I asked my mom the other day if we (meaning she) had made any Thanksgiving plans for us for this year. Her reply was more of a sigh than anything discernibly verbal, and I took that to mean, no, she had not.

Some people, like my mother, hate it when holidays are obsessed over, especially in their "off season." Other people see nothing wrong with a little pre-planning, and it's safe to assume that Stone Creek Coffee is a student of the latter school of thought.

Just this week -- and yes, it is still September -- the coffee roasters launched its Christmas Card Coffee line.

The deal is that you can order a pound of coffee as a gift, but instead of it arriving with the usual Stone Creek logo sticker, you get to customize it. You pick a label from a bunch of festive options, upload a photo if you want, and choose a holiday greeting. Take a look here for further clarification.

Apparently it was huge last year -- so huge, in fact, that the company decided it'd launch early this year to give people more time to get into gift-giving gear.

Happy holidays!