I have to say there wasn't anything really....I was a spoilt brat!!!
Oh Laurie I just got DD a really sweet good size Pooh Bear! DH and I found it on clearance at Target a few weeks ago for like $11. She has a small one that is in the basket of a stuffed hot air balloon hanging in her room. It hung in my nursery when I was a baby too. Its supposed to have a mouse in there; which is lost among all my toys and things from when I was a kid in Mom's attic! But she has Pooh looking down at her in her bed. And come Christmas she'll have a nice size one to snuggle with! I'd have gotten one sooner; but they can be expensive for a stuffed toy!My dad was a Ph.D student when I was young, so while we weren't so poor we went without, we didn't ask for big things. The one thing I remember wanting that I didn't get (I'm sure there were others LOL) was a Pooh Bear.I got a beautiful teddy bear that I grew to love - but it wasn't Pooh.
I got knock offs too! I had "Tammy." Who the heck was Tammy???A Barbie. I got knock-offs. But I wanted a Barbie. Mom was always into "Why should you get what everyone else is getting?" So I told her many years ago that it bothered me a little that I never got a Barbie Doll. She gave me one for Christmas about 10 years ago!! Cracked me up!!!
OMG!! I had Tammy!!! That's really funny!I got knock offs too! I had "Tammy." Who the heck was Tammy???
I's ok though. We didn't have any money. My Mom didn't tell us though. She made us think that pancakes for supper was a treat.
I did have an EZ Bake oven when I was about 4 or so. I don't think my Mom and Dad got it for me because money was tight. It might have been a gift from one of my Aunts or Uncles.Yeaaaaah, I wanted and EZbake too.
Oh, dear. I've thought of something else. The toy I wanted most of all. The gift that in my eyes surpassed all others: a Play Doh Fuzzy Pumper Barber Shop. My cousin Debbie had one.
You know, I'm sure there was something I wanted and never received, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head. However, I do remember myself and my siblings drooling over the Sears Wish Book every holiday season. Thanks for bringing back a warm childhood memory!I was lucky and had a Barbie (and a couple of her friends) but I always wanted the outfits and accessories from the store and Sears Christmas catalog.