WILD KINGDOM

“Merry Christmas! I got you a goat!” This year, forget the rat-race around the mall and buy a farm animal for a Third World family on behalf of everyone on your list. Imagine telling your boss she’s the proud owner of an Ecuadorian alpaca (shares start at $15); or your best friend that he’s got a piglet in the family ($195). Heck, go big and buy the whole farm (two pigs, two alpacas, two sheep, two cows and two goats, $2,470). No mess, no fuss—and plenty of warm fuzzies. Worldvision.org