One of my favorite parts of Christmas is the exchange of Christmas cards. I love Christmas cards, we hang them all over and they all fall off as soon as I open the door and a gust of wind comes in.

But I’m a little bored by the same old Christmas cards year after year, and I’ve written an article about it suggesting some ideas for mens Christmas cards that aren’t boring at all.

And I’ve got another suggestion for Christmas cards that are out of the ordinary as well. Photo Christmas cards.

Photo Christmas cards are about as personalized as a Christmas card can get. Christmas photo cards are all about adding a personal touch to the cards you send out to all your friends by adding some wonderful, well chosen personal photos of you or both you and your family.

You need some great photos of course, you can’t make a Christmas photo card without some great photos to put on them, but as long as you’ve got some really nice photos to put on the card you can make some wonderfully unique photo Christmas cards that are extra special to the recipient.

Nothing boring about that at all. Quite unique.

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A while ago I wrote an article about the Great Christmas Tree Debate. About the real versus artificial Christmas tree dilemma. Do you buy a real Christmas tree or do you buy an artificial Christmas tree?

I didn’t really come down on either side of the debate, I just pointed out the things you might like to consider when choosing your tree for Christmas this year. It’s an individual choice of course, and there are different considerations for everyone.

When my article was published one of my readers pointed out the fire risks of real Christmas trees. I had mentioned the fire risk, but this reader had seen a Christmas tree burn and so left her observations about the experience on my site.

More recently another reader pointed out that the fire risk of real Christmas trees was a factor of when they were cut. That if a Christmas tree was cut just before it was purchased then it wouldn’t pose a risk of fire because of the high water content. That trees that posed a risk of fire were usually from retailer who cut the trees well before sale.

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So why is it that guys love gadgets? I have no idea really, but it really is a guy thing. Girls just don’t seem to get into gadgets at all.

Girls, there’s your que, remember that guys love gadgets. If you’re stuck for great gift ideas remember that. I’ll say it again. Guys love gadgets.

So if you can find a great gadget or gizmo then it can be a great gift idea for a guy.

How’s this for a gadget for a guy for Christmas. His very own AWACS remote controlled air surveillance jet?

You know the AWACS? That’s no gadget, that’s the air forces secret weapon up there in the sky to spy on everything the baddies are doing.

Now your guy can have his own AWACS for Christmas. It has a real digital camera so he can take his own photos from hundreds of feet up. High resolution photos which can be downloaded to his laptop via USB for printing or viewing.

It has a 5′ wing span and a range of 1000′ and is completely radio controlled.

Now is that a gadget or what, and would that make a great Christmas gift for a guy?

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