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Need Last-Minute Gift Ideas? Relax, Lulu.com Has You Covered

Raleigh, N.C. – December 13, 2007 – You promised it wouldn’t happen. You were determined not to be among the millions of last-minute holiday shoppers scrambling for gift ideas at the eleventh hour. But here you are with just 12 shopping days left in the holiday season and you still have a long list of people for whom you need gifts. What are you going to do?!

First, don’t panic, Lulu.com has you covered. And for goodness sake, don’t start scouring your house for sweaters, candles, cheese logs, fruitcakes and other classic re-gifting candidates. Lulu suggests you take care of all your gift-giving needs with just a few clicks of your computer – you don’t even need to battle the masses at the mall!

Lulu.com (www.lulu.com) is the Internet’s leading resource for creating customized, unique multimedia content. It’s a user-friendly Web site that allows individuals to create and publish photo books, calendars and personalized cookbooks that make ideal holiday presents – the kinds of gifts that allow people to insert their own personalities, as well as their recipients’, into the creation for a one-of-a-kind, unforgettable and affordable gift.

And the news gets even better; Lulu has extended shipping deadlines for customized photo books, standard calendars and paperback books to make sure they arrive by Dec. 24. Orders submitted by Tuesday, Dec. 18 will be processed and shipped via UPS 2nd Day and Next Day Air. For orders submitted by Thursday, Dec. 20, Lulu users can select the “SuperMegaFast” shipping option to ensure delivery by the 24th.

Get Creative

The only limit on gift creations available through Lulu.com is the extent of your imagination. Books sure beat index cards! Create a cookbook with all of your family’s favorite holiday recipes for that special “chef” on your list. Free those photos from the shoebox! How about a photo book that gives new life to aging photos preserving them for generations to come? Or put together a 2008 calendar for your best friend, capturing all of those adventures you’ve experienced together over the past year. All of this can be done with Lulu.com’s intuitive Web tools.

Cut the stress out of the final holiday rush and take advantage of Lulu.com to give personalized, meaningful holiday presents that will never be re-gifted. Despite the dwindling hours, rest assured that with Lulu.com, everything you need for great gift-giving this year is just a mouse click away.

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