Your/best christmas/ christmas present ever

CDfm

Christmas is a fun time and is mostly about giving.

My best present was from my kids who bought me a waste paper basket one year cos they thought I needed it and I put flowers in it,

Last Christmas myself and my OH went for a walk around Malahide estuary wearing woolie hats after dinner. Just us and she splashed me. A special moment.

So its about giving and recieving but is also about others.

Now I know lots of guys in GC are slushy and sentimental so its your opportunity to fess up. You know you wanna.

OldGoat

Christmas Forum FTW

lanod2407

Got a pony when I was around 10. Remember that it was a really cold Christmas morning with snow on the ground (I'm talking Irish snow here - a light smattering here and there ........ none of that blanket coverage stuff!) and my Dad took me out to the cow-shed where this fantastic-looking pony was tied up, billowing out plumes of steamy air into the cold morning. Thought I was in heaven.

............ pony was gone by August - he didn't want to be broken, and I wasn't going to quit. Apparently my mother intervened and said that if the pony wasn't removed I'd end up in a box!

Misty Chaos

My sister was born on Christmas Day 1996, a lovely feeling to know that I was now a big brother and no longer the youngest on top of getting Christmas presents. Can't say I didn't see it coming when I was first told she was due Christmas week!

A SNES back on the day ( 1993 ) , I played it too much and had no social life as a result. Still, I don't think I'd would be doing Multimedia or be who I am today if it wasn't for its influence on me.

Every Christmas for a few years when I was very young, I got a train set of some description. They'd be lucky to last me till February, I was quite the reckless type. I sometimes think about getting a hobby train set for old times sake.

Jay P

Last year's Christmas was pretty sweet. Probably my favourite, but I think I say that every year! Last year was brilliant because of our dinner, it was top notch! My Mam is such a class cook! Also, instead of watching a Christmas movie we watched Pink Floyd playing Dark Side of the Moon live. It was immense!

Agricola

Presents were better as a kid. I find when you get older its all just aftershave, socks, books you never read etc etc.

The one that sticks in my mind was a Ghostbusters proton pack when I was around 10. I had wanted it for months and to wake up Xmas morning to see that Santa has left it at the foot of me bed was brilliant.

CDfm

Agricola wrote: »

Presents were better as a kid. I find when you get older its all just aftershave, socks, books you never read etc etc.

Do you give interesting presents?

D4RK ONION

I suppose the guitar I got about 7 years ago has served me very well during life. My life would probably be fairly different without it! :eek:

CombatCow

MANTA FORCE!!!!!!!!!!

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk45/rossobantam/Junk/MantaForceBluebirdToys2000AD21Nov87.jpg

http://www.mantaforce.co.uk/Collection/Manta.html


I got this Manta Force spaceship one christmas, prolly around '87 / '88, played with it for hours and hours, even brought some of the smaller spaceships to christmas mass to play with :pac:

Good times...good times.....


CC

callaway92

My Playstation 2 at that time

BEST PRESENT EVER

earleuginedoyle

me and my brother both got rollerblades one year when i was about 8, within hours we were both covered in cuts and bruises (and that was with safety gear on!) but they were brilliant! we even had rollerblading snow fights!!

D4RK ONION

Did ye throw the Rollerblades at each other instead of the snow?

earleuginedoyle

no!! we fell over alot, trying to jump and do tricks and such! (we were clearly very bad!! but had alot of fun!)
id love to try rollerblading again... i now associate it with christmas time too!

D4RK ONION

Ah that's not half as fun as my idea I did some researching add discovered a picture of you and your mother having a proper rollerblade snow fight. Do you deny these allegations?

earleuginedoyle

and it's even in the woods and all.. good ehh.. researching!
but unfortunately, no, that's the neighbours from down the road, they caught onto the craze but weren't very bright and threw the roller blades at each other!

D4RK ONION

Fair enough so, I'll let you go... this time

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Agricola

CDfm wrote: »

Do you give interesting presents?

I do actually. Well I obviously dont go to too much bother for my extended family n friends but for my immediate family i make an effort to get them something that they genuinely want or would like.