Have spent a day being brainwashed into thinking I'm behind with EVERYTHING! for christmas. I'm not, but the prices of childrens toys
It can't be just inflation.
What does anyone else remember as their Best! presents from childhood?
OK I'll agree to a window of 5 -9 years old.
Me? Well at some age amongst the above I opened a flat cardboard box, not very big, but to me enormous, my parents had bought a pile of Fry's Cream bars ( I had and still have a weakness for them) they cost 1d and 2d ( yes I'm that old) each and were arranged artistically out on the bottom of the box but not for long.
No idea what elseI got that year!!
Every year we went to Holt's to buy a pair of ballet shoes which were then sent on to father christmas to redeliver.
The best of the lot was when my parents had a cash flow problem, they were hard up!!
Mum made me ( bare in mind she had no sewing abilities) a fairy dress with net skirt and top in satin with shoe string straps and my dad made wings covered in net and a wand, with a battery in the stick and a button that made a light at the end come on.
I was over the moon with joy and remember no other gifts. The downside was that I insisted on wearing it all Christmas, so I had to wear my VEST!!! with the sleeves, you know the kind
and felt that it took a little of my magic away.
Sad I am,
I know, but it is all still remembered after
years, hope the kids today enjoy their gifts for as long.