The trends may change, but the exuberance for presents doesn’t. There’s nothing less cool and exciting about a kid getting an iPhone than a Game Boy. Maybe some kids today come off more obnoxious than we were back in the day, but let’s not judge too harshly. Gratefulness can sometimes be mistaken for materialism. Kids just can’t be expected to act humbly when they get the #1 gift they wished for and it just explodes their little minds.

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Photo submitted to I’m Remembering! by Paul Proulx

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Photo via Nintendo Life

 

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Photo via Defythegray on Flickr

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Photo via Alicia Bull 

 

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Photo via The Onyx Glossary

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Photo via Austin Mahone

 

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Photo submitted to I’m Remembering by Jessica

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Photo via Schwertner Stories

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Photo via To the Slaughter

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Photo via Punchbowl Blog

 

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Photo submitted to I’m Remembering! by Mark

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Photo via Paste Magazine

 

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Photo via The Long Term Substitute Chronicles

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Photo via Lulu Tutu Photo

 

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Photo via Ken Yee on Flickr

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Photo via iPads House

 

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Photo via Swampbrat

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Photo submitted to I’m Remembering! by S. Dacey

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Photo via Rod Williams on Flickr

 

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Photo via Branded in the 80s

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Photo via All Things Moto!

 

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Photo submitted to I’m Remembering! by Jennifer

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Photo via The Gorena Blog

 

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Photo via Defythegray on Flickr

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Photo via Funny Japanese Pranks

 

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Photo via Jason Shellen

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Photo via Sean Culligan on Flickr

So do you think kids today are more spoiled than we were, or is stuff just cooler now?