Christmas Morning Memories

Professey Chin

So we're only a week away and what memories have people got? Good ones, bad ones, strange ones. Or what always stirs up them old thoughts?

Favourite I can still remember would have been when I was about 4/5. Usual waking up at 6 and sneaking (that is clumsily falling) down the stairs. Into sitting room to be greeted by an electronic Thomas the Tank Engine going around the sitting room on tracks. Then I proceeded to spend the entire morning playing with one of these bastards instead

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When I was a kid we used to go to my grandparents house for Xmas, this was because Santa used to visit them on Xmas Eve as my granny knew him personally and was an old friend of his.

So my brother and sister and I would go upstairs when it got dark and look out for his sleigh. A bit later we'd go downstairs and at some point in the evening there would be a knock at the door and in came Santa, red suit, white beard, hat, boots, and one sack of presents over his shoulder. We'd go sit down and wait for him to go through the sack and fish out something with our name on, we'd go up to him and get a present until he'd run out of presents, often more than one sack should contain for all of the family. When he'd gone with a Ho ho ho and a merry xmas, we'd tear into the presents and then be allowed to play with the toys we'd got until bed.

We'd get up early next morning and go back to playing.........although one morning when I was about 3 nearly 4, my mum came down to find me running around in a circle and giggling hysterically before falling over..........apparently I had gone round and polished off all the remaining dregs from the previous nights drinks and was a bit drunk

Ruu

I want the Sonic water game!!

Had a similar one but it was fish related, you had to get the plastic hoops on the dolphins nose. It was Tomy as well.

Professey Chin

I'd say Tomy licensed about 600 of the things. I had a weird one with a crab too

Thats it im off to get a water game on ebay

edit: Christ....screw ebay postage costs O_O

Putin

I remember nearly jumping downstairs in one leap, Dad would always have a fry going before mass. Mum always had the sitting room door locked until we all had breakfast. The excitement and anticipation was almost uncontainable.

nlgbbbblth

Christmas 1982.

Getting up at 4.50am and setting up this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEheLzTVNE8

Professey Chin

Putin wrote: »

I remember nearly jumping downstairs in one leap, Dad would always have a fry going before mass. Mum always had the sitting room door locked until we all had breakfast. The excitement and anticipation was almost uncontainable.

Dont think the locked door would have worked in our house. I definitely would have found some way in

zenno

This sure was a christmas morning memory in the early 80's. I woke up to this Radio and found it fascinating tuning into the cops and CB and the air-traffic control. ... I was hooked into the world-wide radio communication systems retro-style.

gramar

I remember getting up with my older brothers at about 3.30am one year. I was about 6 or 7. Along with the presents we'd get a box of Roses too. They were gone before breakfast time.

Professey Chin

Our tradition is a box of malteasers. Ive yet to see them last the day

CrowdedHouse

The continuous volleys of cap guns !

The Princess Bride

When we were children,my sister asked Santa for a Barbie/Sindy doll who did ballet.
(It might have been called Action Sindy actually.)
The ad on tv was so amazing,this doll could really dance all by herself.
Christmas morning,she opened her present-the fécking doll could only move if you twisted it's limbs.
I was more disappointed than my sister.

Dad always gave us crunchie bars for little Christmas every January,can remember looking forward to this so much each year.
Funny the little things that can bring a smile to your face.

Ann22

My earliest Christmas morning memory was finding cotton wool bits on the floor and my mam saying it was parts of Santy's beard. The light was on as it was still dark, for years when the dark mornings began and we had to have the lights on when we got up for school, we would all think it felt like Christmas morning.

I remember around the same time, maybe the same Christmas morning, looking out the front window between those metalic type venetian blinds and finding to my disappointment that there was no snow.:(

My mam would light the fire downstairs and when she felt it was warm enough, she would let us all run downstairs to see what Santy had left for us. Magic it was. I can remember every year from about the age of 4:).

The Princess Bride

Ann22 wrote: »

My earliest Christmas morning memory was finding cotton wool bits on the floor and my mam saying it was parts of Santy's beard. The light was on as it was still dark, for years when the dark mornings began and we had to have the lights on when we got up for school, we would all think it felt like Christmas morning.

I remember around the same time, maybe the same Christmas morning, looking out the front window between those metalic type venetian blinds and finding to my disappointment that there was no snow.:(

My mam would light the fire downstairs and when she felt it was warm enough, she would let us all run downstairs to see what Santy had left for us. Magic it was. I can remember every year from about the age of 4:).

I just read all of that in the same voice as the guy who does the Barry's Tea Christmas radio ad!