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best present was my pasta frame from my twins
My best christmas present ever was the 1st xmas with my daughters as babies!
Best present ever received – Red Oroton bag 🙂
Best Christmas pressie was a princess Barbie when I was 10!
Best gift received was the opportunity to be a mum x
best present would have been my youngest daughter
My best present was these little white heel shoes I desparately wanted when I was about 7. I remember my tein and I crying with excitement.
Awesome giveaway, fingers crossed and good luck to everyone
The best Christmas present I have ever received was my now husband proposing to me at 12.01am on Christmas eve/Christmas morning because I love Christmas!!!
my two beautiful girls..
Those walkie talkies when I was 7 loved them
I got a new car for my birthday this week, that would have to be the best gift I’ve received to date (of monetary value anyway!). 🙂
The best present I recieved was smiles from 4 little faces on Christmas Day. I recieve this gift every year and I am truly blessed for that.
My best ever Christmas present happens every year when I see the amazement in my kids’ eyes when they get up on Christmas morning!
Best gift ever was being told that I didn’t have cancer. 🙂
My best present was when I was heavily pregnant with my first. It was a tin of wafer sticks (which I was craving heavily) – or so I thought until I busted that tin open and found an engagement ring!
A toy dog that barked & did backflips – in preparation for the real one to arrive a few mOnths later 🙂
the smile on my kids faces when they open their christmas presents!
My barbie van!! Now it is the noy of watching my kids open their pressies 🙂
My Pregnant Barbie doll. I loved Barbies and Babies so this was the Ultimate Christmas Present.
Best present I’ve ever received would be the swing set my sister and I got when we were kids!
Vegemite bowl, cup and plate set from my Nana when I was a kid! Still have the cup and plate, but the bowl was broken.
My kitchen aid (after being very sick in hospital )
A necklace with hand-stamped pendants of my 2 gorgeous kids’ names and dates of birth – most surprising because my wonderful husband had actually remembered my mentioning it months earlier which I had forgotten about!
Seeing the children’s faces light up when they stumble out of bed on Christmas morning and see what Santa has left for them! Priceless!
We never really got into the whole present thing, even now we tend to save the money for a holiday instead. Saying that though the best present I got (that I didn’t buy myself) was a necklace hubby bought me in Egypt for christmas one year we were there. I love it, it’s simple but beautiful.
A rally 20 bike!
My engagement ring…from my Christmas Eve proposal x
My best ever were the pink diamonds my husband surprised me with!!
My ipad!! Now I can shop from my comfy lounge whilst sipping a cup of tea 24/7!!!!
A microphone set when I was about 9 and had a disco party. Most fun ever!
Best Christmas present was a pendant with all my 3 kids names engraved on it. I wear it all the time close to my heart…
Best present I have ever received would have to be the holden astra convertible with a big red bow from my hubby:)
I love you mumma! from my 2 year old.
The best ever present I received is the gift of life with my two beautiful children. And this makes Christmas even more joyous.
the birth of my first granddaughter on christmas day 2005
The jelly sandals that I had been desperately wanting and santa delivered when I was 8 years old – OMG that was an amazing day!
The joy of watching my son’s excitement on Christmas morning after a visit from Santa
My best present ever has happened every year for the last 18 years !! Watching the pure wonder on our 5 kids faces and listening to the squeals of excitement, in the chaos that is Christmas morning. Absolutely priceless 🙂
Best present I received is a $5000 Alannah Hill Gift Voucher, it certainly has been an exciting journey going through different seasons of her beautiful, unique designs!
After a stressful pregnancy and flying from Alice to Adelaide for an amino – being told that everything was ok 🙂
A necklace from hubby
Getting a portable cassette player!!
I got a puppy 4 years ago for Christmas, BEST PRESENT EVER!!
The best present I received was a tip interstate staying at Palazzo Versace and being asked to marry the love of my life
Best present was a pink Barbie bus and Barbie bubble bath when I was 11. I was so into Barbie.
Watching the excitement in my sons eyes to see presents under the tree
The best gift I have ever received other than my children is an amazing sketch of me with my 12 day old daughter….I will treasure it always!
