I know you always wore that Arizona sweatshirt your great aunt sent you from Phoenix, but there’s something special about sending out gifts germane to your little area of the world. This season, have a little fun by spreading the Columbus love to your friends and loved ones.

1. You can’t go wrong with beer … in a tree, or otherwise. Columbus Brewing Company puts out their Winter Warmer, a full-bodied ale brewed with seasonal spices, this time of year. Eric Bean knows damned good and well that Great Lakes Christmas Ale rules the holiday roost, but he still believes that, sip for sip, CBC’s offering is every bit as good. The plus side is that you don’t feel like that rube who left his decorations up too long when you drink it in February because this is a Winter Warmer, not a Christmas brew.

2. I don’t think I’ll be holding true to the quantitative structure one might expect in this piece, but Columbus is home to two craft distilleries. Watershed’s citrus-influenced gin has established a strong following in the drinking community, and while Middle West Spirits has a lineup of great spirits under the OYO brand, the Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is probably the better gift idea of the three. Two bottles of booze? That’s a fine Christmas gift in my book.

3. We know how hearty our food scene is, but visitors still seem to be skeptical. That’s why I take people to North Star. The food is pretty simple, but they use top-notch ingredients and they strive to embrace a “farm-to-table” concept. The result is good, fresh food in a hip but casual atmosphere. Stop by one of the three (see what I did there?) locations to pick up a gift card for your favorite pessimist.

1. We’re all shameless whores for Jeni’s Ice Cream, but in spite of the rumors, nobody is getting a cut. Apparently Jeni’s business model is an absolute disaster. She sources expensive ingredients, packs pints by hand, and refuses to outsource production of even the most basic flavors in her portfolio. So it’s going to set you back $50 to have Jeni and her team send your loved ones four pints of your choosing, but odds are pretty good that it will go over better than a $50 gift card to the gun shop. No offense to Target, but Artisan Ice Cream is always better than new underpants and a peppermill.

1. Take $5 and spend it on a show at Wild Goose Creative. Monday Night Live, Speakeasy and Spit-n-Sketch are cheap entertainment options offered up by local artists and the money goes to making sure those local artists can buy cheap beer, drink their senses numb and keep themselves shackled to performing locally until younger, hipper peers force them out and into a career in business-to-business sales.

1. Do you have a friend who works downtown? Stressed, eh? Maybe they need to release all of that anger. Perhaps Muay Thai would do the trick. Short North Muay Thai offers a beginner package of six lessons for just $120. That might only be a temporary solution to the traffic problems that are supposedly going to last for a century or so, but maybe the person you give this gift to will join the professional circuit and skip that commute all together. For more, see www.shortnorthmuaythai.com.

2. Seven is lucky for some, but if you’re a college basketball fan, this the minimum number of players you’ll want to see logging significant minutes if the Buckeyes are going to have a chance at making the Final Four. Please, Thad Matta, give us a deep rotation for Christmas. Deep rotation? Maybe I should rephrase that.

1. Every year, Barley’s Smokehouse celebrates the birthday of Robert Burns (January 25th) with a flight of Scotch, a fine Scottish Export ale, haggis, bagpipes and general merriment. It’s probably not for everybody, but you probably know some weirdo who would love this. So get in touch with the Smokehouse and buy him a ticket this Christmas. Did we finally break the theme? Not so fast. The ale is 8 percent ABV, and that’s enough of a connection for me. (I don’t know what the ABV is on that ale, but 8 percent sounds about right and that’s still good enough for me, so stuff that in your haggis, laddies.)

1. Take the Segway Holiday Lights Tour. Starting on December 2nd, Segway Tours of Columbus will be launching a tour of the holiday lights in the downtown area. It’s only $40 per rider, and you’ll hit the Statehouse, Columbus Commons and the Scioto Mile. Segway training is provided as part of the 90-minute adventure. That’s NINE-ty minutes. Nine, get it?

1. White Castle has us covered. Are you going to pretend you don’t like them? Give it a rest. Slyders are like Jello, there’s always room for more. Get somebody you love a Sack O’ 10 for Christmas. They won’t thank you, but you can be assured that all 10 will be secretly devoured while your friend watches infomercials.

1. Or, instread of the 3 a.m. eternity that is the post-closing time wait at the drive thru, retire early to of the classier destinations in town: Eleven at 591 North High. If you want to impress somebody, take them here. This is a high-end hooch-hole, pal, so dress nice and bring a set of manners.

1. Studio 35 will be screening A Christmas Story in conjunction with a beer tasting on December 11th. Ian Petrella (the actor who played Ralphie’s little brother) will be making a special appearance. Generally speaking, Studio 35’s beer tastings involve about a dozen beers, but in the event they cut that number down to 10 because this tasting will feature bigger, winter brews, we’ll offer a little trivia. Although Ralphie is 9 years old in the story, actor Peter Billingsley was 12 when this film was released. He’s also a 12th degree black belt who judo kicks anybody who tells him he will shoot his eye out. Part of that statement is not true, but I’ll let you figure out which part.