NaBloPoMo prompt for December 2: What was the most disappointing gift you received as a child?

This is hard for me to remember. I learned to appreciate gifts early so any gift was a good one. My family was solidly middle class, but I can't remember a Christmas or birthday where I didn't get what I wanted. I kind of remember my sixth birthday was not great, but there was lot going on in my family during that time.

I suppose my 12th birthday - where my gift from my parents was a bedroom redecorated in pink - was rather disappointing. I'm not a pink person, and never have. I spent the summer away from my family, so arriving home to a pink room was definitely not joyful. Another long and interesting story.