Kids In Missouri Want This Toy For Christmas

MISSOURI — Just how does Santa know exactly which toys kids in Missouri want to find under the Christmas tree? Perhaps he powers up the computer at the North Pole and consults Google. That could explain how he knows American kids — including kids in Missouri — are just wild about Power Wheels, the riding toy from Fisher-Price that allows kids to rev around their yards and parks like aspiring Nascar drivers.

That's according to an analysis of Google searches by Review.org, an internet company that reviews all kinds of home devices and products.

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Power Wheels were the favorites in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and right here in Missouri. The review site said the common thread among those states is the they don’t have a single Disneyland between them.

Fortnite Action Figures by McFarlane Toys are also popular in several states: Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

And in California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Mississippi and Montana, kids want the simple simplicity of spinning a hula hoop, an enduring toy introduced in 1958.

The review site consulted Google Trends to find the most searched-for toys on the site during the holiday season.

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