Not Quite a Hole in One
When I was ten (this was about 1995), I really wanted this new fighting game that all of my friends had. I remember watching the commercial for it over and over again that holiday season. My mom told me we couldn’t afford it, and I (very sadly) accepted the fact.
Come Christmas Eve, Mom tells me I can open one of my presents early. She hands me a distinctively game-shaped box and tells me she asked the clerk at the store what game every boy wanted. I tore open the present more excitedly than I’ve opened any gift in my life before or since…
…to reveal a copy of Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge. Story credit: Reddit/pistachiopaul