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Special circumstances: "Ms. C" is a single parent and will not be able to afford any gifts this year.

Published: Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 11:24 p.m. Darlene Bianco scoured the aisles of Kmart, looking for something pink.

Even though each family had an appointment time to pick up their toys and food, the line began to form around 7:50 a.m., more than an hour before the doors would open Thursday at the Fannie Mae Vernon Room in Corsicana, where the Salvation Army and Food Pantry had set up store for the day.

Published: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. 'Still carrying on the old family tradition by writing all night, I see." Startled, I turned around.

Just read an interesting article in TIME magazine. Since Christmas is just around the corner, the magazine named its Top 10 Toy Crazes of All Time.

Call it a fashion doll smackdown. If you push a cart down the toy aisle, you might notice that manufacturers are trying to take down Barbie this season with new, more relevant dolls.

Many viewers found themselves howling in agreement with Larry David during a recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

To change or not to change -- lawyers, that is. That was the question faced by Mattel and MGA Entertainment as their epic battle over the Bratz dolls moved to the 9th Circuit.

Just yesterday, an appeals court stayed the pending court-ordered recall of MGA Entertainment's Bratz dolls.

You know, just to make sure it doesn't swear. This month, a mother in Florida went to local media with bad tidings: The Hannah Montana Holiday Singing Doll she purchased was allegedly belting out a word you don't normally associate with carols.

OLD Billie Caulfield reckons it's about five years since she last played with a doll.

Grace Meecham, four, from Auckland, is ahead of the trend with her new best friend, Moxie.

My next vote for worst foreign actress goes to somebody whose career is just starting out she goes by the name of Nathalia Ramos.

The Big Deal: Before looking back, we've got a classic consumer showdown on our hands this holiday season: B&N's e-book has a second screen while Amazon's Kindle has just one; throw in its Wi-Fi and the Nook seems set for a Christmas KO.

I don't have any freakin' kids, and I wouldn't know a Tickle Me Elmo from a Bratz doll.

Dora the Explorer is shown in this artwork released to Reuters by Nickelodeon and Mattel.

Has standing in the doll aisle gotten a little overwhelming these days? Let's consider the options; Barbie's been around the block a few times ; the overly sexy Bratz got caught up in a copyright lawsuit and have left the market all together, and the heyday of Cabbage Patch Kids and Raggedy Ann is long gone.

Thousands of people welcomed Santa Claus to Johnstown Friday evening during the annual Christmas parade and Light Up Night.

Barbie has new neighbors, and they care less about fashion and more about faith.

Miniskirts, fishnet stockings, feather boas. It all sounds sexy - 'til you realize it's being sported by that every-girl-wants-one Bratz doll.