Electronic gift certificates from online vendors such as Steam, GamersGate and GOG.com also make unique stocking stuffers, letting fans sample cutting-edge indie releases, revisit treasured classics or browse obscure European imports.

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Guez's art draws heavily on the Christian Palestinian Archive, an electronic database he started that catalogs photographs, passports, birth certificates and other documents from the community's history.

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Electronic equipment, high-end beauty products, vouchers for vacations and four-star hotels, gift certificates for hair transplants or plastic surgery, bottles of booze, diamonds--all are de rigueur in the celebrity swag bag.

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