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Originally Posted by carbking
Today's children will probably not believe my next comment; but as a child, Christmas morning normally resulted in one, maybe two models of ships or airplanes, 1 book, and from the grandparents the normal stuff you needed (socks, gloves, and sometimes a $1 bill).
The models were good for about 40 hours of enjoyment (trimming, fitting, and painting) each.
The book would be read and re-read.
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Sounds familiar.
Christmas was always models, books, and some kind of project kit like Erector set. My grandparents always brought me promo models from '55 through the early '60s.
I always rode my bike into town when I was just a kid to go to the hobby shop. Every year they had a car contest and it was displayed in the front window. I wanted to do it one year. Dad was an engineer at GM and said that there will be a Corvair convertible coming out soon, let's build one. We cut the roof off and painted it candy red. It won 2nd or 3rd place and I did the contest for a couple years after with customs.
I'm instilling this routine or process with my 3 year old grandson.