My best present ever I received last year with my little mans first Christmas, he made me a photo frame at preschool covered in sand and shells with his smiling face inside. I didn’t realize how much fun Christmas is with little ones around!
Best christmas gift I ever received was a silky dressing gown and black patent pumps!
best present i have got is my Canon 5 D mark 11 🙂
The best present I ever got was the “Pretty in Pink” Barbie. I had nagged and pleaded all year for Santa to bring me one back in the early 80’s. I was over the moon on Christmas morning when I found her wrapped under the tree! It makes me smile now just thinking about how happy and excited I was.
lady bird earrings santa left when I was about 7.
Best present was a sleep in
Best present was from my partner last year he got me a pamper package 🙂 I am training him well haha
The best present was when i was 10, my dad had repainted in emerald green an old dragster bike, he also had added a big squeaky horn to it!
The best gift I’ve ever received was news that my in-laws were moving from right next door to another suburb.
Best present I ever received was a surprise visit from family who live overseas 🙂 x
My baby boy,best gift ever <3
My best christmas present was the year Hubby surprised me with Pink Tickets. I had wanted them so bad but would have a had a 6 week baby at the time of the concert and didnt buy them…but he did!
My brother and I got an original Nintendo with Mario Bros. game when we were kids – best present ever! 🙂
best present for Christmans is receiving the hand made and hand picked items from my 4 beautiful kiddies xoxo
An eternity ring with my girls name’s inscribed xx
I once nagged all year for the “Pretty in PInk” Barbie back in the early 80’s. I was so sure I wouldn’t get one and was delighted to find Santa had left me one under the tree. I must have been extra special that year!! ha, ha!
The best present iv received is a locket necklace off my mum the day I have birth to my 1st born daughter 6 years ago.. We lost my mum that same exact day 2 years ago and it means more to me now more than ever
My best present not including my children is my diamond engagement ring it was a 5 year wait but so very worth it!
The best Christmas present was an oversea call from my parents. I won’t forget it forever. My heart felt warm at that moment.
it was to go home and see my family and sisters after 31/2 years away it was the best gift ever and the best christmas
My best ever christmas present was giving birth to my two beautiful children!
Best present I ever received was a new bike when I was 7
Being pregnant with my youngest child 🙂
Best gift I received was my first piece of Tiffany jewellery from my husband & children.
Best present was when my mum & dad gave me my first car.
My best present was a ceramic wine goblet, this prize would top it though 🙂
Subscribed and shared 🙂
My best present ever was my son last year days before my 42nd birthday. 3 weeks early and an emergency C/S due to cord prolapse, he’s my little miracle 🙂 LOVE my big two as well (aged 12 and 13)
The magic of Christmas every year as I watch my little girl open her presents and give to others is the best gift I could ever receive!
The best Christmas present was my eternity ring from my husband last Christmas when I was pregnant with our first daughter. It was such a surprise!♥♥
A handmade xmas card from my children, very special x
a proposal and engagement ring 7yrs ago!
A gogo ball, I was 9 I think. (anyone else remember them?)
Waking up Christmas morning and seeing the smiles and happiness on my two little boys faces is the best present any mother could ever ask for 🙂
That and Diamonds!!!
My I-pad
The love of family and friends 🙂
my Canon Digital SLR, I squealed when i opened it.
My husband bought me a Jack Russell puppy, he lived for 14 long years and was a part of our family. He would have to have been the best Xmas present every.
Sewing machine
A holiday to Thailand!
Anything that was a surprise…
the best gift I have ever received would be my 2 miracle babies! <3 xx
My talking Cricket Doll when I was 8 years old I woke up at 6am to open my present 🙂
My son was born on the 21st of dec,I got to come home from the hospital on Christmas eve -definitely my best ever christmas!
best xmas pressie i ever got was my son he was born 2 days before xmas x
My best Christmas present was an e-reader
My daughter!
My first “I Love You” from my boyfriend who is now my husband of 4 years!!! Beats any material gift. Every Christmas now we spend a quiet moment together alone, talking and remembering the past years.
