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"A gift you could give to not just your nearest and dearest but to all English-speakers, everywhere, is the gift of a new word. There are plenty that are holiday-appropriate, such the adjective ferial (“pertaining to a holiday”) and the related word feriation (“cessation of work”). Other seasonal words that are fun to break out include galliardise, meaning “merriment or excessive gaiety,” and gilravage, “a noisy frolic, especially among young people.” Those might possibly result from bummock (a Scots word meaning “a large brewing of ale for a merry meeting,” or the ale itself). And if you’re late with your more conventional presents, you can always re-label them as étrennes, or New Year’s gifts."