NEWARK, DE — Despite a Christmas haul that included a $250 Marvel-themed "Sanctum Sanctorum" LEGO set, the long-range "NERF Ultra Pharoah Blaster" gun for $50, and an Xbox for $499, the most coveted gift among the children in the Coogan household this year was the wrapping paper tube, according to sources.

"Two Christmases ago, it looked like the bubble wrap would beat out the Nintendo Switch up until the very end — then, at the last moment, the wrapping paper tubes swooped in for another upset victory." said the kids' dad Sam Coogan. "The possibilities are endless! It can be a sword, a telescope, a trumpet, almost anything! Why do I even bother buying presents anymore?"

"Man, I'm really in the mood to play with a wrapping paper tube now."

Cardboard tubes have been the hottest toy in th

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