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Most memorable Christmas gifts you received (as a kid)???
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:50 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:50 am
I'm 42, but I can vividly remember those items I wanted the most and finally got Christmas morning!
1984: Optimus Prime! I was 7, and I had asked for this for my birthday that year. It was sold out everywhere at the time. My mom felt bad and continued trying for a month after my bday (July) as an extra bday gift. It was so disappointing to go to all these toy stores in the Houston area and hear the same thing over and over. SOLD OUT!
That, however, made Christmas morning so special. I saw a package that looked the same size under the tree, but I just knew it had to be something else. I can still remember the absolute joy of unwrapping the paper and seeing it for the first time. That was a special day!
1985: The Millennium Falcon! I had nearly everything I wanted as an 8 year old kid, at least Star Wars related. This was the big item I wanted for two years that was out of our price range (expensive toys were not usually purchased in my house). I remember that day so well! My neighbor Will and I played outside in the treeline for hours pretending we were in Endor and the Falcon was flying missions to defeat the Empire!
1985: Castle Grayskull! That year was also special because my grandmother mailed my gifts to me from Louisiana, and I got to open them on Christmas! Coolest grandma gift ever! I didn't tell her I wanted one, but I guess my mom did. Three days later we traveled to her house for a 2nd Christmas, where my aunt also bought me a Castle Grayskull! I told my mom not to say anything because I had a friend named Benjamin back home who wanted it and didn't get it. I got to brighten up his day when we returned!
I often miss that feeling, the excitement of wanting and wishing for something so badly.I still love Christmas. It's still magical, but that one aspect is lacking now. I miss it.
1984: Optimus Prime! I was 7, and I had asked for this for my birthday that year. It was sold out everywhere at the time. My mom felt bad and continued trying for a month after my bday (July) as an extra bday gift. It was so disappointing to go to all these toy stores in the Houston area and hear the same thing over and over. SOLD OUT!
That, however, made Christmas morning so special. I saw a package that looked the same size under the tree, but I just knew it had to be something else. I can still remember the absolute joy of unwrapping the paper and seeing it for the first time. That was a special day!
1985: The Millennium Falcon! I had nearly everything I wanted as an 8 year old kid, at least Star Wars related. This was the big item I wanted for two years that was out of our price range (expensive toys were not usually purchased in my house). I remember that day so well! My neighbor Will and I played outside in the treeline for hours pretending we were in Endor and the Falcon was flying missions to defeat the Empire!
1985: Castle Grayskull! That year was also special because my grandmother mailed my gifts to me from Louisiana, and I got to open them on Christmas! Coolest grandma gift ever! I didn't tell her I wanted one, but I guess my mom did. Three days later we traveled to her house for a 2nd Christmas, where my aunt also bought me a Castle Grayskull! I told my mom not to say anything because I had a friend named Benjamin back home who wanted it and didn't get it. I got to brighten up his day when we returned!
I often miss that feeling, the excitement of wanting and wishing for something so badly.I still love Christmas. It's still magical, but that one aspect is lacking now. I miss it.
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Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:52 am to lsufan9193969700
First BB gun.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:53 am to lsufan9193969700
First shot gun and basketball goal
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:54 am to lsufan9193969700
My aunt gave my little sister some expensive arse doll set and a huge dollhouse for it
She gave me a pen. I was in grade school and she gave me a writing pen.
She gave me a pen. I was in grade school and she gave me a writing pen.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:55 am to lsufan9193969700
We still laugh about what my grandmother got us when I was maybe around 14-15. Lovely lady but got my brother $100, sister (who was like 4 at the time) a new tv, and got me a soccer ball, I didn't play soccer 
She probably just thought I was gay.
Well, post above me has me beat.
She probably just thought I was gay. Well, post above me has me beat.
This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 7:55 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:56 am to lsufan9193969700
1996: N64 and Star Wars laser tag with Han Solo blasters.
ETA: My grandma got me FUBU one year. I'm pasty AF.
ETA: My grandma got me FUBU one year. I'm pasty AF.
This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 7:58 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:56 am to nes2010
Me - first BB Gun!
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:57 am to lsufan9193969700
my sister got a life sized barbie doll
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:58 am to lsufan9193969700
The Nintendo.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:03 am to lsufan9193969700
I'll copy/paste my reply from one of the "worst Christmas gifts" threads from last year, it's pretty memorable to as well.
To update I still never found the shirt that was given to me and a good laugh was had at my brother wearing his shirt and opening presents.
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When I was around 11 and my brother around 8 my aunt(moms sister) fresh off her trip to a Kid Rock concert thought it would be a good idea to buy my brother and I Kid Rock concert Ts for Christmas. She gave them to us at our grandparents on Christmas Eve and made us go in a back room so we can open them out of sight of the other adults.
First of all, they were HUGE, I think both were adult XLs. Second, even at a young age both my brother and I recognized right away that these probably weren’t 8 & 11 year old appropriate. Why? My brother’s shirt was black with a cartoon-ish Kid Rock, a stripper silhouette, and said something like “Pimp of the Nation”.
Mine? Oh mine had a cartoonish Kid Rock dressed up like the old Uncle Sam posters, except instead of “I want you for the US Army” it said “I Want My Balls in Your Mouth”.
When we returned home and were sorting through Christmas gifts our parents took them and tossed them out, not that we really cared. I don’t think we even knew who Kid Rock was at the time.
