Still haven’t gotten anything for your beloved family members?

Check out this personalized gift guide, and find that perfect last-minute present to fit the quirky personalities that will gather at your holiday table.

 

 

 

Who: The Golf-Obsessed Father

Gift: Embarrassed by the old man’s ridiculous-looking swing that he insists on practicing in public? Send him the Golf Launchpad, a real life simulator equipped with optical sensors that processes the club’s velocity, angle and path thousands of times each second to accurately render each shot on the screen.

Pay: $199.99 (PS2), $249.99 (PC/Mac)

Get it: Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Golfsmith, Costco

Second best: Log onto to www.golfun.net for a three-pack of “exploder” golf balls and other novelty golf gifts.

 

Who: The Overachieving Cousin

Gift: To avoid enduring any comparisons to the Cousin That Excels At Everything (“Did you hear Hae-jin got into Ha-bah-duh?”), get her out of sight, out of mind. She’ll stay busy in the next room with a handheld Sudoku game. The game boasts the largest portable LCD screen on the market, more than 1 million puzzles and four difficulty levels. With its blue LED blacklight that allows for nighttime play, Hae-jin may soon find herself falling behind in her schoolwork.

Pay: $19.99

Get it: www.buysudokupuzzles.com

Second best: A subscription to Us Weekly. No way can Cousin resist Britney news over calculus homework. And she’ll look like common folk reading a tabloid zine.

 

Who: The Tipsy Uncle

Gift: Remember last Christmas when he downed the entire bowl of eggnog and sang that garbled rendition of “Jingle Bells”? Encourage your favorite tone-deaf uncle to pursue his musical bravado with a portable karaoke machine. The Singing Machine features a CD and graphics player, and — best of all — it’s portable. So Uncle can take his performance to the basement.

Pay: $99

Get it: www.singingmachine.com

Second best: Grab a six-pack of wine coolers and a harmonica from your neighborhood 7-11.

 

Who: The Rebellious Little Brother

Gift: It’s time to reward your favorite pot-smoking sibling for cementing your status as “the good kid.” To keep him in his place (and you in yours), gift him with Dr. Ray Bennett’s The Underachiever’s Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great. This pocket-sized self-help book exposes the unseen benefits of slackerdom, providing inspirational maxims such as “The tallest blade of grass is the surest to be cut!”

Pay: $9.95

Get it: Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com

Second best: Swing by Blockbuster and pick up a “Cheech and Chong” flick off the clearance rack.

 

Who: The Non-Korean Spouse

Gift: He already has to put up with his disapproving in-laws, and the guy celebrates Chanukah, not Christ-mah-suh. Bridge the cultural gap with a copy of Barron’s Mastering Korean, a comprehensive language aid which features 12 audio compact discs and a 550-page basic textbook. Just make sure his Korean doesn’t put yours to shame.