Used to be that the big post-Christmas complaint was assembly of all those toys. Forget that. Of late, the major annoyance of children’s gifts are those blasted little wires tying the toys to the impenetrable packaging. Joseph got some Star Wars thing – Luke Skywalker on a flying thing – not tiny, but not huge, either. I think it took me 15 minutes to free it from the package.

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