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DS (2) wants a chocolate cake and a very big chocolate cake he shall get. He may even be allowed to eat some for breakfast.

I love these stories.

My sister asked for cheese when she was 15, and ended up with tons o the stuff
This year I've wrapped her up a packet of croutons with her actual present as they are her current obsession!

Just ordered a bright purple bath sheet for DD.
What's the betting that the bike gets ignored in favour of a towel?

Cheese - that's a great idea. Cheers

DD 5.8 wants a life size skeleton model (like those that doctors have).

I've sourced an skeleton sticker book.

Terra - I still remember DS on the phone on Christmas morning to my mum, raving about the farting putty he got in his stocking. It was the only topic for about 10 mins until I reminded him he had also gotten some other stuff, including a bike.

my little cousin asked for a frog for 3 years on the trot- had to be a real one, toy ones didn't cut it. The next year, having given up on ever getting a frog, he asked for a balloon. How happy my aunt was that year

DD has written her letter to Santa saying "I just wish some of my teef fell out like 8 or more". She is 6 and all her friends have lost at least one tooth so far.

Brilliant this made me smile, my 1st is due in Feb and I am really struggling with pain and discomfort and am counting to days down till bub is here, its threads like these that remind me how great children are and why I am putting my body through all this. Merry Christmas xxxx

My DD 8 has asked for a parrot :-s

Oh you wonderful people - all of mine are grown now but this is magic!! Oh if it were all so easy!! When my DD realised about you know who she wandered away for a while and then came back all wide eyed and said "Where did you get all of the money from to buy everything!!????" she declared. Innocence!!

My DS (3) wants a cardboard box. I'm sure that can be arranged.

I once requested a blue bucket. Quite late on Christmas Eve. One of my dad's mates somehow found me one so I got my wish.
Mine haven't asked for anything unusual this year.

Dd wants a bunch of pink roses and ds won't tell me as its supposed to be a surprise he does like blu tac though, I might pinch that idea too!

Last year DD2 asked for a unicycle.

Told my friend in passing 'you'll never guess what dd2 has asked for this Christmas...?!!'

Turned out my friend had one in her garage that her DH had picked up in a car boot sale and bought as he thought it might 'come in useful one day'

So I ended up buying it off her and dd2 was amazed on Christmas day that she'd actually got one!!!

DD once asked for a "second hand baby". She was about 5 at the time and was quite insistent. I thought that sounded all very easy (and very "green" of her) and I could just go into a charity shop and look for a baby doll. But in fact what she wanted was a real baby that was not longer required by its parents! She did not get one.

Aged 3 ds asked for toy wine. He got an acrylic wine glass he still has his morning juice in.

I can't think where he got the idea, I mostly drink gin

2.10 ds asked for a "fireman sam rhinocerous"...... Wtf?!

Bruffin. That's fantastic! Have you got a copy of the photo?

Bruffin How did you do it?

For all those whose kids want unicorns, don't you know the North Koreans have discovered a nest of them in Pyongyang. There's hope for them yet

Efffy You could get one of these but I would advise you not to. The noise will drive you insane. <shudders from the memory>

Bruffin, how on earth did you pull that one off?!

dd1 (nearly 8) has asked for chocolate pasta from hotel chocolat this year. yes she is getting it.

My sister once asked for a purple dress, she was only about 2, she didn't have a prticular purple dress in mind and my mum hunted high and low, eventually getting one. Opened it on Christmas morning and a strop of almighty proportions followed as it was the wrong kind of purple she's always been a bit of a frigging drama queen highly strung.