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What did you get for Christmas? Have you finally mastered the art of gifting after all these years?

New clothes? Toys for your children? A new bag? Tech toys? Kitchen gadgets?  Dinner ware? Personalized pub mugs? Baked goodies? New shoes?

Or perhaps a new lease in life like what some of our brothers and sisters down south got.

I don’t know if it is considered as new lease in life if they survived but their family members did not. Yes, knowing as I am quite obsessed with knowing details when things like these happened, I read articles, watched videos, discussed when someone’s willing to listen and thought about them. I prayed for them too.

So now I ask again, “What did you get for Christmas?”

The answer depends on what values you treasure most: family, love, friendship, peace of mind, and being a channel to be able to help others are just a few things that may give satisfaction not just for Christmas but for the rest of the year.

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It’s Christmas break and with the children getting bored with their new toys, how about making a run and meeting new friends over at Jack’s Loft in Eastwood to see mascots, party planners, balloon twisters as they show you the new tricks of the trade re kiddie parties?

Not only will your children experience getting entertained, you also get the chance to help flood victims in Mindanao through your donations.

Happening on December 28, 2011 from 12nn onwards.

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We’ve bought a small gadget from an on-line discount vendor a few weeks ago. They emailed last week that delivery will be delayed. Ugh. Times like this I wish I can personally track the delivery progress, like they do with Santa during Christmas, 😀

The hubby’s work in relation to telcos enabled him to experience different kinds of mobile phones when mobile phone usage was in its infancy in the country during the late 90s. I particularly liked the Benefon units because of its many useful functions like the gps locator, safety of user in case of emergencies where he/she needs to be found and truck fleet tracking.

The mobile phones these days can do just that but those Benefon units were well ahead of its time.

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Last Friday, I wished for a new guitar. Not for me but for the youngest child who is bent on learning how to play the guitar. She has her eye on a certain brand. I’m sure when the daughter is adept enough to play she would be asking for gretsch guitars.

When we were still homeschooling, she learned to play a recorder all by herself but somehow this skill was forgotten due to the rigors of regular schooling. I hope she can re-learn when they have flute lessons in 4th grade.

Music is the language of the soul, so they say. My children grew up hearing music and learning songs that children their age probably don’t know. Here is one of my youngest daughter’s favorite song: That’s All I Want From You

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Do you believe in magic, witches and wishing on a rainbow? Do you want to see magical creatures? You can do all these and more at The Wonka Imaginarium, Atrium, EDSA Shangri-la Plaza from December 1 till December 4 which is made possible by our favorite candy store, Candy Corner.

The Wonka Imaginarium is inspired by Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If you haven’t read the book nor seen the movie, I suggest you do that 😉

When you look up and see these train, ice cream and peppermint candies ceiling festive decorations, you are near The Wonka Imaginarium.

When you see this fountain, you are there.

Purchase at least PhP100 worth of candies like Laffy Taffy, Nerds, Runts and Gobstopper plus so much more at the Wonka Imaginarium store or at Candy Corner’s Shangri-la Plaza store to get a Golden Ticket.

Be amazed at larger than life 3D art installations when you enter the Wonka doors:

A big pot of candies! Yey!

Grasshoppper!

Ladybug

Giant Mushrooms!

Details on The Wonka Imaginarium display.

Enter this magical door while the Talking Tree and a pink Laffy Taffy in person  assist you and your friends:

Don’t panic! This is going to be fun, I promise!

Wow, it is a different world in here!

You’ll get to meet a beautiful witch when you pass through that cosmic world and…

it is a surprise happy ending and you’ll get to know what happens next when you go see The Wonka Imaginarium with your children.

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TOMS Will be having a Give Fair at TriNoma on December 4, 2011:

TOMS One for One: for every TOMS pair of shoes you buy, you give a gift of a new pair of shoes to a child who needs them. This is probably one of the best gift ideas for Christmas.

Instead of giving our children gifts that they won’t use for long, why not give them a pair of TOMS shoes? This does not just show that we are thinking of them but of other children who will benefit from having a new pair of shoes.

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