Wondering if there was a favorite Christmas gift you remember getting as a kid or even as an adult? For me it was this slot track with trucks instead of race cars. Had race car tracks too but this was different and way cool!
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Oh man I had that. That thing was sweet.
Someday, for no good reason, I’m going to buy one of these, as I got from my parents at 6-7 years old.
HRG
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Oh man I had that. That thing was sweet.
It was so cool! We had a sheet of osb to set it up on and just slide it under my bed when done with it. I still have parts of it. Pieces for it are pretty spendy for it on ebay otherwise I would try and put a set back together.
A stick,oh and a rock.
Back in 1976 I was in fifth grade. I got a brand new Rupp sport for Christmas.
I was in in heaven. I drove the crap out that snowmobile. 1991 My wife got me a mag III ice auger. not sure what one I liked more but the auger changed my ice fishing for ever.
A BIG lump of coal.
I remember back in the early 2000’s when there was no in-fighting on IDO for like 30 days. 
Back in 1976 I was in fifth grade. I got a brand new Rupp sport for Christmas.
I was in in heaven. I drove the crap out that snowmobile. 1991 My wife got me a mag III ice auger. not sure what one I liked more but the auger changed my ice fishing for ever.
was the Rupp sitting outside christmas morning with a big bow on it? Both of those would have got used that day if it were me. Very cool.
A whipping I got that day back in 1973, I got a Lionel train set with an eight wheeler engine that made real smoke out of the stack.
I got the whipping because I took the engine apart to see how it made the smoke, and yes, I put it back together and it still worked.
Dang I could of beat my kid brother to smithereens for telling on me!!
Dozen 11dls. Still have have some of them and it’s special each and every time I take a mink or muskrat in them
Give your wife a mop for Christmas. It’ll be a Christmas she’ll never forget. 
In 1978 I got a Ruger .44 mag carbine. 
My first guitar. It was second hand as we were poor and couldn’t afford much. I still have and play that old thing from time to time
Give your wife a mop for Christmas. It’ll be a Christmas she’ll never forget.
I’m sure she would make sure you didn’t either. 
I relive the plasma pack everytime I throw on my Proteam backpack vacuum for work.
Ain’t afraid of no ghost
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Johnny Express for me – dad was a truck driver, I was obsessed with all things trucking. Friend got a Johnny Lighting. We wore those things out. Begged for another the following Christmas. Santa obliged
Dan
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Ertl 1086 when I was around 5 or 6. Grew up on a farm and it’s all I wanted to do in those days. Had a working steering wheel even!
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Ertl 1086 when I was around 5 or 6. Grew up on a farm and it’s all I wanted to do in those days. Had a working steering wheel even!
I had one of these too even though we were a John Deere farm.
Back in 1966 or 67. Mattel M16 Marauder Machine Gun. Rack the slide 4-5 times to wind the spring. Could pull the trigger once to single fire or hold it down for full auto. That thing was sweet!!
I got the best gift of my life this year. My son’s fiance asked me to officiate their wedding next June. I don’t tear up often but did when she asked.
Late 50’s. Dumbest toy ever but the hot toy that year! Had to have one. Anybody else remember these?
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1969 got a Remington 1100 12 gauge automatic for a Christmas/birthday present. 2.75” plain barrel. Was a game changer from the double barrel Stevens I had been using as a teenager.
I remember getting a new erector set when I was about 10. Hooked up the transformer from my O Size train engine to run the electric crane on the erector set. Figured being able to adjust the speed would be cool in so many ways. Quite the meltdown…… Thank god I had put the transformer on a board in the living room and the erector motor was bolted up high.
oh well, pretty cool at the time and pretty funny thinking about now
Batman car from 1968 and Hot wheels and Johnny Lightning cars – late 60’s and 70’s. Still have a Johnny lightning that was in my X-mas stocking ~ 1969 and the Batman car my parents gave me in 1968. I will have to find them and post a pic.
Christmas ‘92 I was 11. Parents gave me a Remington 870 12ga 3” Wingmaster. Mostly just a gopher getter now but still one of my most prized possessions. And in 2 yrs it will be passed to my boy for his first shotgun.
A few that stand out from my childhood in the early to mid 80s:
A train set
Voltron
Original NES
10-pump pellet gun
Only presents I ever remember getting was a catchers mitt, and a puppy. Still have the catchers mitt, but the memories of the puppy will never fade.
In 1985, I got a Remington 742 in .30-06. I believe it was a mid 1960s model, hardly used. My dad got it from a local guy.
I was totally shocked because I hadn’t asked for it and never saw it coming. I believe at that point I had been hunting deer three or four seasons and using a variety of borrowed rifles of dubious pedigree. I certainly would never have asked for a gift that expensive.
I made good use of that rifle. My father was very insistent that you never, ever, let a deer walk away from you after you shot at it. You shoot until it falls over or until you run out of ammo. No exceptions.
Well I took that advice to a whole new level with my own autoloader. Back in the days when we used to drive deer I think there were numerous occasions when I had two or three empty casings flying in the air at the same time.
My second son was born 38 yrs ago on Christmas Day. A present that can’t be outdone.I remember the trip to Red Wing on glare ice and my wife telling me to slow down every half-mile. He was born around 11:30 pm. What a gift !
WKW
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