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As fun as the skates may have been, and as educational as they definitely were, they also led to a lot of scraped knees and bumped heads. Parents made sure they had plenty of Band-Aids in the house when they bought these for their kids, that’s for sure!
The War Of The Cabbage Patch Kids
The toy that nearly toppled America, Cabbage Patch kids might be responsible for more fights between parents than any other toy in history. The must-have holiday item was created by Xavier Roberts, who copyrighted the doll in 1978 at 21 years old.
Roberts even created an origin story for the Cabbage Patch Kids. As a 10-year-old, he was following a bunnybee and was led to the Cabbage Patch that was hidden behind a magical waterfall. There, he found the cabbage patch babies being born. Knowing they needed a good home, he took them home with him to Georgia where they could play and be adopted.
