I remember the year with the cabbage patch dolls. All of my friends where so sure they where getting one that year, I told them I knew I wasn't as I knew my family couldn't afford to spend that much on some silly doll. What I wasn't counting on, is my aunt who was from Germany had family working in the plant where they were made, and other family on the ships bringing them to the states. Her and all my cousins pitched in together and bought one for me from the factory, then when the ship docked in the US, the family on board dropped it in a local mail pick up point. By the time it was all said and done, I was the only one of my friends that got one.