What did you really want for Christmas when you were a kid but never got?
By Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
Canada
December 14, 2017 10:17am CST
I remember as a child I wanted a Chatty Cathy doll more then anything else but I didn't get it. We were a family of six girls so there wasn't a lot of money to spend on such things. We always got a doll but we never got a talking doll.
I remember one of my cousins got one. She was an only child. She got Chatty Cathy but her mom wouldn't even allow her to play with it because she was scared it would get broken. It went up in the attic. I remember seeing it one time at my grandmother's house when I was an adult and the doll was still in the package. So I think it would have been much worse to get the doll you really wanted but never being allowed to play with it.
So what is something that you really wanted for Christmas when you were a kid but never got?
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23 responses
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Dec 17
I can't remember not getting anything that I really wanted.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Dec 17
So you got that Doctor Who action doll?
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@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Dec 17
@JohnRoberts I didn't start watching doctor who till about four years ago.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Dec 17
That is just cruel! Yes I would rather not have it.
I do not recall not getting something I really wanted.
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
14 Dec 17
I really want to get you a Chatty Cathy. My sister got a brunette one, and I got a blond one, one Christmas. I can't imagine giving a child something and then tellilng them they couldn't play with it. What's the point even? It's just MEAN. Thinking about all the fun you would have had with that doll. This will haunt me all day, haha.
Every year in the Sears catalog I circled this basket of a stuffed Mama cat and her kittens, lol. That's how we indicated our wishes, we circled them in the catalog. I never got the kitten basket. We did each get a REAL kitten though, so I shouldn't have been pushing my luck!
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
Awwwww tgat is sweet. Its the thought that counts so thank you. We would wear out the Sears Wishbook looking at all the toys and we woukd circle things too.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
14 Dec 17
Nothing. We weren't really picky about our toys, and the stuff we did get we loved so much.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe yeah.. i loved my easy bake and the lite brite we had lol
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
We were the same way. We never really asked for anything but we loved what we got. It was just something I had hoped Santa would bring.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Dec 17
I can't think of anything. I never craved a specific toy or anything like that.
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@AmbiePam (85538)
• United States
14 Dec 17
While she could sell it now and get good money, it seems like a shame she never enjoyed it. The only thing I can think of is a dog. Technically, I got one before I grew up, at 13. However, each year as a child I would beg for a dog, but I was never successful. Until one Christmas I opened an envelope that said, One trip to the pound to get a dog. I went nuts!
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
Om gosh that must have been an awesomr Christmas for you.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I wanted one of those big play houses and the battery cars. 
But the time I wanted them I was already outgrown.
But the time I wanted them I was already outgrown.2 people like this
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
Those are cool things to have when you are young.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe I never got them, lol just wanted them.
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. We couldn't afford them anyway.@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
17 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe That was my parents thinking
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
17 Dec 17
Ya you probably could have done some real damage on those.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Dec 17
I cannot remember what I might no have gotten but I do remember my parents and their friends always making sure I had everything my little heart could desire like the one doll I got one year as you can see in the photo that was almost bigger than me.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
What a sweet picture. I love looking at the older christmas pictures. Life was so different back then.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I always wanted tap dancing shoes and never got them. Maybe I could have been a famous tap dancer 
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@Dena91 (15893)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I can't think of anything I really wanted but didn't get. We got gifts but we knew we were thankful for whatever we got. I never was that kid who wanted the hottest toy of the season. My brother and I always wanted something we can do together, like board games and what not. We got a lot of gifts like that.
I remember the Chatty Cathy dolls.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
14 Dec 17
We use to get lots of board games. We loved them. We always loved what we got. We never asked for anything but I had hopef Santa would bring it.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
16 Dec 17
I can't remember really wanting anything special that I couldn't have. I did get some fairly decent presents when I was a kid.. but I had a large, extended family that spoiled me rotten. I got a VCR when I was 6, and I had 3 Cabbage Patch dolls, a Punky Brewster doll, Rainbow Bright..I really loved dolls and playing house (Not surprising I grew up to have 5 kids).
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
15 Dec 17
I wanted so much barbie dolls and the house.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
18 Dec 17
Chatty Cathy was popular back then. I really dont remember anything else.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
16 Dec 17
If this was the doll that repeated back what a little girl said, then I wanted one also, and I didn't get one.
I did get a letter from Santa in red ink, explaining why, and I was satisfied that Santa took the time to write me.
Instead of this doll, I received a doll that cried. After a while, that was boring so my brother and I tore her face off to see how she worked.
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