Ho! Ho! Ho! It's been a pretty serious year with the looming "fiscal cliff" and a highly competitive presidential race.
But as the holidays approach, a number of retailers are betting that consumers are ready to ham it up again.
To help you come up with the appropriate gag gift for everyone on your guest list, we hit the web, searching everywhere from BaronBob.com to PerpetualKid.com to ThinkGeek.com.
But we're still debating whether they are stupid-funny or cool-funny.
So we're letting you be the judge — stupid or cool?
Cell Lock-Up Tired of family members excusing themselves from dinner to take a call or furiously texting under the table? This present holds up to six cell phones hostage for 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes at a time — long enough to communicate again in person (wait, how do you do that again?!).
Cell Lock-Up's inventor, Ike Sutton, created the product, which retails for $19.99, after his family succumbed to "digital distractions."
I don't want a lot for Christmas There's just one thing I need I don't care about the presents Underneath the Christmas tree I just want you for my own More than you could ever know Make my wish come true All I want for Christmas is... You
I don't want a lot for Christmas There's just one thing I need I don't care about the presents Underneath the Christmas tree I don't need to hang my stocking There upon the fireplace Santa Claus won't make me happy With a toy on Christmas day I just want you for my own More than you could ever know Make my wish come true All I want for Christmas is you You baby
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Vázquez Sounds is a musical trio formed by siblings Abelardo, Gustavo and Angela "Angie" Vázquez (ages 16, 14, and 11 respectively[when?]) originating from the city of Mexicali, Baja California, in Mexico.
They are known for their cover of the Adele song "Rolling in the Deep", which received over 90 million hits, becoming an instant internet sensation, and even earning them air time on Spanish-language television, CNN en Español,VH1 and Good Morning America.