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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As popular today as they were then, almost every young child in the country (and many in the cities) got their first driving experience with a ride-on toy tractor or car. Photo: Pexels
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Colouring-in books with crayons, colouring-in pencils or markers were the perfect way to keep children entertained for a few hours. (Photo by Kenneth Rittener/Rittener/Getty Images) Photo: Kenneth Rittener
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For the budding young engineers and mechanics, Meccano was always a welcome sight on Christmas morning. This photograph shows life-size car model made from the toys' parts by model construction system Meccano at the hall of its factory in Calais. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: DENIS CHARLET
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Foosball was a main present if you were lucky, and it guaranteed friends calling to your house to test their skills. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) Photo: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno