Awkward Gifts

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Amazon reports that E L James' erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey topped the list of bestsellers this holiday season. According to their report, "Amazon customers purchased enough copies of the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy...to create a stack 445 times taller than the Space Needle." Other bestsellers included Uggs, Angry Birds plush toys and facial and nose hair trimmers. [Racked N'tl]