Category: 2019 Holidays

2019 Holidays, Giveaways

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” – Classic Album Giveaway

Erin Sluka
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" - Classic Album Giveaway

Welcome to the Charlie Brown Christmas Album Giveaway

About the album

I have these sweet memories of hearing the the iconic Charlie Brown Christmas album featuring performances by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. This soundtrack album, featuring music from the 1965 animated television special “A Charlie Brown Christmas“.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” was the first television special about the true meaning of Christmas. It is based on the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz.

This certified 4x Platinum soundtrack album remains the second best-selling jazz title in history, and the animated show continues to be a signature television special of the holiday season.

You can find this album as Audio CD, Vinyl, Audio Cassette, Streaming or MP3.

Available this season from Craft Recordings, A Charlie Brown Christmas album is available from many music sources, including Amazon, Apple Music, and Spotify.

Track list

  1. O Tannenbaum
  2. What Child Is This
  3. My Little Drum
  4. Linus & Lucy
  5. Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental)
  6. Christmas Time Is Here (vocal)
  7. Skating
  8. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
  9. Christmas Is Coming
  10. Für Elise
  11. The Christmas Song
  12. Greensleeves
  13. Great Pumpkin Waltz (ONLY ON THE CD)
  14. Thanksgiving Theme (ONLY ON THE CD)

The Giveaway

One lucky winner will receive their choice of either a CD or vinyl copy of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Open to US and ages 18+. Enter below. Good luck!

2019 Holidays, Books Reviews

ALMANAC 2020 By National Geographic

Erin Sluka

Comment: I was sent product for feature. Opinions are 100% my own. May contain some affiliate links within post

ALMANAC 2020 By National Geographic

It is now 2020! This is the ultimate almanac looking back on the best stories within our world. The book begins with trending topics in science, technology, and culture, then moves into fascinating chapters on travel, exploration, earth and space, biology, culture, and history.

So many great images (National Geographic photography), some you will remember and forgot about. Then there are bonus content from informative infographics, illustrated time lines, and authoritative maps. You’ll even come across a Quizmaster trivia feature.

This makes a great gift for the History enthusiast and anyone from tween to adult. Available on Amazon.

2019 Holidays, Toy Reviews

Name 5 and Everybody Knows! – 2 Games from Endless Games

Erin Sluka

Comment: I was sent product. Opinions are 100% my own

Name 5 and Everybody Knows! - 2 Games from Endless Games

Name 5 sports in the Winter Olympics – Go! You have 30 seconds. 30 seconds is not a long time when the answers don’t just come to you. Don’t get tongue tied because that will cost you time. Name 5 is a fun, rapid card game that is great for travel, camping or fun game nights when you don’t want to drag out a bunch of game pieces.

Name 5 has 108 Name 5 Cards (540 New Challenges!) and Instructions. That’s it! It is ready to play right from the box and just keep the card if you win to keep track of rounds. You can play as many rounds as you like. We have fun playing without keeping track of a winner so we can use the rest of the cards categories for the game. This is new from Endless Games and available on Amazon.

Wait! Did you actually want a board game? Name 5 has a board game too! My Amazon link above gets you both versions.

Don’t be such a know-it-all! In Everybody Knows! you may know it all, but know 10 questions in 60 seconds? That’s the challenge. This is another rapid game where you have to answer as many random questions in a row – how many can you get without answering wrong? That number is your score.

CONTENTS

  • 500 Playing Cards
  • 1 Sand Timer
  • 1 Dry Erase Marker
  • 1 Scorecard
  • Instructions

Play as a point system or as an all or nothing score. You can choose how to play this game. Either way it is serious brain exercise! Everybody Knows! is also available on Amazon. Visit Endless Games for more great gift ideas!

2019 Holidays, Travel

Cori Traveller – Modular Memory Foam Pillow

Erin Sluka

When you travel often you begin to stack up on travel stories. One of my uncomfortable moments was my Seattle to NYC flight and for over 6 hours I was in a middle seat with my young son on one side of me and on the aisle seat was a women that as soon as she boarded, grabbed a blanket and curled up-feet on seat and knees in my space and slept. I lost any ability to face or lean on my left side so I had to sit straight or find comfort on my right side which is my sore knee and hip. It was a long and (bottom) numbing flight. I had no neck pillow! I bought one in NYC for my trip back!

Travel pillow

I had found a standard neck pillow and on my flight home and could not get it to stay supportive. It had these beans in it that kept sinking and shifting and would not hold my neck as it would slowly flatten. It helped, but I realized I need a better one before next trip. Amazon had some with great reviews and I bought a memory foam standard pillow. It was great until I wanted to lean my head one side or the other then it was too firm. Finally, I was introduced to the Cori Travelerr.

pillow for neck

My Cori Travelerr Modular Memory Foam Pillow is a genius neck/head support pillow every traveler should own. It did take a few moments to play with positioning, but once I found that right combination I had no discomfort.

Actually, I lied. I did have some discomfort because my son wanted to sleep on our recent flight to Los Angeles so he stole my Cori pillow. He set it up for a back/neck rest and watched a movie the rest of the flight.

The cushions are so soft and comfy and you get to arrange them how you want. It all folds up inside the included travel pouch. It comes in many colors and covers remove for washing.

I highly recommend you travel with the Cori Travelerr for better sleep and head support. Also available on Amazon.