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Unpacking Day 8

Almost done.

Meet the hottest toy of year

Move over Elmo, this year's hottest toy is a toy hamster.

The hottest toy this holiday season is not a ticklish red monster. It’s a fake hamster.

Known as Zhu Zhu Pets, the artificial rodents have some advantages over the real thing. They do not stink, chew electric wires, or run around their cages making noise at night. In fact, they do not need cages.

Children are delighted at how they coo and scoot about unpredictably. Parents are delighted not to have to clean up after them. And at $7.99 each, the hamsters arerecession-friendly.

With any toy like this there's one simple problem:  Good luck finding one.  They're nearly sold out everywhere.

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