While we're on the topic of christmas gifts, I must say thaat every gift I've received is special and cherished in its own way so there isn't a "best gift" - hahah, go ahead roll those eyes!! However, the most memorable gift I've ever gotten came in 1985 when I got a brand new spanking state-of-the-art Atari XT video/computer system from Santa. What makes it memorable is what I did NOT get that year. You see, the Atari came out the same year Nintendo released their popular Famicom video game system in North America - the NES. Well...to make a long story short, we all know how Nintendo did compared to Atari. Not only did Nintendo have better and more popular games (Mario Brothers), but they had those cool accessories like the Light Gun (remember Duck Hunt!!), the Power Glove and that little robot that could play against you. Plus all my friends were asking Santa for the NES. Now despite all that, I still asked Santa to give me the Atari XT. Why? Well, it could play games too...like Pole Position and Missile Command. But that wasn't the kicker. I asked for it, because it came with.....a keyboard, and it had an option for a magnetic tape drive (aka. cassette tape) and it looked more like a personal computer. And guess what......you could program it with a computer language called BASIC. I was such a nerd back then.p.s. I finally got my NES about 7 years later in 1992, after Santa found it within himself to stop laughing at me and end the suffering.
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