Best Holiday Gift Memory

Is there one holiday that stand out in your mind, where you wanted something really bad, were convinced you weren't getting it and were genuinely shocked and surprised when your parents/santa came through for you?

Would love to hear some stories

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One was recently. DH and I had discussed getting engaged, but both agreed to wait it out at least 3-4 years until I was on better footing with a job, etc. Well, he surprised me all right. He proposed to me 2 weeks before Xmas 3 years ago and we've been in a blissful state since then!

As for a childhood memory. All of my brother's are much much older than I, so one year I didn't ask for anything on a major list - just that we could have one holiday where all 6 of us were in the same house, sharing dinner and laughs, and you know what, it happened!! I forget the year, but it was when I was in high school!

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The only one that comes to memory is when Cabbage Patch dolls were really hot.

My mom couldn't find any in NY, but my grandfather was able to get one down in Florida. I don't remember the story exactly, but let's just say I'm glad it was 25 years ago and he didn't get shot over it!

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MY ENGAGEMENT RING MOST DEFINITELY

NEXT WOULD BE MY CABBAGE PATCH KID GWENDOLYN PIERCE - MY GRANDFATHER PICKER HER OUT FOR ME

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my cabbage patch kid- even though I new about it- and about Santa

thanks to my Jewish Best Friend-

My Grandfather also got one for me and all my other firiends- b/c he was incharge of trucking for JC Penny- back then - they were based out of NY and he had access to the shipments- and she told me that Santa wasn't bringing me one- my Grandfather got them!

so it was a memorable holiday- on all acounts

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my first walkman.
Gift from my parents
i think i was 8-9 years old

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When I bought my new car and borrowed 1/2 the money from my dad so I didnt have to take out a loan and then after 1 year, he gave me a Christamas card that said that I didnt have to pay him back anymore!

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It wasn't something that I wanted, necessarily, but I remember the exchange so vividly. My dad handed me this huge box - I was in 7th or 8th grade - the thing was so heavy. When he saw me struggle he said, Feels like the weight of the world.

It was a globe. Totally corny - but I will always remember it and his face.

Later he handed me a smaller box and it was one of those diamond initial rings that were so popular around that time. I was shocked - b/c I never even askd for it - it was the coolest.

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Mine was a guitar. I couldn't play it, still can't...really never wanted to learn. But I was OBSESSED with Rick Springfield and had a poster of him (from my Teen Bop magazine) posing with a guitar. Thought I'd get myself one as well and take a picture of me with said guitar and mail it to his fan club.

Never mailed the picture and stopped playing with the guitar sometime in mid February of the same year.

But...it was a great holiday memory.

That and when I received my "Western Barbie" that winked.

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A Pound Puppy. I had asked for one for 2 years and opened each gift on holidays, bdays, etc., praying it was a Pound Puppy!

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The best one ever came from DH.

We has just gotten engaged and were in the process of working on the wedding budget/savings schedule and realized how incredibly BROKE we were going to be for our first Christmas together. So broke that we decided to skip getting gifts for eachother- we even decided to skip getting a tree and decorating our apartment. It was that bad.

I tried to remind myself that Christmas isn't about the tree, the lights, the wreaths, etc, but it just wasn't working. To top it off, DH had a final on my birthday (December 21st), of all nights AND I had to freaking work late. I was NOT looking forward to coming home to an empty apartment, no tree, no pine smell, no birthday cake, and worst of all, no holiday spirit.

I dragged my sad sack azz home from work, grumbling to myself like a Scrooge. I open my door and a pine smell hits me in the face-and Nat King Cole is singing the Christmas Song. I was thinking ***? I called out for DH and no one answers. I walk all the way in and see a twinkly glow coming from the living room, I have a TREE! A nice fluffy six foot tree, complete with lights and ornaments and a card sitting in the branches.

He'd taken a day off from work to set it all up for me.

I've never had a gift before or since, that touched my heart as much as that one.

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Cabbage Patch Kids and my flute! I wish I still played.

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My "My Child" doll and my Fisher Price Tape recorder that I desperately wanted!

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The christmas before my dad died... i remember him walking in... it was freezing outside and he had a long black coat on... he came in and i went running to him to give him a hug to say hi when all of a sudden a little puppy popped her head out of his coat!

i was SO excited and suprised!!

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My Smurf talking alarm clock...liked them a bit much

And that doll who would sit on the top of her 3 room house and her skirt covered the whole house....what was that called

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I loved my doll house.

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Posted by Kate07

Posted by Beth1210

my cabbage patch kid- even though I new about it- and about Santa

thanks to my Jewish Best Friend-

My Grandfather also got one for me and all my other firiends- b/c he was incharge of trucking for JC Penny- back then - they were based out of NY and he had access to the shipments- and she told me that Santa wasn't bringing me one- my Grandfather got them!

so it was a memorable holiday- on all acounts

OMG Beth I remember you telling the story about your friend telling you there was no Santa Claus and she still got the doll!

Like I said before - your grandfather should have given her coal!

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it was too late- she had gotten hers for Hanukah already!

I still can't believe that her parents told her where it came from

it really bothers me- but then again these are the people who tried to force my Dad to lend them $60K a month after my Mom died- leaving messages on the answering machine that if my Mom was alive she would lend them the money! ( mean while her father passed away a year earlier leaving her over $200K that she spent)

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Posted by Kate07

Posted by Beth1210
it was too late- she had gotten hers for Hanukah already!

I still can't believe that her parents told her where it came from

it really bothers me- but then again these are the people who tried to force my Dad to lend them $60K a month after my Mom died- leaving messages on the answering machine that if my Mom was alive she would lend them the money! ( mean while her father passed away a year earlier leaving her over $200K that she spent)

Those are some sick people!!!

I hate when I hear about people like that

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Santa brought me a box of dog biscuits and told me that my puppy was not under the tree because she wasn't born yet, but here was something for me to wait for her with.

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my strawberry shortcake bike, and CPK

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One year when my brother and I were kids, my Dad made a treasure hunt for us. We would go to each spot and find another note that would bring you to another spot to find the next note. For my hunt, I just remember the last note said "Spell it backwards to find out where it WAS" and the word Was backwards is Saw. It was near his saw in the basement and it was a portable FM radio/cassette player I wanted (before the days of walkmans with headsets LOL) I thought that was very cool, I cant recall the notes but they were all poems, he was very creative like that.

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Last year my christmas wish was to have a baby. In Jan, I got pregnant w/ twins. My wish came true & I could never ask for anything more.