Probably my dog and the earrings that my now husband gave me our first christmas together
Stunning red leather bag from hubby – although I did pick, pay and wrap it for him to give to me. Lol. His family thought he’d done a brilliant job picking it!
Seeing my kids open their presents on Christmas Morning 🙂
Discovering I was pregnant with my second daughter.
My doll’s house. now my granddaughter plays with it.
Hot pink bike with NO training wheels, spoke beads and handle bar tassels. It was quite the ride.
A handmade quilt with my favourite things featured – just bliss.
A gorgeous dressmakers model from my husband last year
A brown Vinyl ET softie the year that ET came out in the cinemas (just googled, 1982 so I was 9!). I worshipped that toy and had it for years after the vinyl was peeling off.
Best Christmas present ever would have to be to when we were kids and Santa didn’t leave any presents under the tree but the tree was covered with $200 worth of $5 notes!!!
A flight to Singapore!
Best present I have ever received are my 4 Grandaughters!
My best christmas pressie so far was watching my daughter last year unwrap all the families christmas presents. She was only 9 months old so i cant wait to see her have a go this year as a 19 month old. Christmas is definitly about the kids 🙂
The Christmas present I remember the most fondly as a child was water pistols from my uncle. My brother, sister and I had a ball getting wet whilst we played and had fun.
my 1 year old girl! Mummy loves her lots!!!
My daughter and a surprise timeless watch I ‘ve
been dreaming for from hubby!!
A camera when I was 16.
Best present ever was a French Market Stall when I was six. I thought it was ever so cool that I was the only kid that had Francs in my toy till.
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The best present I have ever recieved was my baby girl.
Best present ever… Last year I was pregnant with my first child which was super awesome but this year I think will top it, our first Christmas together followed 8 days after by her first birthday. All the memories she has given me are the best gift I could ever ask for!!
My best present was our first Christmas as a “completed family” 15 yrs ago….
my best ever xmas present was the birth of my first child, even if he was 3 days late
My rambunctious boys. Best presents ever!
A cream coloured KitchenAid mixer for my 1st wedding annivesary from my husband. I was so excited!
The best present I have received is a coffee machine for my lazy sunday mornings!
A Full set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I love the voucher books my kids have given me over the years 🙂
A very faint blue line on a white stick 🙂
When I was a child and got my first horse! I had that horse 26 years and loved him till death!
White roller skates that Santa brought me when I was about 7 or 8!
A cabbage patch kid I got at 7. Loved it. My daughter got 1 this year for her 7th birthday too.
The best Christmas present I ever received was from my best friend. A couple of years ago she gave me the box set of Degrassi Junior High DVD’s. It was like being a teenager again!
Bit of a theme it would seem… But my 3 children are the best gift I’ve ever received for sure! 🙂
God I am so practical… but it was my egg beaters I have them for over twenty years and they are still going strong.
My best Christmas present was not going into labour on my due date – Christmas day! She stayed in there for a few extra days 🙂
The best CHRISTMAS present, was my MOTHER celebrating her 80th birthday, on CHRISTMAS DAY, she was born on the 23rd, but we gave her a surprise CHRISTMAS/BIRTHDAY, she has been my LIGHT, MY JOY and my BEST FRIEND. MUM gave birth to SIX Children, and we all turned our GRATEFUL. WOW!!!!! LOVE YOU MUM….xxxx
The best Christmas presents i have recieved are the little things my children have made me at school, they put so much effort into making them and its makes me so lucky that they made it just for me 🙂
1st Class ticket to NZ for 2 weeks from my family!
The best christmas present I ever recieved was finding out I was finally pregnant with our first baby – then being able to tell the whole family was our best christmas present to them!!
My son was the best ever pressie 5 years ago any my daughter this year
my best christmas present is always the smiles on my kids faces in the morning
The best present I received was a smile from my 3 week old daughter and breakfast made for me by hubby.
My best christmas present was my sons two tiny foot prints in a frame from my two older children. The whole thing was stuck to the glass as they framed it when it was wet but it was such a beautiful thought 🙂
Best give I ever received was the reaction from my kids last year when they saw what Santa had left!
