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The Official "What did you get for Christmas?" Thread

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Jim Bowie

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A hair straightener
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Urinetown - OST
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Happiness of the Katakuris on DVD
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Half-life 2
Final Fantasy 1 & 2
Burton on Burton: An autobiography
Misc. candies and sundries in a stocking
Cash money
 

yoshifumi

Banned
clothes
m3 power (which i might add is a sweeeeeeeet shave)
128mb flash drive
128mb compact flash card
gta:sa soundtrack
sweet pencil holder
america: the book
almost $1000
 

Ronin

Member
After the piece of suckage that was last year, this year was great.

Games
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Katamari Damacy

DVDs
Akira Kurosawa: Four Samurai Classics
Zatoichi
Spider-Man 2

CDs
Megadeth - So Far, So Good....So What! (Remaster)
Guilty Gear XX Sound Alive

Clothes
Blind and Zero hoodies

And 200 bucks. I haven't recieved the money my dad sent yet. Maybe when I get it, I'll buy a digital camera.
 

evil ways

Member
Between things I bought for myself and things I got from other people:

Old Navy hoodie
Old Navy beanie hat
Brookstore touchscreen/lightup clock
Brookstore reading lamp
Set of bed sheets
Harry Potter & The PoA DVD
The Rise & Fall of ECW DVD
Spider-Man 2 DVD
WWE Classic Superstars 4 Rowdy Roddy Piper figure
WWE Classic Superstars 4 Yokozuna figure
McFarlane Movie Maniac's Robocop figure
Trackball PC mouse
$25 gift card for Border's books
COACH leather keychain
Large plastic cane full of mini Snickers
 

tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
- Nice Hairdryer (mine got to the point where it'd shut off every 30 seconds and I needs my lift, yo)
- New dartboard for the garage
- Smallville Season 2 Box Set (the best season, in my opinion)
- Some new moccasins (I have no shame, I wear 'em everywhere)
- Axe deoderant body kit thing (what they trying to say)
- $150 in cash
- My mom's friend gave me $50 in Chillis gift cards for removing some spyware from her machine.
- ...and my cousin will likely sell me his X800 because he's an obsessive-computer-upgrader. Not so much a direct Christmas present, but I probably just found a use for my $150.

Have a Merry Christmas GAF, trolls and otherwise! :)
 

Tarazet

Member
My favorite: Illes Balears-Banesto Spanish Champion's Jersey.

- SMART Mini Digital Camera
- IOGear Reelquick Cable (Ethernet)
- Cheap USB flashlight
- Baten Kaitos (GC)
- "A Sunday in Hell" - 1976 Paris-Roubaix DVD
- Street Atlas of USA CD-ROM
- Custom-built, adjustable piano bench (hasn't arrived yet)
- A new bed (later.. like in a month)
- Lots of chocolate

Not bad at all.
 
From my girlfriend:
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED vol. 4 DVD
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED vol. 5 DVD
Katamari Damacy Original Soundtrack

Aunts and Uncles:
$35 Bon-Macy's giftcard
$100 in Best Buy giftcards
$25
Dark City DVD

Grandparents:
$50 Arco gas giftcard
Black Isotoner gloves

Parents:
Black Claiborne blazer
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Limited Edition DVD boxset
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny 2005 Calendar
Ed Wood DVD
What's Eating Gilbert Grape DVD
Edward Scissorhands DVD
Little Shop of Horrors DVD
Benny and Joon DVD
Kenneth Cole cufflinks
Men's Pocky
Seven piece Henckel knife set
Henckel Knife Sharpener
 

Patrick Klepek

furiously molesting tim burton
ok, christmas haul!

- Nightmare Before Christmas snow globe
- Nightmare Before Christmas track jacket
- Nightmare Before Christmast wall clock
- Nightmare Before Christmas ear muffs
- Creative Zen Extra 30GIG MP3 player
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Atari game thing you plug into your TV
- Star Wars Trilogy DVD
- LotR: ROTK EE DVD
- Bubble Bobble: Old & New (GBA)
- Big Fish DVD
- Futurama Volume 4 DVD
 

way more

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Grimlock

Member
$100 from my folks and a Thermalright XP-90 heatsink from my brother.

And a Zen Xtra 40gig player for myself, although I'm debating whether to take it back or not, as Fry's is going have a rebadged NEC3500A drive for $50 tommorrow....

Aw, screw it. I still have some room on the old credit card.
 
Grimlock said:
$100 from my folks and a Thermalright XP-90 heatsink from my brother.

And a Zen Xtra 40gig player for myself, although I'm debating whether to take it back or not, as Fry's is going have a rebadged NEC3500A drive for $50 tommorrow....

