Children's top picks for Christmas

Cell phones, clothes, video games and lollies are at the top of New Zealand children's Christmas wish lists, whilst requests get as bizarre as "moon cheese", according to Telecom's Santa Line.

A Telecom spokesperson said the phone line has been inundated with thousands of calls a day, which are expected to exceed last year's total of 700,000.

Children had also sent more than 1600 hundred emails and 800 texts to date.

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Girls' top picks

1) Clothes.
2) Mobile phones.
3) Bratz dolls.
4) Lollies.
5) Accessories (including jewellery, handbags and shoes).
6) Virtual pet.
7) Barbie.
8) Shoes.
9) Books.
10) Dolls.

Boys' top picks

1) PlayStation, Xbox or computer games.
2) Lollies.
3) Sports equipment.
4) Bike.
5) Clothes.
6) Hotwheels.
7) Lego.
8) DVDs.
9) Motorbike.
10) Books.

Some of wackier Christmas present ideas from girls

A purple people eater.

Eyebrows back after her naughty brother shaved them off while she was sleeping.

Magical blister-free high heels which never let you fall over.

Model make-over box which turns you into a supermodel for just one day.

A device that lets girls secretly have their phones on and text constantly without teachers or parents being able to tell.

Wacky ideas from the boys

Piece of moon cheese.

A boomerang cricket ball so that when there's only you and a mate playing you know that the ball will always come back to you.

Space trampoline to launch you to the stars.

A device that looks like it's a homework book but actually it's a PlayStation 2.

A motorised couch which has a plastic dome to cover you up when it rains so that you always stay dry and comfortable when you go to school or work.