# What's THE gift this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419 "2007-11-22T13:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/1 "2007-11-22T13:08:06Z")
Last year it was the Wii. Or the Wii and the PS3. It’s been Elmo. It’s been Cabbage Patch dolls. What is it this year? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/2 "2007-11-22T13:10:23Z")
It’s a button that you press to make sure your thread is posted to the right forum. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/3 "2007-11-22T13:14:07Z")
D’OH! I meant for this to be in IMHO! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/4 "2007-11-22T15:31:35Z")
Well then I know what Santa’s putting in your stocking this year! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/5 "2007-11-22T15:32:12Z")
Off to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/6 "2007-11-22T15:56:33Z")
Maybe the iPhone? I actually can’t really think of what THE gift could be. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/7 "2007-11-22T16:01:40Z")
Herpes! ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/8 "2007-11-22T16:08:32Z")
No idea in general, but for two-year-old boys it is all about _Thomas the Tank Engine_. At least, thiose I happen to know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/9 "2007-11-22T16:26:37Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] No idea in general, but for two-year-old boys it is all about _Thomas the Tank Engine_. At least, thiose I happen to know. 😉 [/QUOTE] :dubious: With all the scares of lead paint I’d think those would be pretty low on the list, since those were among previous recalls. THE gift? Well, for kids I wouldn’t be surprised if Playmobil is hard to come by, and probably Wii’s for those who have yet to get one.. but honestly, I have no clue ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/10 "2007-11-22T16:28:39Z")
I heard Wii is still gonna be big this year. For the keeblers? With all the anxiety about poison presents, I predict books and movies to be a big hit this year. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/11 "2007-11-22T16:33:05Z")
[QUOTE=Flutterby] :dubious: With all the scares of lead paint I’d think those would be pretty low on the list, since those were among previous recalls. [/QUOTE] I’m going by the kid’s reactions. Parents are another story. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/12 "2007-11-22T16:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I heard Wii is still gonna be big this year. [/QUOTE] I think you may be right. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/13 "2007-11-22T17:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] I’m going by the kid’s reactions. Parents are another story. 😉 [/QUOTE] Thomas is always popular with the young boy set. Has been for what.. 20 odd years? More? I can’t remember exactly though wikipedia says his first appearance was 1946. Velociraptor doesn’t seem to like him though, he gets MUCH more excited over Babar. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/14 "2007-11-22T17:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=Flutterby] Thomas is always popular with the young boy set. Has been for what.. 20 odd years? More? I can’t remember exactly though wikipedia says his first appearance was 1946. Velociraptor doesn’t seem to like him though, he gets MUCH more excited over Babar. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I guess so … only thing is, I didn’t know any two year old boys well until this year. Now I know several, and they _all_ seem nuts over these toys, books and DVDs. With the two year old girls like my neice, it is all about the princesses. Dresses, dolls, everything princess-related. Odd that the gender difference shows up so early. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/15 "2007-11-22T17:46:11Z")
It’s the trains. Things with wheels. Though I was always jealous of my brothers hot wheels _sighs_ ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/16 "2007-11-22T18:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Herpes! [/QUOTE] Again? But that’s what you got me last year. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/17 "2007-11-22T18:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Herpes! [/QUOTE] [Actually, I thought it was syphilis.](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/nyregion/12syphilis.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) What about Tickle Me Emo? I hear he’s on the cutting edge of new gifts. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/18 "2007-11-22T18:20:55Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] Yeah, I guess so … only thing is, I didn’t know any two year old boys well until this year. Now I know several, and they _all_ seem nuts over these toys, books and DVDs. With the two year old girls like my neice, it is all about the princesses. Dresses, dolls, everything princess-related. Odd that the gender difference shows up so early. [/QUOTE] It really does show up frighteningly early! My little girl likes Thomas too, though, even though her main thing is princesses and horses. Her dream toy would be a purple unicorn, preferably with glitter and a hairbrush. Then she would use it to play knights and kill them all, she’s very bloodthirsty. I don’t know if there’s really a THE toy this year the way they’ve been hyped in previous years, like Elmo and Cabbage Patch–it would seem because of the recalls. The media will have to invent one soon to survive! ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/19 "2007-11-22T18:30:16Z")
[QUOTE=dangermom] It really does show up frighteningly early! My little girl likes Thomas too, though, even though her main thing is princesses and horses. Her dream toy would be a purple unicorn, preferably with glitter and a hairbrush. Then she would use it to play knights and kill them all, she’s very bloodthirsty. I don’t know if there’s really a THE toy this year the way they’ve been hyped in previous years, like Elmo and Cabbage Patch–it would seem because of the recalls. The media will have to invent one soon to survive! [/QUOTE] Heh, my litte fellow hasn’t reached the point of playing war with his toys yet. He simply loves to cause mini traffic accidents with his toys. Probably the books and videos teach him to do that. The Island of Sodor is a very accident prone place. Mind you, the constant repetition of themes in that Thomas stuff cause me, as an adult, to think violent thoughts. I even wrote a short satire of the shows a little while ago, emailed it to my mom. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419/20 "2007-11-22T18:31:28Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] [Actually, I thought it was syphilis.](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/nyregion/12syphilis.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) [/QUOTE] Gotta catch them all! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gift-this-year/427419.md?page=2)