20 years of gifts....

Here's a list of memorable gifts I've received for Christmas through the years:

0-10 years old
Magic Shot Shooting Gallery: I was a tomboy and desperately wanted this mini plastic arcade for target practice. The "magic" of the Magic Shot was spoiled when I realized it was just a magnet that clicked fast.
Music Machine Greatest Hits: Ahhhhh....."You Don't Have to Be a Star", "Yellow Brick Road", "Car Wash"......I was living the life.
LifeSavers Book: That sucker was gone in two seconds....even the Wint-o-green.
Giant Candy Cane: Ditto.
Train Set: My dad enjoyed spending time "railroading" with the son he never had.....me.
"Denim" Record Player: All I needed now for my performances was a hairbrush, mirror, and my 45's. Rock on!
Bermuda Triangle game: Plastic cloud goes over gameboard picking up ships. "Magic" was lost when I found out the cloud was just magnets again.


11-20 years old
Hubcaps: What I thought (and prayed) was a typewriter in the big box under the tree turned out to be automotive supplies. My sister got a banjo the same year.
Clogs-The high-heeled kind. I looked like a junior high prostitute for a year.
Colorado Hiking Boots- I looked like a junior high forest ranger for a year.
Giant Candy Kiss: See Lifesavers book.
Clock Radio: You mean I can see what time it is AND listen to music????...That's just crazy!
Love's Baby Soft: Mmmmmm....baby soft. LOVE'S Baby Soft. BABY soft. What the hell does that name mean?
Chic Jeans: Now a high school prostitute.
High School Jacket: Not the thick kind you put varsity letters on. The old man windbreaker kind with my last name in giant letters on the back.....in case my "camel toe" jeans didn't let you know who I was.

After 20, I got the usual suspects. Mugs. Dishtowels. Potholders.
......And a street corner named after me.