Aw, screw it. I still have some room on the old credit card.


you know its love when they buy you cpu heatsinks for xmas


:D
 

Manics

Banned
Ipod mini in the house! The wife came through and got me what I really wanted. This thing is awesome...so intuitive, had the thing set up and going within mintues (after charging the battery that is) I love it!
 

Willco

Hollywood Square
To this list...
- $100 (money!)
- $30 Best Buy Gift Card
- World of Warcraft
- A collection of International ales in cool-looking bottles
- Washington Wizards Nike Cap
- Washington Nationals T-Shirt
- Washington Nationals Adidas Sweatshirt
- Washington Nationals Home Game Fitted Cap
- Office Space DVD
- Space Balls DVD
- Three pairs of boxers
- Pajama Bottoms
- Three dress shirts
- Old Navy fleece

... add the following:

- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 3
- Spider-Man 2 Collector's Gift Set
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King EE
- $50 (more money!)
- $35 EB Games Gift Card
- Washington Redskins Polo T-Shirt
- Washington Redskins Money Clip
- Washington Redskins Golf Balls
- Cool bubble set
- 4 Boxes of Flavored "Evil" Fortune Cookies


That's probably all I get, a decent haul but nothing spectacular. My birthday is the 18th, so I'm hoping for enough cash to purchase an iPod, but my mom is bankrolling my vacation to the Carribean, so I don't think I'll get too much.
 

alejob

Member
A chocolate
Snow boots
T-shirt
2 sweaters
SOCOM 2
PS2 Headset
1 pair socks
A call from mom and dad
Got myself some shoes and 512MB USB jumpdrive.
 

Sullichin

Member
Feel The Magic
Mr. Driller Drill Spirits
Tiger Woods DS
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Mario Power Tennis
Pikmin 2
DOA Ultimate
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Blue DualShock 2 Controller
Batman (1989) DVD
Model Car (1960 Chevy Impala)
Sweatshirt
Snow Boots
$40 eBay gift certificate
$20 Best Buy gift certificate


Early Presents:
Donkey Konga
Nintendo DS
Mario 64 DS
The Downward Spiral Deluxe Edition, Dualdisc, and Vinyl

Tuesday i'm picking up my big present, a 5.1 surround sound system.
 
bedroom set
bath robes
clothes
"the beatles" a picture view... nice book
"america" the daily show book
seinfeld dvd gift seft
bunch of gift certificates(af, br, guess.)
"bushisms" desktop calendar
pizza oven(in other thread..)
 

Socreges

Banned
I think it's amazing how many games/DVDs/etc some of you get.

Me:

The Motorcycle Diaries (book)
A new basketball (much needed)
Long johns - with Canuck logo
Khaki pants
'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' book (I turned to my mom: "I don't think you know me very well")
$50
A brush/scraper for my car
Two pairs of boxers

I didn't actually ask for anything. Given that, a very practical Christmas. But I was hoping for more money. I'll probably spend a couple hundred during Boxing Day sales tomorrow.
 
One of these:

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plus

ESPN NHL 2K5
Half-Life 2
1 Steeler T-shirt
2 Steeler Sweatshirts
$100
some AXE deodorant

Still have to travel to my sister's next week to exchange gifts with her....think she's giving me a gift certificate of some kind.

EDIT: Oh yeah, forgot to mention the prerequisite gag gift, which this year was William Hung's Hung for the Holidays. That came courtesy of my brother and his girlfriend...ha, ha.
 
I'm spoiled rotten, w00t! I knew basically everything I was getting, because Mom didn't know what to get me and asked for input. The parents had already sprung for the awesome gifts during Christmases past (Stereo one year, TV the next, DVD-recorder after that) so I just picked out stuff while we shopped.

To the list.

From parents:

GTA Double Pack for XBox; $10 bundle of cheapo racing games for PS2 - Super Trucks Racing, Corvette, Ford Racing 2. This will be saved for a rainy day; F-Zero GX; NINTENDO DS (this was a surprise since they're OOS everywhere); Simpsons Season 5 DVD; Two pairs of jammy pants; recharging dock + accessories for digitial camera; Pride of the Yankees DVD; Wrestling Gold 5 DVD Collection - another Wal-Mart cheapy; Madden 2005 for XBox; NBA Live 2005 for XBox; Three games to use on XBox Live if Verizon ever cuts on our DSL service: Ghost Recon, Top Spin, Mech Assault for XBox; some paper football game from Cracker Barrel; blank VHS tapes; 88-cent A Jackie Robinson Story DVD -- especially cool since it stars Jackie as himself. You know, heralded as Jackie is, I've never really heard him talk; Edge's new book; Mom asked what new games had just come out for the DS and the employee gave her... Need For Speed Underground 2 on GBA. This will be taken back for Mario 64 DS; Adjustable shower head; zip up Champion hoodie; a new electric razor; a pedometer more advanced than the one I got for free at McDonald's

From siblings:

$75 EB gc from brother/sis in-law/niece

$20 B&N gc + CD wallet from sister+hubby

$100 from aunt

Will probably get another $25 gc to EB tomorrow from my other brother.


