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CNN's Steve Harrigan reports on how Russia's economic crisis is affecting children's Christmas wishes
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Toys don't top the Christmas list for needy Russian children

December 24, 1998
Web posted at: 3:12 p.m. EST (2012 GMT)

MOSCOW (CNN) -- Letters to Father Frost from Russian children end up at Moscow's central post office. This year, postal workers say, requests for toys are giving way to more practical considerations in light of Russia's economic crisis.

What do the children want? Watch Steve Harrigan's CNN report.


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