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Reduce stress, save money this holiday season

Overall, holiday shopping can be stressful — from choosing the right gifts, sticking to a budget, avoiding the last minute-scramble, and more. The December 2013 issue of ShopSmart magazine, from Consumer Reports, is stuffed with holiday advice that can help shoppers select the perfect gift (wrap it like a pro), save on their holiday purchases, get their home ready for holiday entertaining and more.

“Our goal is to bring more joy to the holiday gift-buying season by helping shoppers make smart choices,” said Lisa Lee Freeman, editor-in-chief of ShopSmart. “We wanted this issue to be a one-stopshop to help them fine-tune their holiday shopping and entertaining game plans.”

automatic. Feeling stumped about what to buy for the people left on the list? ShopSmart suggests trying a gift-finder tool for inspiration, such as the one at Gifts.com (gifts. com/finder). ∎ Avoid shipping fees. More stores are giving shoppers the option of ordering items online and picking their purchase up at a local store – eliminating shipping charges. Best Buy, Finish Line, and Target are among the retailers offering this perk. ∎ Cash in coins for gift cards.

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Last-minute shoppers have two things going for them — deep discounts from retailers hoping to clear out their inventory and new ways to make gifting easy and even

A gift card seems like the perfect option as a last-minute gift or for someone who’s hard to shop for, but some still have huge drawbacks; here are some things to keep in mind:

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Sweet Paper Crafts, using a few basic craft supplies: Load up on paper: Plain metallic and solid-colored papers are sold for a reasonable price at craft stores — about 20 cents to $1 a foot, which can save at least $1 a foot over high-end papers.

Skip wallet-busting ribbons and bows: Shoppers can buy a giant roll of red and white baker’s twine for as little as $5. Or check out the sales bins at craft stores for yarn, rickrack, ball fringe and other inexpensive ribbon alternatives.

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Conquering the difficult task of buying for your wife

‘Tis the season to be _____ (fill in the blank).

Jolly — sure.

Generous — absolutely.

Caring, loving, compassionate, peaceful — without a doubt.

Festive, decorated, colorful — true as well.

But for us husbands out there, it’s also a time to be stressed!

Come on fellas, back me up on this one! I know I’m not the only one whose leg shakes, hands jitter, heart beats a little bit faster and, I hate to say it, sprouts a few more gray hairs this time of year.

I’d like to say the color change of our flowing locks is us getting into the holiday spirit by channeling our inner Santa Claus, but it’s not. It’s the anxiety and agita that comes with trying to figure out what to get the wife for Christmas.

I know what some are thinking, “she’ll love anything you’ll get her.” And you know what,

on the surface, you’re not wrong.

My better half always smiles and tells me she loves the new wiper blades, Patriots tickets or Jock Jams Volumes I, II and II, she unwraps. But that’s because she’s a wonderful woman and loves me, not the so much the gift.

Even with that being the case, we never want to disappoint the person we love. So every year we go down the list of possible gifts.

There’s jewelry, shoes, perfume, clothing, pajamas, slippers, gift cards, flowers or maybe a little something called lingerie.

There’s also such things like booking a spa day or paying to have her hair done, possibly offering up a homemade coupon for a romantic massage.

All great ideas, but let’s face it — jewelry can be expensive, perfume difficult to pick out, lingerie may not come off as the wholesome gesture you intended, and, if you’re anything like me,

non-professional massages can be less than enjoyable.

There’s always electronics, too.

Well, maybe not.

“My brother once told me that he learned early in his marriage never to give his wife a gift with an electrical cord attached,” Sherri Athay, author of “Present Perfect: Unforgettable Gifts for Every Occasion” has said. “Though there are exceptions to every rule, it’s generally sound advice that I’ve shared with others over the years.”

Those new smart watches seem pretty neat (and they don’t have a cord, when wearing them anyhow). But their coolness may wear off pretty quick. It’s only a matter of time before she gets fed up with trying to check the time and instead seeing yet another, “Where are you?” “What’s for dinner?” “Have you seen my keys?” text message. She used to at least be able to put her phone in her pocket to obtain that out-of-

A massage or other beauty treatment often makes fora thoughtful gift.

sight, out-of-mind escape.

In pursuing the Internet for ideas recently, I came across a blog that had some good suggestions, among them was writing 52 love notes, one for each week of the year. Sounds pretty nice, sweet, certainly inexpensive and relatively easy — until you sit down and try to think of 52 different things to say. In the words of YouTube sensation Sweet

Brown, “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”

As each day passes and Dec. 25 inches closer, the stress only seems to grow. But in all seriousness, it doesn’t have to. I’ve come to discover it’s not impossible to find that perfect gift. It doesn’t have to be something extravagant, expensive or even a thing at all. Success is truly in the thought and in the gesture.

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Zelda, Mario games to be hot items this holiday

By BRIAN JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

SOUTHINGTON —— Wondering what’s hot in video games this holiday season? It’s all about the franchises.

With the debut of the Playstation 4 Nov. 15 and the Xbox One Nov. 22, gamers are eager to get their hands on the new systems and play the latest installments in their favorite series.

