Few will ever forget bolting out of bed and running down the stairs to check what Santa left you on Christmas morning, waking up the adults in the house in the process. The smell of a newly opened tin of sweets, trying on your news clothes, going to Christmas Day services, the big dinner, selection boxes and running out to the street to show your friends what you got and check out what Santa had left for them. It was magic.
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'By the power of Greyskull, I have the power'... and just like that Prince Adam became the mighty He-Man. Picture: Mattel Masters Of The Universe 80s - He-Man & Battle Cat by semihundido via Fikr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) Photo: semihundido
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Back in the day Sindy dolls were a staple in many households at Christmas. Photo: YouTube
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Cabbage Patch Kids caused a bit of a frenzy and topped many a child's Christmas list back in the 1980s. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Photo: Gareth Cattermole
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This futuristic contraption called Big Trak was ahead of its time, a programmable moving toy created by Milton Bradley in 1979. Photo: YouTube