What was everyone’s favorite Christmas Present

[IAFB2021Champs]

Curious what everyone’s favorite Christmas gift they received as a kid. Having a little one now, I wonder what he is going to like and remember the most.

Mine was the Super Nintendo we got. My parents let my brother and I open it Christmas Eve. It’s the only time I remember screaming in excitement. We also got one of those tins of popcorn that had the three different flavors (caramel, cheese and plain. We were up all night playing, long enough anyway to eat all the caramel and regular popcorn.

 

[BelemNole]

Atari 2600

 

[ATLNole1]

I was most excited for the Nintendo package that came with the gun for Duck Hunt and the robot for some other game. Could never figure out what to do with that stupid robot but had fun playing the other games I got.

 

[Bonerfarts]

 

[GES4]

Curious what everyone’s favorite Christmas gift they received as a kid. Having a little one now, I wonder what he is going to like and remember the most.

Mine was the Super Nintendo we got. My parents let my brother and I open it Christmas Eve. It’s the only time I remember screaming in excitement. We also got one of those tins of popcorn that had the three different flavors (caramel, cheese and plain. We were up all night playing, long enough anyway to eat all the caramel and regular popcorn.

Definitely Atari 2600.

 

[JupiterHawk]

Probably the LOTR Books my grandma (RIP) gave me after she gave me the Hobbit a year earlier.

 

[QChawks]

 

[artradley]

Tie between a mini-bike, which I knew I was getting, and a BB Gun that was a complete surprise.

 

[Sharky1203]

That's a present I'd unwrap🥒💦

 

[NDallasRuss]

One year when I was a kid, Santa gave me a "chopper" bicycle for Christmas. I loved it! It took a bit to figure out how to steer it, but once I did, I felt like a boss out there riding around!

It looked kinda like this, with the really extended front forks, but mine had big "ape-hanger" handlebars:

 

[millah_22]

my favorite gift was og NES. my dad later told us he thinks the worst thing he ever bought us was the og NES.

 

[auntie_fah]

I was most excited for the Nintendo package that came with the gun for Duck Hunt and the robot for some other game. Could never figure out what to do with that stupid robot but had fun playing the other games I got.

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I also got pro wrestling that christmas along with that Nintendo package

 

[Hendy hawk]

Slot car racetrack Waaaayyyy back when.

 

[chosen.one]

Remote control BigFoot Monster truck. I remember taking that thing outside almost immediately and driving it for hours.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Kelly Sphincteroscope when I was 8

 

[BrianNole777]

Probably SEGA CD (which turned out to kinda suck) or laser tag.

My brother and I used to sneak downstairs at Midnight and secretly unwrap and look at the presents.

Great times.

 

[ThorneStockton]

N64

 

[Bro D]

my favorite gift was og NES. my dad later told us he thinks the worst thing he ever bought us was the og NES.

OG nintendo.. Best Christmas ever

 

[soybean]

Shootin Shell Rifle

 

[TheCainer]

Looks like most of you are a lot younger than me.

Mom and Dad got my brother and me all kinds of neat military stuff. This is one I remember quite well. The only problem was the firing mechanism was plastic and broke too easily.

johnny reb toy cannon 1961 - Google Search

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EDIT: This is another one we got to go with our nuclear powered submarine and aircraft carrier. I noticed that most of these toys were sold at supermarkets. Not sure why.

 

[h-hawk]

Large American Flyer Sled-I had been using my older sister's small sled.

GE Component stereo that was low fi but much better than the basic record players that were still popular back then. It began an addiction to audio that I still must feed

 

[SoDakHawk]

A set of golf clubs. Mizuno Silver Cup. Wish I still had them. Gave them to my brother in 1997 when I got a new set.

 

[JupiterHawk]

I was most excited for the Nintendo package that came with the gun for Duck Hunt and the robot for some other game. Could never figure out what to do with that stupid robot but had fun playing the other games I got.

Who would have known the Mario edition was a much better deal.

 

[DooBi]

I used to get the complete set of Topps football cards every year. I would sort them and put them in books. Each team had a page and I would put the pages in the order of the final standings every year. I spent hours and hours for years on them.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Slot car racetrack Waaaayyyy back when.

The slot car track was a huge deal!!

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Trek subvert 2.0

 

[NDallasRuss]

Probably SEGA CD (which turned out to kinda suck) or laser tag.

My brother and I used to sneak downstairs at Midnight and secretly unwrap and look at the presents.

Great times.

You know your parents probably knew right?

Once I got older and we had the daughter I realized that my parents couldn't possibly have been as naive or as blind as I thought they were at the time. They knew. They just didn't let on.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

The slot car track was a huge deal!!

They were pretty sweet, if the cars would work and the track would stay together. I feel like we were always having to take the cover of the car off so they would run correctly.

 

[drew_hawk]

 

[NDallasRuss]

They were pretty sweet, if the cars would work and the track would stay together. I feel like we were always having to take the cover of the car off so they would run correctly.

Haha! Yeah, there was a brief but amazing window there where the track stayed together, and the cars both worked. In that window, though!!

 

[BrianNole777]

You know your parents probably knew right?

Once I got older and we had the daughter I realized that my parents couldn't possibly have been as naive or as blind as I thought they were at the time. They knew. They just didn't let on.

I'm 99% my Dad was asleep and 80% my Mom (no pics) was as well.

My brother and I were slick.

 

[cjnoles9399]

Regs Nintendo and a 10 speed that wasn’t a hand me down from my sister

 

[Funky Bunch]

 

[Scruddy]

The SNES. Best console ever made with the deepest library.

 

[Scruddy]

I've got a rock em sock em toy at the bar in my basement. I always pick blue bomber cuz I am a mega man fan boy. Still a lot of fun to play today.

 

[SolarHawk]

Nintendo Entertainment System when I was 6 years old(1989). I literally couldn’t believe my parents bought us one(we was poor). Will never forget it. Childhood memories are the best.

 

[The Tradition]

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Probably SEGA CD (which turned out to kinda suck) or laser tag.

My brother and I used to sneak downstairs at Midnight and secretly unwrap and look at the presents.

Great times.

I did this once. My mom took back every present I had opened.

 

[SansAgain]

ATVs. We never had much under the tree after 1980 and best present that was under a tree was an Atari 2600. However, starting in 1981 my dad starting getting us three wheelers. So after our disappointment unwrapping he told us go do something in the garage. Wow, matching Honda 70s for my brother and I. The tradition kept going and when we woke up on Christmas we’d go straight to the garage. Then he started to let us hang and a friend of his would bring them over later that day or he’d make us sweat it out for a few days after we had the perfect plan to kill him. Ended up with largest private collection of Hondas in the US and they are worth a fortune now so my dad now says they weren’t gifts. Hmm? To make a short story long.
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[Gimmered]

One of many I enjoyed as a kid.