My daughter Jessica was just a little girl back in the 80's when the Cabbage Patch craze started. We had to put our name on a wait list at the store to even get one. We were lucky and were able to get one in time for Santa to bring it at Christmas. That year the shortage of Cabbage Patch dolls was like a few years ago when Elmo was what everyone wanted. Jessica continued to love and collect Cabbage Patches so I took some crochet lessons and made the outfits for here at Christmas one year.