They Said It Was Impossible

My fiancé's son "hinted" that he might like an Xbox 360 for Christmas. His B'day is the same week also, so we thought we would get it for him. Everywhere we went they were sold out.

All our friends said that it was impossible to find one so we bought him two games for it and an extra controller. The rationale was that we could at least give him those and promise him that the Xbox would soon follow.

But then finally the Friday before Christmas we were lucky enough to get one at Circuit City. They had received 20 units that morning and they were down to the last six when we got there. He was one happy kid when he opened the present.

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How could he be happy with a Patriots jersey on? J/K Glad to here you didn't pay $1000 on ebay.

There were people selling just the boxes, and in the frenzy for the 360 the bids got up to 600 to 700 dollars.

Wow...I'm jealous... I would love to see what the XBox360 would look like on my HD...one of these days I guess - been too busy buying photo gear...LOL...

So you're from Concord huh? We're in Hillsboro...just a stones throw...

- Joe

Great story and shot. That's gotta be great to see him so happy while ripping it open. I remember those days!

Wow, he is a lucky boy.

Great jersey.... the Pats are my favorite team... Go New England!!!!

He is one lucky boy for sure!

Nice picture and a lucky little boy. All I got for Christmas was a lousy shirt

Art

And i bet he hasnt stopped playing it yet,now about those chores that need doing,lol

i saw them on ebay for £500,madness.

This brought back the memories of christmas many years ago trying to get those popular toys that would be sold out for my son. 20 yrs ago!

He's one lucky boy! I also wanted Xbox 360 for Christmas. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get it. Poor me. Can you just adopt me? lol.

Nice gift. Nice shot.

What a handsome guy!!! Ginny

The frenzy you refer to is people been shipped boxed up 360's via dodgy courrier and opened it to find bubble wrapped house bricks.

I was fortunate to get one at a local Wal-Mart. They got a shipment of a whole 2, yes two, units 2 weeks before Christmas. I thought about eBay'ing it, but decided to keep it. Its about 2 weeks old and I love it. I have it hooked up to my 65" Widescreen running at 1080i and WOW. The first 3 days I owned it, the days and nights just blurred together.

Yep, mine's quite lovely, but I have a mere 57" Sony.