Spencer Gifts in Capitola Mall carries an ever-changing selection of gags, novelties, collectibles, clothing and random merchandise. A national chain, Spencer Gifts has made a major business out of items like fart machines, insulting parrots and lava lamps. It is particularly busy around Halloween, and carries plausible gift items for anyone comically or gothicaly inclined. Posters, bouncy balls and black lights satisfy the younger generation, while sex games, shocking pens and sexy apparel are more likely to appeal to the mature or even geriatric consumer.