I got a flashlight for Christmas when I was little. My parents knew I liked to read long after bedtime, and they were okay with that. So they bought me a simple red Eveready flashlight. I actually looked forward to the dark hours after my brother fell asleep. I even looked forward to going to bed.

Later in life, I was a camp counselor, and we had "Night Games" planned in the woods for the campers: tag, capture the flag, that sort of thing. So I bought a really nice flashlight, black steel, bright lamp, more batteries required. Once again, I looked forward to the darker hours so I could use that flashlight.