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It's the most wonderful time of the year! Getting your holiday shopping done early should be on your to-do list. Keep reading if you're wondering what some of the coolest or hottest toys of the year are. We asked toy experts for their best recommendations for your little one. Sticki Rolls Sticker Bracelets from Sky Castle : Christopher Byrne, aka The Toy Guy, said these bracelets are hot on TikTok. Sticki Rolls are the first-ever wearable, shareable sticker bracelets for ages 5 and up. "It's a truly innovative concept, and at the same time, they're very reasonable and social," said Byrne. "We keep hearing from parents and educators how important social play is for kids right now, and this is an inexpensive way kids can collect and interact." The retail price is $9.99 and up. Disney Bitzee from Spin Master : If your youngsters couldn't get enough of the hit toy, Bitzee, last year, just wait. This year, there's a new Disney version where they can raise and play with 30 virtual Disney pets. The toy is for children ages 5 - 7 or, let's admit it, a Disney fan of any age. "Again, it's great for social or solo play, and the experience of using the Bitzee is kind of magical," said Byrne. Starting price is $34.99. The Cat Mitt Game from McMiller Fun : A take off on the once popular online oven mitt challenge, this fast-paced game challenges kids to collect kitty treats while wearing cat paws. "It's a lot of hilarity, and one of the most important reasons we like it is that we've played with people of widely diverse ages, and they've all had a good time—and lots of laughs," said Byrne. It currently retails for $24.99. PlayTab Modular Board from Fat Brain : Those little fingers need to be kept busy, too, and this PlayTab Modular Board is a perfect gift for one-year-olds. "We love this because it can be used in multiple ways," said Erica J Card, Store Director/Buyer, Soksaby Company Child's Play Toys & Books. "Toddlers can mix and match the manipulative pieces. Each one works on a different fine motor skill, introduces cause and effect in a more tactile way, and the satisfaction of feeling the magnet pull. They can also be used individually, or together on the fridge, or any magnetized surface." The Playtab Board is $9.99, and the Playtab Tile Sets are $17.99/ea. Magna-Tiles : Card believes that every home should have Magna-Tiles. "It is an open-ended tile-building toy for ages three years and up," she said. "They encourage early STEM use of the brain trying to figure out how to put things together, and as they get older, they build things for their other toys. I.e., building a garage for their cars or a house for their dolls/action figures." The MicroMags are a new version that allows kids to build on a smaller scale. "They are great for travel or restaurants," said Card. We love a versatile toy." The MicroMags 70pc set is $49.99, the MicroMags 26pc set is $19.99, and the Space MicroMags is $54.99. Snap Circuits Beginner : Card said that Snap Circuits are a great introduction to how circuits work and have beginner lessons on electricity. The toy is picture-based, so instructions are easy to use. "Many science kits are geared towards older kids, but Snap Circuits Beginner and the Snap Circuits Night Light are accessible for a five-year-old," said Card. "These kits show that science can be fun. They can make an object light up and a fan spin or have a speaker make a sound." Snap Circuits Beginner starts at $26.99, and the Snap Circuits Night Light is $19.99. Galactic Fireball Boomerang Drone : "This was made popular on TikTok, but it's fantastic," said Card. "Throw the drone, and it comes back to you, no matter what direction you throw it in. It's just pure fun while practicing coordination unbeknownst to them. The current price is $29.99. Finally, Byrne said Squishmallows is still one of the hottest brands out there, with more than 400 million sold, so make sure to check out their top plush, the Squishmallows Palmer The Goat . With the new Transformers movie and the upcoming Wicked movie, Byrne said the hot action figures will be the Transformers One Power Flip Optimus Prime, and the best collectible dolls will be Universal Wicked Glinda and Elphaba from Mattel.TRINITY Last Thanksgiving Day, Trinity teenager Caleb Dulin lay motionless in an intensive-care hospital bed, seemingly tethered to every flashing, beeping piece of technology in the room. With Caleb in a medically induced coma after a car crash nearly a month earlier that had left him in critical condition, the sophisticated equipment monitored, regulated and operated his bodily functions, from the bolt monitoring his brain pressure to the dialysis machine doing the job of his kidneys. The most critical of those instruments was the ECMO — extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — machine that kept Caleb alive by supporting his heart and lungs, which were too weak to function on their own. Without ECMO, Caleb would’ve already been dead. The thing about ECMO, though, is that it’s intended as a short-term life-support device, typically used for a week or so. Although a patient can remain on ECMO for several weeks if necessary, the risk of complications rises with each passing day. By Thanksgiving, Caleb had already been on ECMO for three weeks, and it didn’t appear doctors would be able to take him off the technology any time soon. From across the room, David and Shana Dulin could only watch and pray as their youngest son unconsciously fought for his life. Caleb had contracted pneumonia and was battling acute respiratory distress syndrome, a life-threatening lung condition. “It was horrible,” David said. “Once he got on ECMO, it was day-to-day and minute-to-minute. By Thanksgiving Day, it just didn’t look good.” Then things got worse. On Thanksgiving, as a team was trying to place an arterial line, Caleb had a seizure and a small amount of bleeding in his brain. He survived the ordeal, but needless to say, it was not the happiest of Thanksgivings for the Dulin family. Caleb’s scary journey began, appropriately, on Halloween — Oct. 31, 2023 — as he was driving home from Wheatmore High School that afternoon. As he drove along Finch Farm Road in Trinity, he crossed the center line, ran off the road, struck a concrete culvert and overturned. Investigators were unable to determine what caused Caleb, who was 16 at the time, to lose control of the vehicle. Caleb, now 17, has no memory of that day. His parents, however, remember