What gifts do you remember (childhood)?

[MrsJonesAndMe]

I have few memories of presents specifically:

• a barbie aged about 6 best thing ever
• a Snoopy handbag from granny, was his little house shaped with him on the top
• a bike at around 10

Yours??

A 'pretty cut and grow' doll and a taking Basil brush are the stand outs. I also remember our relatives in USA sending Hershey's kisses

A mini kids Hoover (as in the brand) probably age 4.
A xylophone.
A little label maker, drove my parents bonkers.
A Sindy house.

I remember getting a small toy moans ask with animal figures in when I was 4 or 5. I loved it and played with it for years.

*noahs ark

Another A la carte kitchen here! I also loved the My little pony ballet studio, my first ever CD player when I was about 13 and a giant silent night hippo got played with a lot through my childhood. My mum still has him.

A Levi denim jacket that I wanted more than anything in the world, but didn't even ask for as I knew there was no hope of getting it. We were not well off and it was the Xmas I was 12. I honestly couldn't believe it was mine and I slept in it until I was convinced it wasn't on loan. No other present has, or ever could, come close.

I'm now 41 and it's still doing sterling duty being shared between my two DDs

Sega mega drive
Polly pocket including the Disney ones
sindy doll and house
Tamagotchi and first furbies
Tiny tears
Sky dancer
Care Bears
The little scented bears with a bottle can’t remember their names
Dear diary
Trolls
Aliens in eggs with slime
Betty spaghetti dolls

A stocking full of stationery from my big sister when I was about 9, and a ‘Loving you Barbie’ with a big heart covered dress and a pink stamper. I was so thrilled

A green cuddly glow worm which lit up when you squeezed it (1988?)
The purple snail finders/keepers
A huge radio cassette player - which still works 25 years later.
A glockenspiel
A red leather handbag (made me feel v grown up when I was about 9)

Oh and a Game Boy in 1992, which still works today

When I was about 7 or 8 ( I think) I got a tape recorder fir Christmas, a big brick-like thing but it was in a case with a strap so you could walk round with it on your shoulder. It had a taped copy of the Grease album in it (which my dad had probably taped from someone at work) and I was thrilled.
As a teenager, my mum bought me a little gold watch, in the style of a bracelet. Pretty and dainty. Hadn’t asked for a watch. But loved it instantly. Wore it constantly. No idea what happened to it. My mum was a real bargain hunter so she had undoubtedly got it very cheap!
Again as a child, someone gave me a small red velvety box in the shape of a chest of drawers. Think it once had chocolates in it. They were long gone but I loved that thing.

elle I still have my Wrangler denim jacket from over 30 years ago. DD now taken over ownership, along with the ‘no cruise’ and ‘amnesty International’ badges which adorned it in the 80’s!

As a young kid:

A toy Funshine Bear
A Pobble
A 7 inch of Rupert And The Frog Chorus
A cheap Walkman knock-off that fell apart after a week and was subsequently held together with an elastic band

When older, I used to make a list of CDs for Christmas; as I got older these became more obscure and difficult to find. My parents used to insist on me putting one on the CD player for all to hear, but stopped after the year I got Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and Tago Mago by Can

Bubblegum, that's fantastic Mine is somewhat faded but still fought over!

@WhirlyGigWhirlyGig Was your label maker the style where you turned a dial to get each letter? My brother had one which he loved. He also had a date stamp, but that drove my parents mad because he put the date inside the cover of lots of books, he must have been playing libraries.

a navy blue silver cross pram with a doll that my granny had knitted clothes for. me and my sister both had one and we thought we were the bee’s knees pushing them round the streets on christmas day!

'The Big Red Fun Bus' - probably about 8 yrs old at the time

wanderings yes. It was a dirty green/mustard colour and had to turn the dial and press hard to get good lettering quality. The tape was as stiff as a board though. And yes I'll admit to a date stamp too but I got that years before, it was a proper library type stamp with an ink pad too. I'm in my 50's though.

A mulan dress up set and a green tape stereo (that never went in my room I think)

A rubber dub doggy (I was only 3 so don't remember as such but know from films how happy I was but mum kept him all these years and made a new sponge shaped like a bone ) and I have now given it to my son lol
Teddy Ruxpin
MASK men

Oh and an al a crate kitchen and my brother got a work bench with a real saw he was only about 6 imagine passing that as a toy now lol

Doodle Bear
Dictaphone
Tammy Girl body spray
A recorder

Baby beans. A baby doll with a plastic head and a soft body filled with beans. I fell in love. I declined to open any other presents.

My most favourite present ever was the ice skates my aunt bought me and my sister. Have never been so excited by a present.

Other highlights are the Sindy horse and carts and the he-man light up swords.

@akmum18 you have the same list as I do. And also a silver cross dolls pram which was my best surprise