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Dark chocolate x 2 (yummmm), wine, mustard, pretzels, bath salts (yummmm), cookies, and pistachios.

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Boy, it sure must be great to be over 30!
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
You know, it really is.

*happy
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
Actually, I like that kind of stuff too, it just takes a back seat to musical instruments and related trappings, tools (hand and power), and computer stuff.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
I got:

• A stuffed camel
• A funny t-shirt from France that my roommate found at Goodwill
• A gift card to Fox Books
• A Mr. Tompkins book from Hobbes
• A small picture frame with a teddy bear with a jewel on his stomach from my little sister
• Candy candy candy!

That's a pretty darn good Christmas!
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
[To PC:]
That's all stuff I'd have to cart around. This stuff I can cart around on my hips (*grin), with the scarf around my neck for a splash of panache.

I like to give my younger crew fun toys, don't get me wrong. But thirty-four years of accumulating stuff makes for getting more to seem like, well, a burden. I consider it a coup when I get away with less.

Dave and I were looking at pictures of houseboats in Amsterdam. One had a sodded flat roof with grass growing on top. Man, pare it all down to one steamer trunk and the hand of the one you love ... sweet.

[Score, Annie, especially with the shirt! Score, JT! Cool Jeep! ]

[ December 25, 2004, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Sara Sasse ]
 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 

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A gift card to Fox Books

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I Love you.

I got a complete collection (all 9) of Beethoven's symphonies (along with Schubert's 9th, and Strauss's four last songs). Also a book on Cryptography, A StoryTellerin Zion, some physics books, a book by Mandelbroit on the mathematics of the stock market and some great DVDs (including the 4th season of Dick Van Dyke ).

I also got a beautiful collection of Church books (books on the scriptures) from my darling Anneke.

Hobbes

[ December 25, 2004, 12:36 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
I suppose after I have collected all the things I really want, I'd prefer fine consumables for christmas.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
Oooh... who got you A Storyteller in Zion?

Did they have to o to Deseret Book to find a copy?
 

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Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
 
Um

- a $200 payment on my Sears card: from my Parents
- a Sears gift card (unknown amount): from my Grandparents

That's more than I expected/wanted this year. I'm being told I might have some new jeans being sent from my other Grandmother. My Family never listens . When I say nothing I mean I want nothing for Christmas. Although the Sears card payment and gift card were really nice.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
I should also count the presents we opened two days ago on Roommate Christmas (with a few non-roommate friends)

• A set of 7 Dover Classics, including Pride and Prejudice, The War of the Worlds (illustrated! For kids!), and The Picture of Dorian Grey
• A purple fleece blanket
• An apron with a ruffled skirt made of a fabric with green and yellow squash all over

 

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Posted by Psycho Triad (Member # 3331) on :
 
*struts in, in his fancy new fencing shoes*
Thank you, Becky.

Have yet to get around to present opening with MY family. Mother currently in chicken-minus-head mode trying to spiffy up the house. Doesn't she realize that no one cares if there are a few random boxes under tables and such??

Oh well. Merry Christmas, all.
 

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Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
 
My family only buys presents for the grandkids these days, so I got nuthin'. Well, I will likely get a calendar and chocolates from my mom tomorrow, but there was nothing to open today. Which makes the gift exchange present from ketchupqueen that much more special.

I'm still enjoying the day, though. I am home alone with the cat, listening to my favorite Christmas CDs, cleaning the kitchen so I can make Christmas cookies, and talking to my favorite people online.
 

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Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
 
Every year, during the week before Christmas, my mother takes me shopping. This year, she let me spend about $350. On the kids. Yep, my gift from my mother is to play Santa on her dime.

My dad babysat for us while we went shopping.

My sister gave me a lovely cross stitch kit.

My children gave me hugs, kisses, and the gift of a peaceful morning: I got to sleep in!

My husband gave me a new paperback. OSC! The first book in the Alvin Maker series. I haven't read them yet. My husband is so smart!
 

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Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
 
I'm not going for the redneck look, but I'm defiantly getting the stereo... and a winch (i live on a farm, and i've been known to get vehicles stuck)
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
You haven't read the Alvin Maker stuff yet?

You should be banned...I am reporting you!



Merry Christmas!