According to Andrew Quinn, manager of The Gaming Source at 1049 Queen St, the “blockbuster” releases are expected to be Call of Duty: Ghosts, Battlefield 4, Pokemon X and Y, Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

Quinn said he was particularly looking forward to the new Zelda and Mario games.

“I’m a huge Nintendo fan,” he said.

“I’m really big into the 3DS.” Quinn said parents might want to consider purchasing the 2Ds for younger children, for which the 3DS’s 3D functionality isn’t recommended.

The 2DS, released Oct. 12, is compatible with both the Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo DS released Nov. 21 2004.

“It’s about $120 cheaper” he said.

“It’s also built a little tougher and doesn’t break as easily.”

Quinn said he plans to purchase games over Steam for his brother and some of his friends who are “big into PC gaming.” Steam is a digital platform produced by the Valve Corporation, which allows users to purchase games and legally download and play them on a computer. For more information, visit store.steampowered.com.

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For the superhero enthusiast: The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition includes writer-director Christopher Nolan’s three Batman movies — “Batman Begins,” ‘’The Dark Knight,” and “The Dark Knight Rises” — plus two new short features that go behind the scenes of the popular trilogy. Collectors will especially love the three Hot Wheels vehicles (the Tumbler, the Batpod and the Batmobile), collectible art cards of Scarecrow, Bane and others, and a 48-page book of production stills and other backstage shots from the three films. (Warner Home Video,

“X-Men”: The Adamantium Collection comes with a replica of Wolverine’s claw and all six “X-Men” films on Blu-ray: 2000’s “X-Men (2000), 2003’s “X2,” 2006’s “X-Men: The Last Stand,” 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” 2011’s “X-Men: First Class” and the summer blockbuster “The Wolverine.” (Fox, $129.99.)

For the traditionalist: The James Dean Ultimate Collector’s Edition pays tribute to the enduring screen idol who died in a 1955 car crash at age 24 with a limited-edition set that includes three documentaries about the actor, plus the three films he made during his short career: “East of Eden,” ‘’Rebel Without a Cause” and “Giant.” (Warner Home Video, $99.98.)

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(Warner Home Video, $105.43) For fans of political suspense:

The Jack Ryan Collection comprises four films featuring Tom Clancy’s ultra-sharp CIA analyst: 1990’s “The Hunt For Red October,” with Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin; 1992’s “Patriot Games” and 1994’s “Clear And Present Danger,” starring Harrison Ford; and 2002’s “The Sum Of All Fears” with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman. (Paramount, $29.99 DVD, $49.99 Blu-ray)

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BRISTOL - There are many books about Bristol – and by Bristol authors – that would make a great holiday gift.

With the 100th birthday of Muzzy Field, coming up next summer, one possible choice is Douglas S. Mahan’s history Muzzy Field: Tales from a Forgotten Ballpark.

Available as a paperback and an ebook, Mahan’s 2009 history cuts through the myths surrounding Bristol’s historic ballpark and lays out a real story that is astounding in itself.

He tells of visits to the ballpark

by Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi and other legends but doesn’t leave out the story of how Muzzy became such a critical part of the community.

If sports are a passion, a novel about skating may fit the bill as well.

Bristol native Beth Pond, a 2008 St. Paul Catholic High School graduate, recently wrote a novel called Podium Finish, published by Astraea Press, a romance publisher “that offers wholesome reads.”

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Pond, who is living in Vancouver, earned her bachelor’s degree at Hendrix College in Arkansas before earning a Fulbright Scholarship. She is also an alumni of Youth Journalism International, a Connecticut nonprofit with its roots in Bristol.

Arcadia Publishing has several books of photographs that capture Bristol through the years.

They include Gail Leach’s Bristol and Lynda J. Russell’s Lake Compounce and Bristol Historic Homes. All of them contain interesting pictures and stories.

Kessinger Publishing has reprinted one of the classic Bristol history books, Bristol, Connecticut: In The Olden

Time New Cambridge, Which Includes Forestville by Frederick, Milo and Alice Norton.

If you’re interested in Bristol’s biggest employer, check out the 2011 oral history of ESPN written by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller.

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN is full of stories about the network’s growth from a tiny operation on Middle Street into the worldwide leader in sports.

A book aimed at young people, Nathan Hale: The Life of a Colonial Freedom Fighter, was published this year by RoseDog Books. Its author, Barry Bishop, is a Bristol Eastern High School graduate who went on to become a teacher in New Hampshire. It is available as a paperback.

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He likes his interface, his username is already set up and his gaming achievements will carry over to the new machine.

“Ninety percent is because I am already established in the Xbox community,” he says.

Then again, neither the Xbox One nor the PlayStation 4 is backward compatible, meaning the machines don’t play games that were made for their predecessors. That gives players a clean slate to start with a whole new set of games.

“Everyone is starting over to some extent,” Stein says.

The console makers’ challenge will be to ensure that everyone does start over, instead of sticking with their own game console or perhaps buying an iPad instead of a new game machine. Tony Bartel, the president of the world’s largest videogame retailer, GameStop, expects the new consoles will be in “high demand and short supply” due to a huge pent-up demand for new gaming. After

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There are books covering a variety of topics Continued from Page 14

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