Kindle Christmas 2011 – New Kindle Fire Comes Out in Time for Christmas

With the new Kindle Fire coming out in time for Christmas this year, with a release date of November 21st, some are calling this year the “Kindle Christmas” and pre-ordering their new Kindle Fire now. As an avid book reader, none of the versions of the electronic Kindle thus far have caused me to want to move away from owning and holding the actual book itself, until now.

The new Kindle Fire has caught my attention due to the extremely low price of just $199.00, with free shipping for Amazon Prime Members, much cheaper than the extremely popular iPad. We don’t own an iPad and at this point have no interest in spending that kind of money on an electronic gadget when our laptops and computers work just fine. Having read numerous reviews about the Kindle, positive and negative, waiting for the latest and greatest version of the Kindle and seeing what options and apps are available seemed to be the wise choice.
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Amazon Black Friday 2011 Discount Deals for Online Christmas Shoppers

Amazon’s Black Friday deals are going on right now for early online Christmas shoppers to enjoy the many discounted deals on kids toys and games, electronics, clothes and shoes, beautiful jewelry and watches, books, music, and so much more. Cell phones and accessories, digital cameras, home theater systems, health and personal care products, TV’s and more are all included in Amazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for this year’s holiday season.

Amazon’s “Today’s Lightning Deals” cover extremely discounted items in electronics, shoes, automotive & motorcycle, and health and personal care categories for limited time periods for each day as a Countdown to Black Friday with even more deals and discount prices to fit everyone’s budget. GPS systems, electric toothbrushes like the ever popular Philips Sonicare rechargeable toothbrush, big screen TV’s and many electronic gadget-type gifts are all included in the best deals for Black Friday on Amazon.
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Trunki Suitcases – Gruffalo Trunki Kids Ride On Travel Luggage on Wheels Review and Giveaway

The Trunki suitcase is a lightweight ride-on suitcase for kids and toddlers that weigh no more than 110 lbs, an ingenious invention by Trunki designer Rob Law, for parents traveling with small children going on family vacations or a weekend at Granny’s house.

Specially designed as a kids ride-on toy suitcase on wheels for family vacation trips, the award winning, boredom busting Trunki suitcase for kids is an airport approved carry on luggage case that young children can sit on and ride on through the airport without getting tired and grumpy from all the waiting and walking through airport security and terminals.
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Golden Books, Tootle, Little Golden Books Collection List, Disney Golden Books

The Little Golden Books collection of children’s books, originally published by Simon & Schuster in cooperation with the Artist and Writers Guild, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on October 1, 2012. Little Golden Books is a very popular collection of hardbound books for reading to infant babies, toddlers and older children, with the very first 12 titles of Little Golden Books published on October 1, 1942.

Starting a collection of Little Golden Books can be daunting, since some of the older Golden books are rare and very hard to find unless you’re able to find vintage Golden Books at garage sales, antique shops, flea markets, thrift book stores, online auction sites like eBay, Etsy shops or on Amazon. No collection of Little Golden Books would be complete without the endearing book called Tootle, written by author Gertrude Crampton, a children’s story about a little train that could do just about anything.
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Amazon Black Friday Christmas Sales and Hottest Christmas Toys for 2010

Amazon’s week of Black Friday sales is going on right now, (right now!) with an entire week of Black Friday sales and discounted prices on lots of great xmas gift ideas for kids, teens and adults. While browsing around on Amazon.com to add or edit our Amazon wish list and buy Christmas gifts and toys for the kids on our list, I stumbled across Amazon’s Black Friday deals page.

I am not one to get up before the crack of dawn, one day after Thanksgiving, to go stand in long lines with Black Friday shoppers looking for the best deals in all our favorite stores. And why would I, not when I can do all or most of my Christmas gift shopping online and either have it delivered to our home to wrap, or have gifts ordered and pre-wrapped and shipped to its destination in time for Christmas morning?
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Dallas Experience Gifts – Experience Gift Days For Christmas, Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries

Gift experience days represent some of the most unique gift ideas for holidays like Christmas, or any other special occasion where gifts may be given. Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries are amongst my favorite times to give someone a gift of experiences that will be remembered for many years to come, if not a lifetime. I also enjoy giving “just because” gifts at various times throughout the year, completely unexpected inexpensive gifts just to treat someone I know to a special experience day for no other reason than to say I’ve been thinking about you and love you.

Some of my Dallas area readers and friends have asked me to share some ideas and resources I use to find fun things to do in and around Dallas and surrounding cities, as well as some local gift experience ideas DFW residents may not have thought about or know are available. It may be considered by some to be old-fashioned in today’s society to do nice things for people “just because” or send “thinking of you” cards, anniversary cards or Christmas cards to loved ones, but I like to do nice thoughtful things for people I care about, and send cards through the mail rather than sending e-cards (or not sending cards at all) just because doing so seems more personal to me.
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