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HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS The Polar Express & Happy Feet on DVD An extraordinary train ride and tap-dancing penguins. Great holiday entertainment for the entire family! It: » » » w Vjsit polarexpressmovie.com and happyfeetmovie.com to add these holiday favorites to your collection. SPECIAL EDITION Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same DVD Built around Zep’s famed 73 NYC concerts and starring the world’s greatest and most-influential rock band! Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham in a mesmerizing movie with classic music performances including the hits Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love and more. The 2 -Disc Special Edition DVD includes over 40 minutes of all-new bonus features and the complete ac * lson Square Garden concert with 1 m all 14 song performances together for : | ■ the FIRST TIME! j K The Collector's Edition includes V*, 1. ?' If ( B an exclusive T-shirt, rare memorabilia • reproductions and collectible lobby m Egy® A card>! ■M■ Order this special gift at www.ledzepdvd.com. SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE *^ g HOLIDAY GIR GUIDE ’O7 I Look like you spent time choosing a gift — even if you didn’t A panel of experts offers last-minute tips. THE MOST wonderful thing about gift-giving is investing time and effort to get that ‘just-right” holi day present, right? Unfortunately, we often fall short The significant other ends up with a swiftly pm-chased box of scented soaps to add to her vast collection of still-boxed scented soaps from past holidays. Your ever skeptical teen gives you that “lame-o” look when you present a gift card from an uncool retail shop. Holiday-stressed shoppers obviously need guidance when it comes to mak ing it look like they spent lots of £tk time on a gift even when they jj didn’t. So, we’ve once again as- ■** sembled our annual panel of gift ▼! < gurus for advice: Robyn Freed- man Spizman, author of Make It Memorable: An JH A-to-Z Guide to Mak- Jj& :.ff lag Ann Event, Gift or mßw' ' j Occasion ... Dazzling!: online gifting expert —' | Suzanne Ellis of Red f Envelope.com; Holly- ~4 V { , _ wood celebrity shop- 7f|gr * -I per Allana Bai-oni; and Lisa Schultz, who, as chief creative officer for Sears, is f '( the company’s resident “gift j ■ gm - u” dm-ing the holidays. /f / B Here is what the ex perts had to say: OOur confession: We intend to spend hours on 12 USA WEEKEND • Nov. 30-Dec. 2,2007 holiday shopping but inevitably make a last-minute sprint to the local mall to buy a bunch of stuff. How can we make this meaningful? SPIZMAN: The very heart of gift-giving is understanding what peo ple value. Think about what makes that person special. If that person is a big traveler and is going to, say, Costa Rica, then buy her a picture-book guide to Costa Rica. If she’s a new mom, why ■k not buy some nice frames at the ,a||| mall, then print out photos you have on your computer that she took and sent you of her baby? ■ SCHULTZ: Right. You don’t need to spend hours of effort to make a gift special. If the -, A recipient is a dog lover, buy dog-themed pajamas. If she recently has gone . through a stress gig v\ ful time, give her slippers that mas sa S e die feet. Peo sfV M pie like seeing some- thing that was bought with ; |B theii - interests in mind. O' ~ How much payoff can a good Many teens want money. Including a simple letter can make the gift meaningful. m I theme provide? BARONI: It can be very effective. Maybe your friend is a high-powered executive by day and a