Cabbage Patch Kids, Tickle Me Elmos, and Furbys, oh my.
It’s an annual holiday shopping season tradition, right up there with regifting: Some or another toy is extremely high in demand yet woefully low in supply, leading parents to bribe store clerks for insider toy shipment arrival info and consider spending $280 for a robot hamster package.
The Boston Globe takes a walk down Christmas craze memory lane with a fun photo roundup of must-have toys from holiday seasons past. I have no clue what a Tamagotchi is, but apparently you, me, and everybody else really wanted one bad in ’96.