This year, Grandma pulled out a stack of letters that my brothers and I wrote her with our Christmas lists. We thought they were pretty funny, so of course I'm reposting them, which may or may not violate my brothers' privacy.
Of course we were more than thorough with our wants, but none of us wrote a date on our letters, so my challenge to you is to take a look at our lists and tell me what year you think these were written. I'd give a prize to the winner, but, I don't know the answer myself, and I don't have any prizes.
Here you go, in order of age, from oldest to youngest.
Dear Grandma & Pop-Pop -
Thank you for your letter. I hope we can come up for Christmas. Mom said you wanted to know what I wanted for Christmas. So this is my list!
Big sweaters - you know the kind you bought me before except without the turtle-neck.
Jeans - faded
88-key keyboard
earrings
hair-things
books - Peggy Books - 3 & up
Shoes - black Sunday shoes - size 7 1/2 or 8
Stretch Pants
I think that’s it!! Did you have a good Thanksgiving? We did. I love you!! I miss you.
Love,
Susie
Dear Grandma & Pop-Pop
Did you guys have a good Thanksgiving? We did, we went to the Holliday’s house.
Thank you for the letter. That grandparent’s Day was fun. I wish you could have been there.
I will tell you what I want for Christmas:
faded jeans,
T-shirts Adult Small or Medium
Bulls Stuff*
Bears Stuff*
Bo Jackson Stuff*
“NIKE” shoes
Basketball cards
Football cards
Baseball cards
Watch
WWF Wrestling Buddies
Nintendo Games
Money
Bike
From,
Scott
PS Mark copied some of my stuff.
* Stuff as in posters & shirts
Dear Grandma & Pop-Pop,
I want these things for Christmas:
Winter Clothes
Nintendo Games
Michael Jordan stuff
Football stuff
football
Water gun
sword
Bow & arrow
WWF Wrestling Buddies
Ninja turtle figures
Ninja turtle stuff
faded jeans
T-shirts
Basketball cards
Football cards
Baseball stuff
Punching Bag
clothes
Bo Jackson stuff
From,
John
Dear Grandma & Pop-Pop,
This is what I want for Christmas:
Nintendo Games
Bow & Arrow
WWF Wrestling Buddies
He-man sword
School box
Ninja turtle figures
light-brights
coat
Michael Jordan stuff
Bears stuff
football suit
sleeping bag
Ninja turtle stuff
faded jeans
T-shirts
Bo Jackson stuff
Basketball cards
Football cards
Baseball cards
Punching Bag
Construx
Markers
toy boat
clothes
From,
Mark
A few observations and updates: What the heck is a Peggy book? Can anyone explain the obsession with Bows & Arrows? I don't think we got any of this stuff. John did just get a punching bag - lifelong dream fulfilled.
Name that year.
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9 comments:
Those things sound like my 1989 list....
Marc
Definitely mid to late 80's...and I think Peggy books were a Christian series if I'm remembering right. Too funny!
this is awesome! can you come home now?
Sometime between 1988-1991. :) That gave me a HUGE laugh.
And I have no idea about the Peggy books, which is funny because I thought I had a pretty good handle on all the pre-teen series, Christian or otherwise. Hmm.
Definately 1990.
The wwf, Micheal Jordan, ninja turtles...that all reminds me of my little brother. He was into ALL that stuff. He was born in 86 and was about 5 or 6 when he was into the turtles...so I am guessing early 90's.
Hope you're doing well. Sending prayers and best wishes your way
Shelly
I went to the sport source to get a time frame on Bo Jackson. 88,89 or 90 (mmm.. that narrows it down, right?) Sounds like sometime during one of those three years there was a house full of kids in faded jeans. But no turtle necks. Nice
Haha... with stretch pants on there, could have been high school! Pretty funny seeing the difference between you and your brothers.
1989-90 it is! :)
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