Posts Tagged ‘holiday’

While decorating for the holiday, I wanted to see what festive home décor items were the most sought after on eBay this holiday season.

In the past 90 days,
• 209,119 Christmas Ornaments sold
• 37,919 Wreaths sold
• 3,700 Menorahs sold
• 3,098 Dreidels sold
• 6,496 Wrapping Paper items sold
• 36,337 Christmas Lights sold

eBay has all the goods to deck your halls this holiday season!

While shopping for Jack’s holiday gifts this year, I realized there is not one must-have toy this season! Usually, I’m running around like crazy trying to find the latest and greatest (remember Tickle Me Elmo or the Nintendo Wii?!), but this year it’s been smooth sailing so far.

So there’s no must-have toy on your child’s holiday wish list – now what do you do? I suggest going old-school and checking out some classic toys and games which have recently seen a resurgence. This holiday season more people are purchasing oldies, but goodies like Monopoly, Barbie’s, and LEGOS. Since you don’t have to worry about getting in a fist-fight over “that” toy, I suggest getting your kids a gift that will bring the family together and inspire memories from your own childhood.

Personally, I’m getting Jack either an Easy Bake Oven or Operation, just like the ones I had growing up!

What’s your favorite old-school toy?

I was pretty blown away last week at the massive sales we saw on the new Wii game, Super Smash Bros Brawl (SSBB). I mean, we all knew it was coming, but wow! I love when a good game rocks the community as this one did, quickly becoming the fastest selling game in Nintendo’s history. We’ve seen some amazing movement over the last two weeks with 655 games selling at an average of around $40 on eBay*, that’s about $10 less than the retail price! Pretty rad, huh? I also saw this game’s popularity spur movement for the SSBB guide book, the SSBB console skin and SSBB tees. I look at all of this as further proof that the Wii is going to be at the top of many holiday wish lists along with other top selling titles like Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Party, and Guitar Hero III. And, of course, let’s not leave out the fast moving accessories likeWii Fit, sparring gloves and Action Pack Controllers! This is a fun trend to watch!

Super Smash Bros Brawl

*source: eBay data