Last year, sales at Kidz Enterprise Toys on the Saturday after Thanksgiving were up 126% in money spent.

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Thankfully, Kidz in the Hall's members don't much seem to care, and for that, this past summer's soundtrack was much enriched.

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Duke's Auctioneers are selling Sooty on 2 December to raise money for the charity Whizz-Kidz, which provides wheelchairs for disabled children.

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The Kidz Bop music series is targeted to children aged 5 to 12, and, according to its website, has sold more than 11 million CDs.

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The Kidz Bop people tout their CDs as "today's biggest hits sung by kids for kids, " and this particular volume contains remakes of 16 pop songs that I've absolutely never heard.

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