When I was old enough to write I started making mom lists, that she would ask us to make. And every year she would buy whatever she felt like buying. The list was never used. Nothing really sticks in my mind, we had many gifts, might not be what we wanted but we were spoiled. Mom was a barbie girl too, she didnt get many dolls when she was little so I got many, many I didnt want but knew that it pleased her. she would be so excited when I opened them. To this day my mom still collects dolls, some of them quite expensive. Shes 62.