Fast forward and my aunt ended up passing away from cancer about 10 years ago and while sharing some memories with family I told the story of the shirts that had long since been forgotten, everyone agreed that it was absurd at the time but very much something my aunt would have done.
In a weird sort of homage to my aunt I would hit the net every few months searching high and low for those shirts to no avail until January of last year, I stumbled upon the shirt my brother was given and bought it. I’ve yet to find the shirt I was given but haven’t given up hope. If anyone can track one down id gladly pay a finders fee.
My brother has agreed to wear it Christmas Eve this year and we would love to eventually find the other one. My mom is the only one left in her family, I think she’ll appreciate my weird tribute.
To update I still never found the shirt that was given to me and a good laugh was had at my brother wearing his shirt and opening presents.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:03 am to lsufan9193969700
Picture a time when there were very few personal computers, and no iPods or really many personal entertainment gadgets besides the Walkman... What i really wanted, and got, was this little tiny. TV called the Sony ‘Watchman’... it was the size of an old brick cellphone, but with a little two inch tv screen, and they made them personalized with a helmet sticker of your favorite NFL team, so of course mine had a New Orleans Saints sticker on it.. i was a fan during some very dark years, including the 1-15 season... so i had built lots of character for a 10 year old, but not enough to keep me from snooping in my parents’ nightstand, where they had hidden the newly bought Watchman.. I ruined the surprise for myself, but on Christmas morning, i still acted like i didnt know i was getting it.. it was almost impossible to watch tv on, and the antenna sucked- but man i loved that thing.
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Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:05 am to lsufan9193969700
My first real pro style drumset at age 13. Parents believed I was serious about playing, and they put their money where their mouth was. Got a Tama 5 piece kit with all hand hammered Sabian cymbals. Cost them a ton, but im almost 40 and still play my kit almost daily. I still know the guy that I sold the kit to years later and he keeps it in mint condition.
I remember staring at it, almost did not want to touch it, I was in so much awe. I can still smell the wood and metal when I think about it.
The biggest part about it all was at the time, we were dirt poor, but they said they had been saving for almost 2 years to get me a kit. Still means the world to me.
I remember staring at it, almost did not want to touch it, I was in so much awe. I can still smell the wood and metal when I think about it.
The biggest part about it all was at the time, we were dirt poor, but they said they had been saving for almost 2 years to get me a kit. Still means the world to me.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:05 am to lsufan9193969700
Honda 110cc 3-wheeler. Me and my brother drove that into the ground!
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:05 am to lsufan9193969700
I was a kid in the 50's and can remember getting a Roy Rogers holster and cap gun one Christmas and I thought it was great.
Another year, along with the customary steel sidewalk skates, football, plastic army men, etc. I got a Davey Crockett Coonskin Hat and that was pretty cool.
Probably the nicest was when I was 12 one of my aunts bought me an acoustic guitar and I started taking lessons from one of my neighbors who's family was musically inclined with the mother giving piano and organ lessons and her son giving guitar and banjo lessons out of their home.
Another year, along with the customary steel sidewalk skates, football, plastic army men, etc. I got a Davey Crockett Coonskin Hat and that was pretty cool.
Probably the nicest was when I was 12 one of my aunts bought me an acoustic guitar and I started taking lessons from one of my neighbors who's family was musically inclined with the mother giving piano and organ lessons and her son giving guitar and banjo lessons out of their home.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:06 am to lsufan9193969700
this was the best christmas gift for me. Back then you had to completely build these things.
This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 8:11 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:07 am to lsufan9193969700
WWF No Mercy video game. Nintendo 64 year 2000 or 2001
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:08 am to lsufan9193969700
Got the whole set-up. The lab, the space capsule, all the other people.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:09 am to Sweltering Chill
A bunch of 12" GI Joes like the solid plastic small ones that are made.
Wars were won and wars were lost. Add in a few stiches to my head with a hatchet digging dirt for ammo.
Wars were won and wars were lost. Add in a few stiches to my head with a hatchet digging dirt for ammo.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:10 am to lsufan9193969700
Never really got any “special” Christmas gifts as a kid. My parents were Christian fundamentalists (basically Apostolics) who shunned the materialistic aspects of the holiday. So, I basically only got whatever junk Sears or TG&Y had in their toy row from my grandparents. Never got the Hot Wheels garage with working car lift that I wished and wished and wished for. Had a great childhood but never had much luck in the gift department.
BUT, now that I have kiddos of my own, they are spoiled rotten at Christmas. My wife is incredible at finding the exact toy or game or book that they’ve been wanting. And, this year my boys are getting a Go Kart (from my parents who started observing Christmas gift traditions once they got grandkids).
Actually really looking forward to Christmas this year—just to watch and see their reactions. Making a gumbo on Christmas Eve. Off work the whole week. It’s gonna be a good time.
BUT, now that I have kiddos of my own, they are spoiled rotten at Christmas. My wife is incredible at finding the exact toy or game or book that they’ve been wanting. And, this year my boys are getting a Go Kart (from my parents who started observing Christmas gift traditions once they got grandkids).
Actually really looking forward to Christmas this year—just to watch and see their reactions. Making a gumbo on Christmas Eve. Off work the whole week. It’s gonna be a good time.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 8:10 am to lsufan9193969700
A decent bike
And man did I ever get some use out of that thing in my younger days
And man did I ever get some use out of that thing in my younger days
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