Speaking from the heart and telling it like it is…

Merry Christmas.  I hope you and your loved ones have a peaceful and joyous new year.

Back by popular demand is my post about how to decorate a Christmas tree (or “A Tribute to Mom”).

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Originally posted December 6, 2007:

Yes…the holidays are upon us.

Stores blare Christmas music, commuters face nasty holiday traffic, shoppers swagger through crowded shops, busy busier frazzled parents lose patience with tired kids, and families spend hours (or days!) decorating their homes. It’s a time filled with ritual and traditions. And every family has its traditions. Some families go nuts every year on the outside of their homes hanging lights and signs…we don’t get crazy with our property — maybe we’ll put a few strands of white lights here and there, hang a couple of wreaths with bows, that’s about it.

But our Christmas tree inside our house? Ah, now that’s different.

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We have winners in our Rayman Raving Rabids TV Party giveaway! It’s the first game where you control a character using your bottom (on the Wii balance board)!

Congratulations to Pete of My GPS Camera Phone and PG (or should I say P@) of Annoyingly Boring!

Each of our winners won a copy of the Wii game, Rayman Raving Rabids TV Party!! That game was one of our top picks this year and is undoubtedly one of the most fun games of the year!

Thank you to everyone for participating!

Happy Holidays from PKTR, Soapbox Mom and Ubisoft!!

The kind folks at Ubisoft have provided us with TWO copies of Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party to give away.

This is one of the most fun games we’ve played this year (and that’s why it made our list of Top Picks - Video Games on Wii and PS 3)!

Want a chance to win?

This week, we’re asking you to leave a comment telling us which video game is your (or your family’s) favorite video game. That’s all you have to do to be entered into the drawing.*

Besides, now that the election is over, what else do you have to do?

You have until Saturday, December 20 at 4:30 pm (ET).

Tune in to the radio show I do with the kids on that day at 6:00 pm (ET) when we’ll announce the lucky winners on our live podcast!

Good luck and Happy Holidays!!

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———-> For more great holiday giveaways, check my blogger friend Michelle’s site, Scribbit, or Sarcastic Mom’s Giveaway Roundup!

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*And you must, of course, provide a valid email address for us to contact you.

Is anybody really still doing this?

I found the video on my friend Leeann’s blog and thought that if I can help just one guy stay out of the doghouse this holiday season, then, hey, it would be worth posting on my blog.

Jewelry is always better.

We announced the winners of the Shaun White Wii game giveaway during our radio show, Parents and Kids Talk Radio, today.  Download the show to listen by clicking here.

Congratulations to the winners of the Shaun White Snowboarding Wii games:

Ashlie of Mommycosm

and

April R of Sweet Leaf Tea!

If you like the Nintendo Wii as much as our family, you’re probably looking around for new games to play over the holiday break and beyond.  We recommended several in an earlier post and are pleased to announce that we’re giving away one of those games!

According to our preteen sources, it’s one of the coolest games of the year!

It’s Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip

We are giving away two copies!  One of them can be yours!!

No snow where you are?  Can’t go skiing this year?  Just imagine you and your kids doing this:

and this:

For a chance to win, just leave a comment here or on our companion blog, Parents and Kids Talk Radio. Be sure to include a valid email address because if you’re the winner, we’ll use it to contact you.

Happy Holidays from Soapbox Mom, Parents & Kids Talk Radio and Ubisoft!

For more games from Ubisoft, visit this link.

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Entries will be accepted until Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 12:30 pm (ET).  Giveaway is only open to US residents and US addresses (no PO Boxes).  See additional rules here.

Stay tuned and check back because we’re getting ready to announce our Holiday Giveaway of one of our Top Picks for 2008.

More soon!

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Have you ever wished you could print pictures on the road?  At your son’s baseball game?  Family picnic?  I see so much potential for this little gem:

I haven’t tried it out, so I can’t vouch for the quality. But the novelty alone makes it worth checking out, don’t you agree??

Wow.