My best gift ever was a surprise birthday visit from my daughter – I’m in Brisbane, she’s in Sydney!
Having Christmas in my own home 🙂 was so fantastic to share the joy of Santa arriving at our house and having the time to enjoy the wonder of the whole day without pressure to be elsewhere with practically strangers!! And yay, we are home again this year!!
My eldest daughter – she was born Xmas eve 2006…. followed by a little sister this year
Best present was having my parents travel down and share Christmas with my family and my in-laws.
Becoming the mummy who gets to buy all of the presents, wrap them and watch the joy that comes from my kids when they open them every year. Especially the special ones from Santa!
That and the weekend away for for ONLY mummy and daddy.
I still remember getting diamond huggie earrings from my boyfriend for our first Christmas together – the little jewellery box had my heart racing. Not long after I got another little box and he is now my hubby and we have three beautiful boys. I knew at that first Christmas I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him!
I still remember getting a sandpit when I was 4! I cannot wait to do the same for my children!
my kids…
best xmas present was when my parents helped pay for our families flights down to visit our extended family
The best Christmas gift I’ve received was the visiting of my father-in- law and monther-in-law who were from China. My only wish on every Christmas is getting together with families, having dinner, talking and laughing. So sweet!
My best Christmas present was a bicycle my husband managed to hide from me until after family celebrations on the day.
The best pressie I received as a kid was my ZX Spectrum computer when I was 10. Since having kids, nothing beats their little faces on Christmas morning, priceless <3
I loved getting a nice cookbook from my baby boy…. Who is now 3! Where does the time go?
Best present is my beautiful baby girl!
My first xylophone. It was music to me ears
Best Christmas Pressie was giving a christmas present to our family and friends about our 1st then 2nd pregnancy!! Both times were beautiful boys!!!
My best present was an eternity ring from my husband which was a total surprise – I felt like I was being proposed to again, it was great!
best christmas present i ever got was my great grandmother’s engagement ring. a cherished gift passed to me from my grandmother. i like to thing i will regift it to my own granddaughter decades from now 🙂
Best Christmas present: Raggedy Ann doll…and my brother got a Raggedy Andy. They were so cute sitting in front of the tree!
My baby girl born on 25 Dec 2008, my best present ever.
Best present- Reciepe for my Great-Grandmothers shortbread. I can still remember her making it. Now I have the job, and love it 🙂
The best present I ever received was the one my mamma gave me….life 🙂
My best gift i ever received is my 2 beautiful girls. X
Our son, fifteen months later he continues to amaze me daily.
The best ever gift I have ever received was given to my by my dad. It was a salmon coloured bicycle for Christmas and I was 12. I would ride all over town visiting my friends and exploring streets and shops, it was such a cool bike. I loved riding down Third Avenue which was the steepest hill in town, never mind that it crossed a rather busy road. I was free that Summer!
Best Christmas gift, best gift I ever received was the promise from my Grandma that I could have my ears pierced on my next birthday….the promise was made and as she had died before my next birthday my Mum ensured that Grandma’s gift to me was forthcoming.
The gift now is bigger than the piercing, it’s about upholding promises and the love of family…..and people never die if others still cherish their memory. My ears were pierced 35 years ago. Merry Christmas Grandma.
Best present ever was my mountain bike from Santa when I was 10 🙂
When I was about 12 I wanted desperately a ladies bike I had seen in a catalogue. It was pink, had 10 speeds and brakes on the handle bars. My parents came through for me and I loved that bike so much.
The best Christmas gift I ever got was clothes when I was 12 🙂
My husband has bought me a gorgeous purple camera bag this year … I am SUPER excited !!!
The best present I received was my daughter born on Xmas day 2010, any other present I will ever receive will never compare 🙂
The best present I ever recieved was a handmade card from my daughter on Mother’s Day
Best present ever was a mothers day present from my daughter when she was in prep. A key with a key ring. On one side was a photo of her on the other side was a saying, ” You now hold the key to my heart “.
