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"Hide the fragile china set and put on your protective eyewear: the foam darts are coming. You guessed it, the most popular Christmas toy this season is the Nerf gun.
If you thought we’d left these bright plastic guns behind in the ’90s (along with Starter Jackets, Goosebumps, and VHS tapes), you were wrong. Nerf was cool when your parents were kids and when you were a kid, and it’s still cool today.
Nerf guns are the most popular Christmas toy in 11 states! That’s more than one-fifth of the US! If you live in one of the following states, it’s Nerf or nothing."
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