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"These days, getting what we want for Christmas is as easy as checking off an Amazon wish list.\nBut back in the \"fine year of 1996,\" one child's obsession with the Nintendo 64 gaming console turned him into Ralphie from A Christmas Story. \nSee also: The Cast of 'Cheaper By the Dozen' 10 Years Later\nIn the above video, comedian Brian Firenzi plays a younger \u2014 and surprisingly stoic \u2014 version of himself, pestering his mother for the one thing he wants under the tree: an N64. The wacky video, which mimics the console's sub-par graphics, reminds us of why we used to get so many headaches as kids. \nBONUS: The 12 Worst Things About Going Home for the Holidays\u2028\n\n\nWorst Things About Going Home for the Holidays\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Three words: Twin. Size. Bed.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, sanguepoetico\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Your mom bursting into your room at 8 a.m. to ask what you want for dinner.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, 4gifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Awkwardly catching up with your parents' neighbors.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, larlar1588\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Running into people from high school at the supermarket and forcing small talk.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, we-are-each-other\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Perpetually needing a blanket because your parents keep the house at 10 degrees below zero.\n\n\nImage: Imgur, Imgur, EMike93309\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Your dad harshly judging your taste in television...\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, realitytvgifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. ...even though all he wants to watch are CBS sitcoms.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, miscgifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Your parents asking, \"Where are you going?\" whenever you put on your coat.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, gifs-for-the-masses\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Stumbling home from the bar and realizing that there are no greasy food places open after 9 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Raiding the fridge only to realize that your parents have adopted a sugar-free, fat-free, delicious-free diet.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, gifhumor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Needing to get absolutely sloshed at the family party.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, gif-database\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Family members judging you for getting sloshed at said party.\n\n\nImage: Reddit, kdubbs85\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nHomepage image: YouTube, UPROXX"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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