What''s your favorite Christmas present EVER?

A pony!!




Oh, that''s right, I never got one I still wish for one every year though!

Mine was a handbuilt barbie house my mom made for me.  I don''t know how she came up with the idea, but she used plywood to build the structure then took seperate pieces of wood and carved out sinks, a bed, couches, & even a toilet!  All of those could be moved around and rearranged.  It was amazing.  She was a very creative person.  It was big enough that I could climb inside it.  My barbies were in heaven.  They only had one Ken though, so they had to share him.  Made for an interesting Barbie household. 

Date: 12/16/2009 4:03:10 PM
Author: MC
Mine was a handbuilt barbie house my mom made for me. I don''t know how she came up with the idea, but she used plywood to build the structure then took seperate pieces of wood and carved out sinks, a bed, couches, & even a toilet! All of those could be moved around and rearranged. It was amazing. She was a very creative person. It was big enough that I could climb inside it. My barbies were in heaven. They only had one Ken though, so they had to share him. Made for an interesting Barbie household.

Go Ken!

My dogs!  My parents surprised us with a lab puppy when I was 5 and my dad gave us our current dog 3 years ago for Christmas. 

Oh, that was Playmobile''s house (full furniture, cats, dogs, maids etc.). It was cool, I think I was 9 or 10 years old

A new car!!!

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hahaha...YEA RIGHT!!! (I at those Holiday buy-your-wife-a-lexus commercials - they get to me)

My favorite gift was a puppy. I got my first dog on Christmas Eve when I was 8, after having begged for a dog for two years! They didn''t put it in a box or anything (remember Lady and the Tramp ), but my mom put a red ribbon around her neck and gave her to us on Christmas Eve. It was so fun and my brother and I were jumping around with excitement - great memory. 

Okay, here's a slightly off center photo of the barbie house.  Mom made the rugs, the couch, the little shades for the lights, EVERYTHING.  There were stairs but they never were completed.

Notice, Ken is waiting in bed ready to go.  (Yikes, where did my dirty mind come from?) 

oops, forgot to add photo.

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Ok don''t barf, but it was the diamond and sapphire ring that my dad and I surprised my mom with when I was 12ish.  (Clearly I was a PSer before there was a PS!)  It came from Hannoush, was set in yellow gold and had an inky-black oval sapphire with I think two flanking diamonds.  When she thought she was all done opening presents we surprised her again with a necklace to match.  To this day I truly don''t know if she liked either gift but her reaction made my Christmas!

It''s hard to describe, but it was a large infant doll with a white christening gown and bonnet with a ceramic face in a peaceful sleep. I opened another present and my Dad told me to look at the doll. It was wide awake with a smile. This is a ceramic head with no moving parts. I thought she was sleeping, but maybe with all the Christmas commotion I was simply mistaken. Then after a few more presents I went back to the doll and it had a crying face with a glossy tear rolling down her cheek. My Dad could tell I was beyond confused so he took the bonnet off and it was one ceramic head that rotated around to show each of three faces through the bonnet. I was seven and I loved that doll. My parents still have it.

I can''t remember one gift that stands out. I am enjoying reading all of yours though. Keep ''em coming.

Best Hanukkah present was my E-ring last year!!!!


My parents got me a load of SAT prep books for Christmas when I was a freshman. . They made up for it with a puppy for my birthday, though!!

DH gave me a first printing of a novel I had been searching for for years.
It was pretty amazing.

Lite Brite.  I must have been 6-7?  I remember staying up super late on Christmas night (not Eve) playing with it.  The following birthday I got a Cabbage Patch doll...I scored some great loot that year.  Sigh. 

Christmas Eve 1979. My engagement ring. Age:20

Mary... I was 7 that Christmas. It was the year before my Mom passed away. My Auntie made her.. she came with a hat, two dresses, two long jackets to match, two pair of shoes and a nightgown & nightcap (*eta, pantaloons!). I only have this dress and the nightgown left.. her eyes have come off.. her lips are gone and she's missing so much of her hair and she needs her neck fixed.. but she was very loved & kept me company while my Mom was so sick. I love this doll more than anything I've ever received. Mary will turn 36 this Christmas.

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I got my engagement ring from DH on Dec 23 1997.

Another gift that I loved was my Cabbage Patch Kid. I was in 2nd grade. My grandma got CPK''s for all of her granddaughters and then made basket beds to match each girls room. We all walked into the dining room together and we all went to the doll that belonged to us. Grandma also made several outfits for each doll. Mine blond haired green eyed doll had a "bed" dressed in yellow eyelet. She had a white and yellow pants outfit and a gorgeous yellow dress. She also had a mint green dress and pink pjs.

Date: 12/16/2009 8:58:07 PM
Author: SanDiegoLady
Mary... I was 7 that Christmas. It was the year before my Mom passed away. My Auntie made her.. she came with a hat, two dresses, two long jackets to match, two pair of shoes and a nightgown & nightcap. I only have this dress and the nightgown left.. her eyes have come off.. her lips are gone and she''s missing so much of her hair and she needs her neck fixed.. but she was very loved & kept me company while my Mom was so sick. I love this doll more than anything I''ve ever received. Mary will turn 36 this Christmas.

what a heart warming story SDL! my aunt also made me a doll in similar style to yours! we named her "oompapamaomao" (as in, Elvira)

Well, i will have to say this year i got a combined gift from E and his parents - a laptop! Obviously a stellar present!
My other favorite gift was the kitchenaid mixer i got last year.

