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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the
consolidated financial statements of Amscan Holdings, Inc. as of
September 30, 2000 and for the nine months then ended and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> Amscan Holdings, Inc.
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