On The Twelfth Day of Christmas ...

... rather than a dozen drummers drumming, might I suggest you give a Polaroid camera to capture all of those images of the holiday season. But, this isn't your grandfather's Polaroid, the one that flashed and popped and turned out photos that materialized before your eyes and always seemed to have a light spot.

No, this baby is the new digital Polaroid that allows you to print pictures right from the camera.

At $249.95 from my favorite holiday catalog, Hammacher Schlemmer (click here), this camera isn't cheap. And neither are the special sheets of paper (60 sheets cost $24.95, although the camera does come with 70 sheets).

But, it's certainly slick. And the resulting photographs double as stickers when you remove the backing. Now how cool is that?

Here's the description:

The Digital Polaroid Camera.

Developed by Polaroid, inventors of the first instant film camera, this is the digital camera that instantly prints the images you capture. The camera's integrated printer produces 2" x 3" borderless color photographs without using any ink. The camera uses a patented paper embedded with colored dye crystals that are activated by thermal pulses as the paper passes through the printer, resulting in crisp photographs and rich hues without the hassle of ink cartridges. The photographs are smudge- and tear-proof, fade- and water-resistant, and peel off of the backing for display as stickers. The 5.0 megapixel camera has a 3" color LCD, and you can crop and resize images and add the date, file name, and borders to photographs at the touch of a button. The 4X digital zoom, red-eye removal, flash, and timer ensure optimal photographs in all conditions. Pictures can be saved on the integrated 16 MB memory or an SD memory card (not included), or transferred to a PC or MAC computer. Prints 20 photographs after a full charge. Requires a 7-hour initial charge and a 3 1/2-hour charge thereafter. Includes USB cable, AC adapter, and wrist strap. Also includes 70 sheets of photo paper (60 more than the standard offering). 3" H x 4 3/4" W x 1 1/3" D. (10 oz.)