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Three wise men following a star – nothing bonkers about that.Thousands of paparazzi follow, not to mention stalk, stars today and nobody bats an eyelid or feels the urge to go and find the offspring of a deity.  But take gazing up at a blanket of stars scattered across the vaulted dome of the heavens – that’s one of life’s great and simple pleasures. Whether you’re a casual stargazer, spend the whole night attached to your telescope, or simply  happen to be lying in the gutter coming over all Oscar Wilde,  we all want to make our mark in the sky.

So if you are pondering Christmas presents for a dad, brother or uncle, why not name their very own star?It’s permanent as the constellations won’t change their apparent positions for at least a couple of million years and is far more stylish that the “we love you dad” messages scrawled on a bed sheet and adorning the most convenient roundabout.  Unusual gifts like the Name a Star set have the added bonus of suggesting that you really thought hard about it!The set comes with coordinates and a star wall map so you can spot your star and details of how to register the issued star on the Star Registry.

As far as gifts for him go, this one has to be the zenith! The star will officially be titled with your chosen name and once registered you receive an ornate official certificate. Information on stars’ names is also periodically released to the British Library so it’s entirely possible that yours could make it in there.Of course it’s not possible to assign legal ownership to a star and just because your name is attached to it doesn’t give you any legal title.  Nor will the astronomical authorities and catalogues necessarily use the name assigned, but you can at least point out the one dot light years away that has your name on it to any who may be remotely interested and genuinely claim to be a real star!

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TheWeatherOutlook, one of the UK’s leading independent weather forecasters, has warned that colder weather will begin to bite this winter.  Colder winters may not be a result of global warming, but the one indisputable fact is that almost 37,000 people died during the last cold spell in 2008.The rise in what is bureaucratically termed “excess winter mortality” for England and Wales was the biggest for years and the highest total in a decade.  Last winter more than 90% of deaths were pensioners, who are among the least able to afford heat but the most vulnerable to cold.

So if you want to get your Nan or Gran practical  Christmas presents with more than just a touch of irony,  get her a Hot Polar Bear.Yes, just as the ice caps are melting and the bears drowning, this one at least can help your elderly relative through the winter.He’ll melt more than just your Gran’s icy tootsies. Stocking fillers (even wrinkly stocking fillers) don’t come much more cute, adorable and practical than this.  The bear has a heatable wheat sack in his belly. Just heat up the bag in the microwave and you can cuddle up with warm bear in bed.

Speaking of beds: if you’ve been looking for the ideal gifts for women that suit the Nan’s boudoir but have been stymied so far, try the Sound Asleep Pillow.Lying in bed and drifting off to sleep listening to a favourite radio programme is heaven – especially if you are nuzzling a hot polar bear. It’s not so much fun if you end up throttling yourself the headphone cable or get those ridiculous little ear bud phones stuck in your ears.This comfortable pillow has a speaker buried deep within its plumpy core and a jack that plugs into a radio (or an iPod or MP3 player if she’s ever heard of those things).The sound is inaudible to anyone except your sleeping granny with her head on the pillow and feet wrapped round the bear.   Nodding off has never been so wonderfully self-indulgent.

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There’s nothing on!  300 channels and they’re all rubbish!The complaints about the dearth of good Christmas movies are as traditional as turkey and marital breakdown in this holiday season.Well now there’s something you can do to enliven those repeats of all the classics you know the script to by heart!“The Great Escape” – good luck on that one! “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” ( yet again!)   And better yet, it’s all done by remote control.  Ah, remote control.The two best words in the English language when put in front of TV or DVD player and a little box that bestows god-like powers to the average sofa-bound bloke!

“Apocalypse Now” can gain a whole new dimension with the simple addition of an RC helicopter.Be there with Colonel Kilgore as he “tango tango foxtrots” his way into that village coz “Charlie Don’t Surf”.  Laze on the couch while screaming Wagner at the top of your voice without running the risk of being sectioned!“The Deer Hunter (or its straight to video cousin “The Cheap Trapper”) can also be immeasurably improved by interaction.  Amongst the ideal stocking fillers for this purpose is Duck Hunter (OK not quite the same but it begins with DH) the indoor flying duck hunt game.Survive in the fetid swamp of Naam alongside Bobby di Niro and Chris Walken with a remote control flying duck, complete with an infra-red gun.“Diddy Mao” that quacking sucker as it flies randomly around the room until you’ve plugged it three times.

Yes, gadgets that are remote controlled are wonderful for art and life!  Can’t decide whether to get your young child a pet or a pram toy?  Then compromise with a radio-controlled rattlesnake.  It moves like the real thing, has scaly skin like the real thing, a flickering tongue like the real thing and it even has a terrifying rattle like the real thing.Plus Indiana Jones hates them so it can cheer up any Harrison Ford re-runs too!

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