A little pre Christmas discussion topic……what is the greatest Christmas present you ever received? Either as a kid or adult. I’ve been spoiled my whole life, so hard for me to think of anything in particular. I remember As a kid getting a new huffy bike and being jacked about it.
Loved my R/C race tracks, I got one every Christmas til the perfume and makeup and clothes started. would’ve rather had the tracks than the girly things. Lol
My wife’s taken all my hunting fishing trapping pictures off old photo albums, old cell phones , Facebook , buddies Facebook ect ect and put them into a hard cover book .
Greatest Christmas Present ? –
My Mom, she would pin a bell on her skirt and it would ring when she walked around. I miss Mom at Christmas time.
Decorating the prettiest tree I can remember back in the late 70’s.
Serving Senior Alter Boy at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
Gifts? I’d get underwear and socks. I was good with that.
My dad gave me the rifle I shot my first buck with one Christmas. Probably 20-25 years after that day. It was the only deer I ever shot with it and carried it only 1 other time. It’s a Remington model 141 in 30 Remington.
Youngest of my 2 daughter was born a month early at home in a storm on Dec. 24. A mere 44 years ago.
My mom is an excellent cook, and I regularly asked her for family recipes. One year she gave me a cookbook with all my favorite family recipes hand written in them.
I’ll be the odd one out, best Christmas present ever??
A savior who is the reason for this season.
A tonka truck I always wanted as a kid but didnt get until I was forty, thanks Sparkles!!
Being able to see this many years go by is enough on its own as I should have been dead too many times in my life, Merry Christmas everyone !!
Back in 1976 we got a snowmobile for Christmas the best present ever.
Not all gifts need to cost a lot of money, sometimes it really is about the thought. One of the most thoughtful things I ever found in my Christmas stocking was from my late husband Billy back in 2017. Billy knew I love candy – particularly red and pink candies. I favor the red and pinks over any other color or flavor. Well, knowing this, Billy bought several bags of assorted candies and picked out just the red and pinks (or chocolates wrapped in pink) and put them in a baggie in my stocking. It was the sweetest gift and I still think about it to this day. He really knew me well.
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Back in 3rd grade I got a bike. That was my first taste of freedom.
Because of that bike, I fell in love with fishing, finally being able to go fish however far my legs would carry me.
Easy…The excitement in my daughters’ eyes on Christmas morning.
I’m loving these replies. One year my parents gave me a gift card to magnum sports in chatfield mn. I bought a predator camo jacket and pants. I still have them! That was around 1995. Now my son wears the jacket when we go out hunting.
December 1974 my bride said yes to the small engagement ring I could afford.
Don’t mean to deviate from the original question, but I don’t really remember much for gifts. But you couldn’t put a price on the memories.
Christmas has always been special and 1000000% about family. As a kid, my dad and brothers and I would rush to finish up milking cows in the evening then run the 100 yards or so from the milking parlor to the house in this God- awful weather so we could open presents.
I also remember being very young and my parents were playing Christmas music on our record player (ha!) and “I’ll be home for Christmas” was playing. I asked what that meant and my parents told stories of soldiers who were serving our country and couldn’t be home with their families. That absolutely baffled me at that age that there were people who couldn’t come home for Christmas with their families.
Now I’ve got my own kids and this time of year is so much fun, I love everything about it. Listening to Christmas in October? Christmas displays in Menards before Thanksgiving? Who cares! This time of year goes so fast and I love every minute with my family.
Dan, don’t know your age and that probably doesn’t matter. Your message hit home!
Dan, don’t know your age and that probably doesn’t matter. Your message hit home!
I’m only(?) 38 but the way I was raised in a rural farm environment it was more like the 1880’/1890’s rather than the 1980’s/90’s. Always felt like our greater farm community and the town of 128 we’d go into for church was 100 years behind the rest of the world.
Two years ago lost my father just before Christmas. This past year my second best friend, Mya a 13 year old cocker spaniel just after Christmas. I’ve been a bit depressed ever since.
Upon return from a recent poker playing trip to MN my best friend (bride of 30+ years) surprised me with a 7 week old puppy (Ava). She figured I needed the help getting out of my rut…. As always, she knows best. My bride is the biggest fan of Christmas I know, she loves this holiday and time of the year.
This little pup is already bringing happiness to us both and will add to life for for years to come.
My bride was the best life long gift anyone could ever ask for, our first date taking place just before the holidays, many many years ago.
Merry Christmas all!
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When I was 12 I got a brand new Kawasaki KX80.
In December 2015, I got a brand new boat, a 2015 Ranger RT178.
I’m with Iowaboy a savior. I did not have many good memories of x-mas some years nothing but 1 year I got a John Deere square baler sand box toy sized. Best toy ever.
I got microscope one year as a kid. It was my favorite Christmas present ever.
Castle Grayskull.
If you know, you know.
Most years I get the best present a man could hope for. The privilege of sitting down to a home cooked meal with all his children and grandchildren. As the song says, That’s Christmas to me.
The best Christmas gift (and my biggest regret) was getting a James Bond 007 Attache’ case. It was a kit with cool-ass stuff like a pistol, dagger, money and credentials. The case even shot bullets from it…it was the greatest thing ever! I left it on one of the steps of the stairs and was sliding down on my butt later that Christmas day and popped my foot right through the damn thing and broke it to pieces! To say I was devasted doesn’t even get close. I think it was around 1965 and I’d have been 6 or so…that sucked…big time. I see one on Ebay right now selling for $6500!!!!
Castle Grayskull.
If you know, you know.
If you know, you know is right.
I am guessing you were born about 1980
The year my wife took all my pictures from Vietnam and put them on a CD. In the background the music was Billy Joel’s “Goodnight Saigon” It absolutely brought me to tears.
The kid said the new ruger 10 22 with a custom walnut stock is his new favorite. Mine was just watching the kids smiles this morning
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My daughter is taking me to Metallica !! Holy crap !! 
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Castle Grayskull.
If you know, you know.
Did it have the microphone?
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