what was YOUR best Christmas memory and present!?!

[sebastien]

Hey guys, now that we are getting more into the Christmas spirit, I was wondering what your best memories of Christmas were and your best Christmas :)

I'll start off. Ummm..... Since i am fairly young (13yrs) I am not quite sure... But I know for sure that THIS Christmas will be the best of all, i have been staying up late looking into the sky with my father, learning stars, constellations and looking things through my 10x42 binocs. This Christmas I will get my first scope (6" Dob, 153mm, f/ratio 7.8, sky-watcher) and I just cannot wait!!! Other from the future, my best Memories were when I was a small child possibly around 4-5yrs old, going to bed, seeing no Presents under the tree, then next Morning I woke up, and I saw Heaps, and was happy that Santa came (wink-wink, nudge-nudge...santa.......). My best present so far was last year, when I FINALLY got a microscope :)

Clear Skies
Sebastien.

[supernova1965]

I remember one Christmas I was sneaking out to look for Santa and in the lounge room there was this huge silhouette in the lounge with 2 big eyes and a big mouth after waking everyone up with my screams I was only about 5 my mum turned on the lights and I saw it was a tent :rofl::rofl:

Another XMAS I woke up in the morning and was told that my present was in my parents bedroom and when I went in behind the bed was what I at first thought was a Motorbike and I leapt over the bed straight onto the seat and my feet hit pedals it was probably the first of what we call BMX now but it had the Fuel tank and mudgaurds and motor all in plastic it looked so cool and was probably the best present I ever got after I got over the slight disappointment of finding pedals.:eyepop:

[sebastien]

HAHAH, great memos:lol: Thanks again for being thee first one posting on my new thread :thumbsup: Cool as present by the way;) haha, very funny indeed:lol::lol::lol: Greatly appreciated

Regards
Sebastien.

[Ric]

My best memory was Christmas 96, it was the last Christmas with both of my parents and the power went off just as lunch was to be cooked. :eyepop:

As the power didn't come back on until late in the afternoon we had a Christmas lunch consisting of salami sandwiches washed down with a rather nice Chianti. :lol: We had a nice seafood lunch on Boxing day instead.

It started a standing joke to this day where we always put out a salami sandwich on the lunch table just in case of emergencies. ;)

Cheers:)

[ngcles]

Hi Sebastien & All,



That is just fantastic news Sebastien!

I know that feeling. My best moment was when I was 8 -- 1970; the Christmas day my Tasco 9TE-5 60mm refractor arrived.

I hope this Christmas fulfills all your hopes and expectations mate -- and I also hope that 39 years later, you're still hooked.:thumbsup:


Best,

Les D

[sebastien]

Thanks a lot guys for all your replies.

First of all:-

1-Ric, great story!! hahaha so funny:rofl: plus on Christmas 96(the year that I was born:) ) Very nice story, great memory!!! I know that I will remember that story, even though it didn't happen to me:thumbsup: Really enjoyed reading it;)

2-Les, Thanks a lot, It is funny as a younger person to read these stories and see how long ago some people have started with astronomy and stayed with it:)
I certainly do know that this Christmas will just be AWESOME:D and that it will fill my expectations! I can see it everyday, sitting right next to my desk, outlooking a window:) And I do know for sure that 39yrs and well beyond that I will still be hooked on to Astronomy, I just absolutely love it!

My regards
Sebastien

[Darth Wader]

A Commodore 64, Christmas 1987:D

[sebastien]

That would have been the most awesome Christmas present back then!!!

[matt]

A Sinclair ZX-81 in the Xmas of '81 or '82. I don't remember exactly.

But it was the beginning of a long love affair with computers:)

I think it snowed that Xmas in London, too.

Such great memories. I also have a memory of a Tasco telescope Xmas.That was a wonderful year too.

Then the Steve Austin 6-million-dollar man doll...and the wind-up Evil Knievel motorbike!!!!! Wooohooooo.........

[sebastien]

hahahahaha, that's awesome!!!! That would of been so nice, and such fun times :)

[toryglen-boy]

Xmas 1982, in Glasgow. i got a bike that year, but the UK was gripped in quite a cold Winter, moreso in Scotland where its at least 10 degrees colder all round, all year

Anway, i got my first BMX when i was 12, a Diamond Back Silver Streak, and i couldnt go out and play, as there was 1.5 metres of snow outside

:P

[sebastien]

haha, bad luck, if only we could control the weather, what a difference it would make, ahhhhh. :)

[kustard]

When I was 11 I got a Hornby Shunter electric train set. Used to make the track up then build a lego town around it.

[sebastien]

I remember those good times, haha, :). I remember when I was about 5-6 yrs old, I got a wooden train set, used to play with it ALL the time :)

[stephenb]

Same. A Hornby/Triang train set for a XMas around mid-late 70's. Battery operated but with only one set of batteries, when they went flat, we put them in the oven of the IXL wood stove for 15 minutes to heat them up and they were charged again for another hour!

