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As the Christmas night comes, kids start thinking about sweets, cakes, chocolates and lots of gifts. Many interesting imaginations start building in their minds about the celebration of Christmas with lots of gifts. Christmas becomes a magical day for them. In this season of Christmas, children get long vacation from their schools to enjoy everyday, to dcor their houses with Christmas tree, stars and lots of lights. We all love to shop for our children because they eagerly wait for their gifts. However, it is difficult to select a gift for them because their choice always varies.

The Christmas gift for children should be purchased according to their age. The toy which you select for your child should not be noisy. Always take care that the gifts are something that already exists with them. They would defiantly get bored. The kids prefer to have new gifts and toys every time.

The choices and preferences of kids are always common. So keeping their choices into consideration the gifts or toys should be purchased so that they can enjoy the gift.

All the toys and gifts do not suite every child. Some of the toys which are available for young ones may not be safe for toddlers. Generally, the small kids below the age of 2 years have a tendency to put the gifts or toys in their mouth. Therefore, their toys should be big enough so that they can not gulp any tiny part of the toy. Again, some kids love to play outdoor games so gifts like hockey, bat and ball would be preferred by them. On the contrary, some kids love to play indoor games. So you can purchase chess, table tennis set, loud etc. according to their age.

In India Christmas is celebrated with lots of enthusiasm and energy. Every one gets busy in the decoration of house, purchasing gifts for every one and preparing delicious food to eat. These days are always awaited by kids. We all get busy in shopping gifts and home decors. Now a day, you have another great option of purchasing gifts for your kid. You can buy gifts online. There are many online gift portals from where you can not only purchase gifts but can also send gifts to India to your dear once. With the help of these portals you can send online gifts to India to every corner of the country. So in this Christmas present a special gift to your kids.

Christmas 2011 season has come, have you any plans? Get busy to decorate your Christmas trees, find the most headache Christmas gifts, listening to Christmas music, Christmas parties, books and so on. You'll get puzzled when thinking of all these stuffs. Well, maybe you should relax your brain and enjoy some of the classical Christmas movies with your family.

1. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

This film has become a staple of Christmas. Set in the imaginary town of Bradford just after World War II; George Baily gets the attention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody, when he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve. It is not only considered as one of the best Christmas movies, but also one of the 100 greatest movies ever made by the American Film Institute.

2. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing. Does Santa really exist? This movie makes you think twice about the existence of Kris Kringle. In this ageless flick, a department store Santa Claus challenges the city of New York to believe in the magic of Christmas.

3. White Christmas (1954)

Even if you haven't seen this movie, you'll surely have heard the famous song written by Irving Berlin, sung by Bing Crosby, the best-selling single of all time. The story tells about a successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general. You should never miss the outstanding feel-good musical with great performances.

4. A Christmas Story (1983)

Budget: $4,000,000

Box office: $19,294,144

Even if the criterion for greatest holiday movie was only how many catch phrases it's generated, A Christmas Story might still finish on top: "You'll shoot your eye out!" "I triple-dog dare you!" Underneath the slapstick and jokes is a warm but unvarnished look at the frenzy that Christmas creates in children, and how, if you're lucky, the holiday will show you what's really important in life.

5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Budget: $27,000,000

Box Office: $71,319,546

It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon. Highlights include a ridiculous, over-the-top Christmas light display; a sled-ride from Hell; and an intruding, terrifying squirrel incident.

6. Home Alone (1990)

Budget: $70,000,000 (1-3)

Box office: $914,792,040 (1-3)

No kids like to be left home alone on Christmas Eve while the other family members go for a Christmas trip. It's every parent's nightmare that bad guys come when the kid is home alone. The movie tells a boy named Kevin McCallister who successfully protected the house from two bad guys using booby traps. Macauley Culkin became a household name by playing Kevin in Home Alone 1-3. The moral: Crime doesn't pay, especially on Christmas Eve.

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Budget: $18 million

Box office: $75,082,668

Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween - but alas, they can't get it quite right.

8. Elf (2003)

Budget: $33 million

Box office: $220,443,451

A human being raised as one of Santa's elves, have you ever thought of that? The story tells about a baby name Buddy who stowed away in Santa's sack and was taken to North Pole. He was raised by elves, but after inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, he was sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. But his father had no idea he was ever born. Will Buddy find the true family love in the end?

9. The Polar Express (2004)

Budget: $165,000,000

Box office: $306,003,319

This file is an adaption of a children's book with the same name published in 1985. This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. What unfolds is an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

10. A Christmas Carol (2009)

Budget: $175 - 200 million

Box office: $325,286,646

It is Jim Carrey's first role in Walt Disney Pictures film. Jim Carrey plays a multitude of roles, including Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge. The story is an adaption of Charles Dickson's novel with the same name. Scrooge believed in "greed is good" and on the Eve 3 ghost chased him to show him respectively his past, the happiness of his fellow men on Christmas Day and the final consequences of his greed. Scrooge waked up on Christmas and embraced the spirit of Christmas.

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