Comments on: Christmas Contest, Day Six

By: Laura H.

Laura H. — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:36:18 +0000

Well, this was actually a pre-Christmas gift…
I had (have!) a little troll doll from the ’60s who was my “buddy” from the time I was nine. He really developed a personality and wit, and was very popular in our family… ANYway, I was in eighth grade and away at a band contest right before Christmas, and when I came home my mom, dad and sister all looked like the Cheshire Cat’s offspring – telling me to “look around and see if I can find something”… so I finally found Zeb the troll all dressed up as an elf for Christmas. My dad had made the hat, my mom the tunic and my sister the boots. It was so cute, and most importantly it touched me that they had all taken their time and together created something to make me happy. A very fond memory indeed…

By: Meg

Meg — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:34:10 +0000

I had a doll that had blonde hair and blue eyes in 1980. She said yeah, and a few other things and cried. I loved that doll. I remember my two older brothers throwing her back and forth as we were driving across the country in the summer and I was in the middle trying to get her back. “You are a really dumb doll,” one of my brothers said to her. Just then the doll said, “Yeah!” We all laughed because it was really funny. But, I sure did love that doll!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:32:18 +0000

I don’t know that I have had a “funniest” Christmas gift. But the one that was the most fun was the year I received my first tape recorder… a cheap Realistic tape recorder and a package of three cassette tapes. I was nine years old, and it was like I had been given the Holy Grail. I recorded music off the radio, made funny skits with my friends Gwen and Earl, and I would interview my family members. This was the beginning of passion for sound that would grow into a short, yet successful, radio reporting career. Definitely the most fun gift ever!

By: anita

anita — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:31:32 +0000

Oh please. These stories are WONDERFUL! Keep them coming!

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:21:44 +0000

3 years in a row I received the same CD from a friend. The exact same Simon and Garfunkel live in Central Park CD. Anyone want a CD? haha

By: Jones

Jones — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:08:18 +0000

I was 8 years old and our neighbour came by with a bowl of rum balls and said they were just for me! Yum, the best Christmas ever! OK I was 8 and it felt really grown-up to be gnawing on rum balls en route to the third grade.

By: anita

anita — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:59:22 +0000

Amy—> You noticed! Those just arrived a couple days ago. They were among my mom’s Radko collection

By: Gina

Gina — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:56:01 +0000

My silliest gift was a toilet seat cover made to look like a turtle. A bright purple turtle toilet seat cover. I don’t remember who gave it to me, but I was 16 and not impressed!

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:03:26 +0000

i like the addition of happy ornaments in your ornament bowl.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:30:48 +0000

lol oh i thought it was on accident XD. yup hehe xD i wish i still had him