# What "lost" Christmas present would YOU like to find, years later **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643 "2021-12-07T14:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/1 "2021-12-07T14:35:59Z")
In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Chevy Chase is trapped in the attic and finds a wrapped Christmas present that was hidden and forgotten. So, if you were rummaging around in your attic and found a wrapped present from **decades** ago - what would YOU like to find? Two rules: Not something that would have been expensive originally. Otherwise we’d all think of a diamond/gold pin / expensive wristwatch - etc. And not something that you’d want to resell because the collectors have gone crazy over it. (No Superman #1) - although if it is something you’ve always wanted for yourself that is OK. I’ll start off the picks with one of the common Marx train sets. Just something to go around the tree. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/2 "2021-12-07T14:50:06Z")
One of those cheapo electric guitar and amp combos from the Sears catalog. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/3 "2021-12-07T14:54:20Z")
I always always always wanted a peddle car - like those little police cars. I never asked my parents for one because I just assumed they were really expensive - because it’s a car, right? A peddle car is still a car to a 3/4/5 year old. Years later I told my Mum who said ‘you should have said something. They’re cheap!’. I was THAT GOOD as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/4 "2021-12-07T14:55:30Z")
An electric slot car race track set. Damn those were cool! ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/5 "2021-12-07T14:56:03Z")
I will mostly second your train set. But mine would be Lionel. Indeed, when I was six or so my parents gave me such a set and we set it up around the tree each Christmas for years. The basic set grew bigger each year. At some point the whole kit and kaboodle was given away. I don’t remember being upset about it but I would sure like to find that old set boxed up in my attic. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/6 "2021-12-07T16:13:46Z")
A play kitchen with a sink, stove, and fridge. I always circled those in the Sears Christmas catalog. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/7 "2021-12-07T16:47:49Z")
Wouldn’t mind finding a 70s era GI Joe or two, or any of the peripheral toys, still in the original packaging. Would fetch a nice return on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/8 "2021-12-07T17:27:27Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > An electric slot car race track set. Damn those were cool! Got that present - still have it. I would want a Thingmaker set, with goop and everything. That I no longer have. Wish I still did. (this was the set I had) [![](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/thingmaker2.jpg) ](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/thingmaker2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/9 "2021-12-07T17:28:28Z")
The one big toy I always wanted but never got. (AT-AT.) (Okay, one of two—but I’m not nostalgic for a GI Joe aircraft carrier.) > **[AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) - Star Wars Collectors Archive](http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=39617)** > > The Star Wars Collectors Archive is virtual museum of Star Wars memorabilia from collectors around the world. Alternate choice, an original Grimlock. [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock\_(G1)/toys](https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)/toys) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/10 "2021-12-08T00:20:48Z")
My Fireball XL-5 toy. It vanished mysteriously one day from the living room, & I never saw it again. [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGQyMDI0M2QtYTgxZS00Y2U5LWE2ODctMjY1NWQxYzQxMzhmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDYyNzQyNA@@._V1_.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGQyMDI0M2QtYTgxZS00Y2U5LWE2ODctMjY1NWQxYzQxMzhmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDYyNzQyNA@@._V1_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/11 "2021-12-08T00:45:00Z")
That looks like it would really hurt to step on in the middle of night. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/12 "2021-12-08T00:45:09Z")
My Velvet doll with growing hair. What I really wanted was my own long hair, but it was not meant to be (my hair grows out, not down). [https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/293944203949\_/1970-Vintage-Ideal-Velvet-Doll-With-Box-Crissy-Growing.jpg](https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/293944203949_/1970-Vintage-Ideal-Velvet-Doll-With-Box-Crissy-Growing.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/13 "2021-12-08T01:30:45Z")
How about a collection of vintage Star Wars characters?! You know, the kind I used to light with matches to melt their faces. And the Millennium Falcon! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/14 "2021-12-08T02:03:00Z")
A gift for me misplaced by my father. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/15 "2021-12-08T04:40:59Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > That looks like it would really hurt to step on in the middle of night. Whoa! Also looks amazingly like the Rocket-Boat Lee Taylor committed suicide in, as far as I can recall. I remember the day well. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/16 "2021-12-08T16:18:40Z")
Checking in again. An packet of Christmas cards from the 1950’s. Just to see the difference in designs. (Can it be THAT many decades ago? Sigh.) A (my size) polyester leisure suit including a shirt that has the enormous collar ends and an op-art necktie that is about 6" wide. “Kids, this used to be the height of fashion.” ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/17 "2021-12-08T21:12:50Z")
A Betamax VCR. ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/18 "2021-12-09T03:16:21Z")
Do you have any movies? I may have a machine, if it survived the last purge. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/19 "2021-12-09T03:38:47Z")
I would love to browse a sears Christmas catalog again c 1974 ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643/20 "2021-12-09T03:41:37Z")
[Ask and ye shall receive.](https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalog/1974-Sears-Christmas-Book) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643.md?page=2)