| Every holiday season, there's always a ton of | | | | For DVD's this holiday season, the Planet Earth |
| new products and new entertainment releases | | | | series from the Discovery Channel will be popular, |
| just in time to take advantage of the gift giving | | | | as well as Transformers, 300, Ratatouille, Shrek |
| season. Despite a lackluster US economy, 2007 | | | | The Third, Spiderman 3, Oceans 13, Live Free Or |
| promises to be a strong year for consumer | | | | Die Hard and Pirates Of The Caribbean 3. Popular |
| spending during the holiday season. Here's what's | | | | TV series sets include The Office, Lost, Heroes |
| hot, or will be hot, this Christmas 2007: | | | | and High School Musical 2. High definition DVD's will |
| Books | | | | also see stronger sales than last year. |
| Books are always a hot seller during the holidays, | | | | Music |
| though they are often not bought specifically as | | | | American Idol contestant releases abound with |
| gifts, but as a gift for ourselves to enjoy over | | | | new releases from winners Carrie Underwood and |
| the winter holiday. Hot books this year include the | | | | Jordin Sparks looking to be hot sellers. Also look |
| Oprah's book club selection, Love In The Time Of | | | | for the soundtrack to High School Musical 2 to |
| Cholera, the latest novels from Patricia Cornwell, | | | | continue strong sales for the holidays. In the rap |
| Alice Sebold, Laurel K. Hamilton, John Grisham, Ken | | | | field, look for Jay-Z to get alot of attention. For |
| Follett and Robert B. Parker. For kids, the Gossip | | | | Christmas music, no one will top Josh Groban, |
| Girl series as well as the latest from Nick Hornby | | | | whose new Christmas album, Noel, is already a |
| look to sell well. | | | | top seller, but also look for the latest album by |
| Toys | | | | perennial Christmas music favorites Mannheim |
| For toys, there's nothing hotter than WebKinz, | | | | Steamroller. In the rock category, legends will |
| racking up a Beanie Baby like following. Also look | | | | dominate with new releases by Neil Young, John |
| for the classics to be popular this season with | | | | Fogerty and Eric Clapton. |
| names like Lego, Star Wars, Polly Pocket, Scooby | | | | ElectronicsiPod's will continue to sell in the millions, |
| Doo and the Care Bears selling their share. | | | | especially with the new iPod Touch. Look for the |
| Video Games | | | | iPod Touch and iPod Nano to show up under |
| For video games, top sellers will include Halo 3, | | | | millions of trees this year. Laptop computers, |
| Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxy, Assassins | | | | surprisingly, have continued to go down in price |
| Creed, Guitar Hero 3, Rock Band, Call Of Duty 4, | | | | and will see strong sales as holiday gift items. |
| Madden NFL 08, Brain Age 2, Tabula Rasa, The | | | | Some laptops will again be available for Black |
| Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Ratchet | | | | Friday and after Christmas sales at sub $400 and |
| & Clank Future, Mario Party 8, Simcity | | | | even lower. |
| Societies and Lego Star Wars II. | | | | Whatever gifts you choose, don't forget the old |
| Movies | | | | adage, "it's the thought that counts. |