“What do you get for the man who has everything?” is the question on most women’s minds during the Christmas shopping season. It always seems like it is harder to buy for those closest to us. All to often, wives resort to the old standbys: a tie or aftershave.

Take some time, plan ahead and think outside the box. Think about your hubby’s hobbies and interests. Is there something he used to love to do, but just stopped, either because of lack of time or money? Find a way to incorporate those things back into his life and give him a gift that will allow for him to participate again.

Here are a few more ideas to point you in the right direction this holiday season.

For the man who travels frequently or just loves to read, check out Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device. Kindle is a revolutionary portable readerkindle.jpg that wirelessly downloads books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle customers, no matter where they are in the U.S., can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store and download new content — all without a PC or a WiFi hot spot. Amazon pays for Kindle’s wireless connectivity so there are no monthly wireless bills and no service commitments for customers. The Kindle Store contains over 90,000 books that can be purchased and delivered wirelessly to Kindle, each in less than a minute. Customers can choose from hundreds of top newspapers, magazines and blogs and have their subscriptions auto-delivered wirelessly. All New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases are $9.99, unless marked otherwise. At 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a paperback book, carries two hundred books, and includes built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary and wireless access to the Earth’s biggest encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org.

For the Sports-nut, there are tons of different gift ideas that can be connected to his favorite sport(s). Does he like to watch the races? Why not let him try racing himself? There are many places where you can either drive or ride shotgun on the track. The price for the ride-along in a NASCAR stock car is just a little over $100 up into the thousands for racing schools. If you’re not comfortable with him getting behind the wheel, get him tickets to a local racetrack instead. Other ideas are tickets to a game, season tickets (if you’re ready to splurge), or team apparel.