No one wants to be the secret Santa who brings the hot-potato gift that guests keep swapping. For an all-purpose present, try a stylish Cross Ion pen ($25 at most art- and office-supply stores). This sleek gel-ink scribbler easily clicks open in one hand and comes in hues from classic chrome to “plasmic green.” “Guys like it because of the gadget factor, and women like it because it fits in a purse,” says Robyn Spizman, author of The Giftionary.