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When I was 18 I asked for a black leather biker jacket and got a beige leather blouson style jacket. I cried, more because I knew I would never wear it and felt dreadful as they had spent a lot of money on it & I didn't want to seem ungrateful. Mother just laughed at me when by Boxing Day I built up the courage to tearfully tell her I didn't like it.
Cinds
Originally Posted by kattymieoww:

Not too bad, years ago when I  was a child I got a large blackboard on an easel ,I was thrilled then realised "santa" had forgotten  the chalks.

Santa is always forgetting stuff isn't he?  He used to forget batteries when he came to out house  We'd be sat from whatever time we got up at (usually around 3am) until the newsagents opened for an hour after mass before we could play with our stuff.

Ells
Originally Posted by Ells:
Originally Posted by kattymieoww:

Not too bad, years ago when I  was a child I got a large blackboard on an easel ,I was thrilled then realised "santa" had forgotten  the chalks.

Santa is always forgetting stuff isn't he?  He used to forget batteries when he came to out house  We'd be sat from whatever time we got up at (usually around 3am) until the newsagents opened for an hour after mass before we could play with our stuff.

Bet it was good to just longingly gaze at them though and think..I've not got bored yet  

FM
Originally Posted by Supes:

A diamond and sapphire necklace...HIDEOUS old fashioned thing, that I found hidden in a drawer, a week after my fella buggered off with another woman. Was obviously one of my birthday presents.... ever thankful for small mercies that I didn't have to pretend I liked it or ever wear the bloody monstrosity

Hope you sold it!

kimota
Originally Posted by Ells:
Originally Posted by kattymieoww:

Not too bad, years ago when I  was a child I got a large blackboard on an easel ,I was thrilled then realised "santa" had forgotten  the chalks.

Santa is always forgetting stuff isn't he?  He used to forget batteries when he came to out house  We'd be sat from whatever time we got up at (usually around 3am) until the newsagents opened for an hour after mass before we could play with our stuff.

Don't get me started on people that forget to buy batteries.

 

When Master Cinds was 2, I was at University and had to work weekends in a petrol station to make ends meet.  Unfortunately that year Christmas day was on a Sunday and I had to go to work.  The full 8 hour shift I think 4 cars came in for petrol, but every other customer wanted batteries. About 4 hours in to my shift we had not one battery left in the place. Twenty minutes before the end of my shift some bloke came in for batteries, I apologised telling him we had sold out, he then went in to the most disgusting abusive unreasonable tirade I have ever been subjected to, then spun on his heel and started to leave the shop, but not before I shouted after him 'and Merry effin Christmas to you too you miserable barsteward" to which the other customer in the shop applauded.

 

On the upside, not only on Christmas Day but also New Years day I had proud new parents showing me their Christmas/New Year babies 

Cinds
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Originally Posted by Ells:
Originally Posted by kattymieoww:

Not too bad, years ago when I  was a child I got a large blackboard on an easel ,I was thrilled then realised "santa" had forgotten  the chalks.

Santa is always forgetting stuff isn't he?  He used to forget batteries when he came to out house  We'd be sat from whatever time we got up at (usually around 3am) until the newsagents opened for an hour after mass before we could play with our stuff.

Don't get me started on people that forget to buy batteries.

 

When Master Cinds was 2, I was at University and had to work weekends in a petrol station to make ends meet.  Unfortunately that year Christmas day was on a Sunday and I had to go to work.  The full 8 hour shift I think 4 cars came in for petrol, but every other customer wanted batteries. About 4 hours in to my shift we had not one battery left in the place. Twenty minutes before the end of my shift some bloke came in for batteries, I apologised telling him we had sold out, he then went in to the most disgusting abusive unreasonable tirade I have ever been subjected to, then spun on his heel and started to leave the shop, but not before I shouted after him 'and Merry effin Christmas to you too you miserable barsteward" to which the other customer in the shop applauded.

 

On the upside, not only on Christmas Day but also New Years day I had proud new parents showing me their Christmas/New Year babies 

 

Moonie

Don't think we ever had any real traumas over Christmas. The 'worst' I think was the year my elder sister and I asked for typewriters. We got a set of telephones! They joined to each other with long wires and were battery powered....there were batteries too. We quite enjoyed them.

My younger sister got Pinky and Perky hand puppets.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Originally Posted by kimota (Corin's Crib #1) FAKER # 1:
Originally Posted by Supes:

A diamond and sapphire necklace...HIDEOUS old fashioned thing, that I found hidden in a drawer, a week after my fella buggered off with another woman. Was obviously one of my birthday presents.... ever thankful for small mercies that I didn't have to pretend I liked it or ever wear the bloody monstrosity

Hope you sold it!

No, I forced it on him when he came to collect his stuff, he insisted that he wanted me to have it, it was bought with love blah, blah, blah.. I insisted that he took it to give his new gf for Christmas, that she'd love it etc.  Poor cow probably still has to wear it to this day

FM
Originally Posted by Aimee:

I always asked for a till, I never got one though but on the upside of having a girl I got her all the things I used to want and played with them

 

My cousin once bought my daughter a kitchen clock when she was about 7 her face was

good idea - my granddaughter has one with a scanner, swipe card and microphone (the till not the clock!) i am now waiting for her to have lego 

machel

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