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ray1970
12-23-2019, 09:10
Anyone still have any gifts that mom/dad/Santa brought you as a child?

Santa brought me this belt buckle around 1976 and through all of life?s adventures I still have it today.

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spqrzilla
12-23-2019, 09:59
I still have a German made single action revolver repro in .357 magnum that was the first gun my father "gave" me.
ray1970
12-23-2019, 10:43
While it wasn?t a Christmas gift, I still have my first firearm as well. It?s a single shot 410 with no serial number. Not 100% sure just how old it is but the lack of a serial number makes it pre-1968 for sure. Last time I fired it was about twenty years ago. I should probably bring it out on my next range trip.
Skywalker
12-23-2019, 11:54
Belt buckles must have been the thing. 79735
Bailey Guns
12-23-2019, 14:05
Yep...still have my first gun. A Sears .410 single shot. I got it in 1970 when I turned 10. One of my most valuable guns.
Irving
12-23-2019, 16:01
Most valued, or most valuable?
ray1970
12-23-2019, 16:18
Probably most valuable. I bet if you asked him for a price it would be pretty darn high. Lol.
fitterjohn
12-23-2019, 16:53
i still have xmas prenets i got as a kid. In fact every single gi joe that i had is currently in my sons room, half on the floor from this past weekend. it is kind of fun to go back and play with him with my old toys. he thinks they are the best thing ever. I also still have all my first guns. First hunting rilfe- lee enfield, fist shotgun-inland 20 ga, and first gun ever given to me from my dad ruger mk3. funny to think about my girlfriend was asking for stocking stuffer ideas and i said " i dont know, as far back as i remember mine only ever had 35mm film, batteries, and boxes of 22lr
StagLefty
12-24-2019, 09:12
A little different than what you guys are posting but my Mom gave me a plastic crucifix with a glow in the dark Jesus in 1954 and I still have it and the card from her. It hangs on the wall to this day. I'm amazed that somehow I hung on to it all these years and moves.
Little Dutch
12-24-2019, 09:20
A little different than what you guys are posting but my Mom gave me a plastic crucifix with a glow in the dark Jesus in 1954 and I still have it and the card from her. It hangs on the wall to this day. I'm amazed that somehow I hung on to it all these years and moves.

That one sounds weird. I'm chuckling a little trying to picture the thing.

I have stuff from birthdays, but I don't think I held on to much from Christmas.
SideShow Bob
12-24-2019, 12:09
That one sounds weird. I'm chuckling a little trying to picture the thing.

I have stuff from birthdays, but I don't think I held on to much from Christmas.

Better to giggle a little than to see this in your mind when trying to picture a glow in the dark Jesus........

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