The bird has offered something in return. There’s a big hollow shape with a bell on top. What could possibly appease this tiny burper? Oh look, a toyish game of clicking on things to see what happens. Doe-eyed, drenched in snot, unable to hold the weight of its own soft dome. Our gooey eyes looking around the web in fear and wonder.

Windosill came out when this website was still sucking on the nipple of flash games for sustenance. These are all toys as much as they are games, and they're your real stocking fillers. Here are seven playthings that’ll make you click, smile, discover, and giggle. Turn that holiday frown upside-holiday-down, adult friend of mine. Oh well, better go set the table for dinner. Why, you barely notice as her damned wonderful slippers go “rarr” with every step. And who cares if she’s clashing her dinosaur figurines over the ruins of a Lego city? You certainly don’t. It’s not like little Jemima over there is dashing about in her cool lion slippers, making you ache for an era of innocence and novelty that you can never revisit. Oh, it’s another copy of The Golf Handbook (Third Edition).

Happy holidays! Time to see what’s in your stocking.