If you'd like to leave instructions for Santa about which pair of binoculars to leave under the tree, check out this
Best Binoculars of 2013 roundup from Cornell's All About Birds site. There's not much detail on any particular model, but it's a good overview of what's out there at a variety of prices.
I wouldn't buy anything based solely on a review, but it's a useful reference. I'm still partial to porro prisms (terribly out of fashion) and it looks like they are virtually absent from their list.
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