DEAR ANNIE: I never thought I would write to an advice column about this, but I am genuinely torn. I am a 34-year-old woman with two dogs, Bella and Murphy. They are both rescues and have been with me ...

Dear Annie: I never thought I would write to an advice column about this, but I am genuinely torn. I am a 34-year-old woman with two dogs, Bella and Murphy. They are both rescues and have been with me ...

If you had kids in the 1990s you may remember the Tickle Me Elmo craze. Take a look at this report from our archives. Neil Gorsuch says Supreme Court just made broad new legal rule Trump calls for 10% ...

(NEXSTAR) — Each Christmas shopping season has its own “it” toy or toys that send parents scrambling to acquire. And Christmas 2025 is no different. And while the hottest toys of Christmas 2025 may ...

The hottest toys at Christmas have come with various price tags over the decades. A Cabbage Patch doll would cost about the same as a Hatchimal if they both hit the market today at their respective ...

Dear Answer Man: Whenever I go to the Valleyhigh Drive Post Office in Rochester the parking lot is full. Sometimes I have to park blocks away. But when I enter the building there are often just a few ...

Kamel said that the same cycle repeats every time; Scarcity plus slick marketing equals viral popularity. When a product feels rare and influencers or ads promote it, shoppers rush to buy. Prices ...

It’s wasn’t the days of Tickle Me Elmo or Cabbage Patch dolls or the Black Fridays with a barricade of shopping carts corralling shoppers to the Walmart entrance with a heavy police presence, but the ...

Black Friday used to be pure awfulness — fist fighting for Tickle Me Elmo in a WalMart anyone? But thanks to Record Store Day, Black Friday now devotes a tiny-but-vital slice of commerce to amazing ...

How do you feel about Elmo? It might depend on how old you were one autumn 40 years ago, when the diminutive, fuzzy red monster first appeared as a regular character on the educational children’s ...

Viral holiday products are certainly nothing new — and even predate social media. Gen Xers may remember the run on Cabbage Patch Kids in the early 1980s or even the mad rush to grab a Tickle Me Elmo ...

The National Toy Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 inductees—Battleship, Slime, and Trivial Pursuit—recognizing their lasting influence on generations of play. The three classic toys were chosen ...