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Monday, November 26, 2007
Big bash for Toys for Tots
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How’s this for holiday hospitality: Alex Wan is throwing a bash and more than 4,000 of his closest friends are expected to attend.
Wan is founder of For the Kid in All of Us, which organizes the annual Toy Party. The fifth annual party is planned for 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Atlanta Apparel Mart, 250 Spring St.
The cost for admission is a new, unwrapped toy valued at $15, or a gift card. Items will be donated to Atlanta-based non-profit organizations that work with underprivileged youths: Hillside, Tobie Grant Manor, Sheltering Arms for Kids, CHRIS Kids, the women and pediatric division of AID Atlanta, Youth Pride, Safe Path, Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities, Jerusalem House. Easter Seals and Rainbow House.
Like so many successful philanthropic events, the Toy Party started out with a small group of friends and blossomed. Since 2003, the event has distributed more than 12,000 toys and gift cards and donated $270,000 to local charities.
Last year more than 3,700 revelers attended, and organizers expect this year’s Toy Party, which is presented by Delta Air Lines, to attract a crowd of some 4,000. If you come, wear your holiday finery and enjoy complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
For the Kid in All of Us board members include Thomas Blenk, Frank Bragg, Eric Bryant, Angie Buysse, Zandra Conway, Andrea Criste, Glen Paul Freedman, Kerrie Gilbert, David Gillespie, Deneen Goddard, Joe Jeter, JD Kellum, Jason Lowery, Billy Milner, Derek Schmidt, Chris Thiele, Stephen Wells and Jon Woody.
Advisory board members include Ken Britt, Tony Conway, Nick Gold, Tony Nelson and Kevin Perry. For more information see go to www.ForTheKid.org.
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Are you shopping on Cyber Monday?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Black Friday has really become THE day for holiday shopping.
But Cyber Monday (as in today), not so much.
New data from Yahoo! Shopping debunks the Cyber Monday myth. The most popular online shopping days this year are predicted to be Dec. 3 and Dec. 10 and shoppers are expected to look for merchandise such as LCD & Plasma TVs, Apple iPhones, and apparel.
Do you think there’s any truth to Cyber Monday?
Will you be shopping online today?
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Who’s your favorite movie Santa?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This season seems to have brought more movie Santas than anyone can count.
Mekhi Phifer dons a red Santa Claus suit in “This Christmas.” And soon you’ll see Morris Chestnut as a mall Santa in “The Perfect Holiday” (debuting Dec. 12). If you’ve seen “Fred Claus,” you know not only does Paul Giamatti play St. Nick, but there’s a pack of Santas who chase after Vince Vaughn.
If “Fred Claus” wasn’t such a lousy movie, Giamatti might be among my favorite movie Santas. He’s kind, thoughtful and, sad to say, an enabler.
I have found that my favorite Santas cover a wide range of personalities:
1. Edmund Gwenn in “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) — Simply the nicest.
2. Billy Bob Thornton in “Bad Santa” (2003) — Simply the naughtiest.
3. James Cosmo in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2005) — His Father Christmas looks exactly how I always pictured Santa.
4. Edward Ivory in “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993) — OK, he looks and sounds a little befuddled. But wouldn’t you in the same circumstance?
5. Peter Jackson in “Hot Fuzz” (2007) — Without a screen credit it’s hard to tell who’s in the Santa suit. This time it was the Oscar-winning director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Who’s your favorite movie Santa? Ed Asner in “Elf”? Tom Hanks in “The Polar Express”?
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Need a little shopping help? Read here…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The turkey has been trashed and it’s time for the serious Christmas shopping to begin!
At times, however, even the most seasoned shopper needs a little help.
So, we are going to occasionally use the Holiday blog to let readers help each other snag hard-to-find items, make gift suggestions and to just encourage the shopping worn (out).
Can’t find the Barbie Girls MP3 player? Perhaps another reader can help. At a loss what to get the man who has everything? Maybe other readers can make suggestions. Remember, this isn’t ebay or Toys R Us, so don’t try to sell items here.
So, let’s get started. What are you looking for?
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