Posted on 12/02/2018 3:50:36 PM PST by conservative98
When Finlay Strafford, from Galashiels, Scotland, came downstairs on his third birthday, he was not ready to see all of the presents waiting for him. The adorable little kid teared up at the sight, unable to comprehend that everything was for him.
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My monitor seems to have a hidden auto-blurry function when vids like that come on.
Parents probably cried at the bill :)
Yup. Kid will grow up expecting 20 gifts every year, then we’ll have a future Dummycrat who will have the “this is it?” mentality..
I remember for maybe my 10th birthday, maybe younger, I asked for a drum set.
I was SO EXCITED to run downstairs on Christmas Eve and there it was!!!!!....
A snare drum.
Cause we were lower middle class.
And I was crushed. Should have been thankful. But the rest of the neighborhood wasn’t as lower income as us so I wanted as much as they got.
Got a paper route by 11 and got my own drum set.
Used Ludwigs :)
His cute Scottish accent. “No way!”
My children only got one birthday gift a year from us and maybe a trip to Chuck E Cheese or Applebees. On Christmas they might get several but usually just one major one and a few "stocking stuffer" type gifts.
Money was never an issue with us but just didn't believe in showering children with excessive amount of gifts. Just seems something overly decadent about it.
When I was 15, I almost never get the gifts I wanted so I worked for it. I helped my uncle for his HVAC business cleaning up and answering his phone calls because I wanted this dented Ibanez Les Paul at the nearest pawn shop. I figured out girls dig this rocker dude’ image I had in middle school LOl so I worked the entire summer for it.
He is so cute.
They took all his presents away for crying. Then he became very angry. We’ll all see him again in about 20 years.
Just kidding. Very cute
VERY COOL!
I picked up the basic chords from the guitarists in the bands I played in and could play a Bon Jovie song (never more than a few chords and all basic ones) but can’t touch a Beatles song.
Les Pauls were GREAT
“My children only got one birthday gift a year from us and maybe a trip to Chuck E Cheese or Applebees.”
(Chuckle) My dad did the same thing to me. Just one and that’s it, THEN go out to eat. That’s why I had a mentality “maybe one..” My aunts just gave us cash because I learned years later they got tired of thinking of what to give us. Cash solves everything. The kid in the video will expect a LOT every year and they set themselves up for a really bad Christmas tantrum if the same amount of gifts are not there..
LOl the bad part was that after I eventually got it, the manager said “Ok kid, congrats You waited this long. So what amplifier will you use with it?”
ME: “Amplifier? What’s that?” $$$$
An adorable little boy and one who appears to be very appreciative..
ROFL!!!!!
Everybody’s first amp was about a foot tall and 6 inches wide lol
I didn’t get jack squat for my birthday when I was a kid...I think I grew up OK...
My high school graduation gift was a Les Paul Jr and a small amp. Later on in the military I bought a Les Paul Custom. Fretless Wonder was an accurate slogan. I really appreciated it after shredding my fingers on a Gretsch.
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