Christmas Mornings Past

I've been trying to remember some of my most memorable Christmas mornings and only a few actually come to mind surprisingly because I can always remember having cool gifts and quality time with family. But the ones I do remember are really special and very vivid in my mind.

The first Christmas morning that comes to mind was probably when I was 5 or so. I opened up a present that was just a Star Trek case with nothing in it. Kinda weird, but then I started opening up more presents and ironically enough I had gotten TONS of Star WARS toys. I bet I had at least 20 or so figures along with that Star Trek case. It was awesome though because Star Wars was so cool back then(especially before episodes 1-3...ugh). I still have all of that stuff too this day!

The next one that comes to mind is memorable for 2 reasons and they are tied together. I remember that Legos were huge then, probably when I was around 6 maybe 7. I wanted this Ninja Fortress thing that was huge. For whatever reason that year I ended going shopping with my grandma and she bought it for me for Christmas, but she tried to hide it from me by covering it up with stuff. But somehow or another I ended up sneaking a peak at it and I knew I was gonna get it for Christmas. Now on Christmas morning I remember waking up and looking under the tree and there set that Ninja Fortress, supposedly from Santa, but I knew that wasn't true! So that was the Christmas I found out Santa wasn't real...but hey I did get a spiffy Lego Ninja Fortress which I still have(in pieces though).

Okay the next one was around 97 or 98, because I got a PS1. Why was that special? Well it was the first gaming system that was ever mine and mine alone. See before then we only had a NES and a Genesis, and those weren't really mine but my brother's and sister's. But now I had this 3D console of greatness sitting on my dresser with my little tiny TV. Its funny because it was a while before I even got any games for it, all I had was this demo disc that came with it. It had like 7 game demos on it and I played them over and over again. I don't have that PS1 anymore sadly, but I still have most of the games and that demo disc to this day. The reason I got rid of it ties into my next Christmas memory.

I knew it was coming....this was the year that I got a PS2!!! I so certain that I would get one that I bought a game for it months before Xmas. I also knew I was gonna get it because I had become a master at figuring out what I was gonna get for Xmas by snooping when the grandparents were at work. I remember getting it and immediately hooking it up and playing it until I was forced to stop and eat something. I was truly in love with the system and at the time the graphics were unbelievable. And yet again I have it to this very day!

Well those are the most special ones that come to mind, but I'm sure there were many more.