Black Friday is traditionally the day the Christmas shopping season kicks off. It's becoming the shopping day of the year and more and more Americans are using this Thanksgiving Holiday to buy gifts and toys for Christmas! The following are some historically hot toys and gifts that have put people into a craze during Black Friday and Christmas season shopping.

Hot Toy/ Gift: Cabbage Patch Kids

• Year Popular: 1982
• Description: Created in 1978, went on to define dolls in the eighties.

Hot Toy/ Gift: Koosh Ball

• Year Popular: 1986
• Description: Popularized in 1998, and still a hot seller; the koosh balls is a soft stringy ball made of rubber filaments.

Hot Toy/ Gift: Tickle Me Elmo

• Year Popular: 1997
• Description: Tickle me Elmo defines sold out black Friday gifts. Supply shortages during the buying season look back to Tickle Me Elmo as their hallmark.

Hot Toy/ Gift: Furby

• Year Popular: 1998
• Description: Furby was in many ways an attempt to follow on Tickle Me Elmo's Heels.  That said the interactive learning of Furby toys became a controversy of its own.

Hot Gift/ Toy: Playstation 2

• Year Popular: 2000
• Description: Playstation 2, building on Sony's success with the Original Playstation, was sold out and became a critical gift for the 2000 holiday season. Even after Playstation 3 was Introduced it has remained a popular gift.

Hot Gift/ Toy: Razor Scooters

• Year Popular: 2000
• Description: Razor scooters are a trick-oriented scooter made of lightweight aluminum. They enjoy long lasting popularity to this day.

Hot Gift/ Toy: X Box 360

• Year Popular: 2006
• Description: The X Box 360 is the successor to X Box. It has been renowned for supply shortages, and even now can be somewhat difficult to find.

Hot Gift/ Toy: iPod/ iPhone

• Year Popular: 2008
• Description: The original iPhone was a hit in its own right but iPhone 3G and iPod Touch introduced this technology to huge success. A quick decrease in the price caused both griping from current owners, as well as from those who couldn't find the devices on sold out shelves!

Hot Toy/ Gift: Roboraptor

• Year Popular: 2009
• Description: Roboraptor is a multi-sensory robot dinosaur. It is a popular gift for the 2009 season and depicts very realistic dinosaur movements.

Hot Toy/ Gift: Zhu Zhu Pets

• Year Popular: 2009
• Description: Zhu Zhu pets are practically virtual hamsters. They are in high demand, and they realistically depict hamster pets; without the tank cleaning.

Hot Toy/ Gift: Ultimate Buzz Lightyear

• Year Popular: 2010
• Description: With the release of Toy Story 3, the talking Ultimate Buzz Lightyear figures are the hottest toys this year. They range from a smaller talking figure to an advanced, laser and light shooting toy, and prices vary accordingly.