So yeah, I <3 my family.
 

Brendonia

"Edge stole Big Ben's helmet"
I got:

An Archos Gmini 400 (from recommendations on the board)
A really nice new jacket to wear with nice clothes
Three button down shirts
Nice pair of khakis
A new belt
Black New Balance Classics
This weird neck pillow thing
$50
Best Buy gift card
Got everything I asked for then the gift card and money from my brother & sister in law and grandma, respectively. It was an excellent year.

I got tickets to see Jerry Seinfeld in February at school a few weeks ago, so that's my present to myself.
 

RedDwarf

Smegging smeg of a smeg!
My current list excluding my previously posted gifts:

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A couple of Disinfo books.
$250.00 in gift cards, $100.00 visa card, hooded black sweatshirt, Call of Duty:United Offensive, a Fossil watch, Fossil pocketwatch, Fossil wallet, some cool books from the Mrs., and a little bit of random items. All in all, a good Christmas.
 

karasu

Member
Oh now I have a Spidey 2 DVD :D

Chrimbo sucked, but my bday is in two days so I reckon I'll get my Christmas gifts then. :/
 

3phemeral

Member
Nothing as extravegant as most of you, but I got this:

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A set of Irish Cream filled Chocolate from my Boss
Nunchakus from my friend
6 pairs of Boxer Briefs that are a size too big (I wear small)
20 Bucks from my grandma (pocketed already! cha-ching! :) )
Grooming Kit + Wallet
Nike Ankle Socks

I got this for myself:

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Thanks to someone posting the 20% off Circuit City Games and Peripherals, I bought my brothers/friends games and ended up saving 20 bucks, essentially negating the cost of Soul Calibur II :)

Almost forgot, my brother got me this:
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Score! I'm gonna have one awesome stomach bubbling dinner! YUM!
 
A XM2go portable XM radio

Lots of DVDs (Arrested Development, AbFab, Mr. Show)

All the Invisibles trade paperbacks

A furry hat

A voucher for a plane ticket anywhere in the country, which I will use to go see my boyfriend in NYC.

All in all, an excellent haul.
 

pops619

Member
I got...

Books:

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

CDs:

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - L.A.'s Desert Origins

DVDs:

Ed Wood
G.I. Joe, Season 1 Part 2
G.I. Joe, Season 2 Part 1
High Fidelity
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Office Space
Predator
South Park, Season 1
South Park, Season 2
This is Spinal Tap

Video Games:

Neo Contra
Gradius 5

Plus I got a $20 Best Buy gift card which I plan to use on Garden State when it comes out on Tuesday. Overall, I'm very happy with what Santa brought me this year. :D
 
Sullichin said:
Feel The Magic
Mr. Driller Drill Spirits
Tiger Woods DS
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Mario Power Tennis
Pikmin 2
DOA Ultimate
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Blue DualShock 2 Controller
Batman (1989) DVD
Model Car (1960 Chevy Impala)
Sweatshirt
Snow Boots
$40 eBay gift certificate
$20 Best Buy gift certificate


Early Presents:
Donkey Konga
Nintendo DS
Mario 64 DS
The Downward Spiral Deluxe Edition, Dualdisc, and Vinyl

Tuesday i'm picking up my big present, a 5.1 surround sound system.

TDS sounds amazing in 5.1. You're in for a real treat! =)

It makes my mouth water that With Teeth will also be in 5.1!
 

Malleymal

You now belong to FMT.
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^^coming tuesday(my gift to myself)

and I also got:

My first Palm Pilot a TUngsten E

Some Dress shirts

6 Business suits and ties... I am a style whore...

Dodgeball DVD

$200.00


pretty good christmas
 

Lonestar

I joined for Erin Brockovich discussion
On Thursday night (everyone going out of town through the 24th and 25th but me) I got


some shirts
sweater jacket w/hood
a Bama tobagin
windbreaker jacket
24 Season 3 (RAWK)
Collateral (RAWK)
Dodgeball (pretty funny)
Bourne Supremecy (pretty good, as much as the original)
Spiderman 2 (Pretty sweet)
My Candy Cane bonus from work.
I Robot (haven't watched)
electic shaver (egads, I'm used to razorblade shaving, don't know about this 'mechanical" shit)
other stuff that I can't remember

I bought/gave:
Some DVD's
Tie Rack
um....$800 in cash split among 5 people (I'm a horrible shopper, I'll just sit there and go "WTF do I get them???)
 
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