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What was the one special thing you wanted for Christmas as a kid but didn't get
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Proper roller skates, inline ones. My parents always went down the sensible root and got me "training skates" the ones you put on over your shoes. Pfffftt! So frustrating as my cousins down the road got the stuff I always wanted. But I was a grateful child and never complained.
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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"Mr frosty. Such a simple kid 
Came here to say exactly this.
Me too
Did anyone actually ever get one or were they just a teaser to us kids? I big joke all the adults were in on???"
Used to love mine - seemed like there were so many different options to make at the time (there weren’t but let’s not let that get in the way of a memory). |
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By *929Man 12 weeks ago
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I got the best Christmas present ever when I was 9 it was a Jack Russell puppy the last one of my aunty and uncles dogs litter my dad said they were saving it for a friend of his then he went out Christmas Day and came back with her I couldn’t ever want anything more than that present |
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"I got the best Christmas present ever when I was 9 it was a Jack Russell puppy the last one of my aunty and uncles dogs litter my dad said they were saving it for a friend of his then he went out Christmas Day and came back with her I couldn’t ever want anything more than that present "
A dog isn't just for Christmas. If you slice it very thinly it will last through Boxing day. |
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"Mr frosty. Such a simple kid
Came here to say exactly this.
Me too
Did anyone actually ever get one or were they just a teaser to us kids? I big joke all the adults were in on???"
My brother got it one year. Sorry to say it didn't live up to expectations.
I always wanted bigtrak |
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By *ing00Man 12 weeks ago
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"Mr frosty. Such a simple kid
Came here to say exactly this.
Me too
Did anyone actually ever get one or were they just a teaser to us kids? I big joke all the adults were in on???
My brother got it one year. Sorry to say it didn't live up to expectations.
I always wanted bigtrak"
Big trak Was great but man.. It devoured batteries!! |
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"Mr frosty. Such a simple kid
Came here to say exactly this.
Me too
Did anyone actually ever get one or were they just a teaser to us kids? I big joke all the adults were in on???
My brother got it one year. Sorry to say it didn't live up to expectations.
I always wanted bigtrak
Big trak Was great but man.. It devoured batteries!!"
What didn't in those days? I remember my old ghetto blaster would nail six 'D' batteries in about 90 minutes, and that was if you didn't activate 'MEGA BASS' mode...
Fast forward to 2024 and I have a Temu knock-off JBL Bluetooth speaker that lasts all weekend on a single charge and will get a house party shut down if you're not careful. And it's no bigger than a rugby ball. |
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A Big Trak.
And load of Star Wars figurines to keep in a box and sell them 50 years in the future to collectors. Alas, my parents were not keen on the idea. that's when I realised at the age of 11, gifts come with "conditions" and parents cannot be trusted. |
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"Same as above - a mr frosty but I reckon now from adult perspective it wouldn’t have worked out as well
As the advert  "
I found it was so difficult to crush the ice that i was bored and the end result was underwhelming. Applies to other things in life too.... |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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"Raleigh grifter but I got a Raleigh shopper instead, hardly the same vibe"
OMG Same 😱
I'm ashamed that I was devastated, I don't THINK I let on to my parents.
I know they worked so hard to pay for it.
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. Did get a chemistry set one year (I was banned to the garage to muck about with that) 
Or a BMX.