Christmas is a time for excitement and wonder, especially for kids. They have the biggest and boldest dreams and truly believe in the magic of Santa, elves, and reindeer. As adults, we know too well how hard it can be to find the perfect gifts for the little humans in our lives — the list of toys can be endless and their curiosity boundless. But what about when their requests leave you scratching your head, to say the least? Their fervid imaginations can lead to some pretty unusual gift requests, making us wonder how kids can be this weird.
Just ask any parent who has had to deal with children wishing for a real-life dinosaur or a pet unicorn for Christmas. It’s an absolute joy to see their faces light up with excitement when they open their Christmas presents, but how do you even deal with… this?
If you’re ready to be amazed and amused by the weirdest things kids asked for Christmas, check out these funny Christmas stories that people shared on AskReddit. From hot dogs to a coffee maker, a horse’s head to a divorce, it seems that some kids have pretty wild ideas about what the perfect present should be like. This list of weird Christmas gifts is sure to leave you laughing and feeling nostalgic for the days when your own holiday wish list was just as imaginative and absurd!
#41
"My daughter asked for a lobster. A live lobster, like the ones in the grocery store, in a big fish tank that could live in her room and be her pet."
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64points
#42
"I know the weirdest thing I asked for was a pen that could write like a pen, pencil, marker, and crayon. I'd never seen one but was sure Santa could make it. I got a 4 color pen instead."
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61points
#43
"At my daughter's preschool, there was a Santa. Kids were asking for the usual things, like toys and unicorns. One little girl goes up. You can tell she is thinking really hard. She asks for 2 rolls of tape. Dream big kid!"
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61points
#44
"My eldest son asked Santa for a pair of scissors when he was 2. He got them and cut up his new shirt whilst wearing it then cried when it couldn't be fixed."
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61points
#45
"A kid asked for 5 gallons of maple syrup. When Santa asked him why, his response was that he liked to bathe in it and his bathtub could hold 5 gallons of water."
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60points
#46
"I once wrote a letter to Santa asking him to turn me into a vampire when I was 9. Yeah. I was cringey."
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60points
#48
"I asked for a rolling pin. Not a pony, not a barbie dream house... a rolling pin."
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56points
#51
"I once had a boy who said he wanted to be married and have 100 kids so he could have 100 friends. And no one can say no to being his friend."
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54points
#52
"Not a mall Santa but an elf at a charity event. I overheard a kid asking Santa for a real-life Pokémon, not a plushie or a Pokémon-themed toy, a living Pokémon. I'm sure the kid sat there for about five minutes making sure Santa fully understood the request."
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54points
#53
"6-year-old boy said that he just wanted 'Man United' to win the league. What's best is that Santa said, 'I can't work miracles now kid.'"
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52points
#54
"When I was a little kid, about 3-4 years old, I told a mall Santa that I wanted blue juice for Christmas."
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52points
#55
"I work with children. Once I asked the kids if they had asked Santa for anything. A shredder - this boy wanted a shredder. No idea why. But after the holidays, he was telling me all about the different settings on the shredder that Santa had brought him."
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52points
#56
"A 7 or 8-year-old who wanted a Velociraptor, and then proceeded to run around the Santa area showing me what a velociraptor looked like, screeching at the top of his lungs. Sure, it was probably funnier because it was the end of a shift but it has stuck in my mind like none other."
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51points
#57
"My kid asked for caution tape, like the kind used at construction sites. And a chainsaw."
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51points
#59
"My 9-year-old has asked for a relic from the Titanic wreck this year. Poor Santa didn’t know how to respond."
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51points
#60
"When my youngest was 4 she asked Santa for a brown, yellow and pink cow so she could have chocolate, banana or strawberry milk anytime she wanted."
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50points
