4th Day of Christmas - For the gamers.

I'm keeping my promise re. giving you 12 gifts under $30.00 for the 12 Days of Christmas countdown.

Traditionally, the 12 Days are counted from Christmas Day to the feast of the epiphany or thereabouts, but we're doing ours a little earlier - we have to give you a chance to cop these goodies, after all!

On this, the 4th Day, we're focusing on the gamers in your life. Little Popo, Uncle Sonny, Big Brother Johnnie, Granny Edna... You know them. The folks who are either totally attached to their game consoles, or the ones who are always first to draw from the deck of cards...

Taking a slight spin on a classic, these Silver Traditional Playing Cards will offer just enough glitz to override the fact that, well, you're giving 'cards' as a gift. And the price is quite fetching - the set is just $9.00!

L.M.N. Harris

12 days of Christmas 08 - gifting at its best!

We're counting down ways to sweeten up the season for everyone - 12 ways for the 12 Days of Christmas! We all love to receive gifts and nice things, but as one commenter on this blog noted, "Is it not better to give than receive?'

Starting today, I'll be counting down the 12 Days by sharing some simple and unique ways to pass on the love. We're trying to keep our gift ideas under $30.00 USD (yes, it can be done) and we're also going to call of every last inch of your creativity!

So do you want to tell someone how much you love them? Why not do so in the old-fashioned way - send them a love note! The brass, hand-tooled missive (about $28.00) pictured above from U.K. designer Eclectic Eccentricity should do the deed quite fine, don't you think?

L.M.N. Harris