The next few months are loaded with holidays and occasions - graduations, bachelor parties, weddings, Father's Day, even Mother's Day - that are perfect for giving the gift that brings joy to so many: a bottle of booze.

And to set your bottle apart from the half dozen or so the groom-to-be or graduate will likely receive, present the lucky recipient with one personalized just for them.

As a service to loyal, registered "regulars", thebar.com, will let you order up to 5 personalized labels of your favorite spirits (as long as those favorites are Crown Royal, Johnnie Walker Black, Buchanan's, Bushmills, or Don Julio tequila), each month, for free.

Once you register (which is also free), you select the brand, the bottle size, and enter a 3-line custom message of up to 22 characters each. (You can see what the finished label will look like as you type.) In about two weeks your custom labels will arrive at your door, ready to stick on the bottle.

Now you can give dad a bottle of Johnnie Black with a label that reads "For Everything I Put You Through Growing Up Happy Fathers Day 2008", or give the groom a bottle of Don Julio that let's him know "In Case of Marital Emergency Break Out a Glass".

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