Kwea
 

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Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :
 
I'm so brilliant, I just typed all this out and then closed the window before posting it. Argh.

So here's my bittersweet tale of more not being better.

In April, I'll be finished university. I'm heading overseas to teach English for a year or two.

I have a fairly large music collection, both CDs and MP3s, maybe amounting to 10 gigs.

I want to bring this collection with me, of course. The best way to do this is an ipod, or at least another digital format.

Ipods are expensive, and I don't have a lot of money. So I concocted a scheme to get myself one for this Christmas.

Each b-day, I typically get $100 total worth of gifts from my parents and brother. This year, I told them to hold off on buying me gifts so I could use it towards an Ipod at Christmas time.

At Christmas time, I typically get $150. So that's $250, and a 20 gig Ipod is about $429.

I was going to make up the remaining $200 by selling last year's textbooks; that's an annual ritual for me.

This year, however, the gods were against me. My text books didn't sell. So I didn't have enough money to contribute to an Ipod.

So plan B kicked in. I figured that bringing a dozen or so CDs of MP3s overseas was a worthy substitute for an Ipod.

Because my parents aren't exactly techno savy, I went to the store with them and choose a $200 MP3 CD player. They bought it, and stashed it away for Christmas.

Soon after buying the CD player, my brother asked why I didn't get an ipod, and I told him everything I've just written here.

So this morning, what do I find, but an Ipod!

Apparently, my brother chipped in the rest of the money! They returned the CD player and exchanged it for an Ipod.

So basically, I just recieved the largest and most expensive gift ever; my brother put a whole pile of money into this gift. Amazingly generous.

Here's the bittersweet part: it's an Ipod mini. Meaning it's only 4 gigs. Meaning I can't put my whole music collection on to it... which means I won't be able to bring all my music with me when I leave Canada.

I smiled and laughed and thanked everyone profusely, of course. And I am thrilled that they all went so far out of their way to make me happy. But a 4 gig ipod kind of missed the point.

But I'm not sure what to do, now. I'm thinking I'll just carefully and quitely save my money, and before I leave Canada, I'll buy an MP3 CD player myself.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
ROTK EE
Harry Potter Gryffindor Scarf from Movie III
Tolkein Biography
Copied CD of "Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"
Cooking tray for Brownies and Brownies
Scissors
"Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel" (book)
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
My best christmas gift was a 96-piece Craftsman Mechanic's Toolset. Man, I love that thing.
 

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Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
 
The nurse I work with gave me a cute ceramic bathroom set, the kind with a cup, toothbrush holder, soap dispenser. It's really cute, apparently I actually admired a picture of it a few months ago when she was looking online at stuff.

And I have one package to open from a friend in California, but since it's the only gift I get to open today, I'm putting it off till later today.

I'll probably get more loot next week when I fly to Texas to see my parents.
 

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
An acoustic guitar (the non-fancy learner kind)
A book on chords and a "Dumnmy's Guide" DVD for it
A plush Janice doll from The Muppets. Unexpected, and it matches the plush Animal doll I got Teres last year that she still loves.
An "I, Robot" DVD (family secret Santa gift)
A T-shirt with a sleeping, half-naked Homer on it and the words "American Idle"
A pale-skinned Barbie which Teres decked out in goth clothes (some hand-made, some stolen from a Shakira doll), black makeup, dyed hair and a tiny ankh necklace to make my own "Death from the Endless" Barbie. Picture coming.
A few other gifts which will remain private. You know.
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
Some plastic horses
make up
a borders gift card
money from dad
promised shopping trip from mom
harry potter dvd's
amazing See's chocolate
cuticle cream
stuff still to come from friends and other family, since we're snowed in right now.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Bob & Dana gave me leather...
 

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Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
 
A new digital camera
a memory card for the camera
LOTR trilogy extended edition dvd box set
Star Wars dvd box set
Rush in Rio dvd
3 other various dvds
$55 cash
$25 Barnes and Noble gift card
a collector's hardcover version of The Wizard of Oz
a cute little teddy bear holding a rose
and likely a couple more things I haven't yet received.

[ December 25, 2004, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: Jeni ]
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
underwear?

edit that was to eljay's post

[ December 25, 2004, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: breyerchic04 ]
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Two of my friends got me a remote car starter.

