The Best Holiday Present You Ever Got

[Mike]

Okay. What's the best holiday present you ever got? Two stipulations:

Something that someone else gave you, not something you got for yourself.
Something other than money, unless it was over $1,000.

I'll start. I remember my friend giving me a ColecoVision in 1983. I wasn't expecting it, and it was a very nice surprise. It was the "hot" gaming system at the time. Okay, your turn.

[Jedi Ram]

Was just discussing this topic at dinner tonight. My favorite gift was when my brother and I got the Atari 2600 back in 1978 or 79 with Asteroids and Space Invaders.

[Mike]

^ I remember getting the Atari VCS or 2600 as well. I got it a couple of years later in 1981. I had saved up enough money to buy it. I think it was like $150 and the store owner threw in a game. I think it was Air Sea Battle or Surround.

I still have those games today, but in another form. I have the Atari Anthology disc for my PS2.
I play it every now and then.

[Mark]

"The" T-shirt 

Those who were there will understand and those that weren't wouldn't get it.

'Nuf said.

[Felicia]

I have two gifts in mind that qualify as best:

One is a glass sculpture of a unicorn/pegasus that my brother gave me about 25 years ago.  It is (still) gorgeous.

The other was one of the most creatively gifted items I have ever received from my husband, Mark Andrews.  The entire gift consisted of some pencil leads for my mechanical pencil, a tire-pressure gauge, a Scooby-Doo clip watch... and diamond earrings.  The tag said "Carbon + time + pressure = ?"