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Stuff You Should Know

What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ever since Cabbage Patch Kids came along in 1983, there’s been an annual holiday frenzy around one particular toy – the must-have Christmas toy of the year. But what makes a toy a must-have toy? Josh and Chuck investigate (and kick off the holidays).

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:30.8

Hello Seattle and surrounding greater Seattle area.

0:33.9

We love you.

0:34.9

That's why we come to see you every January and we're doing that again this year coming up.

0:39.2

Yep, Thursday, January 16th.

0:41.2

We're going to be at the Moore Theatre and you can get tickets and info by going to

0:45.0

sysklive.com and follow all the links there.

0:49.2

You can also go in person to the box office of the Paramount Theatre, who is apparently

0:53.8

selling tickets to our show at the Moore Theatre to get around a lot of those online fees.

0:59.3

That's right.

1:00.3

So we'd love to see you there.

1:01.3

We have rubbed our stank all over that theatre and we want your stank on that theatre as

1:04.8

well.

1:05.8

Yep, we'll see you guys in January.

1:08.5

Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.

1:18.3

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

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