The best present i ever recieved was the positive line on my pregnancy test, we had waited patienly for over 3 years and i have never felt so much joy, technically not a gift but it was a gift to me my family
a handmade painting/picture that my 1yr old made at day care for mothers day 🙂
Best chrissy present was our replacement wedding/engagement ring our 2year old son accidently crushed others.hubby and I chose them again
The best present i ever recieved was the positive line on my pregnancy test, we had waited paitenly for over 3years and i have never felt so much joy, technically not a gift but it was a gift to me my family
A baby born in a manger and all he did to show us love! <3
The best present was last Christmas when Miss 5 and Miss 3 waited patiently until my husband and I woke up so they could open their presents, and we could share their joy and excitement.
My best Christmas pressie ever was my baby girl that we’ve been waiting for 11 years.
My mum and sister gave me some of the Wedgwood Sarah’s Garden Tea set, some for Christmas and then also for my birthday, it is really beatiful!
Tiffany bracelet <3
The best Christmas present I received was the big pink bike I got when I was 9.
The present I received was a hand made stamp made of stone for my son with his chinese name on it.
Honestly I can’t think of the best present I ever received, as I am more appreciative of things like my wonderful husband, daughter, family & friends. They are the best ‘presents’ just by being present. 😉
My best Christmas present I get every year, waking up to my kids with a smile from ear to ear.
My best ever present will be my 3 rd child due just around Christmas there could be no greater joy for me x
Diamond stud earrings – my husband has good taste!
The best presant for me, was hearing a few days before Chrissie that I had beaten my cancer. What joy that was to hear!
that’s wonderful. hope you remain well! Merry christmas Rebecca x
The best gift I ever received was a Mickey Mouse watch! I was 7 and thought I was the bees knees!
Cliche, but the best gift ever has to be my two gorgeous children who have taught me how to love unconditionally.
My beautiful children….
For me the best gift was a voucher for a massage spa treatment. But the best gift that was free was watching my son enjoying christmas with family last year and him smiling and laughing. x
The best gift I have ever received would be – my son Dylan (now 16 months) who would not have been possible without my other favourite gift….. my husband Glen xxx
Best gift ever was a voucher from my husband promising to come shopping with me for 3 hrs without complaining.
My darling son was born christmas day 2002, he is the sweetest boy and loves his mummy so much, Im so very proud of him and think he was the best christmas present anyone could ever get 🙂
The best christmas present i ever received was my daughter Macy who was not planned but very much wanted and loved .
The best christmas present i ever received was my daughter Macy who was not planned but very much wanted and loved .
a cuff bracelet i got 35 years ago, didn’t appreciate at the time but love wearing it now
Hubby bought me a beautiful set of Estee Lauder goodies one year which was magnificent. He hasn’t been able to come close to replicating that stroke of genius since!
Seems to be the common response, but my two little IVF angels
A Nintendo 64 that my brother and I got as a joint Christmas present when we were little.
I received a necklace with my sons name on the pendant. Xx
my record player so i could conert my record collection to CD
which will save any more scratches
that was suppose to be convert,
silly keyboard skips and i forget to check sometimes
My iPad! Now I can chat with friends and shop online while breastfeeding my baby – yay!
My daughter who was born on Christmas Eve 🙂
Definitely framed artwork from my son!
“What is the best gift you ever received”.
In 2007 my son and in 2012 my daughter
my 2 beautiful boys as well as a necklace with their names on it
My sister went into labour on Christmas Day and laboured all through Christmas dinner with our family, presenting us with our beautiful niece, Taylor Ann, that night… That was a magical Christmas…
seeing my beautiful childrens faces light up as they open their presents (corny I know!!)
Holding my baby girl for the first time, peering into her eyes & soaking her up entirely…the feeling of completeness ….Best present i could ever have asked for.
Best Christmas pressie was satin sheets & a bottle of samsara. It’s a long story I won’t go into it but it involves a hat stand:)
louis vuitton wallet from hubby 🙂
The best gift I’ve ever received are my two amazing children <3
A baby boy!