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HOLIDAY Gin GUIDE
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The Blackberry
Pearl is a perfect
gift for the tech Junkie
in your life
(MS) - For the person on your shop
ping list that loves technology, there’s
no better gift to give than the latest high
tech gadget. Smartphones like the Black-
Berry Pearl make perfect gifts, and now
they’re smaller and more powerful than
ever before.
The Blackßerry Pearl is the must-have
smartphone of the year - it’s the smallest
and lightest Blackßerry, and combines a
top of the line mobile phone, Web brows
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family this holiday season. Home phone
services, like Comcast Digital Voice, of
fer unlimited local and domestic long
distance, including calls to Canada and
Puerto Rico, as well as competitive in
ternational rates. With a broadband In
ternet connection, it’s fast and simple
to upload holiday pictures or e-mail
holiday newsletters ,
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In the US, gifts are now exchanged on
Christmas Day in a sort of compromise of
Dutch, German, and British gift-giving cus
toms. The Christmas tree is a Christianized
pagan custom that originated in Germany.
ing and impressive multimedia
capabilities along with the
industry’s leading mo-
bile e-mail and
, messaging
capa-
bil-
iti e s .
Weighing only
3.1 ounces and less than two inches
wide, the Blackßerry Pearl is powerful
on communications and entertainment,
all packaged in a compact, ultra-sleek
design and available in a multitude of
exciting colors.
Although the same size as a standard
mobile phone, the Blackßerry Pearl Has
fly
• Catch a Movie: Take a break from
the holiday bustle with a mug of hot
chocolate, some popcorn and a good
movie. Video on demand puts hun
dreds of movie titles at your fingertips, .
and the best part is that you don’t I
have to brave the cold to pick them '
up or return them to the video
store. From holiday favorites to
B comedies and dramas - many of
i ■ which are now available in high
■Rj m definition -video on demand lets
wm fl you start a movie whenever you
SHI want as well as rewind and fast
n a forward, so you'll never miss a
|l|||l moment - even if you’re going for
BH!|p a refill on the hot chocolate.
For more ways to enjoy the
P holidays at home this season, visit TV
Planner on http://tvplanner.comcast.
net or check out Comcast’s On Demand
menu on channel l.
German settlers introduced it in America.
It became popular during the nineteenth
century, and then later spread to Britain
and Japan from the US.
a QWERTY keyboard that makes typing
messages and emails fast and easy.
But the Blackßerry Pearl offers more
than just messaging, it’s also a multime
dia powerhouse. With a camera, sx zoom
and built-in flash, snapping high quality
photos is a breeze. And with a couple of
clicks, you can send photos to straight to
friends and family.
This smartphone also features an ad
vanced media player for listening to
music, watching videos and viewing pic
tures. Songs can be sorted by artist, title
or genre, and videos can be played in full
screen mode. The Blackßerry Pearl even
has a microSD memory card slot, so you
can expand the storage and have plenty
of room for all your favorite music, pic
tures and videos.
To keep your media files organized
• Countless legends (no documents exist) are told about this Patron Saint of Giv
ing known as St. Nicholas (Santa). Within both Western and Eastern Christian
Churches similar mythology, or tradition, exists.
According to these legends, St. Nicholas was bom in the city of Patara, and
traveled to Palestine and Egypt when he was young.
He was later imprisoned during persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian, but
was fortunately released by the more humanitarian Emperor Constantine. He at
tended the first council of Nicaea in 325.
i tion for his extremely popular painting of today’s Santa Claus from
- Clement C. Moore’s world famous poem, The Night Before
t Christmas (“A Visit from St. Nicholas” ).
1 Thereafter no one could prevent the inevitable tri
ll umph of Moore’s lovable Santa.
Thus Thomas Nast, a very real and now his
. torical newspaper artist, was the VERY FIRST
PERSON to paint the first definitive portrait of
G our present day Santa Claus in 1870.
PAMPER
a CD of relaxing music, gentle cotton
cleansing pads and makeup remover.
• Merry massages. Professional
spa employees are certified in massage
therapy and make easy work of loos
ening up muscles and melting away
stress and tension. However, similar
results can be achieved at home with
a few handy items. For massage-lov
ers, recreate the spa experience with a
gift of a luxe robe, candles, scented (or
unscented depending upon sensitivity)
massage oil, and a book of massage ba
sics. If you’re gifting a romantic part
and synchronized between the smart
phone and your PC, the Blackßerry
Pearl comes with media management
software for your PC, which is quick and
easy to use. You can use the software to
create play lists, convert songs and vid
eos for optimal playback, and even edit
photos.
In addition to world-class mobile mes
saging, Web browsing and multimedia
capabilities, the Blackßerry Pearl is an
excellent mobile phone - audio enhance
ments include noise cancellation tech
nology that offsets background noise,
voice activated dialing, and a built-in
speakerphone.
For more information on Blackßerry
smartphones visit: www.blackberry.
com.
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ner, include a certificate for your mas
sage services.
• A pampered day out. Treat a
friend or family member to a day out
by purchasing a gift card to his or her
favorite spa or personal-care salon. A
simple massage or pedicure “on you”
will be appreciated. When offering
pedicure gifts, a complementary pres
ent is a Microplane® Foot File, which
is more gentle and safe than straight
razor callus shavers, and more sanitary
than the pedicure tools used on all of
the salon’s clientele.
NOVEMBER 2007