A few years ago I bought each of my daughters a personalized storybook. I submitted their names, their friends’ names, their birthdays and hometown. Each book was $10.95, but it was so worth it because when I began reading the personalized books to them, they were so excited to hear their own names in the story. At first, they didn’t even believe me that their names were really in the books. But after I showed them, they realized the books were made especially for them. Today these personalized books are still treasured keepsakes. That’s why I’m thrilled to share with you a great Christmas gift idea.

It’s a personalized book starring your child and Santa that only costs 1 cent!

This personalized book is called My Special Christmas Adventure and it has your child’s name throughout the book. You can also choose to include up to three friends’ names and have the inside cover inscribed “With Love From…”

This 30 page, full-color book with a wipe clean laminate cover tells the story of your child spending Christmas Eve traveling the world with Santa delivering gifts and learning about Christmas traditions in each country visited.

But since this personalized book takes 3-4 weeks to arrive, you need to place your order by December 10. To order this perfect Christmas gift for kids, click here.

Other Great Christmas Gift Ideas!

Free 2009 Photo Calendars from VistaPrint.com A great holiday gift idea for grandparents!

Advent Calendars for Kids

Global Wonders DVD Series

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Free Personalized Note Cards

Free Two Year Subscription to Parents Magazine

Free Address Labels

Free Product Samples from Huggies and Other Name Brands

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Baby Freebies

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Whenever Thanksgiving approaches, I know it’s time to get my advent calendars ready. Yes, I have two. My girls love this Christmas tradition so much that one advent calendar just isn’t enough. If you’re interested in starting a wonderful Christmas tradition, or want to add to the one you’re already doing, choose from these great advent calendars!

1. Christmas Tree Advent Calendar

2. Eric Carle’s Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar

3. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Advent Calendar

4. Snowman Advent Calendar

5. Santa Advent Calendar

6. Wooden Nativity Scene Advent Calendar

7. LEGO City Advent Calendar

8. Littlest Pet Shop Advent Calendar (Includes 3 Pets!)

9. Chocolate Christmas Advent Calendar

10. The Musical Advent Calendar

For another great Christmas tradition, I highly recommend you take advantage of these free photo calendars!

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My girls love watching the Disney Channel, especially when Hannah Montana is on. I have to admit I enjoy watching Hannah Montana too. Zach and Cody, not so much. But anyway, we have some big Hannah Montana fans in this house. If you too have kids who like Hannah Montana, this is the giveaway for you!

Momsational is giving away two copies of the first season of Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana!

This four DVD collector’s set includes a visit to Miley Cyrus’ hometown, 17 episodes never before offered on DVD and “Hannah Highlights!” If you’re looking for a great holiday gift idea, this is it!

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Every year I create a photo calendar as a holiday gift for my daughters’ grandparents. They treasure this keepsake so much, it is no longer a surprise. In fact, they would be surprised if I didn’t give them a photo calendar every year!

So last week I created 2009 photo calendars and now I’m seriously kicking myself. Why am I inflicting bodily harm on myself? Because I just spent $20 each on a photo calendar that VistaPrint.com is offering now for free!!! Ugh!!!

Though just because I didn’t save money on my photo calendars this year, doesn’t mean you can’t. So I highly recommend you take advantage of this offer because it’s a great holiday gift for grandparents (and of course I always create one for our home too.) But I must warn you, once you give photo calendars as a gift, they’re going to be so popular you’re going to have to give them every year!

To get started on making your 2009 photo calendar, just click on the link below. Your parents will thank you for it!

FREE 2009 Photo Calendar. Choose either a wall, desk or a magnet calendar!

Other Momsational Giveaways and Freebies!

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Barbie and the Diamond Castle DVD

Christmas Book and Elf Toy

Global Wonders DVD Series

Craft Kit for Kids

Personalized Baby Blanket

50 Free Photos and Free Shipping from Shutterfly.com

Free Two-Day Shipping from Amazon.com

Free Personalized Note Cards

Free Two Year Subscription to Parents Magazine

Free Address Labels

Free Product Samples from Huggies and Other Name Brands

Free Business Cards

Baby Freebies

Free Subscription to American Baby Magazine

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When I first started blogging, I had absolutely no idea that there were multi-million dollar companies interested in my opinion solely because I was a mom. But now that I’ve taken over the Momsational blog, I am fully aware that Fortune 500 companies are fervently trying to market to moms, but aren’t quite sure how. That’s why these companies desperately want our feedback so much! They realize moms exert tremendous influence over the global marketplace and therefore want to do what they can to tailor their products and services to meet our needs.

While I can’t stand marketing professionals who are condescending to moms, I’m all for companies seeking our opinions on their products in a professional way that rewards us for our time. Ipsos is such a company. Not only do they genuinely want to know what moms think, they provide moms incentives for taking time out of their busy days to complete their brief surveys.

What do moms get exactly? Free Products To Test, Cool Prizes to Win and a Chance to Win $5,000! I decided to share this with you because I think this is a legitimate opportunity for moms to share their opinion and get rewarded for it. Either way though, I’m doing it! I have no shortage of opinions and I like free products and the chance to win cash! If you’re interested, just click on the banner below or the link above.

Other Momsational Giveaways and Freebies!

