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Do All Your Christmas Shopping Via Vending Machine This Season

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Ever consider fulfilling your Christmas gift list via vending machine? The Morgans Hotel Group has stocked their New York City and London ones with tons of presents for the holidays. Let's just call them a new take on the hotel gift shop, shall we? Here's a sample of what's on offer:

At The Hudson in New York, the machines ar stocked with $20 Paul Smith toothbrushes, $25 NYC-souvenir T-shirts by cult tee company Sophomore, $325 Kiki de Montparnasse cigar vibrator pendants, and gift certificates for Ferrari 599 GTB rentals from Gotham Dream Cars (worth $1,000).

At St. Martins Lane in London, they've got Malin + Goetz travel kits for $31, Pamela Love crow skull necklaces for $773, and a voucher for a portrait session with photographer Ben Watts for $8,160—kind of a deal consider Watts' work has appeared in publications including Rolling Stone, Interview, Elle, Esquire, and Vanity Fair.
· The Hudson Hotel [Official Site]
· St. Martins Lane Hotel [Official Site]
· Gift Guide 2010 [Racked]
· All holiday 2010 coverage [Racked]