Though, I think this might be a present for them, too, for use on cold snowboarding trip mornings.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Oh, and the Red Sox re-signed catcher Jason Varitek.

He's my favorite player on my favorite team. GREAT christmas present.
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
My grandmother's cookbook.

My grandmother collected all of her favorite recipes and the stories behind them, and she made it into a cookbook before she died. My mom was reorganizing it all when SHE died. For Christmas, at my request, my dad dug out the box with all the pages, sent it to Kinkos, and they mad a spiral bound version of it for me for Christmas. This makes me VERY happy. Every recipe has a story attached to it, so it's half my grandmother's socialite life and half family history. I read about a third of it this morning. This is very cool.

[ December 25, 2004, 03:56 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
ElJay's kinky.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 

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underwear?

edit that was to eljay's post

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Nope.

And Kama:
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
1. Socks
2. Boxers
3. Jeans
4. Jacket
5. Sweaters
6. Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life"
7. Phantom of the Opera soundtrack
8. New CD player headphones
 

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Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
 
The best thing I got for Christmas: a phone call from my brother.

*sigh* I love that guy.
 

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Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
 
RotK EE
The Stand (Stephen King)
CD The Out of Towners, Keith Jarrett
 

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Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
 
I got a digital camera and fair trade coffee. When I figure out how to upload the pictures, I'll show you the cool dress up the kids got.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Well, after my pecan saga, the most amusing thing I got was from my parents. Chocolate covered pecans and a nut cracker. (Of course we got that just about an hour after my husband finally finished shelling the 5 pounds of pecans.)

My husband and son got me America and a book light. I love the description of Chapter One. In this chapter you will : Witness thousands of years of history casually dismissed in a few pages.

They also got me 8 puzzle books, 6 of which are my favorite Places, Please!!!

Also from my parents, I'd asked for earmuffs (or that head band thing) for my ears because it's damned cold out when you are walking the dog at 6 am! So, they go me the head band thingy, and a matching scarf and gloves.

And, the piece de resistance, a check for two grand for, and I swear, this is what they said on the phone, "What we'd really like you to do with it is to buy a nice winter coat."

I could buy 10 nice winter coats for that! Of course, I'm sure we'll be using it to fix up this disaster we live in, though I still have hopes for that Extreme Home Make-Over tape we're working on.
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 

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I'll show you the cool dress up the kids got.

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Cool, then I'll know what the heck a "dress up" is!
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Some stuff:

DVDs:
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown
DS9 - season 1

Clothes:
Blue sweater
Blue sweatshirt

Misc. Neatitude:
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection
Three Stooges talking wall clock
The Complete Far Side
(B&N gift certificate too!)
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
My mom got me The Meaning of Life. I don't think she knew much about it.

Dear lord . . . so many breasts . . .
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
I got...

2 beautiful cook books (Stephanie Alexanders' Cooks Companion {the bible of cooking} and a Tuscan book that looks yummy)
Chocolate
Blue and white striped cotton pyjamas
Half of a cordless drill (Tony got the other half )
A garden trowel and a voucher to a nursery
A beautiful antique brooch to wear on my suit lapel when I finally graduate and start practicing
Flat beaded fancy flip flops (yes! Comfy fancy shoes!)
A ticket (with Tony) to go see the new Cirque de Soleil show
Edit: Oh, I forgot the foody stuff! A sampler pack of six types of organic tea (yummmm), chocolate fudge sauce, sticky date sauce, fire engince hot sauce and pure raspberry juice.

And some other house-y stuff including pillow cases, napkins and so on.

I was very spoilt.

[ December 25, 2004, 07:58 PM: Message edited by: imogen ]
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
I got to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas day with Dana and her family. We only stopped laughing while sleeping. Well, I slept at my place so for all I know they were laughing all night. Without me.

Or at me.

But that's neither here nor there.

What I got -- probably too much to list and get it all straight. But there was:
- a hand-made pen & pencil set in Maple wood
- a book of the art of Discworld.
- a rabbit hat (silly rabbit)
- really cool earmuffs (180s)
- a ninja-style head gear for cold weather
- warm sock thingies for wearing around the house
- fuzzy slippers (camoflage edition)
- A thing that explains wind chill and the related "Pain in the Posterior" index
- Bunnicula!!!
- Neverwinter Nights Platinum Edition (D&D games!!!)
- Underdog DVD
- CD Visor
- Mickey trivet (huge!)
- Shakespeare stamp set
- mini-version of Jenga
- a very cool binary clock!!!
- PIANO LESSONS!!!

