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For Christmas, my grandparents bought my family a Nintendo. Best Christmas and grandparents ever! I still have the console to this day. It was thrown into our pool once and it still worked until 2016. -
Our family got a phone modem that allowed us access to the internet. The modem connects via telephone landline. Incoming and outgoing disconnects internet connection. My family got a second phone line to avert this problem. There was a cost per minute! -
I got a digital camera for my birthday that I used extensively when I backpacked through Europe. It was great to not to have to wait to have your film developed. A few years later I upgraded to a camcorder that can also take digital stills - just in time for the birth of my kids. -
My husband bought me an Alexa on Black Friday and it sat it in the box for a few months before it was opened and put to use. I liked not having to get out of bed to turn out the lights and monitoring my house when I'm away. Then I found out about how much data is collected from it and I opted to unplug the Alexa for good. -
I like to play games on my phone and my eyesight is bad, so I bought a Samsung Galaxy Z-Fold. I wasn't sold on it at first, but I like how it folds out to be the size of a small tablet. I do more work on my phone than on my laptop because of it's size, display, and convenience.