What was your best Christmas gift from Santa as a child?

youtube ^ | 12/24/2008

[Soliton]

Mine was the Johnny Reb cannon. I got it sometime between '64 an '66 I guess. The link is to a vintage ad for the toy. If you have a favorite, check youtube to see if there is a link and let us know.

Merry Christmas!

[Soliton]

It says it costs $11.98. That was a lot of money in the sixties. I guess I was good that year.

[SoDak]

My first rifle, a Marlin .22, when I was 6.

[navyguy]

I have 2 favorites: My Crosman 760 pellet rifle (when I was 10) and a copy of “The ABC’s of Relativity” (when I was 9).

I no longer have either of them but both of them had a big impact on my life.

[Camel Joe]

Mine was a toy Duck Truck that came with a US Army uniform and Sergeant stripes. That was the year that I asked my Mom if I could have a birthday like the other kids always had, I was born December 30th. She felt so bad that I got those for Christmas and a birthday party with six shooter and 30-30 and cowboy hat. Good times... Good times...

[anniegetyourgun]

[SgtSki]

TUDOR Electric Football Game

[Mitzi]

It was a Jerry Mahoney puppet. It had to be sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

[hamburglar]

A used bike. (we were too poor for a new one)Rode it for years.

[Migraine]

Mine was the “Visible V8” 1/4 scale model engine. I have been an amateur mechanic ever since. I think I got it when I was about 15. That was back in the 60s. They still make them, though...

http://www.atlasbooks.com/marktplc/02503.htm

[PasorBob]

There is a youtube here for the 1969 version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgFZIS_a3CE

[PowderMonkey]

My mommy came home from the hospital. That’s when the worst Thanksgiving evntually became the best Christmas ever.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

O-scale “Illinois-Gulf” locomotive.

[Hazwaste]

1969. Was 6 years old and had asked for a model train set that had a train you push by hand. Instead my parents got me an HO-scale electric train set. For a 6 year old kid it was like winning the lottery.

Funny thing is, I’m 45 and still have that train set in a box out in the garage somewhere.

[Doc Savage]

English Racer, when no one even knew what they were! A great play garage set where you could actually winch the cars up and down for repair and it came with a Coca-Cola truck with little cases. Slot car racers. American Flyer sled, and a BB Gun. My brother got a Bow and Arrow. Can’t believe he didn’t kill someone!

[oh8eleven]

[massgopguy]

Tiger Joe. This “remote controlled” tank fired a one inch shell that would “put your eye out”. My bleephole cousin dropped a cinder block on it.

[Soliton]

we did HO for years too, but we ended up racing ho scale cars too. I had a beige Jag XKE. We used hop up kits to make them faster.

[Always Right]

Yeah, i loved lionel trains as a kid. Good way to learn about electricity, lol.

[Soliton]

Source for Jerry Mahoney puppet. I had a Howdy Doody

http://www.paulwinchell.com/index.html

[politicalamity]

I loved my Micronauts Battle Cruiser. You could take it apart and make different ships/vehicles or use the sides as toy guns.