I love the ewok thing. Something cute and kinda fuzzy is always a hit.
ktspktsp gave me a stuffed animal doggy once, when I was sad about not getting to take a puppy home from the pet store (puppies always break my heart)... and I am the type who can't sleep without something to hold on to... always have a stuffed animal in my bed, lol. So I have slept with that puppy every night we're apart (which is most weekdays, and every night when I was in Africa last summer). It's a physical reminder of comfort, and it was such a sweet surprise...
Might I also mention that when I was in Africa, without e-mail (or anything, really), he wrote me an e-mail every single day, the whole time. I didn't get to read them until I got back to electricity and computers (weeks later), but it meant SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much to me that he did that. Those e-mails are like love letters, and I will always treasure them.