{"id":5923,"date":"2005-11-26T09:32:33","date_gmt":"2005-11-26T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2005-11-26T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2005-11-26T14:32:33","slug":"all-i-wanted-for-christmas-or-hanukah-or-my-birthday-was-______","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/all-i-wanted-for-christmas-or-hanukah-or-my-birthday-was-______\/","title":{"rendered":"All I wanted for Christmas (or Hanukah, or my birthday) was ______"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post by Morbo<\/a><\/p>\n

Last Sunday the Carpetbagger tossed out<\/a> a non-political question about TV shows that were cancelled too early and got a flood of replies. Even I decided to get in on the fun.<\/p>\n

Since it’s a holiday weekend, I’d like to do something similar today. Just for a moment, forget the buffoon in the White House, cast aside the antics of Tom DeLay and pretend Dick Cheney is a character from a bad political potboiler. Let your mind drift and answer the following: When you were a kid, what was the coolest present you ever got for Christmas, Hanukah, your birthday or some other gift-giving occasion?<\/p>\n

Even a hard-as-nails cynic like me can’t help but smile every year when little Ralphie finally gets the air rifle he has pined for in “A Christmas Story.” I suppose most of us have a story, albeit less mad capped, like that about the one thing you just had to have and did in fact get. (Hopefully no one’s eye got shot out in the process.)<\/p>\n

I’ll start. Mine was a G.I. Joe lunar capsule set. I received this in the late 1960s during the height of the space race. It included a silvery astronaut outfit for my doll \u2013 I’m sorry, “action figure” \u2013 a space helmet, all manner of cool equipment and of course, the gray capsule itself, modeled on Apollo somethingoranother.<\/p>\n

I had it in my head that the moon was mountainous, so I bunched up a blanket on the floor and had Joe land repeatedly on the rocky surface. Even though this was supposed to be a peaceful mission, he took a gun along just in case. (See pictures of this item here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Just seeing it again puts a lump in my throat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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