Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Flatout: Head On

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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CSI: New York

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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PS2 MLB Wireless Game Controller

Playstation 2 MLB Wireless Game Pad

Gamers who have stepped up to the Mad Catz Control Pad Pro controller totally dominate the competition – this is simply the best controller available. Now you can control the game with our official MLB Licensed team controllers.

32 collectible team designs in full color with Mad Catz signature impact resistant finishes. Fully analog with dual joysticks, pressure-sensitive analog action buttons and triggers – the Control Pad Pro is built for serious gaming action.

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Ultimotion Swing Zone Sports Game

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

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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.

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