Friday Favs – Christmas Gifts of the 80’s & 90’s

I went looking through the internet and
found some pictures of mine.

These are the exact sets of Fischer Price Little People play sets that I owned as a little girl. Can you say YEARS of fun.

Do you remember Rainbow Bright? What about star sprinkles? I had both of these dolls. I tried to make my Rainbow Bright unique by cutting her bangs and drawing star sprinkles on her face. Oops.

My family had a tradition of giving away a mystery gift every year. Santa would leave a note for my mom, usually in poetic style, and reveal the receipient of that Christmas’ mystery gift. The bigger the box, the more anticipation. The first time I got the honor, I opened the box to find the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Sewer Play Set. Imagine a 7-year-old girl with a raspy cough, and thick hillbilly accent saying, “It’s A Sewwwwwer!!!!” Good day.

One of our favorite Christmas Video memories involves the Magic Copier. This was the only present I wanted for Christmas that year and apparently it was a hot item. My sister finally tracked one down, and when I opened it on Christmas morning… whoa. Overload. I couldn’t even breathe I was so excited.

And obviously, one of the greatest Christmas gifts ever… the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Then, after the upgrade to the Super NES… I opened Mario Paint. Hours and Hours and Hours of fun with a mouse, Mario, and 16 bit graphics. Awesome.

So yeah, favorite Christmas gifts… what were your favs?