Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1980s, like every decade before and after it, were filled with fads that captured the imaginations of people and resulted in ...

As shoppers line up for Black Friday, whether online or in person, be thankful that those lovable, squeezable Cabbage Patch Kids are not atop the wish lists of most kids, like they were this time 40 ...

Christmas morning 1983: All the presents in the Fleming household had been unwrapped — or so I thought. But then a package that had been hidden behind the tree “caught” my Dad’s eye. It was for me.

Cabbage Patch Kids were the toy back in the 1980s. These pudgy baby dolls had humble beginnings but caused a frenzied shopping season so memorable, we’re still talking about it 40 years later. From ...

It was forty years ago, so the memory has likely degraded beyond recognition, but what I seem to recall is that I never expected to be given a Cabbage Patch Kid. A couple of my first-grade classmates ...

If you've been scouring the shelves of toy departments, looking for cabbage Patch dolls, you know that you just can't find them. You might find accessories like this stroller. But for the dolls, ...