Article: Presents with purpose: these gifts include a local donation in their price tags.(BEST BETS)(Buyers guide)

Drink, Drink, and Be Merry

Pour your favorite vintage into the Badash crystal decanter, one of the items available through God's Love We Deliver's renowned holiday catalogue ($40; 800-889-6515; godslovewedeliver.org).

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Brooklyn's Paul Ayala, 18, a student in Marc Ecko's design-education program, Sweat Equity Enterprises (SEE), created this watch. A percentage of the sales goes to Ayala's college-scholarship fund and to SEE ($200 at Macys Herald Square, 151 W. 34th St., nr. Broadway; 212-695-4400).

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