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christmas when you were 1-10 years old

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what was the worst chrismas gift you got when your were between 1-10 years old I still remember the underwear :lol:
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  • JimmyJack
    I was lucky to get a pair of knitted mittens and damn glad to get them. But things were different 70 years ago. We didnt have much but didnt know that. My Dad worked in a mill, and that was one of the best jobs around off the farm. We ate good and were happy.
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  • Ditch-Runner
    us kids got one , what we called a big present then a few things like socks, underwear, clothes and some candy . so nothing stood out as being bad .
    I had a aunt who lived in California who always send us something that was nice she thought of us and thank her for that part ,
    but it seemed like it was ether a toy her kids had lost interest in or a clock / watch of some type she worked at westclock ( I think was there name ) kids got some toy and adults always got a clock ,, Dad always said it was returns or repairs they had received back and she got for free or close to it . :o so I would have to say just about any one of her gifts . amazing i still have one of the toy's she sent me it was a chitty chitty bang bang car if you remember the movie , but one of the toy figures was missing :? )
    but at least she did think of us I only seen her about four or five times in my life she would visit for a week to see her family maybe every five to seven years or so . once when I was very young she traveled by train . ( honest I was more excited to go the train station about 50 miles away and watch the trains, I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time :oops: )
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  • bullshot
    The worst was also the best for me, my dad got me a Lionel train set when I was about seven I think.
    The problem was that he wouldn't let me near it because he was playing with it all the time.

    Oh, and the underwear, socks, school clothes weren't my favorites either.
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  • Old-Colts
    bullshot wrote:
    The worst was also the best for me, my dad got me a Lionel train set when I was about seven I think.
    The problem was that he wouldn't let me near it because he was playing with it all the time.
    Yep, same thing for me! :lol:
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  • Old-Colts
    forgemonkey wrote:
    Old-Colts wrote:
    bullshot wrote:
    The worst was also the best for me, my dad got me a Lionel train set when I was about seven I think.
    The problem was that he wouldn't let me near it because he was playing with it all the time.
    Yep, same thing for me! :lol:
    Well, at least ya became some kind of ?engineer? ,,,,,, ;)
    :o:lol:
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  • Ditch-Runner
    the train gift kinda flips to one of favorite gifts when I was about 10 mom and dad gave me ( with top value stamps ) a aurora slot car ( ho gauge ) set my dad and uncles ( all have passed on now ) played with it for hours until mom stepped in and demanded I get to play with my toy ;) well they did for a short time any way .
    I still have it and lots more cars and track I added over the years . ( I still have some of the HO gauge train items from the same time also )
    not following the original post question but the not getting to play with the train it kicked in the memory ..
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  • Spider7115
    A baby sister. I was the baby of the family and spoiled until she came along. I was 5 years old, pissed off and ran away to the neighbor's house. I stayed there for a week. My father bribed me home with a deer antler rifle rack for my Red Ryder BB gun. :D
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  • 4205raymond
    I remember getting off a Trailways bus with dad and walking thru six inches of snow down a dirt road in Fluvanna Co.,Va. when I was about eight on Christmas night.(I guess around 1950) The moon was full and we were visiting some relatives and spent the night. A little boy about my age popped around the corner in a shirt that was in rags. He asked if we wanted to see what his mom gave him for Christmas. He went and got his only Christmas present, a shirt that his mom had made for him. His parents were very poor and his dad was a tobacco farmer. His mom probably took food money to buy fabric for the shirt. I have never seen a kid so proud of a Christmas present in my whole life.
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  • jwb267
    not much money at that time for us, so I appreciated everything I got
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  • Cornflk1
    jwb267 wrote:
    not much money at that time for us, so I appreciated everything I got


    Yes, in the 1950's , on a dairy farm and Dad working 12 hour , piece work, wages on the rail road, we were happy to get what we got. To answer the post though ....... corn cobs..... instead of coal if you had been bad (coal was expensive... we burnt that in the stove ) we got corn cobs.

    I still to this day wrap corn cobs and give them to my children and Grandchildern. It's my way of giving the gift of humility.
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  • Aztngundoc22
    OK :

    Not sure how old I was ( 12-14 ?)? : I got a 'pop corn popper ' ???

    I really liked ( & still do ) popcorn :But ????

    Any how :

    Thanks !!!
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  • jimdeere
    My dad was a boilermaker and traveled a lot. He was 54 when he married my mom after a bad divorce. We stayed with my grandmother at Christmas while dad was working around 1957.
    Back in the hills there was no where to buy gifts and no money to buy then with. I got an orange and some candy in my stocking.
    Once my dad started making good money and we bought a house, they made sure I got mostly what I asked for.
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  • ltcdoty
    Back about 1957 I was hot for a farm set sold by Sears. It had miniature animals and tractors and a barn. I dreamt about it for weeks. Christmas morning came, and alas....no farm set.

    Later that day we went over to my grandparents house for dinner. As I walked in, there under the tree was a large gift wrapped box shaped like a barn. I sauntered over to the tree, and my name was on the gift. I thought I was going to explode with excitement. We didn't get to unwrap the gifts until after dinner. When my grandmother handed the gifts out, she handed my the gift with my name on it.

    I hurriedly unwrapped the barn shaped gift and it was a shoe shining box. I was crushed, but I thanked my grand parents with a big smile as my dad watched me and smiled. I never did get that farm set.

    But my old man used that shoe shining kit until the day he died. Now I have it, and treasure it.

    Merry Christmas....
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  • asop
    My Dad was never much of a Dad to me but-I'll never forget him taking us to the Flr. Keys in mid Jan. and hiring a commercial fishing boat that took us fishing. On my 10th birthday I caught 16 Kingfish! One of the "good" memories of the old guy.
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