Renew Your Mind

Once upon a time, when you were shorter and less concerned about carbs, winter meant board games. With several weeks off from school and increasingly inhospitable weather outside, whiling away the hours over Battleship or Payday seemed like a pretty good use of time. Plus, you inevitably got stuck having to hang out with your stupid cousins at holiday get-togethers, and although you couldn’t bludgeon them to death with a candlestick, you could at least accuse them of having done so to Professor Plum in the conservatory.

The 2004 Good Gift Games Guide is a great resource for ideas on what to get for the person who has everything or who would normally get a generic gift from Bath and Bodyworks. I’ve also seen good reviews about the Settlers of Catan.