Barbie and the Diamond Castle DVD

Christmas Book and Elf Toy

Global Wonders DVD Series

Craft Kit for Kids

Personalized Baby Blanket

50 Free Photos and Free Shipping from Shutterfly.com

Free Two-Day Shipping from Amazon.com

Free Personalized Note Cards

Free Two Year Subscription to Parents Magazine

Free Address Labels

Free Product Samples from Huggies and Other Name Brands

Free Business Cards

Baby Freebies

Free Subscription to American Baby Magazine

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I have three daughters and I’m on the lookout for holiday gift ideas. And since watching movies together is one of our favorite pastimes, I’m glad there are so many great movies being released right now. If you too are looking for holiday gift ideas for your daughters, this is the giveaway for you!

Momsational is giving away the latest Barbie movie: Barbie and the Diamond Castle!

This Barbie movie illustrates to girls the importance of friendship and believing in oneself. Both lessons I work hard to teach my girls! If you want more information about this Barbie movie, click here.

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I think it’s important for my kids to learn about other cultures. That’s why I’m thrilled that not only are they learning about various cultures at school, they’re closest friends are from India. As a result of their educational experiences and friendships, my children are learning about different religions, foods, traditions and ways of doing things. However, I’m always looking for more ways to broaden their worldview. If you too want your children to have a multi-cultural education, this is the giveaway for you!

Momsational is giving away two four-packs of the Global Wonders DVD series!

This animated cross-cultural entertainment series teaches children two to seven years old about different cultures by sharing everyday customs, music, heritage, language and lifestyles in the “kaleidoscope” of families and friends that surround them.

Rashmi Turner, a Indian-American mother of two and former executive at The Walt Disney Company, created the series, with counsel from Dr. J. Kevin Nugent, founder of the Brazelton Institute at Children’s Hospital in Boston. His research has shown that children who have cross-cultural friendships tend to be more socially skilled, and are rated by their peers as “more popular” and “smarter.” These effects seem to last into later childhood and adulthood.

According to the creators of Global Wonders, “Parents looking to help their children become good global citizens will appreciate how cross-cultural friendships and families are represented in our stories.”

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I cherish the Christmas traditions we do as a family, like picking out our Christmas tree at the local tree farm and baking cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. And while I love the family traditions we’ve been doing together for years, I’m always open to new family traditions. If you too cherish family traditions and/or are looking for a great holiday gift idea, this is the giveaway for you!

Momsational is giving away two Christopher Pop-in-Kins packages which include the hardback book of the same name and a plush, bendable elf toy.

How can this Christopher Pop-in-Kins book and elf toy become a family tradition? I’m glad you asked!

On the day after Thanksgiving, or thereabouts, begin by snuggling up with your child and reading how Santa granted Christopher Pop-in-Kins’ wish, which was to spend time with children before he had to help Santa out on Christmas Eve. Then explain to your children that you’re going to hide the elf and that they must find him. This hide and seek game can be played once or on an ongoing basis until Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas Eve, explain that it’s time for Christopher Pop-in-Kins to go help Santa deliver toys. This time when you hide the elf, make sure he can’t be found until his annual return the day after Thanksgiving. This is a family tradition your children will surely look forward to year after year!

For more information on this beloved toy created by a doting grandmother almost 25 years ago click here. If you can’t wait for this giveaway to be over and want to buy one of these treasured keepsakes right now, click here.

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My girls love doing crafts . . . all kinds of crafts! However, my oldest daughter has been doing a lot of crafts lately with yarn. So I’m constantly finding knitting needles, crochet hooks and even her cardboard loom around the house lately. If you too have kids that love doing crafts, especially with yarn, then this is the giveaway for you!

Momsational is giving away three craft kits from MyHandworkStudio.com!

MyHandworkStudio.com is a virtual needle arts and fashion community where kids can be creative, learn new crafts and share their designs.

This craft kit from MyHandworkStudio.com includes:

1. Materials to make a trendy, finger knitted scarf (two balls of wool, pink and purple verigated yarn, paillettes, metal darning needle)

2. Pretty plaid ribbon that could be used as a hair tie

3. A colorful USB bracelet which includes downloadable instructions and video “how-to’s” from kid educators. These fashionable bracelets are great for collecting and trading among friends!

4. 15 Day Free Trial for Member’s Only section of the site

At MyHandworkStudio.com kids can:

• Create an Online Character including a profile and customized outfit, skin and eye color.
• Send and receive messages from other kids who belong to MyHandworkStudio.com.
• Learn cool crafts that involve knitting, crochet, embroidery, hand and machine-sewing and needle crafting.
• Play online games, earn “Studio Dollars” and shop for virtual items for their character.
• Shop for Crafting Supplies.
• Join the My Craft Kit of the Month Club and receive all the tools and materials needed to do a different craft each month. Club membership starts at $19.95 a month.

Kids can visit MyHandworkStudio.com for free for the first 15 days after registering. If they want to continue to participate, the monthly subscription cost is $3.99 a month.

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I have three children and another one on the way. So I’ve gotten a lot of baby gifts! And I have to say while I’ve loved them all, I always particularly loved the personalized baby gifts . . . especially the personalized baby blankets. That’s because not only are these personalized baby blankets soft and useful, they’re a wonderful keepsake. So if you too love getting or giving personalized baby gifts, this is the giveaway for you!

Momsational is giving away one Ultra Personalized Baby Blanket from FillintheBlankie.com!

FillintheBlankie.com creates precious heirlooms by embroidering up to 200 characters on the satin edges of each blanket and then ships this personalized baby gift within 5-7 days. So I highly recommend you take a moment to check out their selection of personalized baby blankets and enter to win one for yourself or someone special who is expecting. Hey, if you don’t know anyone expecting, you could always win it for me!

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