My favorite is the Kwik Klip ( here is a picture of it
http://www.patchworks.com/fingertips.htm ) I couldn't pin a quilt without it. Sure saves the fingernails. I'm always surprised at how many people have never heard of it.
Give Santa the Connecting Threads catalog and tell him to go wild. The kids got me thread and batik samplers last year and they thought I was nuts. I spent the afternoon rearranging everything in different ways by color.
Have a great Christmas no matter what Santa puts in your stocking