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See our special Christmas Competition below

With Christmas looming we have put together some light hearted pages about pester power, dealing with stress at Christmas and family time.

These are our thoughts but we need your input to make it really interesting! We would love to have your feedback and comments so they can go on the site.

We have a link to SantaGram on this page. You can visit their site to order a letter from Santa for your children.

If you have any ideas that you would like to see on these pages or if you would like to recommend a toy, product or company please email the site at: contributions@forparentsbyparents.co.uk

Paramount are offering a set of the following DVD's to FIVE of our members

Jakers! - School Days in Tara

Grandpa Piggley gathers the grandchildren for stories about his childhoold in this collection of Jakers! episodes. Through Storytelling, Grandpa Piggley helps the kids understand how to work through their own problems while keeping it interesting and fun!

Out 24th October - rrp DVD £12.99 VHS £9.99

Wild Thornberrys - Heroes of the Animal Kingdom

Eliza Thornberry is playing hero again! With her friend Darwin at her side, they travel around the world making new animal friends and rescuing those in peril.

Out 31st October - rrp DVD £12.99 VHS £8.99

Rugrats - All Grown Up O'Brother

The Rugrats are not longer little kids - they're grown ups now! All Grown Up follows the Rugrat gang in their difficult pre-teen years. They've all changed-even Angie is nicer!

Out 7th November - rrp DVD £12.99

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CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS

This cinema hit stars TIM ALLEN (Santa Clause 1 and 2, Toy Story, Galaxy Quest, TV’s Home Improvement), JAMIE LEE CURTIS (A Fish Called Wanda Freaky Friday, True Lies), DAN AYKROYD (Ghostbusters, The Blues Brothers) and ERIK PER SULLIVAN (TV’s Malcolm In The Middle).

Heart-warming, festive fun for the whole family, Christmas With The Kranks tells the charming story of Luther (ALLEN) and Nora (LEE CURTIS) Krank who decide, as their only daughter Blair is abroad on holiday, to skip the festive season and take a well-deserved break of their own – a Caribbean cruise – much to the dismay of the neighbours lead by Vic Frohmeyer (AYKROYD).

On Christmas Eve, however, Blair calls and tells her parents that she is coming home with her new boyfriend who wants to experience a true American Christmas with parties, snow and all of the trimmings. So it's a race against the clock to see if the Kranks can get Xmas back on track before she gets home.

THREE winners will be selected to win this prize at the end of November 2005, so don't forget to register!

The DVD is released through Sony BMG on November 14th

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Santa Sings - the ultimate Christmas album for children… of all ages

At last… an album of classic Christmas songs and party tunes sung by Santa himself! This unique CD will provide the perfect soundtrack to the festive season. From the time the first fairy light is hung, families around the globe will be able to join in with Santa as he adds his own touch of musical magic to the festive season.

Highlights of the album include Santa’s interpretations of children’s Christmas favourites Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, Frosty The Snowman and Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa will be ensuring all Christmas parties take off with a swing this year with his version of Tony Christie’s smash hit (Is This The Way To) Amarillo. Santa even contacted Amarillo’s original writer Neil Sedaka to get the thumbs up for his specially adapted festive version, which is called Santa’s Grotto.

THREE winners will be selected to win this prize at the end of November 2005, so don't forget to register!

The album is released through Sony BMG on November 28th

Site competition rules apply. The winners will be selected on 30th November 2005

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