Best Christmas present ever

[TurkeyDinosaur]

What has been your favourite gift you've ever received for Christmas?

I still remember the joy of receiving a pair of fur lined boots at aged 8, and a Timex watch the following year.

What's yours?

Mine would be the Heart Family barbie dolls (dad & son & mum & daughter). I absolutely loved playing with the kids from the set especially.
Even if I didn't get a mr frosty 😂

Definitely baby alive. You fed it mush that came as powder packs and it pooed it out. I felt SO important announcing the baby needed a nappy change.

A la carte kitchen :)

She-ra castle probably was around 5 or 6 but I was over the moon and all my friends wanted to spend time at mine that Xmas.

Super Nintendo! I would have been just turning 7. Many happy hours spend playing Super Mario World.

My wonderful cat. 😻

@Fannyfiggs that paints quite a picture! Am jealous😂

@ToothFairy2023 my sister loved her spirograph! And congratulations on your Christmas baby. How does he feel about having his birthday on Christmas day?

@gotomomo Congratulations to you!
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Can we see? 😄

A big pink Fisher Price dolls house, a Barbie typewriter or the Sims 2 (I remember the anticipation of slowly loading up all 4 discs to our family computer while I sat and read through the manual!)

As a child - a Homepride baking set

As an adult - skis

My second hand dansette record player. And my first record. Black night by deep purple. Probably 1970 or so

A Galt post office in the 60s.
Goodbye Yellow brick Road album in 1973. The cover was so amazing, it was a double and contained the words to all the songs

I got a mr frosty one year and thought I was the bees knees!

but the one that really sticks out to me from childhood was my grandad ‘finding’ one last presents behind the sideboard that our tiny Christmas tree stood on, pulling out a really big (to me!) box and presenting it to me with a massive grin. It was a keyboard, I was over the moon as I really wanted to learn how to play, and it’s a core memory of my grandad who is no longer with us. I don’t know even if it was from him or my parents!

i learned a bit of keyboard but didn’t pursue it. Shame really as I was SO happy ❤️

A train set when I was four.

I don't think I have ever received a standout present as an adult.

Tiny Tears

Ice skates. I was soo excited!

A karaoke machine with 2 tape decks and a proper microphone 🤩 I was about 8 and in over 30 years, no other present has given me such joy!

Barbie dream house, I loved that thing

As an adult, my DP bought me my first car (at the age of 31, I learnt to drive late). Was a total surprise and it was amazing

A spirograph. Hours and hours of fun creating different designs. Then I ran out of paper and my mum wouldn't buy anymore 😡😡

I got a radio/cassette player for my 15th birthday. It meant I could tape the charts every week. Fantastic present.

A toy baking set, unfortunately it didn't inspire me in the least as I loathe cooking and baking.
In 1978 the best gift I had was my DH, we married on Christmas Eve eve.

The dolls house that my Dad made for me, I spent so many hours playing with it over the years. I still have some of the furniture and now I get to watch my own DD playing with it in her dolls house 😊

Me too

Two bottles of nail varnish at age 14, one pink and one orange. This was the 70s, I changed it every few hours 🤣

My little pony dream castle. Shared with my sister and we’d never had such a big gift before. I’m sure my parents must have really saved up for it

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