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In reply to the discussion: What Was Your Favorite X-mas Present as a Kid? [View all]ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)94. I was expecting this as one answer when I posted
When I was really young, my extended family was large, and we all lived relatively close to each other. Because of the divorce of my grandparents and the different sides of the family, we would have four Christmases! I got to see everyone and feel like I was part of a something grand. That ended around the time I was eleven or twelve. Now I just look back fondly on those memories.
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My blue and white JC Higgins bicycle. It opened up a whole new world for me. n/t
monmouth4
Dec 2018
#1
The Atari computer designers moved on to Commodore to create the Amiga...
targetpractice
Dec 2018
#40
Circa 1956(?). My brother and I got these cool machine guns on tripods, battery operated and also
dameatball
Dec 2018
#20
Video games...couldn't wait for everybody to leave so I could hole up. nt
UniteFightBack
Dec 2018
#28
A game called NFL Strategy. My friends and I spent countless hours playing this game!
Va Lefty
Dec 2018
#32
My favorite Christmas present ever was not a toy and not the favorite at the time.
PufPuf23
Dec 2018
#39
I had one of those!!! I made just about every project and created some of my own.
LakeSuperiorView
Dec 2018
#82
"My brother promptly walked him up to a cherry pie on the table, and nose-dived him into it."
ProudLib72
Dec 2018
#80