LEADING TOYS FOR SANTA

OP 12 toys for Christmas, as revealed by Dream Toys, include Enchantimals, Fingerlings, Hatchimals, Laser X, LOL Surprise, Nerf Nitro Longshot Smash, Paw Patrol Sea Patroller, P J Masks Headquarters Play Set, Star Wars Lego, The Original Stretch Armstrong and Toilet Trouble.

The only two I have ever heard of are Paw Patrol and Lego, although Toilet Trouble can strike anyone under the wrong circumstances.

Whatever happened to a Compendium of Games, a jigsaw puzzle, Dandy and Beano annuals, a football, an orange and a new penny?

I’m just showing my age but they were a treat on Christmas morning when I was a lad, once I’d got home from sweeping chimneys from the inside and washed the soot out of my hair.

Well, it seems that long ago. Ah yes, the good old days.