ($110.83) by Ettinger of London. It comes in three sizes and in two colors, black and blue. It was made exclusively for Bentley. Bentley Collection products can be purchased by visiting the online boutique at www.bentleymotors.com.

our first family

It’s been 25 years since the Huxtable family debuted on television. “The COSBY Show: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition” is now available on DVD. This new collection brings together every episode from its eight-year run, a television milestone. Among the many guest appearances — Stevie Wonder, Sammy Davis Jr., B.B. King and more.

halt global warming

An Inconvenient Truth is a critically acclaimed documentary based on former Vice President Al Gore’s presentation on global warming. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the DVD will be donated to the bipartisan climate effort, Alliance for Climate Protection.