When the next edition of 365 Movies drops (c. 2028) I’m replacing Christmas Vacation with 8-Bit Christmas.

Yes, Christmas Vacation is a classic, but damn 8-Bit Christmas is the story of my life. Seriously, even the dates line up and everything. It was Christmas ’88 that I fell in love with Nintendo and became obsessed with getting one after playing it… nay, experiencing it at a friend’s house. (It was actually my cousins’ place.) I begged my parents for six months and then… magic.

And I still have it.

And 35 years later I’m telling my son the story of how it all happened. And playing those games with him.

And watching movies like 8-Bit Christmas.