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Scroogenomics

why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays
2009
A discussion of yuletide economics, arguing that massive holiday spending rarely results in matching users with products they actually want, showing how much money is spent on Christmas and how much is wasted in the U.S. and around the world, looking at how spending patterns have changed over the years, and offering ideas on how to make holiday giving a force for good.

The perfect gift

2002
Mary-Kate and Ashley discover they are both on the wrong track when they try to guess the identities of their secret Santas.

Greg gets a hint

2007
Mom has a gift for Greg, but only after he guesses what it is from the strange clues she gives him.

Princess Ellie's Royal Jamboree

Pony-Crazed Princess
2008
Princess Ellie is very excited about the upcoming television broadcast of the annual Royal Jamboree, but when the present she ordered for her best friend, Kate, arrives with a mistake, Ellie is worried that the Royal Jamboree will be ruined.

Polka-Dot Puppy's birthday

a book about colors
1988
Polka-Dot Puppy attends a surprise birthday party given by his friends and receives gifts in various colors that match his friends.

Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Christmas

1991
Pooh Bear gives stockings with no mates which become wonderful Christmas presents because it is the thought that counts.

What did you bring?

Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets
1980
Big Bird watches all kinds of cars and trucks make deliveries on Sesame Street but none of them brings what he is waiting for--a present from Granny Bird.

Christmas gifts for you to make

1976
Directions for making a wide variety of useful and decorative gifts suitable for any occasion.

Give her the river

a father's wish for his daughter
2004
A father dreams of all the things he will give his young daughter.

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