Northern Tool Finds the Lighter Side of Gift Giving

For every sensible gift of a flannel nightgown, tie or pair of socks opened on Christmas, some merry prankster will be sneaking something edgier under the tree and into the stockings — a "Duck Dynasty" Beardhead, Roadkill Summer Sausage or perhaps Camouflage TP. At least that's the hope of the people at Burnsville, Minn.-based Northern Tool + Equipment, which also owns ­Kotula's, a catalog and online retailer with a good share of hardy, har har-type gifts.