The Christmas Present You Never Had

[hc4361]

When you were a child did you yearn for something but never got it?

For me, it was a chopper bike. I so badly wanted one but it wasn't to be.

[Greedyfly]

It was a robot for me, they used to have one in the local Toys R Us and I desperately wanted it. It was insanely expensive and probably totally useless but still....

[Greedyfly]

I forgot to mention it was adult sized

[Pooka1950]

I would have loved a rocking horse - still would actually!

[hc4361]

Adult sized robot! I'd like to see that :)

When I was a patient at the Children's Hospital there was a beautiful dapple grey rocking horse - it was huge. Well, it seemed huge to me

[Sipowicz]

My two front teeth!

[Buenchico]

I always wanted a remote-controlled plane/car/boat but they were really, really expensive when I was young. These days they're so cheap that I bought one just as a 'stocking filler' for a youngster a few years ago!

[hc4361]

I'd expect you to have a droid these days, Buenchico, with a camera.

[Greedyfly]

I suspect the adult sized robot was the same HC4361, probably felt like adult sized when I was a small child. Nothing like Asimo now though.

[Buenchico]

But I am a droid, Hc4361!

[wolf63]

I wanted a puppy. I asked for a puppy every birthday or Christmas, still do when I come to think of it.

When I was 16 (1980) my mum said that we were getting a puppy. It was a GSD/Bulldog. As he grew a little we saw that he seemed to be growing bigger and bigger and bigger. His mum was a GSD but daddy turned out to be a Bullmastiff. He was loved by all.

[hc4361]

Of course I meant a drone.

[hc4361]

A dog is not just for Christmas, wolf :D

[Mamyalynne]

A Silver Cross doll's pram.

[lardhelmet]

Rubber tyres on the wheels of my skates.

[tamborine]

Ice skates but Santa said theres no ice in Singapore

[silliemillie]

Always wanted a real Cindy but always got the cheap copy. Mum said they were all the same, but they weren't to me.

[-Talbot-]

An Action Man that hadn't deserted.

[choux]

Can't think of anything, tbph. My parents were not well off and paying for anything was a struggle for them. When we look back now on the presents we received we realise how lucky we were. Home-made, second-hand, whatever we were given, all were very well received. We still thank our parents for our upbringing - it never came gift-wrapped but has served me and my siblings well :)

[corylus]

I never got a pair of the ancient roller skates with metal wheels, always had to scoot round on one skate borrowed from a friend. I could've been scarred for life by this deprivation.

[mikey4444]

Yes...it was a Mahmod Steam Traction Engine, just like these ! :::

http://www.mamod.co.uk/shop-categories/

These were always on display in the better class of toy shop but were prohibitively expensive in the 1950's. It had to be red one, of course !

I haven't thought about these for years until today, an I am pleasantly surprised to see that they still being made, and made out of metal not ruddy plastic. Actually, they seem much more affordable now, and I might actually get one some time next year, and relive my boyhood dream !