A present I received as a child: Barbie Picnic Van/Minivan

If I have to think about the most memorable present I received as a child, I have to say that it was the beautiful Barbie Picnic Van.

I remember I got it in 1997, when I was 6 years old and I was so happy and exciting ‘cause it was so big, pink and with so many little accessories. I absolutely loved it.

Who gave it to me? Well, I can swear it was Santa ‘cause I found it under the Christmas tree and at that age I still believed in Santa Claus. In fact that was the last Christmas I spent thinking that Santa Claus was real and he have magic so even when he was really big he could enter to my apartment by the window. Well, I was I child so by that time everything was possible, right?

It’s obvious that my parents gave it to me and now that I think about it they should really make an effort buying it. I came from a low to mid socio-economic background and I know now that it was probably a very expensive toy by the time. And even considering that for that Christmas my little brother, Luis, was 9 months old. Now I realized that they probably gave it to me so I didn’t feel left out by the new baby.

The sad thing is that when my little brother was like 3. He thought he could get into my gorgeous minivan and drive it, so he put his foot on it and ended up breaking it into pieces. It was really sad, I remember I cried a lot and that was the end for my loved Barbie Picnic Van.