Celebs Reveal Gifts They Never Got

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    • Publish Date: Dec 22 2016 3:14PM
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    • Updated Date: Dec 24 2016 1:28PM
Celebs Reveal Gifts They Never Got

Sometimes, Santa leaves scars, by way of kid-coveted gifts that never landed under the tree. And sometimes, the big guy in the red suit just gets it wrong. 

An Easy-Bake Oven: Will Smith 

Ask Will. "My sister got the Easy-Bake Oven instead of me,' he said promoting his movie 'Collateral Beauty.' "I don't know why they don't give boys Easy-Bake Ovens, you know? Boys should be able to cook stuff, so that was actually a tragedy from my youth, that my sister got the Easy-Bake Oven and I didn't,' Smith joked.

A 'Barbie head': Jennifer Aniston 

For Jennifer Aniston, who co-stars in 'Office Christmas Party,' the elusive holiday gift of Christmas Past amounted to Barbie denied. Or at least part of Barbie. "The Barbie head,' to be exact, to which co-star Jason Bateman wondered on a red carpet: "Just the head?'
Aniston: "Yeah, the bust. Remember? The hair could grow. You could pull out the hair and then you could cut it. Paint makeup on it.'
The still-not-sure Bateman: "So a life-sized bust?' 
"Yeah,' she replied.

A Barbie Jeep: Lily Collins
 
Actress Lily Collins was in the Barbie struggle: "I wanted a Barbie Jeep. I never got my Barbie Jeep.' 

A Tutu: Kelsea Ballerini

It was personal for country-pop star Kelsea Ballerini. "I swear every year me and my mom went to go see 'The Nutcracker,' she recalled. "I've never told this story before. Every year I wanted one of the big tutus, like the big straight-out sequined tutus, and so one year I wrote a letter to Santa very seriously and very well-spoken, and I said: `Santa, I'm gonna reason with you,' she explained. "I need a tutu because I've gone to 'The Nutcracker' like seven years in a row, my last name is Ballerini, I'm basically a ballerina and I need a tutu.' And I didn't get one.'

A Dog: Naomie Harris and Keegan-Michael Key 
That's not the saddest story ever told for the pet-obsessed, including the younger self of Naomie Harris, who co-stars in "Moonlight.' "I really wanted a dog and I never got a dog and my mom got me a rabbit instead, but a rabbit is not a dog and that was really disappointing,' she said.  For funnyman Keegan-Michael Key, it was more like the big fish that got away. "Oh, God. I wanted a Great Dane so bad but we lived in a small house,' he recalled. "They would have had to feed that thing more than me and my brother.'

(Keegan-Michael Key)

A synthesizer: Hans Zimmer 

Composer and music producer Hans Zimmer found a silver lining. "From a really early age, being a geeky kid who wanted to make music with technology, I wanted a synthesizer of course. And there's no way any parent would go and give that to their child because these are expensive things,' he said. "And so when I finally was able to earn the money to give it to myself, that was still in those moments where everybody was saying to me, `When are you going to get a real job?' I think the greatest thing about not getting the gift was to be able to earn the gift myself and doing something with it,' Zimmer said.

Technodrome: T J Miller 

Comedian/Actor T J Miller had it easy. "Mine is the Technodrome, which is where the villain Krang from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was with Bebop and Rocksteady, which was this very large it opened up and ooze would come down and there were little torture places for the turtles,' he said. "For some reason I wanted that more than anything,' Miller added. "And then when Santa brought it I just lost my mind.' 


Is there something you desperately wanted as a child at Christmas but didn't get? Tell us your story, anecdote style in the comment section. Though that shouldnt stop the lucky ones (the ones who got what they wanted for Christmas)  from sharing their story.

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Om Badiyani Sandipani

I liked the way the cricketers in International matches used to dress up and wanted a cricketer''s helmet for Christmas. My mother told me she was not giving me that on Christmas. I remained upset for the whole day but during evening, I was surprised to hear from my mother that she was just kidding. She actually had bought a cricket helmet for me and I was delighted and spent the whole night celebrating.

R Somesh Skanda BHARTI KRISHNA VIDYA VIHAR

Nice Article

Ritvik Baweja BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

I had always paid vivid interest in books and book reading. Last year I had asked my mother to buys my the complete chronology of Harry Potter. Obviously She refused at once. But the the next day she said to me that I could buy a few. I was really excited and ordered them soon without waiting for Christmas even. The books arrived on Christmas

Mehek Sayyed Padua High School , Mankhurd

Nice article

B. Tulasitharini Amalorpavam Higher Secondary School - Puducherry

Good article

Emima Thangapandi PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

I want to go for picnic somewhere,because of my family situations I am not able to.

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

I have always wanted to have a remote controlled toy. I have never wanted barbies or teddies. Remote controls fascinate me. But never got one, unfortunately.

Swaleha Ansari Padua High School , Mankhurd

I want to meet Shahrukh Khan (SR). He is the one whom i love. I don''t want only his autograph or selfies I want to work with him. Is there anybody to do so. PLS.

Aditi Sahi D C MODEL SCH PKL-SEC-7

When I was four,I desperately wanted to get a Doll house as I had all kind of dolls and barbies but no house for them.I did not tell my parents as I thought Santa would bring it but Sadly he did not.

Y. Manavi Delhi public school, Nacharam

i always wanted a cute spaniel for a pet..but my parents never approved of dog. So i hoped Santa would confund my parents into buying me one. But sadly i grew up too fast an stopped believing in Santa...funny, i still want a Spaniel. I was never attracted to barbie dolls whatsoever.

JIYA TOMAR B G S NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

I as a child have always wanted a nice ballet tutu dress/ a cool video game ( Xbox / PSP etc.) and loads of Barbie or any other dolls and books too. However, although I did get several Barbie dolls all this while and books too, I have still not got a video game ever and a tutu dress doesn''t matter much to me now though.

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