Popular Toys
1983: These dolls became a hit... and no body slaw it coming.
Cabbage Patch Kids
The #1 selling non-chocolate candy in December.
Candy Cane
Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell + cheeky shelf-dwelling Christmas spy toy
Elf on the Shelf
Who played a cool, charismatic, rock-and-roll Santa in The Christmas Chronicles?
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Polar Express
1996: Sesame Street was laughing all the way to the bank.
Tickle Me Elmo
The classic children’s board game Candy Land features locations called “______________ pass” and “_________ Mountain”
Gumdrop
Sweet mythical treat that dances in children’s heads during T’was the Night Before Christmas + a traditional British dessert
Sugar Plum Pudding
Who portrayed Santa as a gruff, working-class boss at the North Pole in a 2003 comedy?
Ed Asner in Elf
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Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
1997: Don't forget to feed these virtual pets that were first marketed in Japan.
Tamagotchi
The earliest recipes for this food were recorded around 2400 B.C. in Greece. Used for Ceremonial purposes.
Gingerbread
Snap, Crackle, Pop + Santa Claus
Whose initials were S.C. before becoming Santa Claus?
Scott Calvin played by Tim Allen in the Santa Clauses
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Angels We Have Heard on High
1980: Children were puzzled with this toy invented by a Hungarian architecture professor.
Rubik's Cube
This food in its earliest days was commonly associated with Vassar College after the earliest known reference to a recipe appears in an 1888 letter from a freshman student. The all-female student body carried on a tradition of swapping recipes, singing songs about it, and making it in bulk to raise money for the school.
Fudge
The festive decoration you use to build a miniature house with + an overnight visitor staying in your spare bedroom
Gingerbread House Guest
Who played a crude, volatile, and cynical mall Santa in the dark comedy Bad Santa?
Billy Bob Thornton
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Jingle All the Way
1986: A talking electronic toy bear.
Teddy Ruxpin
Brought to America by German immigrants in the late 1700s and strongly tied to the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. Originally made with barley sugar and called “barley candy.”
Clear Toys
Aaron Carter’s 2000 hit song + traditional minty treat shaped like a shepherd’s staff
I Want Candy Cane
Who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his classic portrayal of Kris Kringle in the original 1947 Miracle on 34th Street?
Edmund Gwenn
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