Best Childhood Gift and why?

We all know that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus, but when you look back on Christmas's of your childhood, what was the best (favorite) gift you ever recieved and what made it so special to you?

[aheart]

The year was 1957 Christmas Eve, My Father ask that I go to the store with him (unusual)
I now know to get me out of the house. In my family we always got one gift on Christmas Eve. When we returned from the store there under the Christmas tree was the most beautiful doll-house I had ever seen! But what made it really special was that my father had made it himself-three stories, six rooms and My Dad even made the furniture, and my mother, a seamstress had upholstered the couch & chairs, made every curtain in the windows. Even crocheted the rugs on the floors! How I cherished that doll-house and having my parents who cared enough to make Christmas special for us.

[margypops]

Was a large walking doll I called her Rosebud ...also books, my favorite 'Little Women '

[aheart]

I remember every one of my dolls from childhood LOL There was Betsy-Wetsy & Chatty Kathy & Patti Play-Pal & a bigLittle Red Riding Hood. Little women was the best.

[narla]

We used to get fresh fruit put in our stockings,during the year any fruit that was bought was for the adults,I used to steal fruit lol
So it was good to get fruit at Christmas,I couldn't get in trouble for stealing then.

[gokuangel]

idk if i even had one! but i know Christmas 85 was such a good one! I was a lil girl for sure then but we had it ALL!! Stockings stuffed of stuff baby dolls Christmas at grandmas and at my Uncle's he even had the old movie of us kiddos jumping on the trampoline that year it was good thats all i remeber but i had so many toys i couldnt pick one i had baby dolls videos pound puppies etc..!! i wish i could find that old movie clip i hope my Cuz still has it i have the pics though! I keep trying to re-create that year but with having infertility and no kids Christmas never fills the same even though we have good memories every year!

[sweetpea03]

My favorite gift I received was a big stuffed bear I got when I was 3. We have a home video of it and my face lit up when I saw it and I would take that bear with me everywhere. I took it on vacation and slept with it at night. I loved that bear and recently gave a bear like it to my cousin's little girl, who is 2 and she loved it as well.  

[margypops]

I also got a large green teddy bear I loved , in our travels as a military brat my stuff got left all over the place, I dont know what happened to him....boo hoo