I was so thrilled with my gift for my 9th birthday! 
You still remember what you got for it?  It must have been memorable!  What was it?
It  sure was. It was a Super Nintendo which was epic because we were very poor back then. 
Oh I know that feeling!  My family was the same way, and I still remember coming home after my last day of 6th grade and seeing that same SNES box sitting on my bed.