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Your most memorable Christmas present of all time?
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My grandparents just gave me, and all my cousins, $5000 each. That was pretty shocking lol.
Most memorable as a kid was a trip to Disneyland from my parents. They did the whole...gave us travel supplies and such and we were all "that's all...?
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"Oh yeah, we're going to Disneyland tomorrow morning".
My sister started to cry lol.
Most memorable as a kid was a trip to Disneyland from my parents. They did the whole...gave us travel supplies and such and we were all "that's all...?
" "Oh yeah, we're going to Disneyland tomorrow morning".
My sister started to cry lol.
So basically everyone got an ass whoopin for Christmas?
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Haha, I got it on the same date as you! I didn't think I was going to get it since it was still $300 at the time.
Christmas 2001.
Christopher
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3d platforming in the day blew my 10 year old mind all my friends came over and my mom cooked the whole week cookies and goodies never again will I feel like that
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Second place would probably be the six packs of Battle Beasts.
twinturbo2
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Peace and goodwill to all... and revenge against my enemies.
(Serious answer, my Sega Saturn. Everyone had a PlayStation back then, but this was the only way to play Daytona USA at home without getting the actual arcade machine. And the XBLA/PSN port was still 16 years away, so I had to make do with what Sega gave me...)
(Serious answer, my Sega Saturn. Everyone had a PlayStation back then, but this was the only way to play Daytona USA at home without getting the actual arcade machine. And the XBLA/PSN port was still 16 years away, so I had to make do with what Sega gave me...)
lordfroakie
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The Real Abed
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Yep. It was a shared gift between me and my sister. It was the greatest thing ever. Until then all we had was an Atari 2600. This was a leap ahead.This....
I got a Nintendo 64 years later but no games though. All the stores were out. It wasn't until march that I got Mario 64.
Stark contrast to the NES that came with everything in the box. (I know it was still a bundle but still..)
And not because of how awesome it was, but because it still holds the #1 spot for the worst gift I've ever received in my 38yrs on this planet.
Those pencil sharpeners were amazing to me in the first grade.
And I want to retcon my post earlier regarding my SNES, it takes second place to what occured on Dec 20th, 2010
WickedCobra03
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My Sega Genesis I think. I opened like all my presents Christmas eve like we usually do and then I was a little disappointed because I only got like a thing or two of clothes, a VHS, maybe a lego set and that was all and was wondering why I didn't get as much as my sister to boot. I wasn't really destroyed, just a little disheartened because I had been pining over it and really wanted one. My parents come get me playing in the other room and say they must have missed one of my presents in the corner and I should come to see if it were mine. So I opened it and it was a Sega Genesis and I couldn't stop playing it. I only got Sonic the Hedgehog and I think Thunder Force III. It was amazing!
ripastraea
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GameBoy Color
And not because of how awesome it was, but because it still holds the #1 spot for the worst gift I've ever received in my 38yrs on this planet.
I have that exact pencil sharpener. I think it still works too.
My parents didn't buy me a game with my N64. I had to go to Blockbuster to rent Mario. They weren't about to spend $200 for a console and $50 on a game.
A second SNES controller from my father, I wasn't with him on Christmas, but as a 7 year old with a single mom, my undying love for the one I was supposed to call dad was still there. It was the only gift I've ever gotten from him, and while today I don't care to have any kind of relationship with him, the memories of all the excitement I had stays with me. Plus I was finally able to play Mortal Kombat with my mom's friends.
Piercedveil
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Gamecube + Super Smash Bros Melee. For sure
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Christmas 1986.
I was weeping tears of joy as I opened it.
I was weeping tears of joy as I opened it.
Exactly, those things were built like a tank.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Every time a new console comes out and I get it for Christmas is tied. The last really great Xmas was when the wii came out even tho I was basically an adult by then
The Real Abed
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You couldn't find a single game (None of the three that came out) for months. Our uncle called us one day and asked if we wanted him to ship us a copy of Mario that he found in a store. That was a glorious day when it arrived. Sure I had played the game in Toys 'R' Us but now I was free to do whatever I wanted in the game without restraint. So happy. The next game we got was Shadows of the Empire which was also awesome, but man.. when we finally got Mario.
Uh oh. You got the less cool Duck Hunt-less version! You'll never know the joy of standing up to the screen trying to shoot the dog.
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CrAzYLeGzLU
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Mine was probably my Genesis. It was a group gift for me and my sister and when we walked into the living room to open presents my parents already had the Genesis hooked up to the TV with Sonic 2 playing. So of course I flipped the fuck out and went straight for the Genesis instead of the other gifts.
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