We would unwrap our presents at home, then pile into the car with our favorite new toys and plenty of candy. My sister and I would usually sit in the very back of our full size Econoline Ford van and consume all of the candy we could. To this day, I just can't see one of those Astro Pop suckers (the rainbow cone shaped ones) without visualizing automotive carpet stuck to it. My sister always brought her Speak & Spell and I can hear it's voice just thinking of it.

One year, my mother bought us fake Barbie dolls, except instead of a human head, they had cow's heads (Shannon, that one's for you). They were very disturbing. My mom thought they were great because they were not as thin as Barbie. I'm pretty sure that the cow head undid any positive effects on our self-image that the body type may have had. Anyway, Ken didn't find them very attractive and that was pretty much the end of that.