taliabriscoe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} taliabriscoe) wrote,@ 2009-11-06 14:18:00 |
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It's That Time
I have new sympathy for parents who were caught up in the Tickle Me Elmo phase of manic shopping, or even further back when the Cabbage Patch Kids came out. It's that time of year now. The time when I become a frequent stopper by of the local Toys R Us (there's only the one in town,) various Wal-Marts, Targets and twice weekly visits to the Hasbro online toy shop. What my son really really wants are toys that are kind of hard to come by. At least one is a Toys R Us exclusive version of the Star Wars Galactic Heroes line. We saw it about a month ago while picking out a birthday present for a school mate. I thought it odd that Will didn't pick THAT toy for his friend, turned out he was employing the classic kid move of not buying the toy HE wanted because, well, he wanted it. I haven't seen it since then, either. And since I don't want to pay two to four times the original price online I've got to keep looking. I've got to remember to run back out and get things like that the very day I see them and not wait.
We try not to overdo on Christmas presents around here, but in a way that makes each one matter more. I remember what it's like being a kid. When you want that special something, you DON'T want it in an off brand, or in a different color, or the regular version when it was the deluxe set that made your toes tingle with anticipation.
Did you have something that you asked for year after year? Something that you finally got, or something that never came? I asked for a pony, and eventually a horse. No dice. Even once I understood about Santa I'd still ask for it, kind of jokingly and kind of not. The closest I got were a set of annual Hallmark rocking horse ornaments. When that series was discontinued I started getting one called "A Pony for Christmas," which at age 36 still makes me smile. I'll be getting them all out again in a few weeks; I look forward to it.
In the meantime, though, you'll find me on the toy aisle.
I have new sympathy for parents who were caught up in the Tickle Me Elmo phase of manic shopping, or even further back when the Cabbage Patch Kids came out. It's that time of year now. The time when I become a frequent stopper by of the local Toys R Us (there's only the one in town,) various Wal-Marts, Targets and twice weekly visits to the Hasbro online toy shop. What my son really really wants are toys that are kind of hard to come by. At least one is a Toys R Us exclusive version of the Star Wars Galactic Heroes line. We saw it about a month ago while picking out a birthday present for a school mate. I thought it odd that Will didn't pick THAT toy for his friend, turned out he was employing the classic kid move of not buying the toy HE wanted because, well, he wanted it. I haven't seen it since then, either. And since I don't want to pay two to four times the original price online I've got to keep looking. I've got to remember to run back out and get things like that the very day I see them and not wait.
We try not to overdo on Christmas presents around here, but in a way that makes each one matter more. I remember what it's like being a kid. When you want that special something, you DON'T want it in an off brand, or in a different color, or the regular version when it was the deluxe set that made your toes tingle with anticipation.
Did you have something that you asked for year after year? Something that you finally got, or something that never came? I asked for a pony, and eventually a horse. No dice. Even once I understood about Santa I'd still ask for it, kind of jokingly and kind of not. The closest I got were a set of annual Hallmark rocking horse ornaments. When that series was discontinued I started getting one called "A Pony for Christmas," which at age 36 still makes me smile. I'll be getting them all out again in a few weeks; I look forward to it.
In the meantime, though, you'll find me on the toy aisle.
