So I was watching “Babes in Toyland” on Christmas day on Disney+, and there’s a song that was supposedly charming in the 1960s, but listening to it today made me feel uneasy. The “Just a Toy” song, specifically. And more specifically, the lyrics from Tom:
*I love to see ‘neath my
Christmas Tree, one special doll meant for me.
Smiling eyes, silken hair,
you’ll need such loving care, you’re just a toy.
You were planned and designed with one person in mind.
To hold you and keep you forever, and you’ll live for the love
and the happiness of this lonely boy and each not he will
say in a whimsical way, you’re just a toy.*