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Date: 24 November 2007 14:24:58
Driving back from the supermarket this morning I was listening to a radio discussion about Christmas presents that the radio presenters had received as children and the ones that made a big difference to their lives. Whilst I don't remember receiving any presents that made a huge difference to my life, I realised that there are very few presents that I actually remember.
However, there is one huge exception. When I was about 8 years old and my sister was 6 our parents gave us a Sindy house, but this wasn't one of the manufactured ones. Our Sindy house was lovingly made by my Dad, it was basically a tall bookshelf with extra wide shelves that gave it three rooms. Each room was then furnished by my Mum's creative genius, sofas and beds made out of tissue boxes, tables made out of cardboard toilet roll inners for the pedestal with cardboard for the top and book shelves made out of little boxes. She made blankets, pillows and cushions out of off-cuts of fabric. We adored it, but what struck me today was that my parents who had very little money thought really hard about a present they could give us and then they had to put all the work into creating it. We played with it for many years and it is only now that I truly appreciate how much love they put into making it.
So, which childhood Christmas present do you remember best? Not just the most expensive one but the one that was selected so carefully by the giver that it meant a lot?
NB. For those sharp-eyed people, yes I have started a thread on the ship with an identical post.