IT'S almost the most wonderful time of the year. If you're still hunting down that last-minute Christmas gift or something to take to that house party on Christmas Day, you have some time. Here's a handy list of five items that will make fascinating presents, and more importantly, that you still have time to pick up on Saturday, the eve of the big day.

The five on the list are charming little inventions. In fact, they are so ingenious and disruptive in transforming the way that we do certain things that they are non-disruptive. That is, they do their jobs so well it seems like they are not even there!

Whisky stones