Firing your angry bird from the catapult at those green pigs has become a very addictive habit for millions of players and the characters are instantly recognisable. There’s even been talk of an Angry Birds movie!

You can now buy Angry Birds plush toys (pictured) at Character Online – previously the soft toys were only available in America. They come in a range of sizes (4,5 or 8 inch) and also as backpack clips. You can choose between silent or sound versions too.

A great gift for fans of Angry Birds!

Angry Birds Plush Toys is a post from: Novelty Gifts

Here’s the 2010 Christmas advert from John Lewis, published about week after the Marks & Spencer ad featuring Peter Kay.

I like this ad but I’m not sure I’d want our children to see it in case they ask “why are that mum and dad sneaking presents upstairs to hide in the loft?”. And is it just me or is it a bit too cold to leave the poor dog outside in his kennel when it’s supposed to be very cold and snowing?

The advert was filmed in Scotland - probably in the middle of summer – and the lyrics accompanying the ad are from Elton John’s ‘Your Song’, sung by Brit Award winner Ellie Goulding.

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2010 is a post from: Novelty Gifts

Click here to view the embedded video.

Spot the references to various musical acts that I reckon are:

• Saturday Night Fever
• West Side Story
• Beyonce
• Grease
• Chicago
• Madonna
• Cabaret
• Britney Spears

M&S Christmas advert with Peter Kay is a post from: Novelty Gifts

He weighs in at about 2kg and is 32cm high. There’s a puppy version too for added cuteness at a cheaper price!

Ideal for keeping any door open and he doesn’t need walking, feeding or cleaning-up after.

A great gift for dog lovers in your family and friends.

Britannia Dog Doorstop is a post from: Novelty Gifts

In addition to the Penguin Book mugs that I’ve previously mentioned (and have now got …my sister bought me a Big Sleep mug for my birthday) you can also get classic book deckchairs like the one pictured.

It’s a traditional style folding deckchair with a canvas printed with a chosen classic Penguin book cover.  Covers available include:

• Chandler’s ‘Big Sleep’ (green)
• Woolf’s ‘A Room Of One’s Own’ (purple)
• Mansfield’s ‘The Garden Party’ (orange)
• Bernard Shaw’s ‘Man and Superman’ (red)
• Bates’ ‘Country Life’ (yellow)

Penguin Book Deckchairs is a post from: Novelty Gifts

Same price and quantity as the Christmas pud bags, but these goldfish bin bags won’t look quite so unseasonal in the middle of summer.

Totally daft – but they make you smile.

Goldfish Bin Bags is a post from: Novelty Gifts

They’re novelty Christmas pudding bin bags of course! Not particularly cheap at £9.99 for 12 bags but certainly a novel way of bagging up your Christmas rubbish …only the non recyclable stuff of course.

They’d make everyone who walked past them smile I reckon

Available from Totally Funky.

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For those of you seriously in to table tennis this is the gift for you! If you’ve got nobody to play table tennis with or you just need to practice then this robot is going to be your new best friend.

This free-standing robot serves up to 80 balls a minute and using the remote control you can change the speed and direction of the ping-pong balls the robot hits. Is it possible to actually hit 80 balls a minute?? If not, you can adjust the speed, starting at 25 a minute.

Apparently table tennis is becoming all the rage again and is no longer deemed only suitable for early Friday evenings down at the youthie

The price? Well you didn’t imagine it’d be cheap did you?

Butterfly Practice Table Tennis Robot is a post from: Novelty Gifts

This product is called the Undercover Laptop Bag and it’s designed to disguise and protect your precious laptop inside.

The bag is waterproof, tearproof and padded and it’s also size adjustable (via velcro straps) so it’ll take brick-sized laptops along with Mac Books!

The bag has markings, including a fake address to make it look just like a battered old jiffy bag or parcel. You can even write on it if you want to! Great for students and for anyone who doesn’t want people to see them carrying their laptop around.

Undercover Laptop Bag is a post from: Novelty Gifts

It’s Morph along with his cheeky chappy mate Chas and together they make a great pair of novelty cufflinks that’d look great on any shirt.

They come in the presentation box as shown.

Only £14.95 at gadgets.co.uk

Morph Cufflinks Set is a post from: Novelty Gifts