March 2010 - The Best Christmas Ever
As I write this its the day before New Years Eve -New Years Eve Eve, and I got the idea a few days before Christmas thinking back to previous Christmas's deciding which had been the best.
I must have been 6 or 7 and we were living in Greenville, SC. @ 7 Princeton Ave. I remember that because if I was ever lost, I was to tell whoever it was who found me to take me to that address. I also remember I was wearing pajamas with the feet in them so I was probably closer to 6 than 7. That whole Christmas is so vivid making me think as to why previous Christmas's seem to not have excisted at all? I know there were previous Christmas's, I just remember nothing of them, yet I have memories that go back farther of other things - like being in diapers in the basket of my big sisters bike racing down a bumpy grass hill with the metal basket digging into my back hurting me. I remember THAT!
Regardless, THIS particular Christmas was the BEST ever! I vividly remember getting to open a gift on Christmas Eve and it was a red Hess Firetruck that had flashing red lights that lit up my darkened hardwood floored bedroom just like a real fire truck. I thought this was just the greatest visual ever as the red lights spiraled around the room. Then on Christmas morning I distinctly remember an unwrapped GI Joe Space Capsule just sitting there unwrapped on a big wrapped present waiting for me. I sometimes wonder what happened to such toys of mine. Are they pieces of broken plastic in a landfill? Where did they go? They just seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth. Who knows, they might even be stored away in my parents attic. I dont keep track of such things but I do know that such a toy would be worth ALOT these days and even more so in its original packaging.
I dont remember much else about what presents I recieved but I remember I was just so happy and content and it was the best Christmas ever. I do remember though that later on that day the house caught on fire and burned to the ground and we all barely made it out alive and once in the yard recovering from the smoke inhalation we were hit by a bolt of lightening and then on the way to the hospital the ambulance was T-boned by a 18 wheeler speeding through an intersection and once at the hospital I was given the wrong medication and went into a coma and then later while recovering I was almost electrocuted by some faulty wiring.
But all that didnt matter as I had that Hess Firetruck that lit up a room with its flashing light and a GI JOE Space Capsule. It was without a doubt -THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!
I must have been 6 or 7 and we were living in Greenville, SC. @ 7 Princeton Ave. I remember that because if I was ever lost, I was to tell whoever it was who found me to take me to that address. I also remember I was wearing pajamas with the feet in them so I was probably closer to 6 than 7. That whole Christmas is so vivid making me think as to why previous Christmas's seem to not have excisted at all? I know there were previous Christmas's, I just remember nothing of them, yet I have memories that go back farther of other things - like being in diapers in the basket of my big sisters bike racing down a bumpy grass hill with the metal basket digging into my back hurting me. I remember THAT!
Regardless, THIS particular Christmas was the BEST ever! I vividly remember getting to open a gift on Christmas Eve and it was a red Hess Firetruck that had flashing red lights that lit up my darkened hardwood floored bedroom just like a real fire truck. I thought this was just the greatest visual ever as the red lights spiraled around the room. Then on Christmas morning I distinctly remember an unwrapped GI Joe Space Capsule just sitting there unwrapped on a big wrapped present waiting for me. I sometimes wonder what happened to such toys of mine. Are they pieces of broken plastic in a landfill? Where did they go? They just seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth. Who knows, they might even be stored away in my parents attic. I dont keep track of such things but I do know that such a toy would be worth ALOT these days and even more so in its original packaging.
I dont remember much else about what presents I recieved but I remember I was just so happy and content and it was the best Christmas ever. I do remember though that later on that day the house caught on fire and burned to the ground and we all barely made it out alive and once in the yard recovering from the smoke inhalation we were hit by a bolt of lightening and then on the way to the hospital the ambulance was T-boned by a 18 wheeler speeding through an intersection and once at the hospital I was given the wrong medication and went into a coma and then later while recovering I was almost electrocuted by some faulty wiring.
But all that didnt matter as I had that Hess Firetruck that lit up a room with its flashing light and a GI JOE Space Capsule. It was without a doubt -THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!
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