FAO Schwarz is back for the holidays, and everything is not even a billion dollars!

I didn't grow up in NYC so I don't have FAO Schwarz shopping memories like some of my city friends. But I did know about them from Big, and I loved pouring through their catalogs around the holidays every year, carefully circling the hundreds of high-end toys on my wishlist.

(Did you know that catalog was first published in 1876? Whoa.)

So when FAO Schwarz closed their doors a few years back, I was surprisingly bummed out.

And now, I find myself surprisingly happy that they're back, just in time for the holidays.

I have to admit, my first thought when it comes to FAO is "expensive!" And yes, there is a $1000 teddy bear that's 7 feet tall.

Clearly a must-have for every kid.

(Eyeroll.)

But browsing the site, it was great to see plenty of affordable, or relatively affordable toys -- i.e. not that $25,000 Barbie foosball table they offered in 2010 -- that my own kids would definitely want.

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