EVERY year the number one toy at Christmas is very hard to obtain. There is always a shortage, and a lot of children are heartbroken because they do not get the toy they most want from Father Christmas.

Christmas is stressful enough for a mother without queuing and phoning to get the number one toy, which this year is Furby. My child has set his heart on one. He is going to be heartbroken, like many other children, to find that Santa Claus had not left them one.

If anyone has any idea where I could obtain one, I would be very grateful if they could let me know.

Suzanne Appleton

Broadmead Road, Edgworth

Tel 01204 852278

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