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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!
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#1
"My uncle was a Santa and he told me that one year a kid asked for a coffee maker because he wanted to start his own Starbucks coffee stand instead of a lemonade stand. Apparently business was not very good as a lemonade stand but he noticed a lot of adults drink coffee, so he'd make coffee."
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#2
"I have been a Mrs. Claus for the last few years and I always ask the kids what they want while we do our crafts. My favorite was this 4-5-year-old girl that told me she wanted 'one of those loud horns'. She made a gesture like she was using those canned air horns and she made a little horn sound. She said she wants to use it to wake up her baby brother when he naps in the daytime so he 'knows what it's like.'"
#3
"One year my brother asked for a dustpan. This was well in advance of Christmas and everyone assumed he would just forget it and move on, but as a joke one of his presents was in fact a shiny new dustpan complete with the little mini-broom. Of course, there were also the typical toys you'd expect a 5-year-old to enjoy, but he wasn't particularly interested in those. Instead, he spent most of the next week or so sweeping things into his dustpan."
#4
"I asked my 6-year-old student what he would like from Santa and he said being able to take more naps."
#5
"My brother once asked for a 'tiny broken thing', when Santa looked to my mother for guidance she explained he likes fixing things."
#6
"My mum found an old Christmas wish list I'd written to Santa when I was 5. I'd asked for all 101 of the Dalmatians."
#7
"Well, my son walks up to Santa, refuses to sit on his lap but instead takes his hand, stares him dead in the eye and says: 'I want one of your elves. He’ll live with me and grant my every wish. If I don’t like him, you can have him back next Christmas.'"
#9
"According to my parents, when I was in kindergarten I asked one of the teachers (who was dressed as Santa) for an orange. Just one, simple orange. Later on, the teachers asked my parents if our economic situation is ok or not."
Lorinda Woerner 2 years ago
I was a social worker at a school several years back and one student alerted us to his horrible situation at home when he asked sanya for playes and a table so he and hisnsiblings could eat together. The mom was unemployed and dad and walked out leaving them nothing. We were able to step in and giv them housing assistance, foodd assistance and our santa bought them a disheare set and i bought them a table. We would.never have known had it not been for.the kid telling santa what he wanted
#10
"I asked Santa to grab a toy I had accidentally thrown on the roof since he was up there already. My dad was not thrilled with that request."
#11
"I remember one Christmas I asked for a microwave for my uncle because he broke his."
#12
"Yesterday the big sister asked for a pet mouse, the little sister asked for a snake."
#13
"My 4-year-old daughter asked for hand sanitizer. Later confessed to me it was because everyone in her class was full of germs."
#14
"My daughter asked for pancakes one year. It was very cute. But then I had to get up and make pancakes on Christmas morning instead of being lazy."
#15
"When I was like 9 I wrote a goodbye letter to my parents telling them Santa was going to pick me up and take me to the North Pole. I sat out in our car and waited on Santa to show up and take me away. The dumbest thing about this was that it was the middle of the summer."
#16
"Once my sister asked Santa if she could have a horse's head and an ice cream cone. She explained that she was gonna paint the ice cream cone the color of the horse, stick it on, mount the horse's head to the wall, and tell her friends she killed a unicorn."
#17
"When I was 3 years old, the mall Santa asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I gave him a PERFECTLY reasonable answer: purple."
#18
"One time my 4-year-old sister asked for her rights back. She had no idea what it meant and it made the family laugh."
#19
"I overheard mammy saying to son just outside Santa's grotto, 'You can't ask for a time machine, they are just too big for the elves to build.'"
#21
"My kid, when he was 6, wanted nothing but a beard. Like, a fake beard because he wanted to wear it to school. He got one, and he did."
Loonie Toonie 2 years ago
I'm just imagining like a 6-year-old with a big bushy beard to the walking around at school XD
#22
"My 3-year-old asked for a knife this year. She wants to help me cut her strawberries."
#23
"A cardboard box. The boy was 9 or 10 and confirmed two or three times that yes, all he wanted for Christmas was a cardboard box."
#24
"Was a Santa at a party last week. A kid asked for a whistle that she could blow at night to wake her mom up and scare her when she was sleeping."
#25
"All the Santas will be surprised this year as my 3-year-old daughter asks for skeleton guts for Christmas. She found an anatomy figurine at barnes and noble and has wanted 'skeleton guts' ever since."
#26
"A coffin. Not sure why. I got no more information, and maybe I misheard, but I'm 95% certain that ~5-year-old said simply, 'A coffin.'"
#27
"I remember asking for a photo of Rudolph because I wanted proof of the existence of Santa."
#28
"Dared my kid to ask Santa for 'a new attitude.' Santa's face was priceless."
#29
"I remember my younger sister asking for me to move out of the house three years in a row... I was like 12 at the oldest."
#30
"Well, when I was 9-10 my siblings and I all individually told Santa we wanted car insurance and a house. We didn’t collaborate and agreed to tell Santa the same thing, and were surprised when after the meet, Santa got up and told us this was the first time it’s happened to him and wanted to take a group photo with us."
Well-Dressed Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
Kids always know when their family’s situation is bad :( it’s adorable and sad when they ask for things to help out their parents/their whole family instead of asking for individual presents. Never underestimate what a kid picks up.
#31
"I'm a teacher. I had one of my most difficult, obstinate, button-pusher kids come in at recess to talk to me. He said he was worried he would not get what he really wanted - to be a real elf, move to the North Pole and make all the presents. He had tears in his eyes and was the most sincere I had ever seen. Made me really appreciate how hard life was at home; he just wished for a way out."
#32
"My 4-year-old asked Santa for Rainbow TicTacs. Cheapest Christmas ever."
#33
"Reindeer eggs so he could start his own franchise."
#34
"So I was an Elf a few years ago, got to overhear a pretty good one. A very sweet little girl climbed on Santa’s lap and asked for a 'reindeer egg.' She was pretty sure that because reindeer flew, that meant they were some kind of bird and birds hatch from eggs."
#36
"Last year my 3-year-old asked if she could be taken away by Krampus. Santa was visibly concerned."
#37
"One year my two brothers went to see Santa together. The first one asked for a fireproof safe and the second one asked for a lock-picking kit."
#38
"I once asked for bread with no crust. Christmas comes, I actually got an entire loaf of bread with no crust."
#39
"My 9-year-old kid asked for lightbulbs. I am sure Santa wasn’t expecting that."
#40
"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."
#41
"So literally last night we took my kids to see Santa and when asked what she wants for Christmas she says, 'a surprise.' Santa was so surprised he didn’t know what to say."
#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."
#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!"
#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."
#45
"I once wrote a letter to Santa asking him to turn me into a vampire when I was 9. Yeah. I was cringey."
#46
"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."
#48
"I asked for a rolling pin. Not a pony, not a barbie dream house... a rolling pin."
#49
"I asked Santa when I was a kid to put me out of my misery. I was 7."
Elizabeth Krigsvold 2 years ago
I asked for an easy bake oven. "Santa" brought my sister an easy bake oven and me a toy tractor.
#50
"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."
What do you think ?
Goth Mouse (he/they) 2 years ago
I asked for a toy microwave when i was little , i really liked the ‘ping’ noise microwaves make. i had hours of fun just making it ping, my poor family 😅
Goth Mouse (he/they) 2 years ago
I asked for a toy microwave when i was little , i really liked the ‘ping’ noise microwaves make. i had hours of fun just making it ping, my poor family 😅
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