Rocking stockings

1 December 2008

It's that time of year again! Time to get the Christmas tree decorated, deck the halls with tinsel and whack on some festive tunes to start getting into the mood! The Christmas season is long associated with music - whether it be some carol singing, or a living-room dance to the 'best of' festive pop songs - so why not celebrate all that is tuneful for Christmas with some rocking stocking fillers!

Dancing stocking fillers!

A great example of high tech musical wizardry is the reindeer Mopod, a tiny little dancing character which links up to a mobile phone. The Mopod spins, dances and flashes its lights when a call is incoming - highly addictive and providing hours of entertainment for all the family! In fact, the toy was such a resounding success when it was launched last year that it was voted 'toy of the year'. There are various little characters to choose from - reindeer, bears, penguins etc - all with a wintry theme, so why not choose a selection to amuse your loved ones!

Get some X-Factor

If pop is more your loved ones' bag - why not treat them to some stocking fillers based on their favourite prime-time television show! There's a big range of excellent X-Factor gifts available for pop-lovers, such as the dinky little x-factor key ring, guaranteed to jazz up any set of keys - or the X-factor mug, for a livelier cup of tea! All perfect stocking sizes, these little gifts will add some real pizzazz to family stockings!

Rock themed stocking fillers

Why not treat a budding rock star in the family to a personalised calendar? Each featuring a classic rock lifestyle image - stadiums, dressing rooms, guitars and drums - and all with the recipient's name featured in the design. Each photo is of the highest quality and the entire calendar is finished in thick glossy paper - perfect for planning the forthcoming year's gigs and general ascent to fame! Get those Saturday evenings booked out now!

Feel the beat in your feet!

For the ultimate in dance craze stocking fillers, check out the truly odd-yet-addictive USB finger dance mat for some non energetic dancing over the Christmas period! After all, you can't be expected to actually get off the sofa after a few days of solid drinking and eating, and this gift provides the perfect compromise - working out the fingers of one hand, while the other is carefully positioned over a tin of chocolates... the finger dance mat plugs into a USB port and is perfect too for whiling away a bit of time in the office! You can choose different games durations and modules, and even a mute option for when the boss is lurking - allowing you to test your skills even further as your fingers aim to keep up with the flashing arrows! Challenge your colleagues to some crazy finger-fun dance offs - possibly more successful than the end of year Christmas party shenanigans!


Post-rock refreshment!

After all the musical mayhem and rock-tastic stocking fillers you've treated the family to, you're going to need some refreshment - so plan ahead with stocking fillers such as the marvellous fridge monkey! After rocking out for the afternoon, chances are you and your loved ones will 'need' a cool beer or two - and the funky Fridge monkey is a gadget to hold all your bottles and cans, safely in the fridge! No more rolling cans and bottles exploding on the floor as you watch in stunned horror - but rather your cool and refreshing drinks are displayed attractively for you, the ultimate in convenience! (You can also while away a little spare time by creating a cool drinks pyramid with the monkey too - something to impress your houseguests with!)

Time to wind-down...

Nothing feels quite as amazing after a hard jamming session as the amazing Genie head massager. This is an ingenious piece of kit, and a very strange looking gadget at that! With tiny little lightweight metal arms, the Genie is designed to be gently massaged into the scalp, where the magical fingers will caress away all the stresses and strains of the world in only a few minutes! You're guaranteed to feel like an entirely new person - ready to face the world once again - and possibly even another round of musical entertainment and general Christmas mayhem!

Hopefully this fantastic range of musical stocking fillers has provided a little inspiration for your festive gifts this year! It's true that there's a huge range of really interesting and unusual stocking fillers available online nowadays, so you really will be guaranteeing happy faces on the big day this year - roll on the holiday season!



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