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I don't know about presents for girls -- not having any girls -- but I'm wondering if there's any escape from getting the Wii for the boys. Every time they come out with a new system near the holidays, there's this enormous pressure to find a way to get the ungettable at a price that's unbelievable. Now you can say it's ONLY! $250, but then they want controllers and games and memory cards and won't they be disappointed if that's ALL they get? What kills me, too, is you know it's going to come down in price a few months into 2007. Does anyone have the strength to just say no? I'm not sure I do. Two of my boys want it as a joint gift. The teen doesn't care a thing about video games so at least I'm off the hook there. But he does want a video iPod. And there's that magic number -- $250 again...