Thrillist's Gift Guide: The sickest stuff for your stocking

The reason behind stuffing stockings comes naturally from fabled lore, when children would fill their shoes with carrots and straw to feed the Norse god Odin's flying horse, and because he was a cool dude, Odin would give them candy. Then some unfortunate carrot benefactor got a bunch of cavities and thought "this is stupid", and people started getting awesome gifts instead. Check out these plaque-less packagings sure to appease even Odin himself.

Stuff their minds and their stockings with mad knowledge. From cooking meat to making beer to making cocktails to coloring meaty beer-like things, this is basically the only library your kitchen will ever need.

Get stuffing: 1. Color Me Drunk Coloring Book  2. The Snacking Dead  3. Brooklyn Brew Shop's Beer Making Book  4. Winter Cocktails  5. Field Guide to Meat

Keep the festive spirit alive with these festive spirit-keepers. Available in six custom patterns, these flasks not only act as a great conversation starter, but will help keep the convo going long after she figures out that ugly sweater is all but ironic.

Get stuffing: 1. Izola 'To My Health' 3 oz. Flask  2. Rustic Landscape Flask  3.  Liquid Courage Indie Flask  4. Desert Hip Flask  5. On The Rocks Flask  6. Anchors Aweigh Flask

Because settling on grooming products can be a difficult decision, nab this handsome set from Crux that'll cover all the bases of a well-groomed regimen, not to mention comes in reusable glassware that'll look great on the requisite reclaimed wood shelf you now must acquire.

Get stuffing: 1. Post Shave  2. 'Stache Wax  3. Safety Razor  4. Triumph & Disaster Old Fashioned Shave Cream  5. Charcoal Grit Bar  6. Pre-Shave  7. Beard Oil

'Tis the season for poppin' bottles. And as such, we've got some choice mechanisms for the occasion, ranging from a sleek wood-handled straight razor mock, to a switchblade number that'll label you anything but an outsider.

Get stuffing: 1. Wood Professional Corkscrew  2. True Fabrications Bamboo 1-Piece Tool Set  3. Kikkerland Lightwood Fish Corkscrew  4. Gama Go Switch Bottle Opener  5. Bear Bottle Opener  6. Gama Go Close Shave Bottle Opener

For the tech lover, we've got a schload of awesome. Check out the portable wood-plated speakers, updated chargers & iGear, and even an amp that requires no battery or electricity to boost your Crazy Town playlist.

Get stuffing: 1. Triple C Designs Portable Speaker  2. Shepard Fairey x Obey Incase iPhone 5/5S Case  3. Triple C Designs iPhone 5/5S Strap Case  4. Triple C Designs Portable Backup Battery  5. Eastern Collective Micro USB  6. iSolar Backup Battery  7. Mimobot 8GB R2-D2 USB  8. Triple C Designs Bluetooth Speaker  9. Meggabeat iPhone Amplifier  10. The Great Wave iPhone 5 Skin  11. Eastern Collective iPhone 4/4S Charging Cable  12. Triple C Designs bluBOOM Portable Speaker

Much like the ending of Dazed & Confused (SPOILER ALERT!), you can throw on some headphones, spin a vinyl, and get lost in the mellow, melodic tunes of the Wu-Tang. Happy holidays you Ol' Dirty Bastard.

Get stuffing: 1. Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits 2. Michael Jackson Thriller 25th Anniversary Vinyl 3. Foo Fighters Greatest Hits