Santa Stiller
BY DEREK DE KOFF
All Ben Stiller wants for Christmas -- er, Hanukkah -- is a plane. And a Greenwich Village apartment. And a little something for his manager.

Small Time
BY RUTH J. KATZ
From chopsticks to change purses, little gifts with big presence

Labels of Love
BY SHYAMA PATEL
Is Fendi her bag? Prada her passion? We play the name game for you.

All That Glitters
by Ruth J. Katz
What would the holidays be without ice? Diamond bracelets, gold chokers, pearl bangles -- and watches that have all of the above.

House Party
by Wendy Goodman
Pieces that will score a home run with style, color, warmth, and wit

Trad and True
The best of the classics, from cashmere to clutches to CDs

The Gift of Giving
by Tara Mandy
Fifteen charities that really need Christmas presents

Selective Services
by Sarah Bernard
Gifts that instruct, indulge, restyle, or relax the lucky recipient

Pro Bono
by Marisa Fox
Three shopping pros make holiday heavy lifting look like child's play

Mail Passions
by Anna Rachmansky
Everything from cigars to cookies, on the monthly-installment plan

DEPARTMENTS
Intelligencer
BY BETH LANDMAN KEIL AND IAN SPIEGELMAN

The Bottom Line
BY JAMES J. CRAMER

Why "blue chip" techs don't exist

The National Interest
BY ELIZABETH MITCHELL

What Clinton's doing about Florida

Media
BY MICHAEL WOLFF

Who's to blame for West Palm Beach? Richard Nixon, of course.

MARKETPLACE
Sales & Bargains
BY SHYAMA PATEL

Beyond mink: this year's fun (and fake) furs

Quills cleans up the Marquis de Sade

Books
BY DANIEL MENDELSOHN

Kwasi Boachi: an Ashanti prince you should know about

Theater
BY JOHN SIMON

Comic Potential realized

Architecture
BY JOSEPH GIOVANNINI

Gehry's unbuilt, iconic Times building

Classical Music
BY PETER G. DAVIS

New life for The Well-Tempered Clavier

Dance
BY TOBI TOBIAS

Merce Cunningham's myriad sides

Television
John Leonard's TV Notes

Pop Music
BY ROBERT LEVINE

Frenetic Fatboy Slim; a new tribute to the Boss is no Nebraska

Restaurants
BY ADAM PLATT

Two new steakhouses with sizzle

The Underground Gourmet
BY ROB PATRONITE & ROBIN RAISFELD

Authenticity at A Salt & Battery