With the holiday shopping season beginning, shoppers are feeling a little more than just the average holiday mall anxiety. The news of toxic toys shipped from China have many consumers scared that their next purchase might be lethal.

Even with all the news coverage over the toxic toys it was reported that many of the toys are still being advertised to the public. Okay, everyone, on the count of three swallow a piece of lead.

Even though the toys are no longer in stores this whole tainted toy craze picked the worse time of the year to make itself known. When I think back to all the Christmas’ when I was drooling over toy catalogs I can only imagine what it must be like to hear your parents’ say, “Sorry Timmy, no large-plastic-machine-gun this year. We wanted to get it for you, but chances are it might have killed you.” There’s no easy way to say that to a kid.

Also, many news outlets have reported the fear of contaminated toys is not restricted to new toys. Some parents have started to go through and throw out all old toys that may also be contaminated.

It must be nerve-wracking as a parent to stand in the middle of a toy story and debating for a good half an hour as to whether they should risk filling her kids’ stocking stuffers with gifts that could make the holiday season a lot less merry.
—Eming Piansay