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Holiday Giving

Five ways for parents to teach children the true spirit of the holidays

1. As a family, select a charitable organization you’d like to support.  Use online tools like Charity Navigator to find an organization that you trust.  Give your children a budget and encourage them to decide how your family will donate to that organization this holiday.

2. Cherish the stories of your family. Have your children talk to their grandparents and write down the stories of their past. Create a book to share with the entire family or record it online through Story Corps.

3. Consider do-it-yourself gifts, like no-sew fleece blankets, that you can make with your children. Donate those blankets to a local homeless shelter. Find other homemade gift ideas at About.com’s Family Crafts page.

4. Work with your children to create a coupon book for your neighbors that might need an extra hand this year.  Coupons could include shoveling their sidewalk, watching their children, or providing a meal.

5. Bake cookies or sweets with your children and deliver them to your local nursing home or school-in-need. Get started with this list of holiday recipes.

Devin Hermanson, a charitable giving expert and national director of World Vision’s Gift Catalog, is seeing a return to meaningful giving through the Gift Catalog. Despite the recession, Gift Catalog sales are higher than last year’s figures at this time.

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This is something interesting I have been meaning to post. I love lists like this!

The Top 10 FamilyFun T.O.Y. Award winners of 2009

1. Invasion of the Bristlebots (Klutz)

2. Pyramid (4240) (Playmobil, $105)

3. Green Toys Recycle Truck ( $25)

4. Razor Rip-Rider 360 Drifting Ride-On(Razor, $130)

5. LEGO Duplo LEGOVille Feeding Zoo #5634 (Lego, $50)

6. Hot Wheels Color Shifters (Mattel, $3 for 2 cars)

7. Iplay Build It Bigger (International Playthings, $55)

8. Best Friends Club ink. Large Doll (MGA Entertainment, $40)

9. Melissa & Doug Sandwich Stacking Games ($30)

10. Gamewright Pool Sharks ($27)

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