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SPECIAL SECTION: 2009 gift guide for children
This year's gift guide for children is filled with shopping strategies, gift ideas and more. Help strengthen your holiday retail advertising supplements with this collection of stories and images.
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Toy sellers focus on value, price for holiday sales
HACKENSACK, N.J. _ The game that toy makers and toy sellers will be playing this holiday season is "Make Sure the Price is Right.''
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Rob Novickas of Mattel shows the big Matchbox truck. Toy manufacturers, entertainment companies and retailers brought their wares to the Time to Play 2009 Holiday Showcase in New York City, Thursday, October 1, 2009. (David Bergeland/The Record/MCT)
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Experts share tips on navigating the holiday shopping season
What should be the most wonderful time of the year easily could become the most stressful when you're shopping for the holidays. Can anybody help?
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Make sure you're giving safe toys this season
It's primetime for toy-buying. But how to do you know that what you're putting under the tree isn't putting the kids you love in danger?
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Toy tips: Save a little cash this holiday season
Trying to save some money buying toys this holiday season? Besides using coupons and snagging sale items, ShopSmart magazine has five money-saving tips for you.
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Parenting tips for the holidays
Between holiday wish lists, holiday food overload and winter break from school, it can be an overwhelming time of year for parents. In the spirit of a famous holiday song, I put a twist on the "12 Days of Christmas."
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10 ways to save money this holiday season
Ten ways to save money this holiday season.
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CuskibooAll ages$36, children's boutiques and online retailers
CuskibooAll ages$36, children's boutiques and online retailers
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Zoocchini Five-Piece Dinner With Friends Set12 months+$23, children's boutiques and online retailers
Zoocchini Five-Piece Dinner With Friends Set12 months+$23, children's boutiques and online retailers
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Little Superstar Jammin' Band Musical Microphone 6 months +$49.99, major retailers
Little Superstar Jammin' Band Musical Microphone 6 months +$49.99, major retailers
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Soft Hugwear Bear & Blanket Set18 months +$25, Wal-Mart stores
Soft Hugwear Bear & Blanket Set18 months +$25, Wal-Mart stores
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Sophie la girafeAll ages$12-$20, children's boutiques and online retailers
Sophie la girafeAll ages$12-$20, children's boutiques and online retailers
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Wonder Pets Schoolhouse Adventure Playset18 months +$39.99, major retailers
Wonder Pets Schoolhouse Adventure Playset18 months +$39.99, major retailers
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Elmo's Tickle Hands18 months + $29.99, major retailers
Elmo's Tickle Hands18 months + $29.99, major retailers
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Comfort and joy; Practical gifts and fun toys can soothe babies, making for calm parents
Holiday shopping for a child under the age of 2 can provide some challenges. Fortunately, a lot of practical products fit right in with a baby nearing toddlerhood’s desire to “do it myself."
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Little Mommy Walk & Giggle Doll3 years +$70, major retailers
Little Mommy Walk & Giggle Doll3 years +$70, major retailers
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Crayola Beginnings Color Me A Song2 years+$25, major retailers
Crayola Beginnings Color Me A Song2 years+$25, major retailers
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Smart Fit Park 3-6 years$40, major retailers
Smart Fit Park 3-6 years$40, major retailers
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Matchbox Rocky The Robot Truck3+$60, major retailers
Matchbox Rocky The Robot Truck3+$60, major retailers
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Instant gratification; Toys for toddlers must meet the demands of on-the-go age group
When did your little bundle of joy turn into Veruca Salt, wanting the world and wanting it now? The good news is, it’s an easy age group to find colorful gifts at all price points. Matchbox Rocky The Robot Truck. 3+ $60, major retailers. This bright yellow and black, fully functional dump truck is packed with personality. Smart Fit Park 3-6 years $40, major retailers.
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cool things photo: iPod Nano
iPod Nano. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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cool things photo: kidizoom-plus-blue
kidizoom-plus-blue. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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cool things photo: Classics Illustrated - Through The Looking-Glass
Classics Illustrated - Through The Looking-Glass. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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cool things photo: Classics Illustrated - Dr Jekyll + Mr Hyde
Classics Illustrated - Dr Jekyll + Mr Hyde. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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cool things photo: Snowshorts
Snowshorts. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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Where the cool things are; A holiday hit list for great gifts for the kids in your life
Want to think outside the box for the holidays? Check out our gift guide for kids. By now, everybody knows that videogames are a surefire hit with youngsters when gift-giving time arrives. Still, that doesn't mean your little button-mashers can't be creative, active or learning when Santa's sleigh touches down on your roof.
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cool things photo: Lego Rockband
Lego Rockband. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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active gifts photo: bike helmet
Alondra Tovar, 10, gets fitted with a bike helmet after receiving a bicycle during a team-building exercise at the Le Rivage Hotel in Sacramento, California.
