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Here are some inexpensive gifts for the last-minute shopper to fill a Christmas stocking:
• For the woman — A certificate for a professional manicure, “mad money” in the form of a traveler’s check, a pedometer for the jogger or walker, a shower radio, a no-spill auto mug, a bubble bath.
• For the man — An all-in-one brush and shave cream concentrate system called Brush Plus, a pocket wine guide, a deluxe ice scraper, a credit card-sized radio, and, of course, cashmere socks.
“With more men helping around the kitchen, appliances that make cooking and baiking easier have become extremely popular as Christmas gifts,” says Ken Homa, vice president of marketing for Black & Decker’s household products group.
They include cordless rechargeable appliances, such as mixers and electric knives, he says.
“New headset radios promise to be among the hottest electronic stocking stuffers of the year,” says William G. Smith, general manager of General Electric’s consumer electronics product department. He says some have an FM tuner built in,
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