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wstaple
06-26-2015, 03:41 PM
I'm feeling very sentimental this morning, and something made me think of Christmas back in 1969. In July that year, Apollo 11 had successfully landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong was the first person to every walk its surface. On Christmas morning, I opened my all-time favorite present: Billy Blastoff.

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I remember playing with that toy for a long, long time. He had his own space ship, space crawler, space sled, space ATV, ray gun and radar screen. I saw a set like that on eBay recently for $250. I wish I'd kept mine! Not to sell it but just to have.

How about you? What was your favorite Christmas gift you received as a child?

ornamentmaven
06-26-2015, 11:42 PM
I loved dolls - especially Barbie dolls. One year Santa gave me a Francie doll (Barbie's younger cousin). My Mom also sewed an entire Barbie wardrobe for my sister and I. I remember hearing her sewing late at night.

Penny Berry
07-06-2015, 12:37 PM
My Little Pony castle

ornamentmaven
07-10-2015, 07:37 PM
Does anyone remember NOT getting that one special gift you asked Santa for? I begged for a Sno-Cone machine for several years. I always remember my Mom saying that Santa had told her that he couldn't bring it because it was just junk!

Eric Brown
09-26-2015, 10:48 AM
My favorite video game when I was 7..

Merry Christmas Darling
10-27-2015, 09:39 AM
Santa disappeared when I was four --- but my best gift was a Brownie Hawkeye camera. I think I was ten or eleven when I got that.

Merry Christmas Darling
10-27-2015, 09:46 AM
Does anyone remember NOT getting that one special gift you asked Santa for? I begged for a Sno-Cone machine for several years. I always remember my Mom saying that Santa had told her that he couldn't bring it because it was just junk!

Well, I don't want to talk about it!
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Merry Christmas Darling
10-27-2015, 09:50 AM
My Little Pony castle

:) How sweet.

ChristmasFanatic
11-24-2015, 04:42 AM
I always seemed to love every gift I received, but one stands out in my mind. I was 4, going on 5 and I received a Kenner Give A Show Projector. It came with slide strips of mainly Hanna Barbera cartoons...The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, etc. I loved that thing!

ornamentmaven
11-24-2015, 03:05 PM
I always seemed to love every gift I received, but one stands out in my mind. I was 4, going on 5 and I received a Kenner Give A Show Projector. It came with slide strips of mainly Hanna Barbera cartoons...The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, etc. I loved that thing!

I remember getting something like that as a child. Loved it!

babydino
11-26-2015, 10:47 AM
My mom told me when I was five, I got the pocket money as my Christmas gift.
That was awesome so I could buy my favorite Christmas gifts:presents1:

rmsmith
12-10-2015, 01:25 PM
Christmas is the big holiday for use ..

Winterseve
09-30-2016, 03:32 AM
My favourite presents were.....

A gameboy
Walkman
The beano annual
Lots of lego

chocolatechip1979
10-02-2016, 06:41 PM
The best for me growing up is when my decided to play Santa one year.. That memory for me, tops any store bought gift

stampedbysanta
12-14-2016, 11:53 PM
G.I. Joe Hovercraft

Winterseve
12-15-2016, 01:42 AM
Comic books in the uk arent like those in America. Their more cartoon/humour based. The greatest of the two were the beano and the dandy.

The highlight of many childrens Christmas's was the beano or dandy annuals. My avatar is my favourite one growing up....