The Year's Most Popular Toys
1983: These dolls became a hit… and nobody slaw it coming
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise leave Ireland to chase their dreams in America PLUS a baby in a trough
What is Far & Away in a Manger?
A neat class
What is Santa Claus?
This author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” the most frequently censored book in the United States in 1981, was born January 1, 1919
Who is JD Salinger?
This holiday discover your inner elf
What is "Elf?"
1996: Sesame Street was laughing all the way to the bank
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
A quiet time to sleep PLUS if Nancy doesn’t wake up screaming she won’t wake up at all
What is Silent Nightmare on Elm Street?
Smite to eel
What is Mistletoe?
Born January 1, 1997, this singer-songwriter’s “Stick Season” went on to be his mainstream commercial breakthrough and led to his nomination in 2023 for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Who is Noah Kahan?
His father, her mother, his mother and her father all in one day
What is "4 Christmases?"
1980: Children were puzzled with this toy invented by a Hungarian architecture professor
What is Rubik’s Cube?
A most important evening PLUS everything comes to life for Ben Stiller at the AMNH
What is O Holy Night At The Museum?
Candle and tavern
What is Advent Calendar?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
This man, given the name John at birth, was instrumental in founding the FBI in June 1935, where he remained as director for 37 years until his death in May 1972
He doesn’t care if you’re naughty or nice
What is "Bad Santa?"
1997: Don’t forget to feed these virtual pets that were first marketed in Japan
What is Tamagotchi?
A holiday gift count down PLUS the movie version of John Grisham’s “Skipping Christmas” starring Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis
What is The 12 days of Christmas with the Kranks?
Master riches set
What is Christmas tree?
This seamstress was born in 1752 and legend has it, made the first American flag
Who is Betsy Ross?
The most fabulous music and mirth show in motion picture history… color by Technicolor
What is "White Christmas?"
*DAILY DOUBLE*
1986: This talking electronic toy bear
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Something arrived late one beautiful evening PLUS truth needs agent Jack Ryan played by Harrison Ford in this Tom Clancy novel turned movie
The self lone she
What is Elf on the Shelf?
Born Joseph Robert Saddler on January 1, 1958, this American musician, DJ, rapper, and record producer created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory and recorded hits along with the Furious Five
Who is Grandmaster Flash?
A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas…
What is "A Christmas Story?"