Black Friday Sponsored Giveaway | $250 Gamestop.com Gift Card

One person will receive a $250 gift card to Gamestop.com.

TodaysMama.com and GameStop.com have made it their mission to give Santa a run for his money this year. TodaysMama.com is hosting Mama’s Holiday Wish List, a huge giveaway on their site and they’ve shared their stockpile of gifts with me so I can share them with you.

The annual Mama’s Holiday Wish List contest gives people a chance to read and share heartwarming, funny and inspiring answers to the Holiday Wish List Meme for a chance win a fantastic grand prize package from GameStop.com. Entering is easy, get the details and enter the grand prize giveaway here.

Here are my personal answers to the Holiday Wish List Meme:



  • What is your holiday wish for your family? That we giggle and laugh and snuggle and get all cozy together and really feel that awesome Christmas magic. We are in the prime Christmas magic years around here.


  • What is your Christmas morning tradition? Wait for the pitter-patter of Simon's feet in the hallway. Head downstairs and get all choked up over how excited he gets that Santa has visited our house. Just thinking about adding in Anna's excitement this year is almost too much for me to handle.


  • If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be? This is my most decadent dream gift at the moment: Volvo XC90.



  • How do you make the holidays special without spending any money? Listen to Christmas music via Pandora on your computer. I think one of the greatest gifts we can give our kids (and ourselves) is just spending time hanging out around the tree - playing with toys we already have, talking about the history of our ornaments, reading holiday books from the library and our own collection, chattering about Santa, etc.


  • What games did you play with your family growing up? We played Monopoly, Clue and lots of Super Mario Brothers.



  • What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood? Opening one present on Christmas Eve (we do PJ's here - when I was a kid it was one we picked out - usually something from a relative) and having an ornament box. My family was a little unique in that we often went together the day before (or a couple days before) Christmas and all shopped together - literally picking out our own gifts. We'd come home, put them all into a big wicker basket/chest in the living room, and then open up the chest on Christmas morning. We usually drove to downtown Seattle for the day which always made it even more special.



  • Where would you go for a Christmas-away-from-home trip? My parents will be in Hawaii this year and I'd love to be spending the holidays with them.


  • Check out GameStop and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year? Simon's a big Lego WII fan and I love Mario. It would be fun to add Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars or Lego Batman to our collection. 



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  1. Laurie C. says…
    11/26/2010

    We love Apples to Apples!

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  2. Lori says…
    11/26/2010

    My daughter has a new favorite right now, Apples to Apples. I still love Scattergories and my mom loves dominoes.

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  3. Chris R says…
    11/26/2010

    My favorite game is Scattergories. It is a tradition that we play games on Thanksgiving afternoon and on Christmas afternoon. My family has shared some wonderful moments playing this game and we all have fond memories of the game.

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  4. Wendi says…
    11/26/2010

    My favorite game is Rummikub or Othello. But if we are talking video games it would be Mario Kart.

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  5. Holly Costello says…
    11/26/2010

    My favorite game still is and always will be Pictionary!! We also played week long games of Monopoly growing up. I still like Pictionary the best!!

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  6. Kelly T. says…
    11/26/2010

    My fav game is uno

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  7. Karin Podolski says…
    11/26/2010

    We live for family game night here in Chana, IL....so our favorite game is Family Game Night for Wii. it has been so rewarding to wath my 6-yr-old daughter's coordination and ability grow every day! Have a wonderful holiday season.

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  8. Jennie says…
    11/26/2010

    We love kids sequence!

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  9. Pamela M says…
    11/26/2010

    We played a lot of monopoly and card games in my younger years. In my teens it was super mario and many years (ok...not that many) we are now playing Super Mario on the wii! Fun, fun, fun!

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  10. Suzanne says…
    11/26/2010

    I love Scrabble! It's been my favorite game since I was a kid :-)

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  11. Kristen says…
    11/26/2010

    My favorite game is either Clue or Monopoly.

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  12. Barbara says…
    11/26/2010

    harry potter and the lego star wars series home i win ;o)

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  13. Adriane says…
    11/26/2010

    Growing up I loved Clue and Uno... lately my favorite is Angry Birds! :)

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  14. Tiffany Heilman says…
    11/26/2010

    I love guitar hero!

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  15. susan beth says…
    11/26/2010

    My favorite game was Funny Bones. Now we enjoy a couple rounds of Yatzee with our boy - he loves it!

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  16. Carla G. says…
    11/26/2010

    I had a great game of Taboo with family today and am enjoying Dicecapades in general these days. We're trying to decide on a gaming system . . . this would be great!

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  17. Sarah Freeman says…
    11/26/2010

    We LOVE Wii Resort and Mario is ALWAYS a classic! Hoping to get the Kinect for our X-Box soon too :)

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  18. Kathy says…
    11/26/2010

    Our favorite game is Ravensburger Amazing Labyrinth board game. It has a grid of tiles, some movable and some not, that you use to change the maze to your advantage while collecting points stationed on the tiles. It is a great visual/spatial strategy game.

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  19. mimi eng says…
    11/26/2010

    We love the Wii, and my daughter just got a DSi. On her wish list: Super Mario Bros, Kirby/Epic Yarn and a bunch more. On my DH's wish list: any of the Legos games, but especially Star Wars. :)

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  20. Jen Knepper says…
    11/26/2010

    Super Mario Bros!!!!

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  21. Lisa says…
    11/26/2010

    I have some really fun and silly memories of playing Clue, Trouble and Sorry growing up. My daughter is currently into Operation, War and her DS and Leapster games.

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  22. Paulette says…
    11/26/2010

    scrabble,Yahtzee & lots of cards... and Ali I thought I was the only dreaming of a new VOLVO!!! HAPPY DAY & THANKS FOR SHARING:O)

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  23. Erika says…
    11/26/2010

    I really like playing Jenga with little kids - anyone of any age can get a kick outta this one!

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  24. Candy says…
    11/26/2010

    As a child my favorite games were card games such as rummy, gin rummy, and spades. As a family I remember playing Life and a lot of Monopoly. More recently, in the last few years, I have loved playing Pass the Pigs with my students as a special treat on Fridays.

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  25. Hee Jin says…
    11/26/2010

    I loved Pacman and Twister! What fun I had and still enjoy!

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