Children toy with ideas as Christmas comes early

IT might be only 107 days to Christmas but some people are already toying with ideas for what to buy as presents for their children.

Children toy with ideas as Christmas comes early

And Christmas did indeed come early for patients at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin yesterday as they got to try out some of the predicted best-selling toys for the forthcoming festive season.

Brilliant sunshine was the bizarre backdrop for the first thoughts of Santa Claus, not that it bothered the young audience as they got their hands on some of the favourite playthings contained in the latest annual European Toy Survey by Duracell. It polled more than 1,000 children across Europe to find out their favourite toys and games.

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