Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to make those Christmas lists. I’m sure there is someone on the list who you feel obligated to give a gift, but has everything. Or maybe they don’t have everything, but you haven’t a clue what to get. Maybe you always pick out the wrong thing and your gift gets regifted or unused.

This year, consider the perfect solution. A toilet. On the behalf of the person you need to get the gift for, buy a toilet for someone who really needs one. There are millions of people in the developing world who don’t have a pot to piss in — literally. Your gift recipient will get a warm, fuzzy feeling at the thought you put into this gift and the fact that your gift will have a major impact on the life of someone else.

Vist the World Toilet Organization to find out how you can gift a toilet.

There’s a day for everything, isn’t there? There isn’t a Hallmark card for this one, but there’s a postcard!The Big Squat is one of today’s celebratory events. It is simple to participate.

The World Toilet Organization tells how:

“At exactly noon on November 19th, gather your family, friends, classmates, colleagues and everyone you know to squat in public for 1 minute in support of World Toilet Day. This drives home the point “where would you go?” and how people without toilets are forced to go in public places. Notify the press to attend. Upload a photo of you squatting to encourage others to join.”

For more details see The Big Squat: A Movement for the Toilet-less.

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If squatting is not for you, watch the S*it Song by Larke. The GAS campaign promotes unglamorous and difficult issues. It tries to get people to talk about “toilet issues.” Why? Until people are not embarrassed to talk about poop, toilets, and diarrhea, the 2.5 billion people without toilets are unlikely to get anyone to listen to help them get toilets.