Stocking stuffers for adults

The squares are uneven on purpose, and the bar's usually gone by noon on Christmas. It beats the waxy chocolate coins every time.

A 6.7-ounce bath bomb that turns the tub into a galaxy. Give it to the person who never takes a night off.

A card game small enough for the stocking and fast enough to play before breakfast. Everyone slaps the pile when the card matches the word, and somebody always slaps wrong.

For whoever's been using the same cracked drugstore tube since February. It has SPF 25, and it's the kind of small upgrade people never buy for themselves.

Yes, socks. But one good pair of Stance beats a six-pack of whatever was on the end cap. Plain, comfortable, and they hold up.

A word game in a zippered banana pouch. No board, no score pad, and a game takes a few minutes, so it comes along on every trip.

For the person who's always patting their pockets for their keys. Clip it on, and their iPhone finds the keys. iPhone only.

A pocket pen that writes upside down, underwater and in freezing cold. It's the one stocking stuffer that'll still be in use ten years from now.

Write it on an index card: one driveway shoveled, or one Saturday of yard work, or one trip to the DMV in their place. Then actually do it.