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Target Last (Last!) Minute Giveaway Christmas Gig 2010 Album: Vinyl Limited Edition Collectible!

The countdown is here — Christmas is just a few days away, and all of us are listening to our favorite Christmas tunes, readying for the big day.

Target has a Christmas Album 2010 that they came out with this year. People can download the music for free online.

Target Vinyl 300x298 Target Last (Last!) Minute Giveaway Christmas Gig 2010 Album: Vinyl Limited Edition Collectible! However, for those music purists among us, there’s a limited edition vinyl collectible featuring two songs from “The Christmas Gig” Album.

Songs on the vinyl include:

• “Tiny Tree Christmas” by Guster is an emotional story about Christmas in the city performed by a pop mainstay who has recently reentered the charts in a big way.

• “Perfect Gift” by Natalie Hemby is an endearing country love song. Hailing from Nashville, Natalie Hemby is hyped to be the “next big thing” in country music.

Everyone has a favorite tune this holiday season — often it is one that’s followed them through many Christmases, other times, it’s a new find. My personal favorite is the version of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” by Spiraling. But there’s lots of others I love!

I’m going to be giving away 5 of these limited-edition Target vinyl The Christmas Gig albums. To have your chance to win, please:

1 – Tweet me and tell me YOUR favorite Christmas tune

2 – Repost this contest on your own Twitter

Enter by December 26 – winners will be notified same day. Good luck!

Gloss Buzz: Do You Hear What I Hear?

While we here at Gloss Buzz may not be big fans of the celebration of excess and gluttony that is Thanksgiving, we do appreciate its symbolism as the beginning of the holiday season.

spiralingxmas 300x300 Gloss Buzz: Do You Hear What I Hear? One of my favorite ways to kick off the holiday season is Spiraling’s “Do You Hear What I Hear?” – a completely new take on the classic, complete with a “Baby O’Reily” mash-up. Check it out, it’ll soon be your favorite too.

Do You Hear What I Hear? is available for $4.99 at Spiraling.net

Daily Buzz: Walmart Open Christmas Day? Stores Open Christmas Day, The Pope Knocked Down [Video]

Merry Christmas! Despite the rumors whirling around online, Wal-Mart is not open on Christmas Day.

However, the world’s largest retailer will discount electronics and toys from Saturday through New Year’s Day, offering deals such as a netbook computer for $228.

Best Buy will offer post-holiday deals starting online on Christmas Day and available in stores on Saturday. Best Buy deals include a netbook for for $197!

Are any stores open on Christmas Day? If you are a last minute shopper, you’ll have to go to Starbucks, IHOP or go to a movie theater to get a last-minute present!

Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas Eve Mass yesterday was marred by woman who jumped the barriers and knocked down the Pope on his way to the altar! The 82-year-old Pope was unhurt and the Holy Father delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday morning at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Crazy Christmas Lights!

Merry Christmas! If you’ve got the Christmas Spirit, you’ll love a peek at Mike Babick’s Christmas display in suburban Kansas City. Babick has been decorating his home for over 40 years.

Every window of the Babick house is filled with animated Christmas characters, the exterior is skillfully lighted, the garage is Santa’s toy shopIf you step up to the front door and look into the house, you will find Christmas ornaments hanging from the ceiling and even more moving figures filling the walls of the living room.

From Thanksgiving until New Year’s Day, the display continues from dusk until around 11PM each evening. By the end of the Christmas season, there is no grass left in the front yard, there are so many visitors. Below is a picture of the front of the Mike Babick’s Christmas display, which is known locally as “The Falmouth Christmas House”, named for the street Babick lives on.

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If you’d like to know more about this festive holiday display, watch the video below or check out this website.

Official NORAD Santa Tracker!

Keep track of Santa and his reindeer via the website, NORAD Tracks Santa!

In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, which then took on the tradition of tracking Santa.

For over 50 years, NORAD men, women, family and friends have volunteered their time to personally respond to Christmas Eve phone calls and emails from children!

NORAD also tracks Santa using the Internet via the NoradSanta website. Last year, millions of people visited the NORAD Tracks Santa website.

Visit the Official NORAD Santa Tracker on the web at www.noradsanta.org.

Adam Sandler’s ‘Hanukkah Song’ Brings Fun and Understanding to Holiday Season!

Adam Sandler’s The Hanukkah Song is a hilarious roll call of Jewish actors and actresses that has become a holiday favorite. Sandler’s song has even bumped out Dreidel Dreidel as the favorite Hanukkah song this year, according to USA Today.

I love this fun song because it addresses some real life worries of Jewish kids during the Christmas season. Children can feel like they are the only ones on the block without a Christmas tree—-but Adam Sandler tells the kids they have plenty of company!

When you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree
Here’s a list of people who are Jewish just like you and me
David Lee Roth lights the menorah
So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and the late Dinah Shore-ah

Guess who eats together at the Carnegie Deli
Bowser from Sha Na Na and Arthur Fonzerelli
Paul Newman’s half Jewish, Goldie Hawn’s half too
Put them together, what a fine lookin’ Jew

The song is a great reminder to those of us who are celebrating Christmas to be mindful of other faiths and important traditions of other religions besides our own. At the end of the day, the holidays are supposed to be about Peace on Earth, Goodwill Towards Men, right?

Take a minute to watch this video clip of Adam Sandler singing The Hanukkah Song and have a Happy Hanukkah!