Best/Worst Holiday Gift or Re-Gift

THE BEST AND WORST CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Christmas is a child’s holiday. Okay…maybe it isn’t but if we’re going to discuss gifts then it is. When I was a kid back in the `90s I got great gifts like toys, video games, and movies. Nowadays I get cloths. When did cloths become a suitable substitute for toys and video games? How about gadgets or something just as good? Perhaps it’s my fault. When people see me in a Ninja Turtles t-shirt and jeans they may think I’m in need of respectable cloths.

Moving on . . . let me tell you about the good old days. It’s difficult to pick the best gift I received, but this one is the one that impressed me the most.

It’s Christmas 1993 and the most popular children’s television show was the Power Rangers. Like every other elementary school kid in the country I was obsessed with the show. Yeah, now as a 20-year-old I realize the show sucks but back then it was a masterpiece to me. It was a live-action show with martial arts, monsters, robots, explosions, and a hot Pink Ranger. It was the ideal show to a male child. And, aside from watching the show there’s the desire to own all the toys and merchandise.

Everyone I knew that was a fan of the show had some kind of toy or merchandise. That made me jealous because I had none. I come from a working class family and we couldn’t always afford things. I had a feeling my mom would get me something Power Rangers related but at the same time I wasn’t sure.

So, anyway, its Christmas morning and I’m up with the roosters. Unfortunately my family wasn’t awake yet. So I rush to the kitchen and open a can of Folgers. Nobody wakes up. The commercials lied to me I said to myself. Then I figured I had to do things the hard way and kick everyone out of bed. It worked. Afterwards we all gathered by the Christmas tree and started exchanging gifts.

I was surprised by the large amount of gifts I got, but was to anxious to question it any further. Every gift I opened was something Power Rangers related. By the time I finished opening all my gifts I realized that my mom got me everything (or most) Power Ranger toys and merchandise. I got all 6 Ranger actions figures, the villains, a morpher, the megazord and dragonzord (or Godzilla as I called it), that flute (whatever it was called), cloths, bed sheets, and a couple of the episodes on VHS. You have to remember that at this point the show had only been on the air since August. So this was five months worth of toys and merchandise. At the time I didn’t think about how much money was spent on all these gifts but I can imagine it was a lot since every time the Rangers are mentioned my mom cries a little.

Now I need a drum roll. The WORST gift I ever got was . . . a dictionary! Yes, your eyes do NOT deceive you. Once upon a time someone (won’t reveal) gave me a dictionary for Christmas. Dictionaries are great, but they are not appropriate Christmas gifts. If you’re reading this and thinking of giving someone a dictionary for Christmas please DON’T DO IT!

Happy Holidays!

What a Gift....Thanks Santa!!! =)

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See the Gift

I got this Homer Clause as a gift for a boyfriend. He sang and danced. He was motion activated, which was fun for the dog. After about 4 years, he broke down, so I took him to the dumpster and set him out. Someone else immediately claimed him. I'm glad he's found a new home.

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