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To ask if you ever asked for a gift from Santa that you never got?

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chunkyjumper · 14/12/2018 23:51

Mine was Mr Frosty. Far too messy! My mum bought it for my 21st birthday as I'd gone on about it so much Smile

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Ostagazuzulum · 15/12/2018 19:18

Mine was Mr Frosty too. So much so that as soon as my own Dc was old enough (about thirty years later) I went and bought one (for DC not me, obvs Grin). Big build up & Utter letdown Sad

frogsbreath · 15/12/2018 19:20

Mr frosty! I bought my kid one. It was crap.

Bestseller · 15/12/2018 19:20

I asked for a whistle. I think my parents must have decided not a chance but weakened at the last moment. I remember my dad going out on Christmas Eve afternoon and when he came back he told me he'd seen Santa who hadn't been able to get a whistle but had got something similar. It was a recorder.

Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhh · 15/12/2018 19:25

I cried for the My Little Pony nursery, then one year got one! I treasured it for years.

Always wanted the snail Keeper but never got it. A friend of mine had the horse Keeper.

TokyoSushi · 15/12/2018 19:28

I got the snail keeper, it was fabulous!! Just been looking at big yellow teapots on eBay, they still look amazing! Sad

TokyoSushi · 15/12/2018 19:28

I might ask for one for my 40th!

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 15/12/2018 19:32

@TokyoSushi that's how I feel about the Fisher Price School blackboard set. I wish I'd never given it to my stupid cousin.

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 15/12/2018 19:37

I meant as in I covet them on eBay.

Watch as eBay sees an unprecedented spike in Big Yellow Teapot sales.

beardeddragon174 · 15/12/2018 19:41

@unapologeticallyunhinged they could make a MINT now if they started selling them in sizes 37 and up...

Chesneyhawkes1 · 15/12/2018 19:55

Oh I had the snail thing you could lock stuff away in. I'd like it again now. Wonder if you can still get them.

HalfBloodPrincess · 15/12/2018 20:13

I have the snail, swan, rabbit and horse keyper, and an orange (think it’s supposed to be a) ladybird keypers in my loft, plus a few little softer bodied ones without keys.

My mum never threw anything away so when she downsized a few years ago we got all our old toys back.

quiltedcameltoe · 15/12/2018 20:13

The gaudy pink barbie house with the lift. The barbie in the pink ball gown. I wasn't allowed them because my mother decided I was a tomboy.

I wasn't. Hmm

DrMidgeryMargery · 15/12/2018 20:14

I’ve just been watching old adverts on YouTube thanks to this thread and this guy reviewing Mr Frosty has cracked me up:

ballroompink · 15/12/2018 21:20

I had a snail keyper! No idea where it went sadly. I do still have my Polly Pockets though Grin

chunkyjumper · 15/12/2018 21:32

@GandalfsRing yes! I just googled it and you're right!
I think this was the one I had!

To ask if you ever asked for a gift from Santa that you never got?
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lily2403 · 15/12/2018 21:38

@UnapologeticallyUnhinged
I could have been a doctor noooooo 😂
Will just have to stick to the scientific research, so close

boymum9 · 15/12/2018 21:44

Super sticker factory as a kid...! Grin

IncyWincyGrownUp · 15/12/2018 21:57

I wanted Lego and a train set.

I wasn’t allowed them.

Larasshadow · 15/12/2018 22:08

Mine was Mr frosty, actually also got one for my 21st Lol

Anothermothersusername · 15/12/2018 22:09

As a child I always wanted a Blue bird ala cart kitchen. Oh and a pony. In hindsight I’m glad I didn’t get the pony!

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 15/12/2018 22:09

@lily2403 bear in mind I played it with them and now I work in the Arts (I did love that retro styling mind)

jarhead123 · 15/12/2018 22:10

Baby born and Mr Frosty!

NameWithChange · 15/12/2018 22:23

Mr Frosty here too! Wow, so many of us wanted him and never got him!! 🤣

NancyHoHoHo · 15/12/2018 22:24

Oh...I was going to say a Mr Frosty.
Plus one of those Cadbury's chocolate dispensers.
Yes, a Girls World too.

MaitlandGirl · 15/12/2018 22:30

I really wanted a pony but never got one. Somehow Father Christmas knew that I was horribly allergic and had awful asthma attacks whenever I came into contact with horsehair.

I always thought Father Christmas was mean but looking back it was definitely a good thing.

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