Christmas has been described as the most wonderful time of year and we have to say we’re in agreement.
Spending time with your nearest and dearest, indulging in festive food, catching up on the television you missed all year and of course, we never say no to exchanging presents.
With that in mind, we have shared memories of our favourite Christmas presents below and of course, we would love to hear yours too.
Michelle
I love Christmas. There are few things I enjoy more than giving people presents I think they’ll love. That said, it’s nice to be on the receiving end of something special every once in a while too! A couple of years ago my other half surprised me with a trip to Italy to see one of my favourite musicians. In the three night/four day holiday, we partied in Milan before driving on to Lichenstein and Switzerland. That was pretty fabulous.
The fondest Christmas memories, however, belong to your childhood. For me, the best thing ever found under the Christmas tree was a Fisher-Price tape-recorder with microphone attached. I was immediately transformed from your average seven-year-old girl to radio reporter extraordinaire – tackling the hard questions, whether it was quizzing my mother on the weekly shopping or my dad on what his trip to the garage involved (most likely bringing in turf).
I assume it took less than a week for my nearest and dearest to be sick of the sight of the little red microphone being shoved into their faces but to their credit they put up with it for a lot longer, and the best part of it all is I still have some of the tapes. Most frequent phrase? “How do you feel about that?”
Rebecca
It’s too difficult to choose just one so I’m going to cheat and say that from my childhood presents (that I can actually remember), I’d have to say either my mountain bike or my Barbie motorhome.
One left me with a quite a few grazes and lots of holiday memories while the other was pink and fabulous. From the gifts I have received over the past few years, I’d have to go for my ski boots… although that title may have to go to the footwear I’m getting this year (a pair of Christian Louboutins).
Cathy
While Christmas is magical no matter what age you are, you really can’t beat the fun Santa brings. One Christmas in particular stands out for it was a year I woke up at five in the morning to find Santa had delivered a stocking full of goodies including a Spice Girls annual.
After the mandatory chocolate Santa and sister giggles, it was time to wake my parents, translated as insist they get up immediately. Better still, was the realisation that Santa had delivered and brought a desk complete with an office kit. Needless to say, this delighted my inner Monica.
Liz
I’ll never forget the year my sister and I got matching roller skates. We thought these were the best invention ever. Nobody warned us we’d need to have some type of balance to actually be able to use them, and that a huge number of injuries would be the result of trying to look like a pro trying to manoeuvre around the block.
Also my sister and I decided to take them for a test drive down the stairs on Christmas day, taking down the Christmas tree at the end of the stairs, crashing and melting half the chocolates that hadn’t been moved in time and taking the garlands down from the bannister.
That was definitely a case of buyer’s remorse for my mum…
Marie
Like most young girls, I always wanted a dollhouse for Christmas and one year, I woke up on the big day to the best surprise ever – a wooden dollhouse that my Dad had made for me. It was painted pink, had car parking spaces and the windows even had little net curtains. It’s still the best present I’ve ever gotten because so much effort went into it and I’ll never give it away!
Mary
I will never forget the Christmas I got my first bike! My mam had locked the garage and told me that the tumble dryer was flooding (duh, stupid 7-year-old). On Christmas Day, I got the coolest pink and black bike ever although I was completely bemused as to how it had no water damage from being in the garage.
