Christmas is less than three weeks away. The malls are too crowded. You're too busy with finals to go hunting downtown for presents anyway. What's a college student to do? It's a simple question. Simple answer: use the Internet. Yeah, you might have to fork over a couple extra bucks for the shipping — but quit complaining. It's worth it compared to the aggravation you'd be under waiting on those long lines to purchase that much-loved fruitcake for your relative.

After searching the net I have found a few sites offering a great variety of different gifts for you to give. Do you know someone who likes to eat? Who doesn't? Did someone say cookies? So off we head to www.mrsbeasleys.com. This well-organized site let's you search desserts by price range and category. You can pick up things here such as a Holiday Cookie Bag for $24.95 or a Miss. Grace Chocolate Lover's basket, which will only put you back a measly $64.95 (but it includes tons of cakes, cookies and muffins) Yum! The consensus on this site is if you have a lot of dough to spare and absolutely no time to bake or go shopping, buy the person in your life with a sweet-tooth a gift from Mrs. Beasley's.

Would you like to find a Play Station 2 for your little brother? Or what about a nice crystal vase for your mom? How about a vintage 80's rock t-shirt for your cousin? All kinds of things, included those just mentioned can be found under different auctions at eBay (www.ebay.com).

Perhaps you're already a frequent eBay user. If not, you should know that registration is free. You can find literally everything here and you can browse, buy or sell. They have new items as well as used ones at the site, and you're in control over your own destiny, because if you really want a particular item, just out-bid everyone else and it's all yours. Think of it as the biggest flea market/ second-hand store in the world.

If you can't think of anything to get a picky person on your gift-giving list you might want to head over to www.amazon. com. Here you can get practically any movie, DVD, CD or book that's ever been in existence. Plus, they will deliver it fast as promised for a small shipping fee (but for a limited time they are offering free shipping on orders of more than $100).

They have a "no questions asked" return policy. Out of all the CD and movie warehouses on the web, Amazon offers probably the best selection. So if you're looking for baked goods, a new DVD or just a used fishing pole to send to someone, with these three sites you can find something for everyone on your holiday shopping list.