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1. Name Your Tune personalized CDs ($20 each) for children. Call 877-508-3633 or visit nameyourtune.com. 2. Depression-era American Girl doll Kit or her new best friend, Ruthie, to help little girls through the economic slump ($90 each; $105 with book and accessories). American Girl, 609 Fifth Avenue, 877-247-5223. 3. Netto collection Moderne crib from designer David Netto ($1,690). Available at Giggle, 120 Wooster Street, 212-334-5817. $100 donation to Baby Buggy. Call 212-736-1777 or visit babybuggy.org. 4. Alex Beard Impossible Puzzle with 351 pieces that can be combined in infinite ways ($14.95). Alex Beard Studio, 77 Mercer Street, 212-274-0326. 5. Best & Co.’s new classic-inspired Peter Som capsule line for girls, boys, and infants (dress, $995). Available at Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue, 212-753-7300. 6. When Santa Turned Green by Victoria Perla ($15.99), an eco-conscious holiday story. Available at FAO Schwarz, 767 Fifth Avenue, 212-644-9400. 7. A Very New York Christmas, with a foreword by Cynthia Nixon and watercolor renderings by Michael Storrings ($19.95). Available at Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Avenue, 212-697- 3048. 8. The perfect house-trained pet for a New York kid: Pleo, a lifelike, hold-in-yourhand, animatronic baby Camarasaurus ($349), developed by Ugobe. Visit pleoworld.com. 9. Custom-made plates from Tiffany & Co.’s Le Tallec studio in Paris that incorporate a design made by your child—or your decorator (five-piece place settings from around $5,000; minimum order $20,000). Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Avenue, 212-755- 8000. 10. Fretlight ($399.95), the first real computer-powered guitar that teaches your budding rocker how to play. Visit fretlight.com. 11. Vera Wang Bride: The Romanticist Barbie Doll with a gown designed by Wang herself; only 1,000 of the dolls available worldwide ($205). Available at FAO Schwarz, 767 Fifth Avenue, 212-644- 9400. 12. Tickets to the New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, 20 West 63rd Street, 212-870-5570. |