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Back Story: As a kid, every christmas time my mom would have me look through those gigantic Sears wishbook catalogues and pick a bunch of things that I'd like for gifts. One year, my dad had a big Christmas party with work and they had someone come in as Santa and give toys that the parents had bought, to all the kids. I finally get to open mine, and it was this alarm clock. At the time I'd say I was about 3 or 4, and I threw a total fit when all I got was an alarm clock. (I had circled it in the wishbook mind you)

However, to this day, I refuse to use any other alarm clock. Every morning it wakes me up, and every morning the alarm scares the shit out of me. Last christmas my parents bought me and iPod dock/alarm clock and I went and returned it because I wouldn't use anything but this clock. I'm 19 now. 

Here it is, it's an ugly little thing. 

So reddit I ask you, what are your most sentimental items?
<bot>: Got an alarm clock as a kid and hated it. Still using it to this day because it's the best alarm clock in the world