LIFE'S LUXURIES may make sense for most on your list, but there's always one person who seems impossible to please. That's why we've tossed the budget in search of the most rarefied experiences and exotic goods. Consider these 10 items your best chance at finding the upper hand in any gift exchange.

A Utopian vision of Mars

Elon Musk can't have all the Martian fun. As the PT Barnum of Futurism whips up excitement for sending SpaceX colonists to the Red Planet by 2024 (and shooting his midnight-cherry Tesla Roadster into orbit), your billionaire can take a more contemplative approach with a historic globe that imagines what life is like out there: "Mars efter Lowell's Glober 1894-1914."