My mom was visiting last week and she asked me what my favorite Christmas gift was when I was a child. It was a difficult question for me because while I remember loving certain things as a little girl, what I remember from Christmas is more about our family traditions than specific gifts although I do remember when I got my pair of white roller skates with the blue wheels that my older brother had given me – so cool!

But I did have lots of favorites when I was kid. I loved coloring books and crayons and I loved books. I played with Barbie for entirely too long, I think I was in Jr. High when I finally packed them away and it made me so sad. In addition to Barbies I really loved my Barbie Fashion Plates. Do you remember those? There are probably an entire generation of women in fashion related jobs simply because of these cool little things. I loved making different outfits with the map pencils and oh, man it was so much fun.

Legos were another favorite of mine as a child, though I was always so domestic I never could make cool things like rockets or dinosaurs, no I made furniture and houses. Of course this was before all the cool Lego kits they sell now with all the different creatures and vehicles you can create. I think my very favorite though from when I was pretty young was my Lite Bright. Oh my gosh, how fun were those? It was always very distressing to me though after I’d punched through a pattern because then the color guide was gone and I didn’t know what to do. I’ve always been one to follow the rules and having too much freedom stifles my creativity. I guess I’m weird that way. But I think I’d totally play with a Lite Bright if I had one today…

So how about you? What were your favorites? Were you a tomboy or did you love baby dolls? Did you love Lincoln Logs or Tinker Toys?