What: Shop for Christmas stockings on SoKistan, visit www.sokistan.com, delivery within 3 to 5 days, start at Rs 1,000.

Why: Somewhere between the Strait of Perpetual Vagabonds and Sea of White Stitches is SoKistan, a foot-shaped country more magical than even the North Pole. Yule see. Dreamed up by Belgian designer Valerie Barkowski (also founder of Bandit Queen), here you can buy anti-slip striped tubes, combed cotton crews, Persian motifed knee highs.  
When: You want to knit pick.