I remember before DD's first Christmas so she was about 6 months old she had like hardly any toys at all. A few second hand 'baby' toys and the rest of the stuff she loved was the wardrobe mirror, tupperware, plastic bottles filled with sand/rice/glitter. I went to a GFs house and her little guy had so many toys. Rooms and rooms they took up. I felt so bad for DD that for Christmas we bought heaps (it didn't look so bad being Christmas).....she still went back to the originals though.....