7 Reasons the Gift Kids Keep Is the One They Hug

If last year's big gift is already quiet in the toy bin, there's a reason the soft one is still on the pillow.

1. The toy they keep is the one they hug

Think about what's still in your kid's room from last Christmas. The light-up toy is in the bin. The thing on the pillow is soft and a little squashed.

Gifts last when they become part of the day: in bed at night, on the desk at homework time, in the backpack on a trip. That job doesn't need a battery.

2. No batteries to die by New Year's

The toy with the most buttons wins the morning. Then the batteries die, nobody buys more, and it goes quiet in the corner.

Giant plushies have the opposite problem: they don't fit in a stocking, and they take over the bed. Cheap ones can arrive flat and look nothing like the photo.

3. Soft enough to sleep next to

This capybara is short plush fabric over soft fill, in the round, chubby shape capybara fans love. It's made to be squeezed.

That's the whole idea: something soft enough to sleep next to and cute enough to want around during the day.

4. A capybara in a fruit outfit

Each capybara wears a fruit or treat outfit, like a strawberry hat. It sits upright on a bed, a shelf or next to a laptop.

It's hug-size, but small enough to drop into a stocking or a gift bag without a big box.

See the Buy 1, Get 1 Free offer

5. You can't pick the outfit (here's why that's fine)

Being straight with you: outfits vary with stock, so you can't choose which one arrives. Every one is the same soft plush in the same size.

It may arrive vacuum-packed and a little creased. Give it a squeeze and a few hours to fluff up. It's for ages 3 and up, because it has small parts.

6. Nothing to charge, assemble or lose

There's nothing to charge, nothing to assemble and no pieces to lose under the couch.

If it needs a clean, hand wash it in cold water and let it air dry.

7. Two capybaras for the price of one

Every order is Buy 1, Get 1 Free: two plushies for $30, which works out to $15 each. One for the stocking, one for a sibling, a cousin or a friend.

Covering a few names? 4 for $60 or 6 for $90. Every order has a 30-day money-back guarantee.