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Ouch. In that case this may be more appropriate...

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For the record, I'd like to point out that I had all of these strips written more than a week ago. ;)

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Back in '81 or so when my brother and I were kids we decided to search for our Christmas presents that year. We first looked in the trunk of the cream-colored '79 Chevy Nova. The trunk was a popular place for mom and dad to hide gifts. Nothing. Now we were really curious because we knew they had gone shopping already. After some searching we decided to look underneath our parents bed. There was a big rectangular box stuffed inside a black garbage bag. We slid the bag out from underneath the bed and peeked inside. It was an Atari 2600!

 

While we were excited to learn we were finally getting an Atari, we felt kind of bad that the surprise was gone. We decided we would act like we knew nothing about it and put on our best looks of surprise come Christmas when we opened it. We did act surprised on Christmas, mom and dad were happy, and we enjoyed that gift for many years to come. Since that year I've had a few other occasions in life to use my fake surprised act. It's quite convincing. ;)

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I did the same thing when I was a little kid - I'd try to sneak early looks at the gifts (sometimes even after they were wrapped). After ruining a few surprises that way, I decided it was better to wait and be surprised. It made everything more fun. Plus, I wasn't a very good actor. ;)

 

The best Atari-related memory I had like that was one Christmas when my folks bought me Pitfall! I still remember thinking how cool it was of them to step outside of their comfort zone, and go track down the exact video game I wanted most. Not to settle for something else, or something cheaper, or whatever some toy department sales nerd pushed on them. They really didn't know much of anything about video games, but they understood that it was important enough to me, to get me the right thing. While it was a cool game, and I played that thing to death, what still stands out is the thoughtfulness behind the gift, more than the game itself.

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