What was the most enjoyable/memorable Christmas gift you recived as a child?

[GEORGIATKLER]

If you put your eye out remembering, I do apologize!! Mine was a Marx Civil War playset I received at about age four.

 

[Persephone]

My American girl doll I got when I was 5. She was so beautiful and I LOVED her and played with her for years! She had the prettiest outfits and I could do so many fun things with her hair 😀 I loved that doll! (And still have her in a closet somewhere )

 

[TropicThunder]

My Ninja Turtles big wheel. I felt like a boss riding that thing up and down street.

 

[PiedPiper]

24" bicycle at age 9. In those long ago days, and in a small town, that gave a kid serious mobility.

 

[Bothersome]

I'm actually not sure if I got this for Christmas, but it's the most memorable toy I had, so let's say I did. 😀

You remember those weird spinny-ride things? It was a plastic platform that you sat down on, and then turned the wheel. It made you spin around. Either way, I had tooooons of fun with that thing, and would do that until I couldn't walk straight for an hour. Pretty sure I threw up a few times.

Aaah, good times.

 

[Mercy29]

I have 2 if that's ok.
I think at the age of 5 I had a My Little Pony castle.
Then at the age of 8 it was a C64

Aww memories 😉

 

[Bugman]

A Mossberg .410 shotgun, Christmas 1968. Bolt action, held three shells if memory serves. Never shot any living thing with it, but tramping around in the woods I thought of myself as Daniel Boone or Jim Bridger, exploring uncharted territory. 😀

 

[milagros317]

A Lionel electric train set at age 8. (It was a Hanukkah gift.)

 

[wolfman40]

An AT-AT, would have been about 1984

& a Wii my ex bought me a few years back

 

[PiedPiper]

A Mossberg .410 shotgun, Christmas 1968. Bolt action, held three shells if memory serves. Never shot any living thing with it, but tramping around in the woods I thought of myself as Daniel Boone or Jim Bridger, exploring uncharted territory. 😀

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I'm totally with you on this one, Bugs,... although I ruled out 'age 13' as "childhood." But I got my first .22 rifle for Christmas that year, a Remington semi-auto tubular magazine,... 18 LR rounds,... and I definitely did some serious rabbit and squirrel hunting with it, and I even managed to bring down a duck with it on a rare occasion. Still have it,.... cleaned, oiled and ready to go.

 

[PhoenixRising]

My first CD player, which lasted for 15 years. First CD's ever owned: 20 Years of Jethro Tull box set, The Beatles White Album & Magical Mystery Tour, and Frampton Comes Alive.

 

[b0xr]

My brother and I received an official Red Rider carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle.

 

[FLBowler]

I received a puppy, which lived til my 18th birthday. Got him when I was three. Or my G36C Custom made airsoft gun. Still own it today

 

[-Hari-]

Optimus prime, without a shadow of a doubt

 

[Sunriseticklee]

My talking/ ticklish doggy (toy stuffed animal). I think I was about 8 when I received him. This is way before Elmo. I loved that dog.

 

[Jagermeistered]

I received the first Nintendo console, but was hooked on the movie, "Big".