Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Video Games & Accessories

New Super Mario Bros.

New Super Mario Bros. for the DS lets you play an updated version of the classic Super Mario Bros. world, with all-new moves taken from other hit Mario games. When Mario and Princess Peach are taking a walk, a bolt of lightning hits Mushroom Castle. Mario goes off to investigate, but when he returns, Bowser has kidnapped Peach!
He’ll track down Bowser on the classic, original Super Mario Bros. map with all the moves he’s picked up in the other games.

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Wii MotionPlus

Easy to use. The Wii MotionPlus accessory connects to your Wii remote controller to increase the accuracy and to enhance play control on compatible games. It’s sensors make it possible for the remote control respond to the slightest movement or twist of your wrist. Great for those who play intense, fast paced games.

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Flatout: Head On

In this complete and total destruction video game, Flat out offers the most destructive racing experience in gaming. Crunching metal, spectacular crashes and bone breaking along with hilarious rag doll characters catapulted in race. Supports offline as well as live multiplayer.

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Lego: Battles

Experience a new kind of “build and battle” LEGO gameplay with six different story lines, players will build their LEGO bases as well as battle teams as they work their way through 70 different levels and create the ultimate customized LEGO squad. More options than ever before as you mix and match the themed characters and vehicles.

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CSI: New York

Enjoy solving crimes in the Big Apple. Fans of CSI can now experience the world of solving crimes. Role play as Mac or Stella as you piece together clues and locate hidden evidence to find the criminals in New York City.

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Imagine Fashion Designer New York

Take on the role as a novice fashion designer in New York City given the chance to make a name for herself. As you express your creativity in sophisticated design workshops and live in the world of fashion, you work your way up to become the ultimate fashionista as quick as possible.

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Guinness Book of World Records: The Video Game

Video games are great if you’re looking for cheap ideas for Christmas gifts. Go head to head against your friends and family to be the ultimate world record holder! Compete in more than 35 different challenges based on real life world records in your quest to become the record breaker.

Post your scores online and see how you rate against other competitors around the world. The game’s quick-fire action challenges can be played solo, in teams, or in competitive multi-player groups. Players are able to compete for the ultimate prize.

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Jakks Pacific Ultimotion Swing Zone Sports Motion Controller Video Game

Play your favorite sports like a pro with the Ultimotion Swing Zone Sports video game. This fun and entertaining interactive video game will have your five- to 10-year-old child hitting home runs like a champ, tossing a football like a quarterback, and acing their opponents on the tennis court in no time flat. CLICK TO PURCHASE


Christmas Facts

Christmas trees were first lighted with actual candles, which presented a fire hazard. As a result containers filled with water had to be kept near the Christmas tree.

Workers in the construction industry are responsible for the tradition of having a Christmas tree on display at Rockefeller Center in New York City. They are credited with placing an undecorated tree at the site in the early 1930s.

Since the mid-1960s, The National Christmas Tree Association has maintained a presence in the White House at Christmas by donating a Christmas tree to the First Family.

The former Woolworth department store first sold manufactured Christmas tree ornaments in 1880.

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More Christmas Facts

Plastic became the primary material used to make tinsel after their use for decorative purposes was at one time prohibited because lead was used in the manufacturing process.

The idea of Christmas greeting cards started in Britain in the late 1830s when John Calcott Horsley started to produce small cards that had festive scenes and a holiday greeting written inside. Similar cards were also being made in the United States at about the same time by R.H. Pease, in Albany, New York, and Louis Prang, who was a German immigrant. The idea of sending the greeting cards during Christmas gained popularity in both countries about 10 years later when new postal delivery services started.

The shortened form Xmas for Christmas has been popular in Europe since the 1500s. It is believed to be derived from the Greek word 'Xristos' which means Christ.

According to the National Confectioners Association, for 200 years candy canes were only made in the color of white and it wasn't until in the 1950s that a machine was invented that could automate the production of candy canes.