9 Most Popular Christmas Gifts Ever
6. GameBoy
You could carry the GameBoy anywhere and it had a number of games to choose from. One of the most popular games was and still is, Tetris. This puzzle game soon turned into an addiction and people found themselves stacking all sizes of rectangles!
7. Tamagotchi
These digital pets came in an egg-shaped computer. They needed to be fed and taken care of. It made for a great Christmas gift and reports suggest that till date, over 70 million Tamagotchis have been sold!
8. Cabbage Patch Kids
As per the product’s website, these dolls have set the record as being “the most successful new doll introduction in the history of the toy industry”. They gained immense popularity and even featured in a U.S. stamp series in 2000. When they were first launched in the 1980’s, it is estimated that over 2 million dolls were “adopted” in the first 6 months. They soon made it to the cover of Newsweek. There are several mind-boggling stories about the shopping frenzy created by these dolls. Many also believe that the Cabbage Patch dolls were the first ones to cause the well-known phenomena, “Christmas Gift Buying Rage.”
9. Furby
It is hard to imagine a kid not wanting a furry robot that could blink its eyes and even talk! Such was the demand of this product that its prices skyrocketed from $35 to $100 a pop. And, if you had more green to spare, then you could go for “collector’s items” like “biker Furby” and “tuxedo Furby”.
