Tomte Figures

Aren't they cute? Many of these tomte-figures were gifts to me from my great-aunt Vera. They each have my name and a year written at the bottom. The first one is from 1978, the year before I was born. This always intrigued me.

Perhaps it was just a gift to my parents that they later added my name to. But wouldn't it be fun if it was given to me before I was even born?

"Here, this is for your unborn child," says my great-aunt. "You know, it is never too soon to start thinking about your child's tomte-collection."

Is it possible I had one more tomte than all of my class-mates and I didn't even know it?