Best Christmas Presents I Got as a Kid

Posted by Vanand

Everyone remembers those special Christmas presents they got as a kid. Even if the present itself doesn’t seem special, the moment reminds you of the carefree times of being a kid and how happy your parents were to see you happy. I can still remember fondly jumping down from the bunk beds and rushing to the tree with my sister. With Christmas just around the corner I got to thinking about my own favorite Christmas presents that I received as a kid.

Air hockey table

This gift just seemed so large and extravagant as a kid. I wasn’t a huge air hockey table fan as a kid I just wanted to invite my friends over to show them what I got. That year I created a fake little “arcade” in my basement along with my air hockey table we had a pinball machine and video games set up and I invited the neighborhood kids to come over the “pay” to play the games. It was pretty fun and the air hockey table was a big hit. Of course, about a year later no one played with it and my parents sold it at the garage sale.

Nintendo Entertainment System

People often give video games a hard time, saying they are anti-social and just lead to kids staying inside more often and not getting exercise, but the Christmas I got a NES I remember the whole family coming together with excitement and playing Duck Hunt and Mario Brothers, it was an exiting time and a feeling that will probably never be emulated again. One day I hope to give that same feeling to my kids during Christmas with a special gift that we can all get excited about.

Lego set

This wasn’t just any old lego set, this was a giant, massive lego set of I think a castle or a building or something. This was a lego set to put all other Lego sets to shame. This Lego set had enough parts to create a full size human being if one wanted. This thing was like the Space Shuttle of Lego sets (actually, I think they probably had a space shuttle set as well.) Anyway, I fondly remember many days of playing and building with this Lego set. Legos are great for kids the more I think about it. They allow kids to be creative and it stimulates the logical part of the brain.

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