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		<title>The Family Dinner Box of&#160;Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;m in love with the &#8220;Box Girls&#8221;: Cece Feiler and Heidi Haddad. They came up with this idea of having a box of conversation questions (not trivia but actual conversational questions about ethics and other deep stuff) to help amuse the whole family while waiting for dinner whilst dining out (I used &#8220;whilst&#8221;&#8212;that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Strategies for the Holidays: Get One, Give&#160;One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the mom of a preschooler, I can identify with any parent that complains about toy clutter. The worst type of toy clutter I&#8217;ve ever experienced is that of the toys that are no longer played with. This is where the &#8220;Get one, give one&#8221; rule comes into&#160;play.

If your young(er) child has toys they&#8217;ve outgrown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts That Don&#8217;t Suck: A Small Gift-Giving Lens on&#160;Squidoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been rather busy around here this holiday season. In an attempt to make amends for the lack of posts, I&#8217;ve been trying to be a good blogger and provide some useful (and sometimes ranty) information about gift-giving. In addition to the posts here, I&#8217;ve also been turned onto a little web service known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twisted Cookie Exchange: Gingerbread people, complete with missing&#160;parts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In real life, there&#8217;s nothing funny about amputation. It&#8217;s just&#8230; wrong. The rules on funny bend a little bit, though, when applied to the lives of cookies. If you live in a household like mine, with a mind like anyone in my small family possesses, it&#8217;s extremely telling when you look at which part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Really? A &#8220;Push&#160;Present&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so we&#8217;re deviating from the holiday format for a post to bring you what I think is one of the most ludicrous things I&#8217;ve ever heard of: the &#8220;Push Present&#8221;. Blame it on the New York&#160;Times: they ran the story that just made me gag a little&#160;bit.




As a biological mother, I understand the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Links to Make Great Gifts Look Even&#160;Better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not exactly known for my gift-wrapping skills. Yes, I do fancy art stuff, but when it comes to wrapping presents, I&#8217;m not the neatest girl on the block. My husband, thankfully, takes this task over for me. However, I know a few good &#8220;how-tos&#8221; that can help me, and possibly you, overcome this grievous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Minute Hanukkah: A Gift for the&#160;Audiophile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Know someone who is really into music, spoken word, podcasts or audiobooks? If you do, and that person has an iPod, you&#8217;ve got a pretty easy combination for a gift: get them something to help them listen to their iPod in their car. Seriously — it&#8217;s like peanut butter meeting up with jelly. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Argument Against Gift&#160;Cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I said that gift cards are the perfect gift, but I felt I had to offer a counter-argument to the whole gift card suggestion. It seems that there are some very persuasive arguments against gift cards that may sway you toward giving cold, hard, cash for the&#160;holidays.

If you&#8217;re wondering why I may be [...]]]></description>
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