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Christmas shouldn't need to be expensive

Christmas gift ideas for kids, when parents"Mommy,mommy, you've gotta see this"... My
are  on  a  budget.words of wisdom on thisone is don't get
caught  up in it. If you buy something early
We all know what the kids want for Christmas
this  year,  everything!November that you're child wanted because of
a commercial, guaranteedthey will move on to
It's every parents dilemma, what to get yoursomething else long before Christmas hits us.
kid(s) whichwill make them happy, and won't
break the bank for mom anddad. Of courseThink  longer  term.
this goes for aunts, uncles and
grandparentstoo. Do you need to spendSome toys just never go out of style...for
hundreds of dollars to make yourkids happyChristmas.
this  christmas  season,  I  think  not.
When I was a seven year old kid (some 35
What are the things kids think they want foryears ago) one of my favouritetoys were my
Christmas?matchbox  cars. I  probably  had 20 of them.
Is it a Playstation 3, an XBox 360 orI had a case to carry around them and I would
Nintendo Wii? Thesewill run you $600, $400spend countlesshours driving the little die
and $250 respectively. They'd makegreatcast cars around in the dirt, making rampsand
Christmas gifts, except for one thing. Theyhaving a blast with my buddies. Some things
cost asmall fortune, not to mention the costneverchange. In fact, I know two kids who
of  games  and  accessories.just can't get enough ofthese. Their current
favourites  are  the  ones  from  the  movie
So, what's the alternative to video game
consoles?"Cars". Now, these go for about $4 a piece
if you can findthem. Other matchbox style
My nephew has been playing games (computercars can be had in packs for a lotless.
and  console)  since  he  was  2.These are great stocking stuffers that kids
willabsolutely adore for Christmas. It's an
He has a ton of games, but suddently he isinexpensive christmasgift idea that you can
not playing thegamecube so much any more,also  give  to  relatives.
why? He's discovered the onlinemini-game
phenomenon. A lot of sites have theseThese are just a couple of ideas to get you
gamesavailable to play for free and he justthinking alongthe right lines. Don't think
loves them. Do agoogle search for these, orflash, think fun,and if you absolutely need
if you'd like to just go to my christmasgamesto get your kids a new video game systemthis
section, see the author tag at the bottom ofyear...then you're probably just like me, I
the  article.can't  say  no  either  :-)
Toys toys toys, all I want for Christmas isJohnny is a software engineer with 30 years
every  toy  I  see.experience. He has seen the landscape of
computing change from the days of no personal
True enough, there will be hundreds of thingscomputers and mainframes which took up entire
kids will see ads for (ontv) between now androoms to the ipod shuffle (the clip on
Christmas, and they're going to want themone)...amazing stuff. He's spent the last 10
all.years working on the Java platform and is a
strong advocate of Java technologies.
They will mention it every single day.



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