What is the most typical national product that could be a Christmas present in your country. Write about its history.

Typical German toys: Playmobil

Hans Beck (* 6 May 1929 in Greiz; † 30 January 2009 in Markdorf) was the inventor of Playmobil. That‘s why he is or was often called the „father of Playmobil“

Playmobil ist a system-toy and a brand of the German Geobra Brandstätter in Zirndorf near Nürnberg. The basic element is a 7,5 cm tall figure out of plastic. Since 1981 there are also 5,5 cm tall figures, which are the children. A cheap packet of Playmobil is about 13.99 Euros. (Lara Lehmberg)

Playmobil was invented in 1974.  The basic element is a 7,5 cm tall figure out of plastic. In 1981 they invented the smaller figures with 5,5cm which can move legs and arms. There are many different houses, a police station, indians and a fire station.    (Michael Münzner, Germany)

 

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Traditional Christmas toys in Croatia
Traditional Christmas toys in Croatia are made of wood – you can buy wooden horses, wooden chairs and tables, flutes, planes, trains, closets, cars and lots of them. They are decorated with different  shapes  in all colors. Every family in the house has at least one of these  toys at home. These toys are usually  put under Christmas tree which is decorated with Christmas decorations and lights. On  Christmas day in the morning, all the children are happy with these  Christmas toys.
It is characteristic for them that they are made manually by men, and most of them are painted by women. They can never be two completely identical because of every handmade work. Grays are made of wood from the immediate surroundings, the wood of beech, beech and lime. The wood is sliced, dried, sliced, sliced and shaped with wooden or cardboard patterns. The most common colors are red, blue, white and black. Floral and geometric patterns are illustrated. The mode of production has been transferred to certain generations from generation to generation and kept to date.
Toys are sold at fairs, church festivals, markets, and most in the shrine of Mary Bistrica. They are also kept in museums. They are on the List of Protected Goods of Intangible Heritage in the Registry of Cultural Property of the Republic of Croatia and from 2009 on the list of intangible assets entered on UNESCO Representative List of Intangible World Heritage in Europe. The Center for Traditional Values and Crafts in Kumrovac cares about these traditional toys (Snezana Nedelkovska , Jana Stojko,Croatia)

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Typical Catalan Toys: COMANSI

Comansi is a toy company  founded in 1962 and currently located in Sant Boi del Llobregat. It is known to manufacture, amongst others, from the 1970s a fort of the old American west, known as Fuerte Comansi. In 2011 the popular toy was put up for sale again.

The company continues selling above all plastic figurines, directed now to the children of those children of the 70s and 80s ( Pocoyó, Peppa Pig, Monster High , Doraemon, the Barça Toons …) and they also have other toys, such as Bola Loca, diábbolos and charla hops.

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About a traditional toy in Greece

 

The "svoura", this small spinning game was one of the favorite games of children in Greece many years ago.  The earliest written reference is found in Homer`s Iliad. Its ancient name was  strobe, or a turbot. It was conical made of hardwood and was played with the scourge, with which it struck her holding it in rotation. During the 20th century, in Greece   the “svoura” had its golden age in the 50s and 60s. At a time when there was no current game abundance, a "spin in the pocket" was a precious asset.We meet this toy with various names in Greece:” Fourla” in Macedonia, marsh,  and "mygkaki" in Thessaly, and "treliaga" in the Peloponnese.Later, in the 1970s, the small wooden spinning toy begins gradually to resolve as an individual or group game, and today it almost disappears. Television, electronic games and life in the big cities are the opponents of the "svoura"