What's you favorite X-Mas Gift of all time?

[Alice]

I'm was really bad about asking for things for Christmas as a kid; I still am in fact, my husband goes crazy trying to figure out what to buy for me. Now my sister on the other hand, never had any trouble and consequently, she always received all kinds of neat stuff for Christmas.

This sounds kind of silly, and Spanky and Galleon will probably have a good chuckle but one year all I really wanted for Christmas was a goat. We lived on a farm, I had a horse and I was getting really involved with teen rodeo. One of the events for girls was goat-tying, kind of a tamed down version of calf roping, and I wanted a goat so I could practice. I wanted one so badly I actually asked for one and even put up a "Christmas Wish List" next to my sister's on the fridge that year. Hers was about a mile long but mine just had the one word on it: GOAT.

Christmas Eve came and I was watching for suspicious activity that might indicate a goat had been picked up or delivered, but nothing. Christmas morning came, presents under the tree had all been opened, but still nothing to do with a goat. We were about to sit down to breakfast when Grandpa said "I think you need to look outside, sounds like the dog wants loose." Tied to the front door knob was a pure white goat with a curly top knot and a big red bow on her neck.

I named her Angel

Alice

[Rick O]

Originally posted by Alice
I named her Angel

....then tied her legs together.

[rogerthmyers]

that is so funny!!!!

[rogerthmyers]

What ever happened to the GOAT???

[Alice]

LOL, you got it Rick

Roger, she was such a pet that she wasn't much good to use for practice. She took to following me everywhere and when the horse and I would run at her she'd just stand there and stare at me with those big eyes and wait patiently We went and got a big onery billy goat that was almost as big as I was...practicing tying him was hard work!

[rogerthmyers]

Alice...what a great story...

Ok..I'm leaving to go out of town today so this will be the last time I get to check this thread until after Christmas so I wanted to let everyone know what I created this thread.

Over the yrs (I'm only 26) I've forgotten how fun Christmas can be...I'm sure alot of us have until we have kids, then we realize what growing up is all about..How lucky we really were when we were young, very few responsibilities and what our parents had to go thru to make all of our Chrismas special. Seeing the responses and reading all of your stories have made me happy over the last couple of days, thank all of you for sharing those special stories with all of us and especially me. Telling those stories to your kids and then them telling there kids are what keep hope and memories of Christmas alive..Merry Christmas to all of you!!!!

[JennM]

Great stories!! Shirley, I used to play Cowboys & Indians with my cousin who is 2 months my senior... I used an "air gun" - made with thumb and forefinger ... ***POW***

Alice - what an awesome story - I just read it to my children

We're sitting here waiting for Scott to come home from the airport with our friend Richard, the house is as clean as it's gonna be, Tourtiere is in the oven (French Canadian traditional meat pie - we always have it on Christmas Eve), and "A Christmas Story" is on TV -- speaking of fave gifts -- "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"

I still have wrapping to do, but the rest is as done as it's gonna be.



Jenn