It was 1979, I was living in Stead Close.
There is an apartment store in Darlington called 'Binns'. It's part of the house of Fraser franchise. Myself and my parents were shopping there in December of 1979.
We all went to a part of the store that was full of toys and my dad told me to look for things that my sisters would like as presents. So I had a look around and eventually we all agreed on some presents for my sisters, they were probably dolls and things like that, sindy and Barbie and so on. My dad asked me to look for some presents for myself, so you can imagine I was a little taken back by this but also excited, this was a room full of toys, I was in heaven.
I think I picked a star ship enterprise and a Klingon battle ship of 'Star Trek' fame. Star Trek - The Motion Picture was just released so I was really into it at this point, I was seven for gods sake, that's an acceptable age for a 'Star Trek' fan.
That's when I knew Santa didn't exist, but hey....I didn't give a shit.
All of these presents were wrapped as one BROWN PARCEL and thrown on top of a big wardrobe in my parents room.
Naturally I cracked the secret by telling my sisters about the big parcel on top of my parents wardrobe. My sisters and I crept into my parents room (when they were out) and poked a little hole into the parcel.
Day by day as you can imagine.....this hole got bigger and bigger, it was so big that it was obvious to everyone that...IT WAS A BIG HOLE, it was obvious that someone was trying to look into the parcel yet nobody said anything and everyone carried on as normal day by day. Christmas day was the hardest task of all because when we opened that same parcel (when I say opened, it was really a bunch of presents with a scrap of wrapping paper on top) but when we looked at our presents we all feigned surprise and excitement. It was a hideous sight and a horrible performance from me I must say.
I don't think I looked too happy with my presents that year, but my dad just said to me 'Tough luck, you picked them!'
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