Why does darkness look like a throwback to a minstrel show? Why would you encourage your child to put a slain first-born on his wedding-ring finger? You know what, just put the other nine puppets away and have your kid walk around with the dead first-born on his ring finger, croaking It will freak out your college student cousin who got high in the car before coming in for latkes. Star of David 3D Glasses Your child is asking uncomfortable questions. Why does everyone have a Christmas tree except us? Why do all these twinkling lights make me feel so lonely? Every bulb, streetlamp, and Christmas light he sees will be transformed into spinning holographic images of Jewish stars. Samson Action Figure Wait, his hair is plastic. I guess we could melt it. I totally know where Mom hides the matches. Or we could try to carve it with the electric knife you stole from the drawer. God, could his face look any less badass? Harvey Nagila Dancing Doll True story. My dad got us this toy when Josie was tiny. Josie took one look at its impassive, sunglassed face and clung to my leg. When Harvey began shimmying to Hava Nagila, she screamed and crawled behind the couch so fast she left skid marks. Harvey sat, unloved, on a shelf for three years until Maxine was born. We took it down again. Because we are stupid. When Harvey began to clap, Maxine let out an inhuman wail, covered her face, and started shaking. She became haunted by it, her own personal dybbuk, and, in a ritualistic fervor that would make Freud proud, insisted on watching it dance over and over, quaking as it scared the bejeezus out of her. Buy Harvey Nagila and you too will know this fun. Techno Draydel with Lights and Sound Effects Do you miss the rave scene of the carefree early 90s? Give little Ezekiel a bottle of water, a glowstick, some massage oil, and this toy. Crank up the Goa trance and let him spin around the living room. He already has the pacifier. Be the first to make it to the kosher home, and you win! Nothing contributes to in-group identification like humiliation! Talking Queen Esther Doll Um, are you sure you won a beauty pageant? Were the other contestants. Marjorie Ingall is a columnist for Tablet Magazine, and of Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent Children. Tablet is committed to bringing you the best, smartest, most enlightening and entertaining reporting and writing on Jewish life, all free of charge. We take pride in our community of readers, and are thrilled that you choose to engage with us in a way that is both thoughtful and thought-provoking. But the Internet, for all of its wonders, poses challenges to civilized and constructive discussion, allowing vocal—and, often, anonymous—minorities to drag it down with invective and worse. 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