The Gift that Keeps on Analyzing

Freakonomics did a 15-minute podcast on Christmas gifts last year.

It features an extended interview with Steve Levitt, who offers some surprisingly sweet advice on gift-giving. In addition, you get a handful of clips with other economists on the subject, most of which serve as good reminders that economists are extremely intelligent creatures which shouldn't interact with humans.

It's certainly worth a listen, but then Freakonomics usually is.