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Originally Posted by gobgook2
Morning! 
fighting for the latest Elmo doll (that's one of the ones that started the popularity of this marketing craze, you'll recall!). |
And here I always thought it was the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls back in the 1980s that really started this shitstorm - but
It really started back in the 1930s when Macys started their parades to lure people into the store the day after thanksgiving with the floats of all the brand new toys for the current season.