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The annual, post-Christmas lament: toys are a scam

Ellen McCarthy

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The baby doll broke me.

Two Decembers ago, my daughter spent weeks yearning for a doll she’d seen at Target. Hard plastic, sparkly eyes, named Chelsea or Chloe or some such. Chirped “Mama” and freakishly grew pigtails if you pumped her arms up and down.

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