Holiday Gift Guide with Giveaways

Holiday shopping season is here again and the Global Influence network has some great gift ideas for you, tried and tested by real moms. Click on the links to check out what our team of reviewers had to say about each of these gift ideas, and then take a moment to enter our fun giveaway and take a chance at winning some of these fabulous products. Featured Reviews Pouchees -
Busy moms need all the help they can get to stay organized and keep life as simple as possible. The Pouchee is the perfect solution to keeping all those little things together, putting everything you need, right at your fingertips.
> >Duck Hunter -
Duck Hunter turns the excitement of the hunt into an activity the whole family can enjoy. Launch the duck in the air and try to hunt it down with the toy shooter as it flies freely in the air. A fun choice for those who love outdoor sporting.
CardStore cards
-Personalized holiday cards are an important item on everyone's to-do list and often a hassle to create and print. Cardstore.com has everything from family photo cards to invitations for your big holiday party, simplifying your holiday season.
Great Holiday Gift Ideas Things Remembered Custom Couture Jewelry Just Elfin' Around Card Cubby Harumika By Bandai Harumika Runway Showstopper Harumika Style Starter Baby Alive Whoopsie Doo Strawberry Shortcake Playset Kota Monty Rex Wall to Wall Basketball >Nerf Pocket Vortex Busy Ball Popper >Talking Chuck Truck Leapfrog My Pal Scout Leapfrog Tag Jr Leapfrog Scribble and Write Animal Planet Polar Land Playset Animal Planet Dinosaur Playmat Onionhead Adult/Teen Feelings Pack OnionHead Children's Feelings Pack Onionhead A-Z Feelings Magnet Set FotoboxPlus MeTime Tees Fun Holiday Giveaway! For this holiday guide, we want to share the love with the blogosphere! Some of our generous sponsors have donated prizes to be given away to lucky readers! To enter to win one of the following fabulous prizes, simply fill out the form here: http://tinyurl.com/y8t92rw Prizes include: Things Remembered Custom Couture Jewelry Pouchee Elfing Around Harumika Onionhead Feelings Pack Nerf Wall to Wall Basketball Baby Alive Whoopsie Doo MeTime T-shirt Entries will close on December 6, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST. Winners will be contacted by email after the close of the contest. Global Influence Member Guides Need more ideas for this holiday season? Check out the guides that some of our Global Influence members have put together on their own sites! Thrifty Jinxy, Happy Healthy Hip , And Twins Make Five , Because Two People Fell In Love, Mommy Musings , Lipstick to Crayons , Bargain Briana , Mommy PR , Shop With Me Mama, Santa Picks, Rave and Review, Connected 2 Christ , 3 Boys and a Dog, The Classy Closet , Contest Corner, Lisa Reviews , A Giveaway Every Day, HulaHoopinMoma>, Spalibrations, High Impact Mom, From Cribs to Car Keys

All reviews listed in the Global Influence gift guide were product provided. Featured positions were purchased by sponsors. Member gift guides are not affiliated with Global Influence.

Lenox O2xygen Wine Glasses Giveaway

How exciting to be able to offer this giveaway to you! I have a set of 4 Lenox O2xygen Wine Glasses!  Thanks to TwitterMoms for hosting the Drinks of the Seasons contest with Lenox. I won this set of Wine Glasses and was picked to bring one of my readers the same opportunity!

When you serve your red wine in the Lenox O2xygen Wine Glasses you create breathing room. That's what you'll give your red wine when you serve it in these grand glasses with their generous bowls. With these stylish yet sturdy glasses, you'll not only add flavor to your wine but to your table décor as well. Your guest are going to be very impressed. Best yet they are crafted with break-resistant, lead-free crystal and are dishwaser safe! This is just what a mom needs!!!!!

Current top 5 Favorite Holiday Activities to do with my Kids?

I love the Holidays! It is the time of the year we do special traditions. Each year or as the girls have grown into different stages we find our traditions and or activities changing a bit.  The activities also change according to where we are living. 

1) Decorating our home for Christmas starting on Sunday after Thanksgiving.  I love to get out all our boxes and take a few days to decorate!  The girls go through and recall different ornaments and decorations,etc. It is a great time to think of the past!

2) Each year I buy a special ornament for the girls.  Over the years I would buy ornaments that were things they were into.  For example, all the girls have a speicific Harry Potter ornament from the first year the movie was released. One  year someone got a basketball ornament, someone a soccer ball and someone else a rocking horse!

3) We love going to Church together during this Advent Season. So that is our Wednesday night tradition. We love the calmness of the Church and the beautiful trees, decorations and flowers that are placed just for this season.

4) We have a huge Family & Friends Chiristmas Open house every December. This year it is set for Dec. 20th.  So my girls and I  plan out what goodies we are going to make this year.  This year each one of them will be in charge of picking one item and they are going to learn how to make it.  This is so much fun! From planning, making and eating!

5) Music is a very big part of this holiday!  We get out all our Christmas CD's and this year mp3's and play the music as often as we can.  We also go sing Christmas Caroles' for nursing homes and older members of our church.  One daughter will be in 3 Christmas concerts this season too.  We will also perform together in the Church Chime Choir too! 


Watch Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure Dec. 6 on Nickelodeon Favorite Holiday Activities with Kids Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/doras-christmas-carol-adventure">Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>! Not seeing a widget? (<a href="http://docs.widgetbox.com/using-widgets/installing-widgets/why-cant-i-see-my-widget/">More info</a>)

Thanks to Twittermoms for sponsoring this blog post.  To celebrate the premiere of Dora’s Christmas Carol, join Nickelodeon and TwitterMoms as we share our favorite holiday activities we like to do with our kids! The first 30 to enter the contest get a $25 gift card and a Dora Christmas Carol DVD! In addition, 5 more entries will be randomly selected to win a $100 gift card and a Dora Christmas Carol DVD! So get the holiday creative juices flowing for your chance to win!


Thanks to Twittermoms! You better be good for goodness sake because Santa is watching you! So don't forget  to watch Dora’s Christmas Carol premiere on Nickelodeon on 12/6 @ 8PM EST!