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If you are waking up today in a complete panic because it is December 24th (that's right - exactly ZERO days left to shop for that last minute gift!) and you are still trying to finish up your holiday shopping, let us help ease the distress you are feeling...

Many of our loyal ItsGoodStuff readers will recognize the Amazon Gift Card as one of our all-time favorite go-to gifts for last minute shoppers. Why do we love these little cards so much? Well, let us tell you a few reasons:

1. All you need is Internet access
2. Visit Amazon.com
3. Select the amount you wish to give
4. Select the design for your e-card (you can print an e-card out or simply send the e-card to the recipient)
5. Sign your name and wish them Happy Holidays!

It really is that easy, and we guarantee the recipient will LOVE it. Whether they are looking for a new release, a good read for their Kindle or another of the myriad of products now available on Amazon, you can rest assured that you gave them just what they wanted!

Happy Holidays!

Do you have a happy napper at your house? A little one who goes to bed easily and sleeps well? If not, we have found a product to help naptime become a fun time. It’s called Happy Nappers. This reversible pillow and play pal will bring smiles to your home. There are six lovable animal friends to choose from, each that wakes up and pops out of his or her home when your daughter rings the sleepy time doorbell and unzips the magical door. How does it work? After unzipping the door, just pull out the animal and stuff its abode inside to make a big 21” adorable stuffed animal. The best part is when playtime is over, your daughter will feel comforted putting her friend to sleep by putting them back into their home and easily fall asleep herself as she lays her head on her friend’s house.

Surely you know by now that we love books around here....And The Treasury of Storybook Classics is one of our new favorites. This 16 DVD collection uses today’s technology to share 100 award-winning classic children’s stories. From the Maurice Sendak classic Where the Wild Things Are, to the beloved adventures of Curious George and Corduroy, parents and children alike are sure to enjoy these classic treasures, featuring celebrity narration from Sarah Jessica Parker, Meryl Streep, James Earl Jones, and many more! Everyone in the family will be amazed with these animated, color adaptations of these classics. Parents will love the fact that this set includes many respected works of literature as well as new inclusions like Diary of a Spider as well as Harold and the Purple Crayon.

Divided into sixteen separate DVDs, each represents a thematic collection of stories and has a conbined run time of 1146 minutes - great for a long road trip! Each DVD features four featured titles that play with optional read-along text that displays along the bottom of the screen and changes color as each word is narrated. The stories that are the most well known also feature foreign-language narrations and read-along text in the target language. Some of the titles include Spanish versions of Make Way for Ducklings, The Snowy Day, Where the Wild Things Are (also available in French), Click, Clack, Moo and more. We loved the fact that they include a guide for checking off which Scholastic Storybook Treasures are in the collection along with an activity book that corresponds with several of the stories.

This is a great gift for anytime - everyone loves a good story!

A smile is the one language everyone understands. Now you can be one of the thousands of people around the world who are enjoying the confidence of a whiter smile at a fraction of the outrageous dentist’s costs. InstaWhite is an at-home whitening system that contains the same ingredients found in bleaches used by dentists. The kit includes professional strength 35% Carbamide peroxide gel, bleaching trays and a container for storage. Everything you need to dramatically whiten your smile eight shades in just 15 minutes. Stop spending excessive amounts of money at your dentist’s office.

InstaWhite is easy to do and affordable too! You’ll be amazed at the compliments you’ll receive.

Are you ready for the next generation of puzzles? Check out the Perplexus 3-D Maze Game! The Perplexus is a maze game where players must maneuver a small marble around challenging barriers inside a transparent sphere - it is so COOL that everyone in your family will be fighting over taking a turn. Players select the track they want to try and then work with gravity to guide the marble in by shifting, flipping, and twisting the sphere. It is an amazing, unique 3-D sensory experience.

The Perplexus is completely portable and works well for ages 6 and above. You can choose several tracks and you have to maneuver your way around 100 barriers. And, since it comes with two games, you can race a friend or play all by yourself. It provides hours of entertainment and education while you are busy turning, rotating, angling, and balancing the metal ball down the correct track. The Perplexus is awesome for fine motor skill building and hand-eye coordination with no set-up, clean-up, or batteries! With all these challenging barriers, twists, turns, cliffhangers, and more, Perplexus is the ultimate 3-D challenge. The entire experience will leave you perplexed and entertained all at the same time.

It seems like traveling has become a real pain in the neck - literally. But, the Complete Support Travel Pillow is sure to become your favorite traveling companion! The Complete Support Travel Pillow is ultra lightweight and ultra comfortable - simply perfect whether you’re on a plane or in a car.

Here’s how it works: the neck pillow integrates lateral stabilization supports, to prevent your head from falling to the side, with a rear headrest that conforms perfectly to the lower part of the head to promote proper posture and cervical alignment while fitting onto a high seat back. And, you get extra sleep support because it has an adjustable toggled drawstring which pulls the front sides together to prevent the head from falling forward. The pillow is easy to carry in a waterproof, polyester travel bag and it even has media pouch for your iPod and earplugs. We think this makes a great gift for anyone who wants or needs to sleep without waking up with a stiff neck. This memory foam, one pound pillow is a great size and makes traveling just a little bit easier.

We liked it so much that we even use it at home (think stay-cation!) - it will be your neck’s best friend on the road or in your favorite easy chair!

Cyber Clean Home & Office is a patented high tech cleaning compound that is perfect for deep cleaning action on all electronic devices like computer keyboards, cell phones, office equipment, toys, hard to reach places in cars, etc. This colorful, squishy, high-tech malleable compound picks up dust, loose debris, and crumbs on contact.

Cyber Clean has a one-way dirt microencapsulation effect as it removes 99.99% of harmful particles that live on everyday surfaces. But, all we care about is that it works to clean things where we can’ t get to the dirt or dust. It’ s safe and easy to use - non-toxic and biodegradable.

Here’ s how it works: the elastic compound molds itself into nooks and crevices and grabs the dirt. When we first touched it, it reminded us of what the slime feel like. You can also use the compound over and over again by simply folding it over after each use and the dirt is microencapsulated into the cleaning compound. Each Cyber Clean package has a color strength reference guide so you see when Cyber Clean has reached its maximum absorption capabilities.

Cyber Clean comes in an airtight, resealable zip bag for safe and convenient storing. This is a great stocking stuffer idea for the holiday, so buy the 3-pack and convert new members to the Cyber Clean Gunkbusters team!

We don’t usually encourage civil disobedience…but, this time, we want you to break all the rules… with Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School.  See…we aren’t as radical as we sound. Several It’s Good Stuff staffers have shared a common concern regarding their ability (or, lack thereof) to retain information and learn new skills (“Can’t teach an old dog new tricks”). Looking for a remedy, they were referred to Brain Rules which focuses on applying new rules for new brain capacity and neuron firing.

John Medina, the author of this amazing guide offers a dozens principles on how the brain really works so you can access your thinking machine. For example, Medina tells readers that our visual sense trumps all our other senses so we learn more with pictures and graphics. Think about it—do you have a hard time explaining things at home or work? Brain Rules makes the case that visuals help our brains to grasp complex ideas. And, whether you are young or old, your brain can compensate for losing brain cells so you can continue to learn if you know how. So, it busts the myth that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks. The author’s style of writing is engaging and his examples are universal life stories. However, it is based on hard science - what we know and what we don’t know about how the brain works. In fact, it’s one of those books that will make you say, “I could have said that”! 

This is a great book to give your boss, your spouse, your staff, and your adult kids - but, read it yourself first!