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Christmas Shopping
HI, guys. I can't believe I haven't thought to tell the non-Canadians
among us about this before, but there you go. I haven't. It's because my own kids are all grown up now and so I haven't thought about this for quite awhile. But. There's a non-profit organisation called The Canadian Toy Testing Council, which has for YEARS published an absolutely *outstanding* guide to toys on the market. Toys are tested by real life actual kids, who take them home, and then they are rated by the kids and their parents on such things as durability, ability to hold the child's interest, safety, age range, etc. etc. etc. I found for all the years that I used it, that they never went wrong in their comments. I came to swear by it when shopping for Christmas. So anyway, here's the website: http://www.toy-testing.org/CTTCmm.htm Look for the Toy reports - the new one is out. They cover everything from the old, time honoured stuff by lego and Playmobil and Little Tykes, to all the latest hot on the market stuff. They cover everything from toys for infants through to the video and electronics and things that adolescents are into. I heartily recommend it. And for those who don't know it, I'm a regular, have no affiliation with the CTTC (other than being Canadian) and don't own any stock at all, much less in toy companies. Happy first day of December. Take your positions, please....ready...set...... ;-) Cele |
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