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American girl paper dolls- The web site has some sales.

One of those motion activated dancing, singing trees. Get it this year and put it on the toliet top. A few years ago I pulled the trick after hearing how I had a tree in every room. (I had 2 in the house.) In the middle of the night, LOL talking about scaring the p out of somebody. After that, I can have as many trees as I wanted as long as the activated one isn't in the bathroom. "Life may not be the party we wanted, but we might as well dance."

Found a book about the stories behind the best, most loved Christmas tunes. Wow! "Mary did you know" was written from the concept of a newspaper person interviewing Mary and the writter was a special needs kid. What's your favorite Christmas book?

Bubble Lights!

Love the craft shows this time of year. There was a baby sock with a purse latch attached called socking away money.

Christmas Eve candle lite communion rocks!

The concept of the exchange shows the meaning is lost. Just say we're making our gifts this year. Make each person something you want them to have. When the giving becomes more of a burden, let it go! Get back to the joy of Christmas! Now we have tackiest gift game. Go for the most ridulous! Last year I got pink fuzzy slippers and sponge hair curlers because i like to shop on Black Friday. Black Friday here I come with a new do and new shoes.

Go-Karts rides-there's a track here where they have to go go through a class then they can race. The boys love it!

There's riding around looking at the Christmas lights. Alot of the museums have open house. Really cool because they are free. A family of 4 at $15 a head can get real expensive quick so we only make it at Christmas. Normally they have punch and cookies too. You can make some of the gifts. Pick something you like to do at the holidays and make it yours.

Church and then open house with the neighbors- punch and homemade cookies with a plate of homemade cookies for the neighbors to take home

different colors, different textures with lots of tape and curly ribbons

Christmas morning- it's breakfast pizza 2 cans of Creasant rolls= roll out points going to center 6 scrambled eggs 12 oz cheddar cheese 1 lb cooked ham/pork susage Can do green pepper and/or mushrooms

light up Cinderella shoes-TRU had them 3 weeks ago if you bought $25 in Cinderella merchandise OR the 3 in 1 Disney Princess dress up clothes

marble run- it's maze of tubes they design the marbles to run down

Here in Richmond, Va. There's actually a tour of the houses with Christmas lights. It's called the Tacky Light Tour. It's one household trying to out do the other. You fix a thermos of hot chocolate and grap a bag of homemade cookies and hit the road.

Whitman's asst chocolate 1 lb. box- my father, a depression era kid thought Christmas was about getting chocolate, and fresh fruit. You were an adult when you graduated to the 1 lb box. 30 years later and I still have the first paper lb box. LOVE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS!

Corn pudding is the boy's favorite- custard base with whole and cream corn

Bubble Lights are the way to go! Retro 50's lights which kind of look like a candle with saturn rings.

We do a gift card from Starbucks at Thanksgiving.

No guts, no glory! I do ALL my shopping BF and enjoy the rest of the pre-season with all the other activities. I also have been able to find all I've been looking for on BF because the stores are well stocked and waiting for us.

11 year boy has it and enjoys. I haven't bought any expansion packs yet. Takes lots of room to set up and you'll want to be able to leave it up, because it takes to long to set up each time. Non video stradegy game