My yearly rant about toys.

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I just finished listening to Gene Autry singing "Up On The Housetop." In the song, Little Nell's stocking contains a "dolly that laughs and cries, one that can open and shut her eyes." One toy. A doll. Then comes the stocking of Little Bill. ". . .a hammer and lots of tacks, a whistle, a ball and a whip that cracks." Hammer & tacks. Whistle. Ball. Whip. Four toys. I used to sing that song when I was a litle girl. How come I never noticed that Nell got screwed?

While I'm at it, how come girls get housework toys, (toy dishes and toy sinks in which to wash them, toy stoves, toy brooms, toy vacuum cleaners, dolls that pee), and boys get toy toys (baseballs, footballs, hockey sticks, trains, racetracks)?

And has anyone else noticed the abundance of war toys?