Mine was probably when I was about 8 years old. A hand built dollhouse by my Dad, complete with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a finished "attic", wrap around porch, and individually hand-glued shingles on the roof. And lots of furniture and accessories of course were my other presents that year!

My dad built it in a conference room at his office and slaved for weeks after work and on weekends. It was an absolute surprise to see it covered with a tablecloth on our kitchen table on Christmas morning. I''ll never forget how special that was and how much hard work and love he put into building it for me!

Such a cute idea for a thread. One Christmas when I was probably 7 or 8, I wanted a Cabbage Patch Kid sooo much. We got to open one gift on Christmas Eve and I just *knew* it was going to be my gift. Well, I opened it up and it was pajamas. My dad said something like he tried and tried to find my doll, but they were sold out everywhere. I just remember feeling sad, but trying not to look it. Then after we were finished, my dad asked me to run out to the garage to look in his car for the newspaper he left in there. When I opened the door, the cabbage patch kid was in there with a huge bow! I was very excited that year!

Date: 12/16/2009 9:48:57 PM
Author: MagsyMay
Mine was probably when I was about 8 years old. A hand built dollhouse by my Dad, complete with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a finished ''attic'', wrap around porch, and individually hand-glued shingles on the roof. And lots of furniture and accessories of course were my other presents that year!


My dad built it in a conference room at his office and slaved for weeks after work and on weekends. It was an absolute surprise to see it covered with a tablecloth on our kitchen table on Christmas morning. I''ll never forget how special that was and how much hard work and love he put into building it for me!

Very sweet!

Date: 12/16/2009 4:19:03 PM
Author: Bia
A new car!!!


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hahaha...YEA RIGHT!!! (I at those Holiday buy-your-wife-a-lexus commercials - they get to me)


My favorite gift was a puppy. I got my first dog on Christmas Eve when I was 8, after having begged for a dog for two years! They didn''t put it in a box or anything (remember Lady and the Tramp ), but my mom put a red ribbon around her neck and gave her to us on Christmas Eve. It was so fun and my brother and I were jumping around with excitement - great memory.

Haha, I looked out the window every year from 15-18 for a new car with a big red bow on it, but no such luck!!!

I was about 8 or 9. I had only asked for one thing for Christmas, an EZ-2-Do Twist n Swirl. It was this pan with paints you floated on top of a liquid, swirled around into patterns, and then transferred to paper or fabric. I had opened all my presents and I hadn''t gotten it and I was so upset! And then my sister (who was 6 or 7 at the time, so of course my mom had purchased my present from her, but she picked it out) handed me the one from her. And there it was...my Twist n Swirl! There are pictures of my CRYING MY EYES OUT that morning when I opened it.

Makes me smile just thinking about it.

My favorite is the first gift DH gave me for our first Christmas as a dating couple. He had collected items from some of our awesome hiking trips and put those together in a collage of photos of our first year together, wrote a poem and framed the whole thing.

This is reaaaaaally hard. I''m an only, so there were quite a few amazing Xmas gifts as a kid, and DH doesn''t do too shabby at Xmas, either.

I think the one I''ll always remember was the year my parents wouldn''t let me pierce my ears. On Christmas, I opened up the last gift and my dad handed me a tiny box. I started bawling, pointing out that the earrings were pierced and I couldn''t wear them. My parents started laughing and handed me a little letter in a scroll telling me they were taking me to the mall the next day.

I have 2.  When I was a child, I think 5 yrs old, I had a Teddy Rockspin ( I think that''s what he was called...) and I loved him!  He had a book he would read out to me and tell a story.  He was my all time favorite toy!  I loved him so much, that I took him outside and played in the mud with him and he broke.  He didn''t speak ever again, but I still loved him!

I got my siberian husky puppy when I was 21 and he''s the bestest and most loved Christmas present even more loved than my teddy.  My husky''s 6 yrs old now.

Luckyshe--Teddy Ruxspin!!!!  My little cousin got one of those for his birthday when he was little!  I was a little too old for that toy by the time they came out, but if I think hard enough I bet I can remember the jingle from the commercial.  That was a really awesome toy. 

A charm bracelet when I was about 12

and my ACA WF martini pendant when I was about .... well, never mind

Ballet Toe shoes...  I was 6 and wanted them more than anything.  There is a great pic of me opening the box with the hugest smile!!!  Such a great memory!!  Of course was no where near ready for them, but heck I wanted them anyway....

Date: 12/16/2009 11:39:25 PM
Author: Kaleigh
Ballet Toe shoes... I was 6 and wanted them more than anything. There is a great pic of me opening the box with the hugest smile!!! Such a great memory!! Of course was no where near ready for them, but heck I wanted them anyway....

Argh, I''m jealous!!!  Hahahaa!  When I was ready to go en pointe my mom wouldn''t let me. I think she knew I was going to be very tall (she was right) and she said she didn''t want me to ruin my feet.  I was already having ingrown toenail issues.  But I LOVED ballet and continued dance lessons through high school...toe shoes are just the most beautiful things ever, and so "girly".  You lucky!