[sebastien]

hahah, great story, absolutely love it :)

[seanliddelow]

Hi Sebastian,

Im also a younger person on the forum although I was born in 1995. My best Christmas present I have ever got was a Razor electric scooter which I got last year. This year Im looking forward to an Ipod Touch which I will buy for myself and a suprise gift from Santa (My Mum;)). I also need a collimator for my 12" Dob:D.

[supernova1965]

What don't you believe in Santa that's sad I still believe;)

[multiweb]

That's an easy one. Kindergarten. Must have been 4 or 5 at the time. The firies organised a red helicopter to land in the school yard and santa came out. He got mobbed by 100s of kids like a rock star. Everybody wanted to touch him. It was great! Still remember it to this day. :thumbsup: :D

[seanliddelow]

Yeah I remember when one of my school mates dressed up as santa 2 years ago and he got mobbed and physically attacked by what seemed like several hundred kids :lol:

[sebastien]

Some absolutely fabulous stories here, loving them all so much :)

1-To sean, it's great to see us younger people being so interested in astronomy, Razor electric Scooter :) man I wish i had one of those :) and I am sure that you will love your Ipod Touch (I don't own one myself) but i have seen a lot of people with them, and the smiles on their faces are HUGE:lol::thumbsup: Yoou own a 12" Dob??!?!??! WOW that's amazing!!:eyepop:and also, the physical attack, what are kids turning into these days?hahahahhah, that would of been something to see:thumbsup:

2-To Warren, it's great to see some people still believing in Santa:lol:;):thumbsup:

3-To Marc, WOW, now THAT would have been a sight to die for, haha, a helicopter, man that's impressive, I also can just picture in my mind heaps of kindergarten kids, just rushing up, trying to touch him, I bet it was one of those memories that you just never forget :):thumbsup:

Clear Skies
Sebastien.;)

[Kevnool]

To many yarns to mention, Mostly the wife and son catch up with all the inlaws oops sorry the outlaws.
We just all get together and have a beerfest.

Havent had a christmas with the rest of the family for 16 years as thats another story.

Cheers Kev.

[sebastien]

AAAHHHH I am just about to go to pick up my telescope:eyepop::eyepop::eyepop::l ol:eyepop::eyepop:!!!!!!! (But what sucks is that I probably won't be able to open it 'till Christmas):sadeyes:but who cars.AHHHH I'll write when I come back, and try to post a pick of the box or something!! See you all soon:D:D:D:):):D

[seanliddelow]

Try to convince your parents that you cant use the dob on christmas early because the sun doesnt rise till 12 o'clock :P then you might be able to use it earlier.

[sebastien]

Yea, I did!!! I have just finally assembled it together!!! I can't upload pictures :S... It looks so awesome, but I can't use it for tonight because of the clouds :S, but who cares, I am so happy that I have it finally have it:)

[sebastien]

Hahah funny :)

[ngcles]

Hi Sebastien,

Here's hoping for you especially, that there are several clear nights over the next couple of weeks.

There is heaps of advice here on the site about all manner of things -- what free astronomy software to download and how to do this or that or find the other.

Ask questions by all means but you'll probably find most of the questions that you will have, have already been asked and answered by others in the past. Use the search function to find those answers. Have you got a planisphere?

Also think about joining an astronomical society as well. There are quite a few in Sydney and I'm sure one is not too far away. Several have junior groups where you can also find people your own age with the same interest.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/clublistings.html

I really hope you get a few clear nights mate. Let us know in the observing section how your first night went.


Best,

Les D

[sebastien]

Thankyou very much Les, greatly appreciated:) and I think that tonight is going to be a GREAT night to go out with my telescope because so far in the day there are absolutely no clouds in sight, and the weather is warm, so there is barely any chance that clouds will form :)

I don't have a planisphere but I get the star charts/planisphere off other websites eg.http://skymaps.com/downloads.html

I have thought about joining a astronomy club/society, and I have heard from the guy which we picked up my telescope yesterday that there is a very good one in Epping so I will definitely check that one out for sure :)

And I sure will let you guys know how my first night went :) Thanks a lot again, greatly appreciated:thumbsup:

Kind regards,
Sebastien:thumbsup:

[markcollier8]

When I was 4 Santa gave me a 24" Melvin Star trouble is I could'nt reach the peddles for 6 months the actual best was when I was 10 I went out to find a 3ft box under the xmas tree I opened it up & there was a slug gun I thought all my xmases had come at once nothin' was safe in my neigbourhood for whole year!

[sebastien]

Haha, that must have been awesome!!!:)

[Baron von Richthofen]

I wish I could tell you but I don't remember, as years go by I remember less and less, the reason for this is that I suffered brain damage when I was 1.5 years old, my school days was a HORROR, later on it improved but it is decaling at the moment
But I must have had a very good Christmas but I cant remember:stupid:

[sebastien]

That's okay :), I am sure you did :thumbsup:

Regards,
Sebastien

[sebastien]

WOOOOOOOO!!!! Got to take my telescope out last night ! !!!!!! Check in Observational Astronomy and the new thread: YOUR FIRST NIGHT WITH A TELESCOPE