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Active Gifts With Attitude

Lamenting the fact that your children seem to spend their entire Christmas glued to the PC?Bored with computer games that aspire to making you and your kids more physically active when the natural solution seems to be “get outside and be active then!”?Most importantly, looking for gifts and toys that you will actually want to play too?After all, you are paying for them, so you may as well get your money’s worth too without having to display your utter lack of co-ordination on the PC gaming console.

Given global warming, don’t bet on having a white Christmas this year.That means the garden is still available for minutes of crisp yuletide fun.  One of the greatest boys toys this year (and we do mean boys of any age) must be Gnome Bowling.  Frankly anyone with a beard and silly hat lurking at the bottom of your garden would ordinarily be shot, so standing in as bowling pins seems not too bad a fate.  Possibly one the best garden-based Xmas gifts made, Gnome Bowling is about as much fun as you can have short of finding some real gnomes to bowl over. Simply rack up six nervous looking gnomes supplied and strike fear into their hearts with two lightweight balls.Who’s laughing now eh!

The ideal gifts for her frequently aren’t intended for her directly, but rather are designed  to give your  lovely lady more time and less stress by diverting the attention of  those  all consuming  tyrants called small children.Now dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years, and whilst they are undeniably smaller, children seem to have a natural empathy with dinosaurs because they too are capable of ruling your world and causing widespread devastation.

Unite these natural allies with a ride-on mini Triceratops.  This interactive dinosaur is built using some of the most advanced animatronic gadgetry in the industry which gives her a personality all of her own. If you talk to her she’ll roar back, pass her food and she’ll eat it, touch the side of her head and she’ll turn towards your touch. You can even sit your child on its back and listen to the baby dinosaur stamp her feet – it’s just a shame she’s too lazy to walk around the room because maybe if she did, she would have avoided that asteroid.

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Christmas crunch! Any unique, CHEAP, gift ideas?

Im trying to find some cool unique gifts for my family and friends this year. Im broke just like the rest of us and am looking for something that’s more personable and unique than dollar store crap and baked goods. Share your great gift ideas!!!

dress up your dollar store crap? get those dollar mugs with the candy or coffee in it and throw in $5 gift cards? gift cards can be for anywhere. McDonald, wal mart, car washes, gas, anything!! i dont know if you have a big lots in your area, but they have alot of neat gift sets. i got my boyfriend this one with a bunch of neat hot sauces. and i found a few others with martini mixers and maragrita mixers. they have simple ones for like 10 bucks with hot chocolate and coffees. they also had this big neat one with movie candy and popcorn. you could grab one of those and add a dvd? walmart has alot of specials on dvds. i think 2 for $10? they always have a ton out in the isles for under $10? get a small gift bag, throw in a dvd.. bix boxes of movie style candy.. popcorn.. a cheap fleece blanket.. hot chocolate.. soda.. anything?? sometimes the day after thanksgiving you can get dvds for 2 and 3 dollars. also the day after thanksgiving, around here you can find those fleece blankets for 5 dollars.. the extras you can get at a dollar store..

hope that helps a little..

What is an appropriate gift for a company to give an employee getting ready to have surgery?

A get-well gift isn’t very appropriate because the surgery hasn’t occured yet. Neither is "good luck". Keep in mind that we are her employer, not a close friend of family member. Any ideas?

Short term life insurance premiums,, just kidding.. if the person is going to be out of work,, perhaps you can pitch in for a maid cleaning service to come by the house during recovery. Flowers are nice, but they fade, and you just toss them,, lot of money for a bunch of weeds.. good luck.

So waht Did happen to Rudolph?

CORPORATE MEMO

To: All Staff
Date: December 1
Subject: New "Twelve Days of Christmas" Policy

The recent announcement that Donner and Blitzen have elected to take the early reindeer retirement package has triggered a good deal of concern about whether they will be replaced, and about other restructuring decisions at the North Pole.

Streamlining is due to the North Pole’s loss of dominance in the season’s gift distribution business. Home Shopping TV channels and mail order catalogues have diminished Santa’s market share. He and the Board could not sit idly by and permit further erosion of the profit picture.

The reindeer downsizing was made possible through purchase of a late model Japanese sled for the CEO’s annual trip. Improved productivity from Dasher and Dancer, who summered at the Harvard Business School, is anticipated. Reduction in the reindeer will also lessen airborne environmental emissions for which the North Pole has received unfavorable press (gas and solid waste).

We’re pleased to inform you that Rudolph’s role will not be disturbed. Tradition still counts for something at the North Pole!

LMAO I like this one! so what about the elves? Were they downsized too? Oops, maybe I shouldn’t use the word "downsized" when speaking about elves. Maybe "cut backs"?….. no….

Sound Christmas Gifts for He and She

Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes mean she shall have music wherever she goes.Even if you don’t know a contrary Mary or hate gardening, there are still some items out there that should satisfy the craving for Christmas gifts that combine warmth and woofers in one sure to be appreciated, present.

The Equalizer Music Hat is a great example.   Gifts for her don’t often display this level of practicality and passion.As well as keeping your loved one’s head cosy, it will also fill her warmed ears with her favourite music.Even better, as the music plays, LCD displays on the hat light up EQ- style in time with the beat. The louder the music, the more the bars dance and display.  Only select gadgets can achieve this double whammy of pleasing the crowded tube carriage because they can’t hear a thing (thus showing your consideration) whilst mesmerising them through your beating hat light show (thus keeping them entertained).This hat is definitely the coolest way to keep warm this winter.

