A fuzzy New Year
Can't resist 12 months of cuddly kitties basking in the sun? Aaaaaw! Have a thing for wide-eyed puppies on porch swings? Get over it. Here are the un-corniest animal calendars we found.
Amazing Frogs (Avalanche Publishing, $11.99): Colorful, slimy and slick, for an exotic, amphibious New Year.
Classic Cats (Graphique De France, $11.95): Yeah, they've got flowers on their heads and are slyly peeping out of drawers. But they're in black and white, so that makes it art, OK?
Baby Animals (Graphique De France, $11.95): Here are your fuzzy baby animals in their natural environments. Happy?
Divas
Sing in the new year with your favorite pop goddesses.
Madonna Millennium Calendar 2000 (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99): Another year, another look.
Shania Twain (Polygram Merchandising, $11.99): Crossover cowboy junkies, don't despair! Here's your garish farm-girl. Check out August's bumblebee tube top. Yee haw!
Britney Spears (Entertainment Calendars, $12.99): Your favorite bubble-gum Lolita looking sultry (OK, silly) all year-round. Oooh, there's Britney leaning on a pick-up truck. Classy!
Moved by the spirit
Want a calendar that tells you the date and enlightens you? Well, get out of the lotus position, turn off Yanni, chug that chai, and grab one of these.
Feng Shui: Living in Harmony with the Natural World (Amber Lotus, $12.95): Start the millennium in blissful balance, and improve your free-flowing "chi" energy.
Reflections of Buddha for Every Day (Journey Editions, $29.95): The box folds out into an altar! Look at the date and meditate.
The Little Zen Calendar (Workman Publishing, $9.95): A saying a day keeps the bad karma away with this desktop calendar. And haiku, too!
For the kids
Your kids' lives are filled with shamelessly marketed merchandise and sappy teen sitcoms. So reinforce those influences with these calendars.
Pokemon: The First Movie (Entertainment Calendars, LLC $12.99): Your kids gotta catch 'em all, whether you like it or not. Just take a deep breath, reach into your pockets, and give in.
Dawson's Creek (Portal Publications Ltd., $12.95): It's angst lang syne with these pouty pubescent pinups. Check out Pacey's Ralph Macchio haircut. Oh, baby.
Toys We Remember (Chronicle Books, $12.95): Materialism with a touch of nostalgia. Let Slinky, Yo-Yo and Easy-Bake Ovens take your child back to a pre-Pikachu, pro-Potato Head time.
