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Your oldest gift/present

Allegheny — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:20:59 GMT

What is the oldest gift or present you received for a birthday or Christmas that you still have. Mine is a transitor radio I received from my parents when I was about 13. It still works. How or why I decided to keep it, I have no idea, but having it makes me smile with memories.

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SandPiper — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:24:18 GMT

My Raggedy Ann and Andy from mom and dad 50 years ago. And I proudly display them in my computer room.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:30:32 GMT

A sapphire ring that I got from my parents for Christmas. It is a size too small, but I wear it on my pinkie sometimes. It's a nice memory.

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Westshopper — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:32:13 GMT

A book it's has 2 storys Cinderalla and the Pide Piper the illustrations are gorgeous I rarely read the Pide Piper the rats scared me and grossed me out it's 46 Years old gift from grandmother.

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GSPgirl — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:34:35 GMT

@Allegheny wrote:
What is the oldest gift or present you received for a birthday or Christmas that you still have. Mine is a transitor radio I received from my parents when I was about 13. It still works. How or why I decided to keep it, I have no idea, but having it makes me smile with memories.

I miss my transistor! Does a gift for my birth count? I still have my very first teddy bear that my great grandma gave me when I was born. It’s 59 years old! I moved all my life, so for me to have this is quite something.

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Drythe — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:40:01 GMT

I have the Teddy Bear to which my Dad attached my Mom’s engagement ring when he proposed. When I was born he became mine. He has a music box in his tummy that plays Teddy Bear’s Picnic.

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on the bay — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:40:10 GMT

@Allegheny-

That is an interesting, thoughtful question!

I remember my pink transistor radio way back then. It seemed to be the thing we all wanted.

Thinking about it, I am surprised that I don't think I really have a present much past 10 years.

I tend not to hold onto things forever, esp. if they make me sad.

I do still have clothes my sweet fil gave me money to buy when I was in my twenties. He wanted me to have nice clothes (for a change lol!)

I still have a beautiful, classic cranberry peplum jacket with glossy black buttons from Casual Corner with some of the money he gave me and still wear it.

One of my most treasured things was a gift to myself when I was 17.

A dolphin sculpture by a well known artist at the time who had the most natural beautiful colors on his sculptures. It still is one of my favorite things of all.It is probably the first "thing" I'd grab if I had to leave the house (after, me and my grandcat!)

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Allegheny — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:40:21 GMT

@GSPgirl wrote:
@Allegheny wrote:
What is the oldest gift or present you received for a birthday or Christmas that you still have. Mine is a transitor radio I received from my parents when I was about 13. It still works. How or why I decided to keep it, I have no idea, but having it makes me smile with memories.
I miss my transistor! Does a gift for my birth count? I still have my very first teddy bear that my great grandma gave me when I was born. It’s 59 years old! I moved all my life, so for me to have this is quite something.

Of course it counts!

I didn't put in my post that my transistor is 52 years old. I remember late at night as a kid I would play it to see from how far away I could pull a signal.

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deeva — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:25:00 GMT

I still have my Elgin transistor radio my parents gave me when I graduated from 8th grade. Unfortunately, mine doesn't work.

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Pook — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:43:12 GMT

I still have the black and white poloroid camera I got for my 8th grade graduation. One of the first that came out where you had to brush stuff over the curled up photo after it came out.

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on the bay — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:49:29 GMT

Oh wait! I do have one!

The necklace pendant my son gave me with an inscription to me. He had it done when he was in the army and I do treasure that.

He gave me a beautiful heart necklace too that sadly fell out of my carry on bag on the plane. It was in my cosmetic case and I cried. I sent in several lost claim forms, called many times but it was gone. I'm sure someone really loved getting it-many of my favorite things were in there.

But my son said it was just a necklace and I didn't need it to know he loved me😥

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alicedee — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:50:36 GMT

I still have (and wear occasionally) a birthstone necklace my grandma gave me for Christmas when I was 8 or 9. That was over 50 years ago!

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RedTop — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:51:01 GMT

My oldest gift is my first Easter purse when I was 5, which would have been in 1961. Next is the engraved white Bible I received for Christmas 1962, from an aunt and uncle who passed in the 80’s.

I have a bracelet from a Sunday School gift exchange in the early 60’s. I have 3 books of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and bedtime stories from the early 60’s. I have a tiny gold holiday pin given to me by an uncle when I was 7, and a gold bangle bracelet from my Papaw for my 8th or 9th birthday. I also have an engraved book marker from an elementary friend who drew my name in our class drawing. I still have my first watch, birthstone ring, and a jewelry box from my parents.

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NycVixen — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:40:42 GMT

A beautiful and unique 14K gold bracelet received from my father when I was 14. It began my love affair with jewelry.

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Carmie — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:04:58 GMT

I have a lot of older gifts. I have a cross Necklace from when I was baptized, a 14k Bulova watch I got when I was 13. A Schwinn bike I got when I was 12.

I also have a SS charm bracelet I got when I was 10. It has a charm from the NY worlds fair from the same year...among many others. I do not like to get rid of gifts. I still have BD cards from my one and only Birthday party when I was 13. I have a box of keepsakes from when I was a child with many items that were gifted to me when I was a little girl.

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blackhole99 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:08:43 GMT

My MIL would give me an antique at XMAS and I still have all of them so far.

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willdob3 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:13:38 GMT

@Allegheny

I have two good rings that were gifts from my father when I was a teen. One was a Valentines Day gift. I don’t recall the occasion I received the other ring for. I still wear both rings.

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itsmagic — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:34:55 GMT

A Barbie doll my Aunt gave me for Christmas when I was in 2nd grade. She is over 50 years old.

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OKPrincess — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:37:21 GMT

I still have my engraved red bible from parents on Christmas in 1964. I was 11 yr old.

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Allegheny — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:37:43 GMT

Now that I am reading all the replies, I realize that in the attic I have other treasures given to me by grandparents and family from the time I was five or six. Its bitter sweet; they are not of much value but are my treasures. I have no children to pass them on to.