Once again, members of the Garritan community are offering a Christmas album, complete with cover and and label artwork absolutely free. You can download it for your own holiday listening, or burn it to disks, print out the artwork, and present it for the ultimate in cheapskate holiday giving. Unless there are musicians in the family, nobody will be the wiser. The downloads are available at http://www.garritan.com .

The music on the album wasn’t created by huge orchestras and mighty choruses, but by individual people working on their computer or laptop with Garritan Personal Orchestra software. This is available for Mac and Windows and ready for instant download. If you know a musician, student or hobbyist who would love to have their own orchestra, go over to the Garritan site and check it out - this could be an excellent last-minute gift idea.
For the rest of us, it’s great to be able to enjoy another collection of Christmas music from Garritan.

Did you ever see the greatest sweatshirt design on someone walking by in the mall… but you can’t find it anywhere?

Or the coffee  mug you saw a catalog which would be perfect for for Aunt Gladys… but it costs a fortune?

Or you’d just love to give something very personalized and special, but have no idea how to put it together?

Cafe Press has an answer to all the above.  This web site allows you to design custom T-shirts and and personalized gifts, then have them made and delivered fast.

How much time do you have for designing custom Christmas gifts? Here is Cafe Press’ 2009 holiday shipping schedule:

Shipping Method:   Order By:
Economy:                       11:59 p.m. (EST) Sunday, December 13
Standard:                        11:59 p.m. (EST) Tuesday, December 15
Premium:                        11:59 p.m. (EST) Sunday, December 20
1 Day:                               Noon (EST) Monday, December 21

Cafe Press doesn’t have a Speed Feature ( a method of getting your gift delivered or announced within 24 hours).  So if your custom creation won’t get there in time, use our  Gift Announcements to let them know their gift is on the way.