Last year (2007), Hallmark released the Player 1 Christmas ornament, which was a pretty cool mini game controller with sound effects.

This year (2008), Hallmark is again releasing a game-themed ornament, reaching a little further back in time and producing a mini Pac-Man arcade machine complete with sound effects. The ornament, which stands approximately 4.5 in. tall, retails for $18.50, is battery operated (batteries included), lights up and plays classic Pac-Man sounds. Wakka-wakka!

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Retailing for $15 (US, $19.99 in Canada) and available now in stores is a plastic mini Hallmark Keepsake game controller ornament that produces three sets of videogame style noises. It’s shaped like a GameCube controller but with Xbox mini-joystick placement. The mini josyticks move but don’t create any sounds. A back panel for the batteries more »