it vividly. David, a training coordinator for the High Point Police Department, received a call from another Wheatmore parent who had driven past the accident scene and realized it was Caleb. “Caleb’s been in an accident,” he told David. “You need to come now — it’s not good.” David rushed to his car and called Shana along the way to notify her. She had driven past the crash site but hadn’t realized her son was involved. When she got turned around and headed toward High Point Medical Center — where Caleb was being taken — she wrecked, too, although it was not serious. Caleb had a traumatic brain injury and was soon sent to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The prognosis was grim. Doctors put him in a medically induced coma to help his brain heal. Within the first few days, though, Caleb developed pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Doctors put him on the ECMO machine, and he would stay on it for 51 days. During that time, either David or Shana — and often both — remained with their son around the clock. “We were talking to him and played music for him,” Shana said. “We prayed over him every night.” They also read him the countless cards, emails and texts of support sent from his Wheatmore classmates, from friends and other family members, and from members of the Dulins’ church, Mount Zion Wesleyan in Thomasville. Support also came from David’s coworkers at the police department and from Shana’s fellow teachers at Hopewell Elementary School in Trinity. Fundraisers were organized to help with the family’s medical expenses. Despite the overwhelming community support, David remembers that time as some of the darkest days of his life. “It got to the point where we had to decide” whether or not to take Caleb off of ECMO, he recalled. “We had prayed for him to live, and we had prayed for God to take him if that was His will. Finally, I prayed a specific prayer: ‘Lord, your word teaches us that your sheep know your voice, but I don’t hear you. Is it time to take him off ECMO?’ Within 30 minutes, Caleb moved for the first time in, like, 50 days.” On Dec. 30 — two months after the accident — Caleb was removed from ECMO. A month later, he would leave the hospital and head to Shepherd Center, a rehabilitation facility in Atlanta that specializes in brain injuries. At Shepherd Center, he did inpatient physical therapy for nearly two months and outpatient therapy slightly longer. “He literally had to relearn everything,” David explained. “Speaking. Swallowing. Blinking. Walking. Talking. Breathing. Using the restroom. Taking a shower. Bathing himself. Combing his hair. Brushing his teeth. It was amazing to me how much his body had to relearn.” Caleb agreed. “I was like a baby being born again,” he said. “I couldn’t do anything.” Caleb, who was already skinny before the accident, lost 30-40 pounds from being on a feeding tube, so he also had to try to regain some of that weight. Caleb remembers his rehab days as frustrating. “The whole time, I felt like I was taking two steps back when I wanted to go forward,” he said. “I felt like I was never going forward.” That seemed especially true with the use of his hands. “I like to draw and play video games,” Caleb said. “I’m right-handed, but at first I could barely twitch my right hand, so that was scary. I was wondering if I would ever be able to draw again or play video games.” One thing that uplifted Caleb during his rehab occurred in February, when the student body at Wheatmore held a pep rally for him. With Caleb watching a livestream of the event from Atlanta, students cheered for him and waved posters of support. Caleb completed his outpatient therapy in late May and is quickly getting his life back to a sense of normalcy. In August, he returned to school at Wheatmore, where he’s now a junior. He has regained his ability to draw and play video games. He has also begun speaking at area churches, sharing his experience of what he believes God has done for him. “The Bible says if God gives you a story, share that story with others,” Caleb said. “He saved my life, so I want to bring praise to Him for that.” David and Shana share that sense of gratitude and looked forward to celebrating Thanksgiving this year. “We’re thankful to God, and we’re thankful to the community for their overwhelming support,” David said. “We’re especially grateful that we still have our son. He was in critical condition for Halloween, for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, our 25th wedding anniversary and three of our children’s birthdays. So when I say we’re going to celebrate this holiday as a family, and for him to be doing as well as he is, ... yeah, we’re grateful.” Jtomlin@hpenews.com | 336-888-3579

Jimmy Butler’s time in Miami might be nearing an end. The Heat are listening to trade offers on the six-time NBA All-Star, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania . Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, has told people around the league that his client would be open to moving on from the Heat to join the Warriors, Mavericks or Rockets. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra threw water on the rumors after Tuesday’s practice, although there are still roughly two months until the Feb. 6 trade deadline. “It’s been our best, most consistent stretch of the season,” Spoelstra told reporters about the trade rumors . “So anything else, any other narrative, I don’t care. Nobody should, because most of this stuff has just been all like a bunch of gibberish.” The 35-year-old Butler has a $52 million player option for the 2025-26 season. Previous reports revealed Butler intends to decline the option and enter free agency. The Heat and Butler did not reach an extension last summer. At the time, The Athletic reported that Butler preferred to stay in South Beach, and the team had “no interest” in dealing the superstar. Miami is 12-10 and in fifth place in the Eastern Conference after winning each of their last three games. In 17 games, Butler is averaging 19 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game on 55.7 percent shooting from the field and 36 percent from 3 this season. Butler has led the Heat to five straight postseason berths since coming over from the 76ers, including two NBA Finals trips and another Eastern Conference Finals appearance. Now well into his 30s, Butler has had trouble staying healthy in recent years. Butler hasn’t played more than 65 games in a season since 2016-17, his final season with the Bulls.

