Satan's little helpers this christmas, do toy-buying parents really know what hellish traps for their children they are leaving bundled up in shiny paper beneath the yule tree? sd tucker recalls a classic moral panic – and helps readers shop more safely this festive season.

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SATAN'S LITTLE HELPERS This Christmas, do toy-buying parents really know what hellish traps

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Fortean Times Magazine

1 December 2022

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