...or the digital glass electric cooking pot

December unpacks itself quickly. Thanksgiving remains still linger in freezers. Stores unfurl their green and red, store flyers appear in newspapers, and we're off and running.

Questions are asked: How will the season be for retailers? Will Americans spend more money or less than last year? What's the new toy, tech innovation, must have for this year? Advertisers will be extolling the newest...

Perhaps the stainless steel pineapple slicer and corer...