THE AMAZON MAILBOTS ARE REMINDING ME that you can still order as late as 4 pm eastern time tomorrow and get it by Christmas Eve, God and UPS willing. I’ve had good luck — only one present still hasn’t arrived, and it’ll probably get here — but if I were planning on having stuff show up Christmas Eve I’d want to have a backup plan, just in case . . . .

Or there’s always a gift certificate. They email those.

UPDATE: Hey, maybe they’re right to point this out: “35 million Americans haven’t started Christmas shopping yet. Thank God He created Fed Ex on the 8th day. ” And it arrived the morning of the 9th! Absolutely, positively!

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Dean Knight emails: “Glen, don’t know about you, but I got a bot from Amazon this morning saying, as a Prime customer, I have until 12 Noon Pacific time Sunday to order and get it Christmas Eve. Guess you don’t order enough from them. Ha!” I feel sorry for anyone who orders more than I do.