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Merry squishmas: £10 squeezy banana on list of top festive season toys
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 14:03 UTC. The headline in use is “Merry squishmas: £10 squeezy banana on list of top festive season toys”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Social media-driven craze puts ‘squishies’ up there with evergreen favourites such as Lego and Barbie, Hamleys says A cartoonish banana so addictively squidgy that it is “really difficult to put down” is tipped to be among the must-have toys this Christmas, according to expert buyers at Hamleys.
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
Merry squishmas: £10 squeezy banana on list of top festive season toys
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- The Guardian