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Season of Giving
Hot gifts to give this holiday season
By Shannon Sneed
Entertainment Reporter
Thanksgiving is behind us, and
that means we’ve now entered a
treacherous phase of the holiday
season: The Spending Zone. It’s a
time when our money is magical
ly sucked from our wallets and
pumped into cash registers every
where to feed the all-powerful
machine known as American
consumerism. ‘Tis the season to
spend money — and lots of it.
Here's a list of some popular
gifts flying off the shelves this
month:
Sing ’N Snore Ernie: This
should come as no surprise to
anyone. Last year’s Tickle Me
Elmo craze naturally has
spawned a huge market for cud
dly, battery-operated Sesame
Street characters that parents are
fighting for at toy stores every
where. The fact that such a
seemingly simple toy is so
popular is perhaps an in
dication that kids these
days have grown disen
chanted with imperson
al, highly digitized and
computerized toy ...
Virtual Pets: ... Or per
haps not. I m unclear on
how exactly this works, but
it’s a computer “pet” that
will “die” if you don’t feed t
it and take care of it. Elec- *
ironies stores are selling out ot
these everywhere.
The new and improved Barbie:
It’s about time. America’s sweet
heart is getting a new figure: flat
ter bust and thicker waist. Per
haps this is an indication of the
public’s growing impatience with
our cultural perception of female
beauty. Or perhaps it’s just a pub
licity stunt put on by the Mattel
Corporation. Either way, Barbie’s
new, more realistic proportions
are a step in the right direction to
ward healthier body images for
women.
Magic: The Gathering: In an in
vestigation of this game, which is
part role-playing exercise and
part collector’s hobby, a writer in
SPIN magazine called “Magic:
The Gathering” “the biggest teen
nerd-boy craze since Rubik’s
Cube.” The customizable card
game has been a gamer’s obses
sion for years, but thanks to an ag
gressive new advertising cam
paign, Magic has gone more
mainstream. There are literally
thousands of different cards to
collect, and each one has certain
"powers” that can be used in the
game, which is far too complex to
describe here. If you know some
one who’s a math whiz and has
an immense amount of time on
his or her hands to learn the rules,
a pack of these cards might be just
the ticket.
New “Star Wars” action fig
ures: It’s truly hard to believe that
20 years after their original re
lease, these movies keep on mak
ing such an enormous amount of
money. Kids and adults alike are
again bent on collecting all the
characters — from Boba Fett to
Luke Skywalker. This time, how
ever, the Kenner-made figures are
more generously proportioned
than the figures released during
and after the films’ first nm. (I sure
don’t remember Luke and Vader
having rippling chest muscles.)
The immense love of these
movies can only be considered
a cultural phenomenon. One
can only imagine the type of
frenzied mob scenes that
will occur at Toys ‘R
Us’s across the country
when the next three
I movies are finally released.
Having trouble deciding on
what to buy your parents, sib
lings, friends, relatives and/or
^ significant others this sea
son? Is your cash flow sub
par or just plain nonexistent?
Here are some suggestions for
gifts that won’t break the bank:
Good coffee: A more accu
rate description for this rich,
steaming liquid would be
Nectar of the Gods. A
pound of rich, full-bodied
coffee from any good cafe
in the area is a hard gift not
to like, and it certainly beats
the generic Safeway stuff any
aay.
Scented candles: These
are a consistently popu
lar gift; they smell good,
they re attractive anywhere and
they add great ambiance for a ro
mantic evening at home. Plus, the
small ones cost next to nothing.
Handmade things: Upon brows
ing through countless gift shops in
Portland’s trendy Northwest dis
trict, I realized that most of the trin
kets I saw could be easily made at
home and could save the gift-giver
a good deal of money. For in
stance, go to the drugstore, buy a
plain box, cover it with some vel
WENDY FULLER/Emerald
Here is a homemade gift box.
vety fabric: and — voila! A gift box.
Or string some neat beads together
and make a necklace or bracelet.
Or buy a plain glass orb and paint
it to create a Christmas tree orna
ment. The person who receives it
will appreciate the time and effort
you put into making it far more
than anything that can be bought
at a store.
The Simpsons Bio-Genetic Re
construction Kit: Okay, so this is
n’t exactly cheap — it’s $17 — but
it's so great that I have to put it in
here. It’s a set of Simpsons refrig
erator magnets, and you can mix
and match their body parts to cre
ate a bizarre amalgamation of
characters. For instance, you can
put Homer’s head on Bart’s body
with Marge’s hair and Moe’s eyes.
This is a must for any serious
Simpsons fan (meaning you’ve
seen every episode at least twice).
Books: Buy someone an unusu
al book that can’t be found in a li
H brary. For a particularly direc
■ tionless graduate you know,
there’s “Welcome to the
Real World: You’ve Got
an Education, now Get a
Life” by Stacy Kravetz.
It’s a how-to guide on life
after college, including
:i tips on repaying student
loans, searching for jobs and
finding a place to live.
Or, there s “How to Turn
your Ex-Boyfriend Into a
Toad and Other Spells,”
by Athena Starwoman.
| This is quite funny, if not
exactly in the holiday
spirit.
There are actually plenty of
ways to buy gifts for those you
love without going broke (or fur
ther into debt, as the case may be).
Remember, it’s not how much
money you spend one someone
that really matters in the end; it’s
the thought that counts. Happy
hunting.
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