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" The Hot List&amp;#039;s Holiday Gift Guide, Week One: Gift Ideas for the &amp;#039;Rents Buying holiday gifts for your mom and dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and other parental-type loved ones can be tough, right? Never fear \u2014 The Hot List has 10 great ideas that are sure to be a hit with all the adults in your life this year! Like...  For the family fashionista: Angela Moore Fashion and Home Designs The decade-old company was founded on the philosophy of &amp;quot;making everyday living an art.&amp;quot; And that&amp;#039;s evident in her endearing designs, which include bright colors, and hand-painted and handmade designs that she applies to everything from jewelry, accessories, and beautiful tunics to sandals, candles, vases, and personal stationery. A few specific gift ideas from the Angela Moore line: Hand-painted candles, gorgeous hand-painted beaded bracelets, cute flip-flops, colorful tote bags with pretty ribbon trim, sweet hand-painted earrings, and great scarves with amazing colors. In fact, the designs are so cute, you might want to put a few of them on your Santa wish list! We wish we had &amp;#039;em ALL! Price: Starting at $12 Check it out now at  angelamoore.com. For the family historian: The Flip Video Camera This adorable little handheld video cam, which is about the size of a deck of cards and weighs about as much, comes in versions that hold either 30 or 60 minutes of footage and, best of all, plug right into the computer for immediate uploading. That means your mom can shoot videos of the entire family at the holidays, carry it around in her purse to capture your basketball games or your sister&amp;#039;s play performance ... anything! And by simply plugging the handy cam into a USB port on the computer, the video is uploaded right away and is available to be e-mailed to friends and family, or posted as a youtube.com masterpiece that can be shared. Come to think of it, this is a great one for Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and everyone in the family! Price: $149.99 Check it out now at  theflip.com. For the family crafter: The Cup of Yarn  Someone on your shopping list itching to learn a new craft skill? This plastic cup, which literally looks like a cup you&amp;#039;d get at a fast-food drive-through, holds everything your recipient will need to learn how to knit and make her (or his!) first project: a groovy Kool-Aid-colored scarf! The kit comes with yarn \u2014 in four yummy &amp;quot;flavors&amp;quot; that include Very Berry (magenta, pinks, and purples), Passion Fruit (a darker mix of deep rainbow colors), Cool Mint (a cool mix of blues and greens), and Rainbow Sherbet (a bright mix of rainbow colors) \u2014 a pair of knitting needles, and an instruction booklet that will give your knitter-to-be all the skills she needs to make a full-length scarf! Hmmmm ... maybe YOU will get a really cool handmade scarf next holiday season! Price: $18.99 Check it out now at  modernartisans.com. For the family music lover:  Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites  by Raul Malo (New Door Records) If you&amp;#039;re into holiday music, you may want to pick up an extra copy of this one for yourself! Raul Malo is the lead singer of the country-rock band The Mavericks, and, as you&amp;#039;ll agree after hearing just a snippet of his voice in action, he is one of the best singers in the music business today. Sweet, rich, and so smooth it&amp;#039;ll almost make you cry, Malo&amp;#039;s voice is also perfect for holiday music, and this collection will be a hit with anyone you know who loves great holiday tunes. From &amp;quot;Jingle Bells&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Santa Claus Is Back in Town&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Silver Bells&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Feliz Navidad,&amp;quot; Malo puts his own spin on classic tunes and makes this the holiday CD everyone will enjoy listening to, no matter what their musical tastes.  Price: $13.99 Check it out now at  bn.com. For the family TV drama fan: Sopranos: Season Six, Part Two (HBO Home Video) People who love TV dramas are STILL talking about that Sopranos series finale from earlier this year \u2014 &amp;quot;Did Tony Soprano get whacked or didn&amp;#039;t he?