Online Holiday Shopping Tips, WATD-FM LIVE on Dec. 2, 2010

Check out the MommaJam Minute from Dec. 2, 2010, during which we talk about cyber shopping for the holidays.  There’s a great online book store called, Laughing Giraffe Books.  You can order books as a “Bundle” or as a “Book of the Month” series.  The books are geared for kids ages 0 – 8 and older.  You can shop by age, gender, topic, or occasion.  Laughing Giraffe Books a great gift destination for grandparents.  The prices range from about $38 – $135, depending on the items.

Kids love to get things in the mail.  They can look forward to a new book each month.  Go to LaughingGiraffeBooks.com for more information and to see the complete book selection.

Another unique site is called MyRetroBaby.com, which has quaint gifts for kids and hip gifts for moms.

If you are going to shop online, make sure you start soon, to allow for shipping time, otherwise you pay a lot for shipping charges.

Online shopping is great for family and friends who live out of town.

Keep or start traditions your kids will remember.

• Making holiday cookies with the same friends each year.
• A Polish tradition is to make Pierogies for the Christmas Eve dinner.   This is a day long process of making the dough and fillings.

Tonight is the start of Hanukkah, which will continue until next Thursday, Dec. 9.

Overall, December is a time to have fun with your family and friends and be grateful for the things we have.   If you can, donate toys or your time or money to needy families.  The feeling of giving is much more powerful than getting.

Happy holidays and tune into the instant reply of the MommaJam Minute feature above.