Comments by "kristine Sharp" (@kristinesharp6286) on "1955: What did children want from Father Christmas? | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive" video.

  1. Their fathers and uncles fought in world war 2.
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  2. It’s a common stocking stuffer. It was very exciting to have your own as they used to just cut with a knife according to my grandparents.
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  3. Could be toy side for blocks and cars he already has.
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  4.  @lauraswann5543  it’s not the price it’s the number of things people noticed. He asked for something cheap/useful and something expensive. It evens out. I hope he got it. Also back then one kid got a bike and the entire family used it. That is how it was with my dad in the 50’s. But me and my sister in the 70’s had our own at the same time, after the trike of course. But even that went on to other kids. Made to last multiple kids. A very surprising story in a comment on my dads obit page was the woman he passed our trike to when we both had our big girl bikes, that 5 more kids were able to have their turn with the old trike. It was such a great thing to read about. Before Facebook marketplace and dedicated thrift stores it was how items made their way around.
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  5.  @alanwilkinson9487  I’m not entirely sure cowboys and ‘Indians’ should have been shooting at each other. Cowboys were largely private citizens seeing a Native American and trying to kill or capture him or her to return to a reservation required to live in.
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  6. Who have guns
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  7. Who have guns
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  8. Who have guns
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  9. Kids ask for what they get. How funny he said too many on list.
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  10. His father fought in world war 2 and his grandfathers in world war 1.
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