When my sister was 3 (I'm 16 years older) she went to sit on santa's lap and when he asked what she wanted, she said a stuffed killer whale. This was pre-internet, so between my mother and I we went to every store in the state. We finally found one the day before christmas eve. We were so proud of ourselves. We couldn't wait til she saw it. When she opened it she had no recollection of having asked for it and was much more excited about playing with wrapping paper scraps.