Happy Monday Speakies:
I know Mondays are not usually one of our favorite days of the week but with Christmas only 6 days away these Mondays of the holiday season seem like a Friday to me. Today we will be talking toys and I mean the memories of the toys you received from Mom and Dad (as alias Santa Claus). I have to put on my thinking cap and try to remember my favorites so let’s go back in time as I remember mine.
One of my favorites was a Daisy Air Rifle; of course my parent made sure Santa brought me the one model that does not shoot BB’s. It was still one of my all-time Christmas favorites. I still remember going outside that morning and popping off those air rifle sounds and spooking all the dogs on my block.
Once I received a trumpet not a real expensive one but I had to try it out and I woke up the whole house that morning. Not a very good start for a Christmas morning for Mom and Dad.
My machine gun, it included a stand, along with a cartridge containing 100 plastic bullets. It had a handle you turned like an old Gatlin gun and those bullets would fly out like the real thing. I found that gun in my parent’s basement when my boys were little and they had a chance to enjoy it too.
I had a train set I received when I was very little and I believed it belonged to my Uncle Ed. It was an American Flyer from 1938 and I’m proud to say I still have it. My dad nailed down the tracks on plywood and our tree was always in the middle. We built a small station with all those plastic village things you see that make up the scenery. I enjoyed hours of watching it go around making that engine sound and seeing the smoke coming out of the stack. I checked it out recently and it seem I would only need to replace rubber portions near the wheels and a new gear box. Great simple memories. I guess there were more toys I enjoyed but these stick in my mind today. If you have any memories send me a comment, it doesn’t hurt to write. Last year I wrote a post on remembering Christmas Eve and the Polish traditions we shared, I going to post that again probably on Christmas Eve for you to read once again. I going to take these last two weeks of December off to rest from writing but I will be back to wish all you Guys and Dolls a special Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, so enjoy the music as you read.
I know Mondays are not usually one of our favorite days of the week but with Christmas only 6 days away these Mondays of the holiday season seem like a Friday to me. Today we will be talking toys and I mean the memories of the toys you received from Mom and Dad (as alias Santa Claus). I have to put on my thinking cap and try to remember my favorites so let’s go back in time as I remember mine.
One of my favorites was a Daisy Air Rifle; of course my parent made sure Santa brought me the one model that does not shoot BB’s. It was still one of my all-time Christmas favorites. I still remember going outside that morning and popping off those air rifle sounds and spooking all the dogs on my block.
Once I received a trumpet not a real expensive one but I had to try it out and I woke up the whole house that morning. Not a very good start for a Christmas morning for Mom and Dad.
My machine gun, it included a stand, along with a cartridge containing 100 plastic bullets. It had a handle you turned like an old Gatlin gun and those bullets would fly out like the real thing. I found that gun in my parent’s basement when my boys were little and they had a chance to enjoy it too.
I had a train set I received when I was very little and I believed it belonged to my Uncle Ed. It was an American Flyer from 1938 and I’m proud to say I still have it. My dad nailed down the tracks on plywood and our tree was always in the middle. We built a small station with all those plastic village things you see that make up the scenery. I enjoyed hours of watching it go around making that engine sound and seeing the smoke coming out of the stack. I checked it out recently and it seem I would only need to replace rubber portions near the wheels and a new gear box. Great simple memories. I guess there were more toys I enjoyed but these stick in my mind today. If you have any memories send me a comment, it doesn’t hurt to write. Last year I wrote a post on remembering Christmas Eve and the Polish traditions we shared, I going to post that again probably on Christmas Eve for you to read once again. I going to take these last two weeks of December off to rest from writing but I will be back to wish all you Guys and Dolls a special Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, so enjoy the music as you read.
3 comments:
I still have my original American Flyer trains. Some odd cars for sure, one was I believe to hoist other cars that had derailed and had a block and tackle on a boom. Another was the searchlight car. How about taking the lead tinsel and laying across the tracks to cause a short? And boy those lead balls could hurt if they were rolled tight couldn't they.
I remember the Daisy air rifle as having a bar across the front of the barrel but we managed to pack some stuff in there to shoot anyway. Lever action pump was great.
Skip
Skip: Glad I have mine also, no tracks but the trains. Dirt was great source to put in the gun.
Hi Joe:)
I liked toy trains too but we had bad luck with them, the transformer would always burn out shortly, but we played with them afterwards anyway even if they were not functional:)
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