The Top 10 Things I Wanted for Christmas and Never Got

This is not one of them       

My parents worked hard for everything we had, and we didn't have a lot, according to my older siblings.  I don't remember wanting for anything except the ten things listed here.  I think I might gift myself with some of these long-lost Christmas wishes, that never came true.  I always had great surprises under the tree, but not these.

1.  Mystery Date Game (I always wanted to open the door and go "ahhhhh....")

2.  Operation (I still want to try and remove that funny bone)

3.  Styling Head (I still love to style hair.  My sister-in-law claimed repeatedly when I was 10 that she had never heard of such a thing and couldn't find one in the store.  "Why would you want a head and not the rest of the doll?")

4.  Barbie (I had plenty of imitations, but the only "real" Barbies I had were inherited from friends.  I wanted a real Barbie, in the box, with all the accoutrement.)

5.  Cotton Candy Maker. (I was completely fascinated with watching it being made at the mall.  All that cottony, fluffy, fibery, spun sugar.  It was fun to watch.  I wanted to do it at home.)

6.  Marcia Brady's hair. ( I won't even attempt to explain that one, but if you've ever seen Whoopi Goldberg with the t-shirt on her head, that was pretty much me. ) Like everything else on this list, this is totally doable now.  Clips, weaves, wigs.  Too bad I learned to love my hair.

7.  A crocheted granny square vest.  (My mom sewed, but she didn't knit or crochet.  I still love crochet, and I have the afghans to prove it.)

8.  A Pet Rock. (My parents thought it was ridiculous. "Go get the one you chucked at your brother this morning".)

9.  A Snow Cone Maker. (I see a theme here.  No toys which will allow you to make the same junk foods we don't allow you to eat.)

10.  A Color T.V. (Yeah, right.  Keep dreaming. We got our first color t.v. when I was a teenager and it was a hand me down from my cousin.  It didn't work for long.  Our first new one was around 1980.  We stayed on the cutting edge :) )

What did I get?  A sewing machine, knitting machine, ballerina jewelry box, globe, leopard fur coat, mood ring, granny dress, gogo boots, bike, luggage, Bo-Peep perfume, Love's Baby Soft, Charlie and Sweet Honesty, several watches, one of those walking dolls that never really walked, combs that wouldn't go through my hair, but they were cute, Easy Bake, Tea Set that I still have, Ice Cream maker, and so many other great gifts that I was never expecting.  The only time I really wasn't surprised was when I repeatedly (think ad nauseum) asked my sister for a Dawn Fashion Show.  I was in 5th grade and was really obnoxious about it.  When she came in the house with a huge box, I fell on it and proclaimed "A Dawn Fashion Show!!"  She later said that she almost took it back after that.  I managed to feign surprise, but surprisingly, no one was buying it.



Yes, I have decided to stop resisting and acknowledge that it is Christmastime, even though Thanksgiving isn't even here yet.  I'm weak.  And I'm putting Operation in my Amazon cart as soon as I finish this post!