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Unique and Affordable Christmas Gifts for Her

She is the special someone of your life. You are certainly looking for some unique Christmas gift for her. However, due to the tough times this year (probably due to recession), you are not able to spend a good amount of money for her Christmas present. No worry! There are many gifts in the market that that suits your pocket. What more? They are personalized gifts! So, just look at these fabulous options for her this Christmas and see what you can afford to give her. One thing is sure- she'll love these gifts! Go ahead then.

Personalised Calendar

What can be special to her than her own name. Gift her the name – all hers- in the form of a personalized calendar. Each page of this calender months show her name in entirely different and beautiful ways. She'll not be able to forget you all the year long, leave alone Christmas time.

Beaded Jewellery Birthstone Earrings

If she is a believer, gift her a beaded jewellery – may be an earring- studded with her birthstone. Jewelery is one of the coveted possessions of any woman. And if it is birthstone jewelery- she'll love it like anything. It's not at all impossible to know her birthstone. The bead jewelery manufacturers make available all birthstone with full detail about birth month etc. Choose one that is hers. It's that simple!

Personalized Photo Cushion Cover

If you want her to say good night to you everyday without fail- gift her a custom pillow cover with a photo of both of you on it. You can even make this pillow cover exclusively with her photograph. These pillow covers are extremely cheap. So, you can even get 12 or 18 pillows or whatever amount you can afford. Get them customized with her photo in different moods and dresses. She'll die to sleep early every night!

First Aid Chocolate Gift Box

Now in this holiday season, when she has taken leave from diet, you can treat her too. Give her this chocolate gift box because girls (of any age I tell you) love to have chocolate howsoever control they show on their taste buds. And what's better time than Christmas to give your lady a sweet gift like this.

Say I Love You Pillowcase Set

This is the ultimate romantic gift for her- the 'Say I Love You Pillowcase Set' She'll just love it. Although it is a bit more expensive than all the above gifts for her, the spark in her eyes is invaluable. Choose this if you can afford. If not than choose from the ones I've listed above. Or just google search a little- you'll find many many romantics gifts for to present this Christmas!

If you are one of those naughty girls who is searching for what gifts can your lover give you this Christmas- its your time too to get romantic gifts for him this Christmas.

Gift Your Child A Celebrity Toy This Christmas

So, How do you inspire your kids? These are not your childhood days when you got motivated by inspirational biographies and stories of great personalities of your age. This is the age of celebrity show off. The toy companies have made the children their target consumers. So, don't be surprised if your little boy wants to spend his Christmas Holidays with none other than Barack Obama or your sweet little daughter wants to sing her way with none other than Victoria Beckham. Check out what celebrity toys are available in the market. Grab one that suits the interests of your kids as their valued Christmas Gifts.

Get this Barack Obama Celebrity Toy for your kids and let them play with the most powerful person of the world on this date

This is Victoria Beckham Doll all set to come to your darling daughter's room. Now let her decide what she wants to be- a singer, a fashion model, or a celebrity wife- just like Mrs Beckham.

And if you can wait for few more days, you can get all new Katrina Kaif Barbie doll introduced by Mattle Inc. the toy company. The doll has entered India and is about to be made available- hope its before Christmas- All the best to your sweetheart daughter!

If you find this list a little short to choose from among- buy this book on Christmas Dolls. It is a collection of contemporary dolls with more than 200 color photos of dolls by today's top international artists and manufacturers.

30% of Christmas lights are a serious safety hazard, EC warns

Calling it a "wake up" call, the European Commission (EC) warned that on average, just more than 30 per cent of Christmas lights sold in the European Union (EU) had increased risks of electric shock, fire hazard or both.

"If we are going to 'keep the lights on' at Christmas, consumers need to be confident that there are no compromises on safety," European Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kouneva was quoted as saying in an EC media statement issued on December 2 2009 at the presentation of a report on Christmas light safety.

The report presented the conclusions of a joint market surveillance project that involved authorities from Hungary, Germany, Slovakia, Slovania and the Netherlands. Testing had been carried out between November 2007 and May 2009 on 196 random samples of Christmas light chains across the entire price range, the media statement said.

Many of the lighting chains that had been checked, had failed multiple technical or administrative tests.

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