These days, getting what we want for Christmas is as easy as checking off an Amazon wish list.
But 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.
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In the above video, comedian Brian Firenzi plays a younger -- and surprisingly stoic -- 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.
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