WB; NBC; FoxOh crap, Christmas is just days away and you forgot to buy a gift for someone you love. Now what?!
We finally have the solution for your last-minute present woes: stealing thoughtful gifts from your favorite TV characters. Think about it, you can't lose: if they watch the show, they will love that you replicated one of the iconic holiday moments, and if they don't, well, they will just think you are an incredible gift-giver. Win-win.
To help you pick out with grand gift gestures to hijack from some small screen Santas, we've rounded up 10 of our favorites, from choreographed dance routines to changing the weather!
An Epic Dance: Who can ever forget Danny's epic Secret Santa gift for Mindy, a choreographed dance to Aaliyah's "Try Again"? (It plays on a permanent loop in our heads.) Shake what ya momma ('Sup Annette?!) gave ya this holiday season and you will be a Christmas god!
A Household Item With Meaning: Pull a Jim from The Office and get your crush a tea pot (feel free to substitute with another item they may need/want), but include a perfect love letter. One you actually give them.
A Piece of You: The O.C.'s Seth Cohen is arguably one of the coolest TV characters ever, so we'd definitely love to receive his signature Starter Pack gift. (The Goonies DVD, a copy of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and albums by The Shins, Bright Eyes, and, of course, Death Cab For Cutie.) But you can customize yours with some of your favorite things because nothing says love like forcing the things you love on another person.
Snow: Remember when all Serena wanted for Christmas on Gossip Girl was snow? Well, Dan gave it to her and it was adorable. (And got him laid for the first time. Playa play!)
A Gingerbread Replica of Your Favorite Place: Do you and your special someone or buddies have a favorite place? Your apartment, the coffee house, a bar, etc. Wherever it is, bring those special memories to life again via the magic of gingerbread a la what the Parks and Rec crew did for Leslie Knope!
A Festive Food: Who didn't swoon when Luke made Lorelai a Santa burger just to cheer her up on Gilmore Girls? You're swooning just thinking about it right now, aren't you?
An Act of Comradery: When April shaved her head alongside Leo on Chasing Life's recent Christmas special. All. The. Feels. (Watch the episode!) Or how about when the New Girl gang took Jess to Candy Cane Lane just to cheer her up? Sometimes just being there is the best gift of all.
An Autograph: If you work in the food service industry and just so happen to wait on a celeb, snag their napkin a la Penny on The Big Bang Theory and get them to autograph it, which she did for Sheldon with Leonard Nimoy. The awkwardness will last for five minutes, but the epicness of the gift will last forever.
Make a Major Change: Your job making you miserable and it seems like all you do is complain about it to your significant other, who seems to be losing patience? Make like Chandler on Friends and quit, surprising your boo on the festive day. (Just, um, try to have another gig lined up.)
Personalized Ornaments: For your new friends! Just like Katharine McPhee on Scorpion. You're not the best of pals yet, but you're getting there. Bonus points if they are hand-made.
Meaningful Heirloom: Can you really top giving a girl a replica of her mother's engagement ring, which is exactly what Barry did for Iris, his childhood best friend, on The Flash? Sure, she's dating another guy (who later gave her a key to his apartment and asked her to move in), but come on, that's kind of the best gift a girl could ask for.