37 Best Wellness Gifts for the Health Gurus Who Have It AllTikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * TikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? TikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada. The company filed in documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Thursday. The government ordered the dissolution of TikTok’s Canadian business in November after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform. That means TikTok must “wind down” its operations in Canada, though the app will continue to be available to Canadians. TikTok wants the court to overturn the government’s order and to place a pause on the order while the court hears the case. It is claiming the minister’s decision was “unreasonable” and “driven by improper purposes.” The review was carried out through the Investment Canada Act, which allows the government to investigate any foreign investment with potential to harm national security. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement at the time the government was taking action to address “specific national security risks,” though it didn’t specify what those risks were. TikTok’s filing says Champagne “failed to engage with TikTok Canada on the purported substance of the concerns that led to the (order.)” Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. The company argues the government ordered “measures that bear no rational connection to the national security risks it identifies.” It says the reasons for the order “are unintelligible, fail to reveal a rational chain of analysis and are rife with logical fallacies.” The company’s law firm, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, declined to comment, while Champagne’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A TikTok spokesperson said in a statement that the order would “eliminate the jobs and livelihoods of our hundreds of dedicated local employees — who support the community of more than 14 million monthly Canadian users on TikTok, including businesses, advertisers, creators and initiatives developed especially for Canada.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 10, 2024. Advertisement Advertisement

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I'm A Celebrity's Richard Coles knocked out by 'tramp' after huge miscommunication in parkTech startup lawyers swap law firms with Morrison Foerster hiresLONDON (AP) — Barely a month after , former England prop Joe Marler has brought forward his retirement plans and will end his time in the sport completely this week. Marler's last match will be for Harlequins, his team since 2009, at home to Bristol in the English league on Friday. The 34-year-old Marler had indicated he would continue playing club rugby until the end of the season. He has made 285 appearances for Harlequins since arriving in 2009 and retires with two English league winners medals. “The time has come to finally jump off the rollercoaster and walk away from this beautifully brutal game,” he said Wednesday. The charismatic Marler announced on Nov. 3 that his 95-cap test career was over, days after he left England’s camp ahead of the November internationals because of personal reasons. He had baited New Zealand in the build-up to England's first autumn test match by criticizing the Haka, stating on social media that it is “ridiculous” and “needs binning." He later for the comments. ___ AP rugby: The Associated PressWall Street got back to climbing after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 gained 0.8% Wednesday to break a two-day losing streak and finished just short of its all-time high. Big Tech stocks led the way, which drove the Nasdaq composite up 1.8% to top the 20,000 level for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged with a dip of 0.2%. Stocks got a boost as expectations built that the Fed will deliver another cut to interest rates at its meeting next week. On Wednesday: The S&P 500 rose 49.28 points, or 0.8%, to 6,084.19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 99.27 points, or 0.2%, to 44,148.56. The Nasdaq composite rose 347.65 points, or 1.8%, to 20,034.89. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 11.38 points, or 0.5%, to 2,394.16. For the week: The S&P 500 is down 6.08 points, or 0.1%. The Dow is down 493.96 points, or 1.1%. The Nasdaq is up 175.12 points, or 0.9%. The Russell 2000 is down 14.84 points, or 0.6%. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 1,314.36 points, or 27.6%. The Dow is up 6,459.02 points, or 17.1%. The Nasdaq is up 5,023.54 points, or 33.5%. The Russell 2000 is up 367.09 points, or 18.1%.

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