Bigfoot the Monster and the somewhat grating Sing-a-Ma-Jigs are expected to sell well.

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Natalie jigs up and down and screams, and she hugs me from four feet away, so as not to muss.

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But this did not stop people cheering themselves hoarse, hugging each other and dancing jigs to marachi music, while hundreds of cars honked their horns in time, creating a samba-style cresendo of sound.

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