8-Bit Christmas is to children of the 80s what "A Christmas Story" was to children of the whatever decade that was (30s, 40s?). This time though there’s no Red Ryder BB gun. The only gun that any kid cares about is the one that allows you to play Duck Hunt on the Nintendo.
Timmy Kleen is the only kid in all of Batavia to have a Nintendo. One kid. No one really likes Timmy and yet here they find themselves begging to get inside his house. Jake Doyle doesn’t want to spend his life waiting in a line to get into someone else’s house. Not when there must be some way to get his own system.
Hints to the family. Who knows whether or not Santa is real, but asking him might not hurt, just in case. Same with God, real or not, who knows but you better ask him too. Maybe you can save up enough money to buy your own. Somehow, some way you must end up with your own Nintendo. Jake tries it all. Finally when Christmas hits and you still don’t have a Nintendo? All you can do it hope that the parents of Santa (if he’s even real) will make your dreams come true.
The story is a trip down memory lane filled with Cabbage Patch Kids, baseball cards, and Saturday morning cartoons.
I’d recommend it to anyone who likes “A Christmas Story” or who just wants to be reminded of life in the 80s.
* Disclaimer: I received this book at no cost in order to review it. I offered no guarantee of a positive review, though I only request books I think I'll like because why read a book you think you’ll hate?
