Memories of Christmas past. Care to share a memory of Christmas during anytime of your life. I remember making my

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10. The first time I bought my parents a "real" present

Not counting all the times I went shopping with my mom or dad for the other one, or all the presents I bought them from the elementary school's Santa Shoppe they did for the kids. The first time it was my money and my idea on my own. I was so excited for it because it was the first time I got something for my parents that was a thought out and meaningful gift. The person at the checkout even helped me out by putting an extra paper bag over it so they couldn't see what it was, I was still too young to drive myself.

It was a 12 count set of Coke-a-Cola glasses.

At the time a lot our glasses were actually repurposed plastic containers, does anyone remember the early 80's cartoon Foofur? Well for a while the grocery store was selling something, I think it was butter, in plastic cups, actual cup shaped containers, that had characters from Foofur on the cups. By this time the cups were so faded you couldn't make out what was supposed to be on it but between that and a set of plastic camping cups that was about all we had to drink out of. So when I got that set of glasses for them I really thought I was getting them something nice that they were really going to like. for 11 or 12 year old me, that was a big deal