Pretty cool to read about all the fond childhood memories on this thread. I do not have them.
I was 15 when I got my Atari VCS in 1980 and newly married when my wife bought me NES Control Deck set for Christmas 1985. I too remember unwrapping those gifts and the great feelings, but never read the back of the box or instruction manual while the parents drove me home. Just arrived a little too early for that party I guess.