Two stores lured tourists with gewgaws: plastic figures, humorous fishing plaques, birch bark canoes and tepees.
Their flight is delayed for seven hours. They have spent all their money on gewgaws and revolting airport food.
There is a dazzling display of gewgaws and trinkets that the Empress bought, was given or inherited during her reign.
By now you are doubtless sorting through last Christmas's unused and unwanted gewgaws for possible recycling.