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Cabbage Patch Kids

Recalling the Christmas of 1983, I remember my sister sitting patiently after each one of our presents was opened, until she broke down in tears when she didn’t receive her most treasured gift: a Cabbage Patch Kid.

My mother had tried for months, yet we simply couldn’t afford to pay more

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