Nice stories. Merry Christmas to all.

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Since I got my SNES back in 1992 I would receive video games mostly as gifts for Christmas and my birthday. Some notable games I got were Super Mario Bros 3 (played on my brother’s NES), Super Mario All Stars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 Turtles in Time, my Nintendo 64 with super Mario 64, and also my GameCube with Super Smash Bros Melee.

I love that you still have all of these memories. Your mom sounds amazing wrapping up a fridge box. So amazing!

This was nice, thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas!

About the box thing, my Mother once did something similar thing. This one was sidewise though and had a lid, but it was still big enough for me to lay in. She filled it with packing penuts and I had to find all the gifts inside. It was a lot of fun and I played with the box afterwards. Pretty sure we have a picture somwhere of me in it. That was probably between 2007 and 2011.

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I did not get a lot of games growing up, before being able to buy them myself. The only one I remember getting for Christmas was my Genesis with Sonic 2 included and I'm pretty sure I got Sonic and Knuckles that time too. Thank god renting video games was a thing back then.

Merry Christmas Jared!

so basically, Jared was a time traveler as a kid, cause even though he is only 28 or 29 right now, he got his first christmas game in 1992 :D but srsly, is a very nice story video, Merry Christmas to you ^^

That is a neat shirt

Christmas 96 I also got an N64. Our oldest brother hid it and left clues throughout the house for us to try and find it. It was in the dryer.

Power Rangers was a super Gamer for the SNES... well at least the first one... The MOVIE The Game was.... urgh... also... unfortunately no Green Ranger in any of them :(

7:50 wait, how long has Jared had a twin brother?

Merry Christmas Jared! Merry Christmas ya'll! My fondest and clearest memory was when I was 12 and I received the PlayStation 2 and Final Fantasy X from my parents. At the time in 2001, I was still playing on N64 and even Sega Genesis. I loved games, but we couldn't afford it much. So to get an all new console AND an RPG (it was my introduction to FF), was SO AWESOME! They picked it out saying they figured it sounded like a game I would like. I LOVE that game to this day! I have such fond memories of my little brother watching me play through that wonderful, wonderful game. 🎄🎁 Much love everyone from Arizona 🏜️

Merry Christmas! As Jared was telling the story I was thinking to my self "man, Jared's fokes sounds rich! They must have some good jobs and get a lot of money." His mom worked at walmart.... I feel so bad thinking this. So now I think "Man, life must of been much more reasonable to afford back in the 90s" Am I cooked? I think I am done, I feel like I can't afford anything :(

This isn't the cheeriest time of year for me, but I'm really happy that you shared some of your memories with everyone. Hearing them really brightened my day. Again, thank you so much for sharing and have an awesome day.

I had a thick slammer as a kid

Your N64 story sounds similar to mine. My sister and I asked for the N64 for Christmas of '97, and my parents weren't sure they'd be able to get it. On Christmas morning we both got a handful of gifts, but a couple in the back were addressed to both of us and we had to open those together. The first one was Mario Kart 64..., which could only mean the remaining box was the N64. Then my dad had to hook it up to the TV after staying up late, and we played almost the whole day.

Funny thing is, I got Super Mario World and an SNES for Christmas when I was 6. In fact, it was literally the first time I ever played a game, making that my first game.

Last year it was Super Mario Wonder, this year was Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

In 2000, I had just turned 5 and was learning to read by absolutely locking in on my sisters copy of Pokemon Red and her GameBoy Colour. My mother noticed this, and got me my own GameBoy Colour, Pokemon Crystal, and the worm light. I still remember how happy I was. Even as I got older and got things like a GameCube, a PS3 or even a replacement for my broke PS2 - nothing topped my very own GameBoy and a new Pokemon game.

Skipping Final Fantasy 3 and Mega Man X for Power Rangers? Good plan there.

I LOVE story time! Moar story time!

Merry Christmas everyone! One of my favourite gifts was the year the DS lite came out and finding out it could play gba games. It became my RPG machine. Got me back into Final Fantasy with the remake of FF3

7:53 wait whot? Jared has a twin!

For those who don’t know, Jared has 3 brothers, and they’re awesome.

I love hearing memories and stories, Merry Christmas Jared!

oh man the pog bait and switch is heartbreaking lol

In the early-mid 90's absolutely fell in love with Secret of Mana. I think I made my parents rent it for me from our local Hollywood Video three times between discovering it and Christmas that year. So, for Christmas, they got me both the game and the strategy guide. I unfortunately don't have my original physical game anymore (it stopped functioning about five years later, and I think it was used from that Hollywood Video even before I played it to death), but I do still have the strategy guide.

Bro you still alive? I haven't had a single one of your effing video show up on my feed in months and I've been subbed for years. Man screw YT and its algos. I made sure to choose "all" this time. At least I have vids to binge watch while I'm off this week.

For me , it was getting U.N. Squadron as a kid. I loved playing it on the arcades as a child.

The whole thing was so cute! You have wonderful parents for sure

Your memory of how you got your Nintendo 64 sounds so sweet, wholesome, cute, and adorable Jared😊💖, thank you for sharing that😄

You're a twin?!?

Merry Christmas!!

What a lovely idea this is. 💙 Gives a warm and fuzzy feeling to me. Also the choice of background music is sublime.

Merry Christmas Jared❤

The availability of games in Canada in the 90s kinda sucked. I remember really wanting Harvest Moon and somehow my parents could not find it. I could find stuff at "Roger's video" but not in stores where I could buy them. (Rogers is not a mom and pop store, but a part of what is now a massive cell phone corporation) I think I beat Link to the Past by spending like 100 bucks in constant rentals. Kirby's Adventure was similar, but since it was linear, I beat it much more easily. Definitely glad I found both of these games though. I definitely envy you raiding you brother's rooms for hidden treasures, sounds kinda exciting and perilous. 😅

Merry Christmas Jared! And I know I’ve already said that on your Plays! channel, but you can never say it enough!

I remember when we got the N64 for Christmas, I got plushies of Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Wing Cap Mario on top of the box

Thats the only copy of illusion of gaia ive seen aside from my own. Merry Christmas jared

Merry Christmas! Our parents and grandparents always asked us which games we wanted. As we are Germans, it always was evening of 24th.

Merry Christmas, Jared! Love these story times and happy you shared these memories.

Merry Christmas, sir! Stay safe and game on!!

Merry Christmas to you too.

I still remember how I thought the present that was actually the SNES was a clothes box. So I ended up opening other gifts, including Pilotwings, first.

I remember getting that clear green Donkey Kong Nintendo 64s. I had the purple clear game boy color too. <3 90s

I’ll share my favorite Christmas gift story too. Growing up my family was really poor, but my dad always tried his best to make the holiday special. One year he told me we couldn’t afford gifts that year, I was like 10. I was sad but understood. Anyways, every year his job would give him a Christmas turkey. So he said I could open the box so it felt like a gift. Inside the box was my very own PS1 system. I think about that day all the time. I miss my father, but I have plenty of wonderful memories he left me. Rest in peace dad 💖

Some of them came with a game guide in Germany. Of these games, Super Metroid and Illusion of Gaia/Time came with them.