OK, vacuum cleaners are still taboo. You…

OK, vacuum cleaners are still taboo. You don’t give a dirt-sucker to someone you love for the holidays.

But the home front is certainly ripe with other, more decadent, more clever, more warm and cuddly and creative ideas for those special people in our lives.

For the next six weeks, the Home section will be featuring great gift ideas that pertain to home or to the concept of shelter. Ideas come from the Home section staff, who, by the way, had a great time shopping for all these things and proving that being a homebody can be all sorts of fun.