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November 25, 2014 5:49 am
A McGuffin appears to be a present given long before Christmas, not to be opened until Christmas. Given that hint at Dictionary.com, I found a rather interesting thread about an imaginary mongoose in an earlier version of Hitchcock's story.
Don't stop with just this post; the replies are fascinating as well. http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2010-October/103770.html
Still no explanation as to how Hitchcock came to call it a McGuffin, though.