The Christmas present that you never got.

sweetcheekz

I have many lovely memories of Christmas as a child, but I also remember desperately wanting certain presents that never appeared.
Mine were relatively small, and looking at them now through adult eyes, I wouldn't buy them for my children either.

I wanted one of those machines which you put 2p in and they dispensed a dairy milk miniature, obviously didn't think through the fact that it would have to be refilled. I was also quite taken by those packs of toffee which come with a hammer, I have no idea why just that I wanted one.

I thought I would ask my husband what toy/present he never got was, with the intention of finding one as an extra Christmas gift, but apparently he always got what he wanted :eek:.

What is your "missing" present and why did you want it?

squirrelchops

A Care Bear and a Wuzzle (sp).

I never really got 'cuddly' type presents and just coveted these as other children had them when I was growing up.

One present I did get that I really wanted was a Barbie. I was given the 'day to night'Barbie and didn't meet anyone else who had one until I moved in with my housemate and that had been the type of Barbie she had too!

Gillyx

Mr Frosty!

(I suspect a lot of early 90's kids are in the same boat, as a parent now I know it's plastic tat, but I so badly would have loved that on Christmas morning)

angelil

YES. Mr Frosty!!!

In real life it probably would have been really disappointing!

BAGGY

My nephew wanted Mr Frosty for as long as I could remember. I bought him one for his 21st and he made vodka slushies.

arbroath_lass

A Millennium Falcon. My Mum said it was a boys' toy.

sleepymans

I wanted some of those shoes (Clarks made them I think) that had animal tracks for pattrens on the soles, and a compass hidden in the heel...think they might have been called "Trackers" or something.....but of course, they were only in boys shoes not for girls:(

No wonder I grew up with a sort of shoe fetish!!

scottishminnie

Mousetrap game (my mother said it was plastic trash) and a girls world styling head.


My gifts tended to be more practical things like leather satchels!


I don't have children but probably wouldn't buy these either!

Georgiegirl256

Gillyx wrote: »

Mr Frosty!

(I suspect a lot of early 90's kids are in the same boat, as a parent now I know it's plastic tat, but I so badly would have loved that on Christmas morning)

Another vote for the Mr Frosty! :rotfl: I SO wanted one of those, and one of those dairy milk chocolate dispensers funnily enough!

We all must have looked through the same catalogues when we were kids lol! :rotfl:

shoppaholic_returns

I must have been one of the lucky ones, I got the dairy milk machine and mr frosty,and millennium falcon.

However, I wanted a cabbage patch kid,mum said they were grotesque so I wasn't allowed one and they sold out, but I did manage to find one when I was on holiday in Spain later that year!

P.s chocolate machine a disappointment, but mr frosty was great!

angelil

Did any 90s kid ever actually get a Mr Frosty?!