Gifts for men can be equally challenging in the “keeping toastie warm-giving some excitement” arena.  Maybe you think that your boyfriend/ husband/partner is a bit of a pianist (yes we do mean pianist).Pianists busking – not a common sight.  After all, a piano or a keyboard is just too heavy to lug about. Enter Piano Hands, the piano you can play anywhere on any surface just by pulling on a pair of gloves.In built sensors on the fingertips trigger the piano notes that play through the attached speakers.  To shift up an octave, you just press the heel of your hand on whatever surface you’re playing on.   As well as the classical piano sound, there are seven other instruments, such as guitar, soulful trumpet, and of course a drum kit, so now drumming your fingers can mean literally that!

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Gifts For The Credit Crunch

What to get and what to give in these times of depression?  It’s hard, almost as hard as figuring out why, when we bailed out the people whose greed caused this whole bloody depression/financial system collapse thing, they now seem to be getting away with paying themselves more of the money that we gave them while charging us more of our money for getting at what is our money.

Keep your cash under the bed, or better yet in a jar, because then you can see it.  Gifts for him during these credit-crunched times don’t come any smarter than a clever little money jar that has an intelligent top (if only the banks could say the same!).Every time you pop loose change through the slot in the lid, it tots up the total, so you always know how much you’ve got stashed.    In weak moments, when you fancy luxuries like food or toilet roll or even new fangled gadgets like cups or shoes to cheer up your otherwise humdrum, cash-strapped existence, when you remove the lid an LCD screen insists you enter the amount you’re snaffling.   It automatically deducts that amount from the total and you don’t get charged or get any letters.  Listen to the lid and you’ll be surprised how fast you save cash.

However, these things are mere toys compared with the real cost-saving present that’s practical and reliable.You guessed it – we’re talking Unicycles!  Half as useful as a bicycle, but then only half the bits to buy and half the bits to go wrong.  Twice as much fun though and they are a cost effective means of transport, fitness and entertainment rolled into one.If your sense of balance is more developed than your sense of self-preservation, then the Unicycle could be for you. In these times of downsizing it’s true there are no handlebars, but you  still get a wheel, a fully adjustable (and very comfy) seat as well as anti-slip pedals for half the running cost of a bike and ¼ the running costs of a banger.

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Finding The Perfect Gift For Tenants

Renting? You should be, because apparently more of us are renting as falling house prices and slack demand drags down Western civilisation.So if you are in your studio-based bedsit hovel, or a luxury five-bed pad with swimming pool, do you regret those stipulations of no children and no pets (sob)? How many times have you thought that life would be more complete with a furry little friend from another species, only to be thwarted by the landlord/managing agent combination?

Gifts for renters pining for companionship don’t get any better than an animatronic Guinea Pig.   To some, he may be little more than a battery compartment with a wig, but to you he could be a friend and companion for life or at least until the landlord comes for an inspection.  Some of these cyborg rodents are really advanced with all sorts of electronic wizardry to make them truly interactive virtual pets and not just brilliant gifts for women,  who as we all know have a soft spot for small furry things.

Some have sensors in the eyes ( that’s the rodents, not women of course!)  so they can shuffle about the house without bumping into things, which is probably more than you could do after a few Stellas!   Some are scarily real for what are essentially toys.They have different moods and if you don’t play with them they get lonely and scared and mope in a dark place.

Some react to voices and sounds and come to you when you call and there’s even some that you feed with their own special carrot.Aside from those slightly freaky, “Rise of the Machines” attributes, animatronic animals are the perfect rental pet – no litter, no pee or poop behind the sofa, no scattered sawdust and easily put in a cupboard when the landlord comes to call.Oh yea, and when you go away on holiday they won’t die on you either!

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Office Toys for Girls and Boys

As we stagger towards the Christmas season, where it is better to give than to receive, (but you feel pretty peeved if your own reception is a bit poor) it’s often difficult (or frankly just too boring to bother) choosing a gift that will really, really be appreciated.Not just the grudging “thanks” through gritted teeth for yet another tie, pair of socks, frying pan spatter guard, jumper or equally rubbish novelty Xmas gizmo, but a real, heartfelt “ bloody hell – that’s fantastic!”.

But which Christmas gifts do you get to evoke that response?   Well, since the office is where most of us seem to spend our lives passing the time and praying for those tedious hours in front of the PC to end or if you’ve just finished yet another time management course that overran, why not invest in gadgets such as the brilliantly named Lifetimer, possibly the most interesting and interactive clock ever invented.It lets you keep track of the important things in life, like the amount of time left until your next holiday, your next tea break, the time you knock off work, even the last time you had sex – with another person!It’s fantastic how much time you can waste simply by pressing buttons to see how much time you’re wasting.

If that sounds too much like boys toys and you want something jest a little bit more useful for the girls, who as we all know are far more organised and efficient, then try something called Dead Fred.Fred shows you care, have a really warped sense of humour and are practical at the same time – character virtues that are bound to make you irresistible to women!

Fred is the answer to the fact that pens have legs and proves that you can put a pen down and stop it walking away.He’s made from soft silicone rubber, lies prostrate on the desk and makes a very natty home for your pen – and it doesn’t go where you’re thinking!It thrusts deep into his rubbery chest where it remains until withdrawn – another reason it’s bound to be a hit with the girls!

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What are good, cheap gift ideas for Grandparents who have everything?!?

I have 3 sets of Grandparents and now that I’m an adult I want to buy them Christmas presents. Some live in other states and I don’t want to buy alcohol. What are some ideas?

Thanks
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Cookies, buddy.

You can never go wrong with cookies.

What’s a good "I appreciate you" gift for a female employee to give to her 30 something male boss?

It is probably better to not give such a gift at all … it might be taken the wrong way. Instead of thinking of giving a gift to the boss just do a great job. It is HE who should appreciate you for your hard work. It’s nice that you have a good boss and that you do appreciate him but best to not do presents to the boss unless it’s a group thing and everyone is participating for a special occasion such as a promotion or the birth of a child, etc.