Category: 2012 Christmas Gift Guide

There are so many things we’re thankful for and we’re sure you feel the same way. Why not show how special these everyday thank you occasions are? The holiday season is a particularly great time to share a meaningful thank you. Whether the person you want to thank is your neighbor who throws a great party, or your postal worker who delivers the mail with a smile, there is no better way to share the “Joy of Thank You” than with a box of Merci chocolates.

It’s always exciting when Disney Pixar puts out their previous titles on Blu-ray 3D, and on December 4th they released UP on Blu-ray 3D for the first time ever!

“Up” follows the 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his life long dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America.  But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip:  an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.  Their journey to a lost world, where they encounter some strange, exotic and surprising

Like many up and coming stars these days, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble got their start on a televised talent show, this one in Italy.  Winning the competition easily, the young tenors named themselves “Il Volo” (which means flight), and were well on their way to success. 

Not only are these 3 young men kinda cute, they have voices that are far beyond their years.  they are classified as a pop-opera group (kind of a crossover between the two genres if you will). 

One of the most delightful tastes of fall and winter is warm apples. Hot Apple Cider and Apple Pie, both of those are wonderful to have after an evening meal, or afternoon of playing in the cold.

Green Mountain Naturals brings the warmth and sweetness of those apples in convenient Hot Apple Cider K-Cup packs. Made from the fresh-picked goodness of sweet orchard apples from the Pacific Northwest and without artificial flavors or preservatives, Hot Apple Cider is a great-tasting beverage you can feel good about sharing with your family.

The perfect gift for infants/toddlers this Christmas – Lullaby Versions of parents’ favorite songs. It’s the tunes that mom and dad know and love, that soothes baby to sleep.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star takes songs and turns them into lullabies.

I was interested in hearing some of their renditions, and so reviewed the Sci Fi Lullabies album. Hubby and I are hugely into Sci Fi/Fantasy movies, and I was wondering how our favorite sci fi movie tracks translated into lullaby form.

My Christmas gift to me was an iPhone 4S. I got it a little early as I picked it up on Thanksgiving weekend and I’ve had fun looking for accessories for it ever since. The main things I’ve been browsing lately online and at retail stores have been cases. There are so many out there.

If you’ve ever seen the episode of The Big Bang Theory where Raj gets his iPhone, and there’s a scene in it where he’s trying to decide what case to put on it from a ‘fashion’ standpoint.. oh yeah, that’s me…LOL.

Choosing a personalized gift, shows the recipient that you took the time to create something just for them. Whether it’s a monogrammed bath robe or an ornament for the tree you can make a personalized gift at PersonalCreations.com for everyone on your list. They have such a variety of items to choose from, and you can add a special touch by being able to add a name or date, special saying or initials to a gift.

Academy Award-winning Best Animated Feature “Finding Nemo” returns to DVD fro the first time in thrilling Disney Digital 3D.  In this stunning underwater adventure, with memorable characters, humor and heartfelt emotion, an overly protective clownfish named Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo (voiced by Alexander Gould), become separated in the Great Barrier Reef.  Buoyed by the companionship of Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly-but-forgetful Pacific regal blue tang, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic effort to rescue his son.

Are you counting? 20 days, that’s it! I cannot believe that there is less than 3 weeks until Christmas! I don’t really have a ‘list’ per say, but one thing everyone who has me on their holiday shopping list knows is that they can NEVER go wrong with coffee! Bold, Decaf, Flavored, Ground, Beans, K-Cups, T-Discs, you name it, I CAN BREW IT!

We do have a Sam’s Club membership, and go about once a month, but with only 3 people in our family, there really is only so much bulk shopping one can do. However, coffee is one of those things that is on the Sam’s Club shopping list, and as I mentioned a few

If you have been looking for a place to purchase a gift for the four legged member of your family, look no further than Chief Furry Officer.

Many people want to get their pup something for the holidays and for different reasons don’t want to go with just the rawhide bone. Some ‘moms & dads’ want to indulge their ‘chief furry officer’ and would like to show just how much their pup is a part of their family.

I set aside some time to look through Chief Furry Officer’s website, and even though I don’t have a dog right now, I found myself looking through the pages of