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Originally Posted by skcin
Atari was a big event too.
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Atari!
Some of my favourite Christmas memories involve Atari. A few days before Christmas 2006, I saw an ad online for an Atari 2600 JR and a few games. I begged my mom for it. Christmas morning rolled around and I never got that Atari, until my auntie came over. She gave us our presents, and sometime after that she went out to her car and brought in a heavy box. Inside was that Atari I wanted! I was so excited (note: this was 29 years after the Atari was introduced!) My family and I spent the rest of Christmas playing Atari and sharing old memories. That Christmas was so special, because the auntie who gave me that Atari committed suicide six months later. I'm going to keep that 2600 until the day I die, knowing it was the last Christmas present I ever received from my favourite auntie.
Incidentally, I joined The Ledge the day my auntie died.
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