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Old Favourite Crowned King of the Christmas Gift Hit Parade

PANICKED PARENTS punching, kicking and biting each other in shops while on the hunt for that latest must-have toy is a festive tradition as old as plastic toys themselves. Whether it’s Cabbage Patch Dolls, Tracey Island or Cuddle-Me Evel Knievel, there’s one plaything every year that gets normally rational people behaving like deranged animals. But you might be surprised to learn that the top toy filling stockings this year has been around for longer than Christmas itself - the humble game of draughts! “Who’s have thought that in these days of Playstations, Nintendos and Game Boys, a square of cardboard and 32 plastic discs would be my best seller?” says toy shop owner Donald Duckworth. “I’ve never known anything like it. Mind you, I haven’t been in the toy game…

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