&amp;quot; debates still rage on \u2014 which means this DVD box set of the show&amp;#039;s final episodes is a must-own for every Sopranos fan. In addition to the last nine episodes \u2014 ever! \u2014 of the Emmy-winning mobster drama, the box set also include fan-friendly bonus features like audio commentaries, interviews with the cast, a feature on the show&amp;#039;s music, and a feature on the making of the show&amp;#039;s movie-within-the-series, Cleaver. Price: $99.98 Check it out now at  bn.com. For the family photographer:  Canon PowerShot A720 IS Digital Camera A small but powerful camera that will fit in your hand, takes amazing photos, and even offers great zoom capability? That&amp;#039;s the PowerShot A720 IS, an 8.0 megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom (6X optical), Optical Image Stabilizer Technology, Face Detection Technology, and Red-eye Correction. What does that all mean? It&amp;#039;s tech geek speak for: This little camera takes great pictures, and corrects for any little glitches along the way, meaning sharp, clear, vividly colored photos that you don&amp;#039;t need to spend hours correcting in Photoshop or other photo-editing software. Another plus with the PowerShot A720 IS: Unlike a lot of compact digital cameras, the PowerShot can be upgraded with various lenses that offer additional close-up and wide-shot capabilities, meaning you can get a lot of the advantages of a larger, more expensive camera, without the price or the inconvenience of lugging around a large piece of equipment. Nice! Price: $249.99 Check it out now at  canon.com. For the family gamer:  Halo 3 for Xbox 360 (Microsoft) With souped-up graphics, new weaponry, new characters and challenges, advanced artificial intelligence, and a revamped lighting engine, Halo 3 roared onto the Xbox 360 with a much-anticipated conclusion to the wildly popular video game sequel. If you have a family member who&amp;#039;s into spending hours in front of the Xbox 360, this game is a must-have, as Master Chief, the game&amp;#039;s hero, returns to finish the epic battle amongst the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race. The game player acts as Master Chief, who leads the massive final war battle to defeat the Covenant and destroy the Flood, and prevent the total destruction of the human population. Whoa ... pretty major responsibilities there, huh? Thankfully, they&amp;#039;re only virtual responsibilities, but the game play of Halo 3 makes it feel very, very real. Price: $59.99 Check it out now at  halo3.com. For the family puzzle buff: Deluxe Sudoku Cube How great is this? For just under 10 bucks, it&amp;#039;s a fun little toy that combines two classics: Sudoku and Rubik&amp;#039;s Cube! The colorful cube offers the chance to solve 18 different Sudoku puzzles (six vertical, six horizontal, six regions), on nine different levels. The cube also comes with a booklet that explains the history of Sudoku, how to play, how to solve the cube, and how to play nearly 50 new 2D games. Simple gift? Yes. And sometimes, those are the most appreciated! Price: $9.99 Check it out now at  amazon.com. For the family trivia expert: Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action for Xbox 360 (Microsoft) Have a family member who&amp;#039;s really into movie trivia? Board games are great, but this awesome new version of Scene It? kicks trivia up a notch \u2014 or 10! \u2014 by turning it into a fun, interactive game that makes you feel like you&amp;#039;re on a TV game show! There are more than 1,800 questions that have never been featured in any other Scene It? game, and the game is broken down into cool rounds like Credit Roll, where you guess the name of a movie based on the list of the characters and actors who star in it, Child&amp;#039;s Play, where you guess the name of the film based on a kiddie drawing of a famous scene in the movie, and Quotables, where you are given part of a famous movie quote and have to finish the rest of it. Fun stuff, right? Best of all, the game comes with four groovy, big-button, colorful controllers that really do make playing the game feel like being on an episode of Jeopardy. What better gift for a loved one \u2014 all the makings for a night of family fun! Price: $59.99 Check it out now at  xbox.com. For the family traveler: The Blue Planet: Seas of Life and Planet Earth DVD Box Sets (BBC/Warner) If you saw either of these amazing geographic specials on TV, you know exactly how spectacular they are. If not, trust us when we say that, for the nature lover or travel fan, both of these sets, which visit all the most spectacular sites around the globe, are a perfect gift. The Blue Planet travels around the world to check out the most awe-inspiring, beautiful, and adventurous bodies of water on the planet, while Planet Earth doesn&amp;#039;t put any limits on all the travails, showing us incredible sights such as a Great White Shark, thousands of snow geese flocking together, lions stalking an elephant in the dark, the glow-in-the-dark &amp;quot;vampire squid,&amp;quot; spectacular waterfalls, vividly colored flowers and greenery in the world&amp;#039;s jungles, a mama polar bear and her baby, and Earth&amp;#039;s most fierce volcanoes. Each set features hours and hours of breathtaking scenes, as well as bonus footage that wasn&amp;#039;t included in the original TV broadcasts. Wrap up either set with a box of microwave popcorn and you have the PERFECT gift for the more adventurous member of the fam! Prices: $59.98 for Blue Planet; $79.98 for Planet Earth Check it out now at  amazon.com and  amazon.com. Next week: The Hot List&amp;#039;s holiday gift suggestions for your little brothers and sisters, cousins, babysitter charges, and other younger people on your shopping list! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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