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active gifts photo: BMX bikes
We're not saying you'll have a future Oympian, but a cool BMX bike for Christmas will certainly get your kid off the couch. In this photo, Mike Day of the United States leads the pack over jumps during BMX quarterfinals during the 2008 Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China.
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Fight 'nature deficit disorder': Get kids active with outdoorsy gifts this year
Dear Santa: A lot of kids will bomb me with snowballs for writing this letter, but it's really important. You've got to go easy on the electronic games and gadgets, and no-imagination toys this holiday season. Yup, this is serious.
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active gifts photo: fishing pole
If you want to give the children on your list something more active than passive this year, consider a fishing pole. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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active gifts photo: sled
A gift as simple as a sled can be the highlight of a child's Christmas morning. © 2009, Tribune Media Services.
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boredom busters photo: Gazillion Bubble Rocket
Blast bubbles (slmost) into space: There's no NASA training needed to fly the foam-tipped Gazillion Bubble Rocket. Just pour some of the included bubble solution into the base, set the 12-inch-high spacecraft in place, and stomp on the launcher. You'll send the rocket soaring with an iridescent, sudsy vapor trail floating behind it. Ages 6 and up. Funrise, $17. (Andrew Greto/Disney Family Fun/MCT)
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boredom busters photo: The Slicer
The all-weather Slicer sled runs on snow, of course, but it also speeds down a grassy hill with the help of special ice molds, each about the size of a small pizza, that you fill with water, freeze, and attach to the bottom of the plastic sled. (Andrew Greto/Disney Family Fun/MCT)
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boredom busters photo: Make Your Own Snowman
Chill out with the Make Your Own Snowman World kit. Simply add water to the nontoxic polymer mixes, and the cubes, balls, and powder absorb the liquid and expand, making bigger cubes and balls and piles of powder. Using their homemade faux snow, kids can create a winter wonderland of miniature creatures and igloos. (Andrew Greto/Disney FamilyFun/MCT)
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Boredom busters; 13 great gifts to cure the blahs
Whether you are a parent, aunt, uncle or friend of a child, there is often nothing more grating to the ears than the seemingly endless moan of, “I don’t have anything to do.” This holiday season, take it upon yourself to help cure those bouts of boredom with these thoughtful gifts from the editors of Family Fun magazine.
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Nintendo's DSi squares off with PSP, iPod Touch
Earlier this year, Nintendo updated the Nintendo DS _ the world's most popular handheld game system _ and I spent a lot of quality time with this $170 machine, dubbed the DSi.
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Nintendo DSi
Take the already popular Nintendo DS, add two built-in cameras and photo-, music-, and voice-editing software, and you've got the bound-to-be-a-hit Nintendo DSi. (MCT)
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10 cool board games for cold winter gatherings
The shorter days and colder nights are perfect for gathering with friends and family for a couple of hours of good-natured fun. We know you like games too, so we've scouted the ones that also would make nice gifts this holiday season.
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The shorter days and colder nights are perfect for gathering with friends and family for a couple of hours of good-natured fun with a board game. (Michelle Hazelwood/Charlotte Observer/MCT)
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Santa layaway illustration
300 dpi Theresa Doffing color illustration of Santas lining up to put money down on layaway for Christmas gifts.
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Toys 'R' Us sets sights on holidays
The holiday shopping season was the furthest thing from Jennifer Garrido's mind on Tuesday as she perused the aisles with her sister at the Babies "R" Us store on Okeechobee Boulevard.
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Layaway rebounds as credit gets scarce
Layaway is back, and if one national retail chain is correct, it will be a major force in this year's holiday shopping. Once a standard in department and specialty stores, layaway all but vanished with the rise of easy consumer credit.
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Retailers target budget-minded shoppers
It looks like retailers are ready to cater to budget-minded shoppers during this year's holiday season. The National Retail Federation this week projected holiday sales during the months of November and December to total $437.6 billion, a drop of 1 percent from the same period a year ago.
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Steals and Deals: Walmart announces 100 toys for just $10
Walmart is making a stronger commitment to creating more smiles for moms and children this holiday season, bringing back its $10 toys section in all stores today and expanding its $10 holiday assortment this year to more than 100 toys.
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HOLIDAY DECORATIONS
Matthew, left, 10, and brother Joshua, 8, Floyd check out the lights on their home i Boise, Idaho, on December 4, 2008.
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Christmas bow illustration
300 dpi Fred Matamoros color illustration of large, round, multi-looped holiday bow in green ribbon.
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Santa hats illustration
300 dpi Laurie McAdam color illustration of Santa with tall hats and surrounded by the tops of many other Santa hats.
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Frugal trim illustration
300 dpi Sue Syrnick color illustration of Christmas tree decorated with red shoestring trim and penny ornaments.
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