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Amazon's Christmas gift list lands before Halloween
Amazon's toy experts picked more than a hundred items for its annual list, including a 145-dollar Frozen Elsa doll; the store is ranking its own shelves.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Originals at 9:26 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are New York Post's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by New York Post: “23+ Amazon Christmas gifts so good, you might want to keep them for yourself”, with reporting from Amazon (About Amazon).
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 9:26 PM ET on BBN Originals, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Christmas, Amazon, Halloween.
- BBN covered this story before: Paul sets Dubai Christmas Eve return, still no opponent (October 29).
The real story
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- New York Post23+ Amazon Christmas gifts so good, you might want to keep them for yourself
- Amazon (About Amazon)Amazon’s 2026 Top 100+ Toys list: Something for every kid at heart facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAmazon put out its Christmas gift list, and it is the thirtieth of October. Skip is outside a house with a pumpkin on it.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, behind me is a porch with a skeleton and a bowl of candy, and I'm holding the New York Post's list of twenty-three gifts you might want to keep for yourself.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe shopper next to me has already opened the app.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSir, you're holding a phone. What are you buying?
Marcus TellerThe Frozen Elsa doll. It's one hundred forty-five dollars and I've already said yes in my head, so the click is a formality.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne hundred forty-five dollars.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentAnd the toys on the list were picked by Amazon's own toy team, Hank.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe list has more than a hundred items, and I counted zero toys that Amazon doesn't sell.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the store looked at its shelves and said the shelves were good. Skip, that was a sharp observation.

Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSharp! Hank, is that a promotion? I'll take the chair tonight, no ceremony.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNo to the chair, Skip. The only list I'm on is tonight's shift, and Amazon didn't pick that either.
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