97 % of American Youth Play Video Games

If on Christmas Day, you do not wish to end up getting fired as a parent, like Tommy Tuberville of Auburn football, then I recommend that you pay very close attention to the following line:

" 97 percent of American youth play video games."

That's right, 97% of all U.S. kids play video games. The top choice is Nintendo Wii right now, but that is not the only one. Here is another surefire Christmas gift category for you to explore when shopping for your teen. In the case of video games, it is not just for your teen, but for almost everyone. Read Selecting Kid Friendly Video Games as Christmas Gifts for information about selecting games for pre-teens.

Nintendo Wii Accessories for the owner of the Wii Console and Wii Nintendo Games gifts will have your parental gift giving popularity soaring like Tommy Tuberville's did during his glory days with the Auburn Tigers football team.

Wii Music is supposed to be educational and fun. The gamer is not penalized for making mistakes because everything you do is correct. All that you create is included in your final music jam session. There are 60 instruments to choose from. The player can create their own jam session and include sessions created by other players. All the players have to do is to imitate playing a musical instrument to create music. There are endless ways to make music. After you have finished with your musical creation the enhanced video playback mode records your jam. I think I might like this one for myself. It is only available for the Wii platform from Amazon.com.

Tommy Tuberville is out as coach after only 10 seasons at Alabama. Your parental responsibilities last a life time and you know you will really never be fired. Making Christmas a happy time for your family is just something that you like to do. Here is something that will help make it so...

Cyber Monday Starts Today

According to ComScore, a retail sales analysis organization, overall for the coming 2008 holiday, Christmas sales will be only slightly more than 2007 purchases. The shoppers who have money are holding on to it and the other shoppers just do not have as much to spend this year. They reported, during the black friday weekend, which closed November 30, 36 percent of shoppers purchased consumer electronics. Slightly over half of shoppers bought clothing and accessories, and 39 percent bought books, DVDs, CDs, and video games.

That places consumer electronics, DVDs, Cds, video games, and books at the top of the what shoppers are buying categories. A 2.2 percent increase or $471B in 2008 Christmas sales is all that is expected. Cyber Monday, which starts today will be closely monitored to see if the current purchasing trend continues. Cyber Monday is the online equivalent to black friday. It is the first Monday following Thanksgiving when everyone returns to work. The traditional kick-off to the online holiday shopping season because purchases from the workplace account for approximately half of all e-commerce spending.

WII + WII FIT, Wireless Headphone, and Wii Music were particularly popular sales item on eBay and Amazon.com during black friday sales. Because of their constant popularity video games are always a sure gift pleaser. The only problem there is selection of the right game. Stay tuned to this blog and I will provide more to help your make a wiser choice.