The World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc. (W.A.T.C.H.), a Massachusetts charitable non-profit corporation, has announced its annual "Top 10 Worst Toys" list for 2009. Popular toys such as Zhu Zhu Pets are not on the list, but a foam rocket launcher, children's book and Batman and Wolverine action figures are among the most dangerous toys listed for 2009.

If you love pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and use canned pumpkin in your recipe, it might be time to start thinking about making an apple pie instead. Heavy rains that persisted throughout the 13-week pumpkin harvest in Morton, Illinois, making it difficult to pick the entire crop. As a result, less pumpkin has been picked and canned, leading to an anticipated shortage of LIBBY’S pumpkin products as the holidays approach.

Walmart has not confirmed the leaked ads for Black Friday 2009, but it's fairly certain that the ads are the real deal. Several reliable Black Friday sites have released the full list of Walmart Black Friday deals and the deals are direct competition for retailers such as Target, Best Buy and Sears.

Thanksgiving dinner can be made for a reasonable cost, but the 2009 dinner will cost consumers just a little bit more than last year. According to the Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers (AFPD), the average price to purchase and prepare the ingredients for a traditional turkey dinner for 10 people is $41.14 ($4.11 per person)--up from $39.70 for 10 or $3.97 per person in 2008.

Teachers, parents and homeschoolers are looking for Thanksgiving themed school worksheets, word searches, coloring pages and math worksheets are easy to find on the Internet. Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, many websites have free Thanksgiving worksheets and activities that will keep students busy as the holiday season begins.

As 2009 draws to a close, many have had choice words to describe their feelings about the economy, healthcare, H1N1 and unemployment. Perhaps that is why the word admonish has been chosen as Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Year" for 2009. Admonish is a verb that means "to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner."

Looking for the Most Popular Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas? Pumpkin Pie, Homemade Apple Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Chocolate French Silk Pie, New York Style Strawberry Cheesecake, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Cherry Pie and even Christmas Cookies are the the list. A quick Google search brought up an amazing number of baking websites that specialize in desserts. With Thanksgiving and Christmas being the main focus at this time of year, you'll no doubt find plenty to keep everyone happy.

Looking for Zhu Zhu Pets? Toys R Us is stocking hundreds of them for some very lucky Black Friday shoppers on November 26. There's a limit on how many you can buy but Toys R Us is going to make Zhu Zhu Pets fans very happy this Christmas.

Toys R Us today announced this morning that its stores nationwide will open at midnight on Black Friday, Thursday, November 26, 2009. This will provide shoppers access to its Black Friday deals five hours earlier than their past Black Friday opening time of 6am.

Who has the best deals on Black Friday toys? The hottest Christmas toys of 2009 are Zhu, Zhu Pets, Barbie Dolls, Transformers, Hot Wheels, Nintendo DSi and Wii, LeapFrog, Tonka Mighty Truck and many more toys, electronics, and video games. With stores leaking their deals early, why wait until Black Friday – the traditional day after Thanksgiving shopping day – to find out what retailers are offering, when you can "window shop" now?

Looking for the Best Selling Toys this year? Get ready for Black Friday 2009. Zhu Zhu Pets and Nintendo DSi, Legos and Maxus Dragonoid, Mindflex and Dora Links Doll, Transformers Devastator and G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra, are just some of the toys kids will be looking for under the Christmas tree this year. The question is, can you find them in time, and without paying a fortune?

$8.99 for a complete Cracker Barrel Thanksgiving meal, and $4.49 for a kids meal? You bet. Cracker Barrel's Thanksgiving menu includes turkey, ham, stuffing and gravy, biscuits, pumpkin pie, and all the fixin's in between. The cheap Thanksgiving dinner even includes drinks. Don't want to eat out? Call for a complete turkey dinner take out meal.