Comments on: Funky Fondue, Christmas Crackers, Awesome ALF.

By: weirdozman

weirdozman — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:25:13 +0000

definitely the nes.. i can remember going to the mall with my parents and on our way home looking thru the back window as they placed bags in the trunk. thru a little crack where the trunk lid was open i could faintly see a nintendo logo a knew the gods were about to smile upon me ;

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:45:14 +0000

Two gifts come to mind for me. One was the NES, I wanted it ever since I saw it being played in some store. The second was a share gift between me and my two older brothers. It was a Honda three-wheeler. I loved that thing and still miss it til this very day.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:32:26 +0000

Power Rangers command center playset. Wanted one the whole year when I was 5. Whenever my parents let me liter in the toy isle when we went to the store, every single time I would just stare at the box.
Throughout the year my parents told me that they would eventually get me one, but whenever birthday or something came up, the store was always out.
But when it came close to christmas, at any available moment I reminded my parents how much I wanted one.
And sure enough when I came down Christmas morning one was sitting there, unwrapped, with all of my action figures posed inside it.
I didnt even open any other presents for the next hour, as I just wanted to play with it.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:33:24 +0000

All I wanted one Christmas was a Millenium Falcon, this was probably 1982, and my parents got it for me. It was the best Christmas I ever remember having as a child, and I have plenty of fond Christmas memories. When I woke up I found it under the tree, still in the box, surrounded by probably a dozen figures. Chewbacca, Han Solo, Boba Fett, X-Wing Luke Skywalker, etc. I still have photos of this Christmas packed away, along with the Millenium Falcon and all of the Star Wars figures I’ve held onto over the years. A few years later my grandfather surprised me with Snake Mountain playset and some MOTU figures. Merry Christmas XE!!!

By: puppety oddball

puppety oddball — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:44:02 +0000

the g.i. joe aircraft carrier, which i never got.

when i noticed that a friend had one in his house, my heart sank. it would be the same feeling as when i experienced my first crush on a girl.

that f’ing aircraft carrier. it went beyond toy. more of a jungle gym really. too big for the kid’s room! had to keep it in the mu’fu’ing hallway!

that f’ing thing.

By: Teddy Ray

Teddy Ray — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:04:13 +0000

The Toy Fairy, I had that Fisher Price movie thing, too! I only remember having two cartridges, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving one and a Roadrunner cartoon…I loved that thing!

By: The Krypt Angel

The Krypt Angel — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:13:56 +0000

If that’s the TALKING ALF doll from back in the day I SO had one if its not then you can be jealous or something lol. He was a birthday present tho not christmas but still hehe. I had A LOT of uber memorable christmas presents as a kid my earliest one that I can remember was getting the Castle Grayskull playset when I was like 3 which eventually ended up in the playroom in the basement and I stopped playing with it because it became a spider hang out. One thing I begged for that year and never got was this motorized tonka toy chainsaw. I have no idea why I wanted the damn thing so bad but I did and my rents never got it for me I always assumed they were afraid my fanscination with it was some latent homicidal thing they felt was best not to nurture .

Next gem came when I was 6 and I woke up christmas day to what would be the pinnacle of coolness in the neighborhood for YEARS to come my beloved red Power Wheels Jeep. I had kids from the entire hood begging for rides around the block in it every weekend. One kid tried to one up me by getting a PW four wheeler but he couldn’t take passengers so I was still cooler .

Last tidbit I’ll share was when I was 10 I was utterly and totally obsessed with the TMNT arcade game and played it for hours everyday saturday night when my parents did there weekly bowling ritual. That christmas was when the NES port of the arcade game was made and it was at the top of my list. My Dad was filing with his camcorder and my earth shattering tear gushing disappointment was immortalized when they had me open all my presents and had me believe I had gotten shafted. Then my mom goes “hey wait I think you missed one sweetie”" and pulls one last nintendo game shaped present out from under the couch…. I tore that sucker open like I was a starving kid from etheopia and someone just handed me a pack of crackers. I’m still crying at this point but it was a mix of ecstatic happiness at a wish fufilled and unbridled rage that “santa” was enough of an asshat to cram the one thing I wanted most under the fucking couch. Prolly the best and worst christmas memory I have of my childhood wrapped into one lol