Name Your Best Christmas Present as a Kid

Revenge Tour · Dec 21, 2023 at 03:02 PM

Christmas of 77. I woke up to an electric train going around the Christmas tree. I just about lost my mind.

Nammu · Dec 21, 2023 at 03:10 PM

I received a bridal and a saddle, under the tree. That meant I got a horse. I had to wait until spring to meet him.

Revenge Tour · Dec 21, 2023 at 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Nammu

I received a bridal and a saddle, under the tree. That meant I got a horse. I had to wait until spring to meet him.

Dang!!!! You had a banner Christmas!!!!

Mountaindewed · Dec 21, 2023 at 03:41 PM

A hamster cage when I was 9. I went and picked out the hamster a couple days later.

felineangel · Dec 21, 2023 at 04:16 PM

I got a load of Puppy in my Pocket and Animal Hospital stuff, the ambulance and the hospital building from it

I loved that ambulance and the building, wish I still had them

Travelinglady · Dec 21, 2023 at 05:35 PM

That's a hard one. My parents were good Santas. I guess the one where I got a girl baby doll with a red velvet dress. The dolls I'd picked out from the catalog had sold out. I named the doll Susan and carried her around a lot. She's somewhere in a box in my loft now.

Nammu · Dec 21, 2023 at 05:52 PM

My daughter has two Christmas presents she remembers best, the year she got her cabbage patch doll, and the year Santa gave her the target bear she wanted sooooooo much. She still has her cabbage patch and the adoption papers.

VerMOZZica · Dec 21, 2023 at 11:25 PM

My favorite Christmas present as a kid is when my Mom surprised me and my sisters with a Cabbage Patch Kid. I was so happy to have her. That was the best.

Crazy Hitch · Dec 22, 2023 at 12:36 AM

I had a toy camera that took fake pictures and you had to develop them in water. I thought it was the best thing ever.

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

A hamster cage when I was 9. I went and picked out the hamster a couple days later.

I had guinea pigs when I was growing up. I used to let them crawl all over me. I wouldn't even think about doing that now as all it is is really just a rat. Ewwww!!!!!

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 08:30 AM

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I got a load of Puppy in my Pocket and Animal Hospital stuff, the ambulance and the hospital building from it

I loved that ambulance and the building, wish I still had them

Hmmmmmm. Don't know that one.

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady

That's a hard one. My parents were good Santas. I guess the one where I got a girl baby doll with a red velvet dress. The dolls I'd picked out from the catalog had sold out. I named the doll Susan and carried her around a lot. She's somewhere in a box in my loft now.

Your parents were clutch.

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Nammu

My daughter has two Christmas presents she remembers best, the year she got her cabbage patch doll, and the year Santa gave her the target bear she wanted sooooooo much. She still has her cabbage patch and the adoption papers.

I remember the Cabbage Patch craze. It took on a life of its own.

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by VerMOZZica

My favorite Christmas present as a kid is when my Mom surprised me and my sisters with a Cabbage Patch Kid. I was so happy to have her. That was the best.

Great memory, no doubt.

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Hitch

I had a toy camera that took fake pictures and you had to develop them in water. I thought it was the best thing ever.

Ahhhh. The good ol' days of when kids used their imagination. Now kids have better phones than my parents did when they were 50.

eskielover · Dec 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Nammu

I received a bridal and a saddle, under the tree. That meant I got a horse. I had to wait until spring to meet him.

That was always my only REAL Christmas wish. I had to wait until I was 42 & buy my horse for myself. Wasn't Christmas but sure felt like it

eskielover · Dec 22, 2023 at 12:11 PM

I seriously don't remember any "best" Christmas presents as a kid. My parents were doing the best they could at that time so Christmas presents though they were there, weren't anything memorable.

Lol....I think for my daughter it was her first pair of downhill skiis at 2 1/2 because we were planning a fun ski trip that year. As she outgrew her skiis she always got new ones for Christmas since our winter ski vacation was right after the New Year so I am sure getting skiis became predictable so we would really make that just an early vacation present & put other goodies under the tree for her

Revenge Tour · Dec 22, 2023 at 01:44 PM

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I seriously don't remember any "best" Christmas presents as a kid. My parents were doing the best they could at that time so Christmas presents though they were there, weren't anything memorable.

Lol....I think for my daughter it was her first pair of downhill skiis at 2 1/2 because we were planning a fun ski trip that year. As she outgrew her skiis she always got new ones for Christmas since our winter ski vacation was right after the New Year so I am sure getting skiis became predictable so we would really make that just an early vacation present & put other goodies under the tree for her

I remember getting a lot of snow as a kid. Perfect for skiing. Even now the resorts are having a hard time even making the fake stuff. It's sad.

felineangel · Dec 22, 2023 at 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by eskielover

That was always my only REAL Christmas wish. I had to wait until I was 42 & buy my horse for myself. Wasn't Christmas but sure felt like it

TBH for me, having a horse would only ever be a pipe dream, I wouldn't be able to look after one, could not afford one anyways, would have nowhere to keep one, and wouldn't be able to learn how to look after one either

I'm glad you was able to have horses though

Personally, my childhood christmas wish was to have my own cat, I was just turning 18 when I finally was able to get my very own cat

Discombobulated · Dec 22, 2023 at 04:22 PM

I was always happy with whatever I got but I think I was especially pleased with my Sindy ballerina doll, she was so pretty.

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Revenge Tour Member Member Since Apr 2023 Location: Michigan Posts: 308 1 72 hugs given	Dec 21, 2023 at 03:02 PM #1 Christmas of 77. I woke up to an electric train going around the Christmas tree. I just about lost my mind.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,401 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.7k hugs given	Dec 21, 2023 at 03:10 PM #2 I received a bridal and a saddle, under the tree. That meant I got a horse. I had to wait until spring to meet him. __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 36,226 (SuperPoster!) 7 8,779 hugs given	Dec 21, 2023 at 03:41 PM #4 A hamster cage when I was 9. I went and picked out the hamster a couple days later. __________________ Ridin' with Biden
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felineangel Account Suspended Member Since Jul 2023 Posts: 614 (SuperPoster!) 529 hugs given	Dec 21, 2023 at 04:16 PM #5 I got a load of Puppy in my Pocket and Animal Hospital stuff, the ambulance and the hospital building from it I loved that ambulance and the building, wish I still had them
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,062 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Dec 21, 2023 at 05:35 PM #6 That's a hard one. My parents were good Santas. I guess the one where I got a girl baby doll with a red velvet dress. The dolls I'd picked out from the catalog had sold out. I named the doll Susan and carried her around a lot. She's somewhere in a box in my loft now.
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VerMOZZica Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2009 Location: This Unhappy Planet Posts: 23,900 (SuperPoster!) 14 1,710 hugs given	Dec 21, 2023 at 11:25 PM #8 My favorite Christmas present as a kid is when my Mom surprised me and my sisters with a Cabbage Patch Kid. I was so happy to have her. That was the best. __________________
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Crazy Hitch ɘvlovƎ Member Since Nov 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 18,587 (SuperPoster!) 10 12.6k hugs given	Dec 22, 2023 at 12:36 AM #9 I had a toy camera that took fake pictures and you had to develop them in water. I thought it was the best thing ever.
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Discombobulated Grand Magnate Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 4,701 (SuperPoster!) 4 11.6k hugs given	Dec 22, 2023 at 04:22 PM #20 I was always happy with whatever I got but I think I was especially pleased with my Sindy ballerina doll, she was so pretty.
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