17 Of The Most Popular Christmas Gifts Given Over The Span Of 80 Years

9. 1989:

the Game Boy, Nintendo’s first handheld game console that provided hours of portable entertainment. Chances are you have fond memories of playing on one of these as a kid.

10. 1991:

POGs, or cardboard bottle caps from the Passion fruit-Orange-Guava brand. These were used to play a popular game among children, in which they were put into stacks and slammed with metal bottle caps.

11. 1995:

Beanie Babies, the little animals stuffed with plastic pellets and made by Ty Warner Inc. Loved by collectors and kids alike, they flew off the shelves of toy stores just before the end of the 20th century.

12. 1996:

Tickle Me Elmo, the wildly popular (if not somewhat creepy) plush toy from Tyco Toys that shakes and busts a gut when squeezed. The doll was in such high demand that there are documented cases of people getting arrested for fighting over it.

13. 1997:

Tamagotchis, the must-have handheld digital pets released by Bandai in 1996. They became one of the biggest toy fads of the 1990s and early 2000s, with over 76 million being sold worldwide as of 2010.

14. 1998:

Furby, the electronic, animal-like robot that can blink and even learn English words. After launching the toy during the holiday season, Tiger Electronics sold 1.8 million Furbies in that year alone.

15. 1999:

Pokemon. Whether it was the Japanese cartoon, the card game, or the Nintendo Game Boy game, children (and adults) went and still go crazy over anything to do with the overwhelmingly popular franchise.

16. 2000:

Razor scooters. If you’re drowning in nostalgia at the sight of this baby, you definitely aren’t alone. All the “cool” kids had to get their hands on a Razor scooter back then. In fact, over five million of these were sold in just the first six months after they were launched.

 17. 2001:

Bratz. The MGA Entertainment fashion dolls rivaling Barbie — named Yasmin, Cloe, Jade, and Sasha — actually didn’t sell very well until Christmas that year. Just a few years later, global sales reached two billion dollars.

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