It is the holiday season, and everyone deserves a gift – even IHSA executive director Marty Hickman.

Cornerkicks has always been a fan of gift cards, long before they became the popular gifts they are today. Some may say gift cards are impersonal, but so be it.

So for gift No. 3 of Cornerkicks' 12 gifts this holiday season, Hickman has been presented a Chicago Tribune gift card with a zero balance.

Now, it’s not because Cornerkicks is cheap as much as it doesn’t want to support the competitor that will soon be raising the price of its daily paper to 75 cents. Along with the gift card, Hickman also received a free lifetime pass to this blog and this link from today’s Chicago Tribune: