I was looking through my blogs for
Christmas things I had written about and discovered that my negative
ass had never made a list of toys that were my favorite as a kid. I
had done one of the worst toys (click here to read that) but not the
things I got that made me dance like an idiot when I opened them.
It took me a minute to figure out which
ones to choose since there were a bunch. With these I am going based
on the shock factor involved and how much excitement I had after
getting it. Like, I can't use when I got a Nintendo as a choice since
that required so much pain with dealing with getting a crumby ass
Sega first. So allow me to present to you Best Christmas Gifts Of
Dante's Childhood!
Michael Jackson Thriller Doll
This is something I didn't even ask for
but was so happy when I got it...even though I didn't get to actually
watch Thriller until I was in my 20's. Yeah, I knew what Thriller was
and for sure was a huge Michael Jackson fan. But we would not have
cable (Select and On when I was a kid) so I'd miss chunks of 1980's
and regular things everyone else grew up with like John Hughes films.
I got this version of MJ and my brother got the Grammy version. I
remember opening these up and just going fucking insane. This was
probably one of three times I'd ever hugged my mother in my life.
Don't ask me what happened to it because I can't or the life of me
recall.
Drawing Board
When I was about 12 one Christmas my
brother Kevin kicked open my door on Christmas and shoved a huge box
into the room. It was a drawing board! I lost my mind. I had been
drawing since I was about 4 and he was the reason why. I wanted to be
better than him at it. No one in my house supported my “muscle men”
as my mother called them so when he gave me this I put it together
and started drawing immediately.
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| There it is in the back. |
He also threw a huge box full of
supplies at me. It was filled with every pen, pencil, and colors that
I would need. I kept most of these things for years but had to retire
the drawing board after the screws were stripped. This is a message
for all the people that say I am hard to shop for: just talk to me
for five minutes. You'll see how easy I am to shop for. I like
practical.
Thunderpunch He-Man
Speaking of practical, this isn't. But
I loved this toy so much! I got this and blew right through the caps
that came with it. There were about a dozen punches he could throw
before you were finished and looked around like, “Uh...are there
more?” Nope. Even though it was now half the toy it was minutes
later it being a He-Man meant that it was still a hundred times
better than most any other toy.
Skateboard
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| (not actual skateboard...or me.) |
This one I found before Christmas
morning. One day my mother asked me to grab something from the closet
and when I went in there I tripped and fell on my skateboard. This
was a few days before Christmas and I had to conceal my joy as I lay
on piles of shoes and filthy clothes. Sounds like the day I lost my
virginity. But not close at the same time. This skateboard brought me
so much joy and pain. Its the reason I knocked out a bunch of teeth
and scraped so much skin off my body. But still...awesome gift.
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