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The rest of Christmas morning pans out as expected. A new dollhouse for your sister. A pair of slippers for Grandpa. Even a tasty new bone for Max! But where’s your moment? Where’s that moment in the sun where you stand tall holding a brand new Sega Master System over your head? Where ARE you Christmas?! “OK, now you can open it...” is all you needed to hear. A thousand trees cry a thousand tears as you rip open the biggest package under the tinsel, and THERE IT IS… Fireball Island by Milton Bradley!?! This can’t possibly be happening! Your 8-bit dreams… dashed in an instant! “Don’t you like it sweety?” Well, of course you do. It’s even something that you asked for, but it’s not… THE ONE. “We couldn’t find you that Sega thing you wanted. All they had was something called Nintendo.” “Nintendo?! What about SEGA?!” you think to yourself. Suddenly this Christmas morning has turned into a Christmas mourning. “Wait a second honey, what’s that behind the tree?” It couldn’t be. “Looks like Santa left something for you that we missed.” OF COURSE! You can always count on the BIG GUY to Ho-Ho-Ho his way down the chimney with a Christmas miracle! You hold out your trembling hands with glee as you accept the Master System shaped package addressed “From Santa.” You don’t even care that it says its to you AND your sister, you know that it’s really for YOU! Together the two of you tear into the present, only you’re doing most of the work. Before the paper is even completely off, the white checkerboard box and Sega logo are smiling back at you. “SEGA MASTER SYSTEM!!!” Your cry of joy is so loud it wakes up Grandpa! He catches the happy moment in his eye, while Dad captures it all in an immortal picture, one you’ll always have to look back on.