As we enter the final days of the Christmas season, the game-oriented Child's Play charity has announced the latest numbers in their annual fund raising drive. At the moment their fund raising total stands at just over $1.3 million which means that it's likely that this year's fund drive to help a number of children's hospitals around the world will break the record $1.4 million that was raised in 2008.

One big reason for this year's numbers was the annual Child's Play auction which was held last week in Seattle. The charity's official web site said that over $200,000 was raised just from that single event.