Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store 
365 State St., 718-522-9848, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Last-minute shoppers will find what they're looking for at Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store, an unassuming retailer in Boerum Hill. The shop offers a stock of quirky gems, including this wooden slingshot, a banana saver and the New Yorkistan Puzzle, based on the famed New Yorker cover illustration by Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz. The shop's floor-to-ceiling shelves are packed with products for your kitchen, home and bathroom. (Don't forget to browse the gag section—everyone needs a set of adhesive mustaches.)