Wow, piano lessons!

I love it.

Edit: I forgot to add that I also got the attachments to my vintage Kirby vac... woohoo!!!

[ December 25, 2004, 10:16 PM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
is there a rabbit in the rabbit hat?
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
It's made of Chinese rabbits.


 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 

 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Every time me ears don't freeze, I'll think of those rabbits and thank them silently.



Okay, look...it's warm...really, really warm...

LOVE IT.


 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
I got a necklace with a sapphire pendant in a setting that exactly matches my engagement ring.

And an Escape from Monkey Island game with the back of the case replaced with a photo-shopped version to point out all the more interesting features –

quote:

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Guybrush and his swashbuckling friends now appear in 3D Poofy Sleeves!!!

New jokes! New puns! New sleeves! And more monkeys than the three previous Monkey Island games combined!

An original cinematic story full of drama, sociopathic parrots and a villain with really poofy sleeves!

Hundreds of puzzles to challenge novice and veteran pirates . . . er, adventurers!

Dozens of lusciously rendered poofy sleeves!

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The ratings box is also altered to note the presence of “suggestive sleeves.”

And a bunch of other really cool stuff.

[ December 25, 2004, 08:48 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
A Le Creuset Saucepan
A MicroPlane spice grater
Harry Potter PoA
Monty Python and the Holy Grail two-disc set
Spider-Man 2 DVD
 

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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
This has been a fun thread to read! I hope everyone is enjoying their goodies. As for me, my family and my husband's family were far too generous. Some things I received are:

ER Season 1 (yay for Mr. Opera!)
Classical music CD
5 books (again, yay for Mr. Opera for taking Boy Opera to Half-Price Books!)
An awesome sweater (who knew Operaetta had such great taste)
sewing basket and supplies
quilting cutting board and rotary cutter
scarf, gloves, and headband set
make-up travel bag
Trivial Pursuit 90s Edition
An adorable snowman candle lamp thingy
memory bracelet
big candle
bubble bath
handmade step stool from my grandfather
tupperware and a pizza sheet
more bubble bath
charm bracelet
gift certificate and money

I really love all of my gifts, but I truly wish that some people - particularly my grandparents and Mr. Opera's grandparents and parents hadn't spent so much.

space opera
 

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Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
Foust:

An iPod won't set you back too much more than an iPod mini. If you can return the mini and just pay the difference to upgrade, you should be able to get one
 

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Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
 
I got...

RotK-EE (squee!)
Game Boy Advance (squee again!)
Clothes
New Wallet
Wallace silversmith bookmark
$35 gift certificate to a local spa
$150 cash

I also woke up about 7:30 to the mailman delivering Bernard's gift to me which included:

wireless router
The Sims
The Sims 2
Silver necklace with an Ox pendant (my Chinese zodiac sign)
and...

FIREFLY

With a note included that says he wants it back. The only way he's going to get it back is if he marries me.
 

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Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
 
I got:

World of Warcraft (yay! now I can waste even more time!)
RotK: Extended Edition
Indiana Jones collection
Animatrix
Ilium: by Dan Simmons
Speaker for the Dead (in hardcover to replace my paperback that had fallen apart)
the complete Le Morte D'Arthur (with illustrations and such)
Ray Charles: Genius Loves Company



[ December 25, 2004, 11:51 PM: Message edited by: FlyingCow ]
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 

• Dell DJ-20 MP3 player from boss Steve

• $100 gift certificate to Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants (a chain of various themed cuisines through the Chicago area) from boss Sid

• a ceramic Christmas pedestal serving dish and a bottle of wine with crimson wineglasses from boss Howard

• two cross stitch kits from my sister

• season pass to Broadway in Chicago from my parents - Jesus Christ Superstar, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, Peter Pan, Wicked and Les Mis! (but no Spamalot, that's sold out

• giftbox with jumbo mugs decorated with Winnie the Pooh and flavored cocoas from teh kids

I haven't gotten together with my brother and his wife yet so I'm not quite finished yet.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
I got a new sweater, a wolfmans severed finger (really...you HAVE to love gifts by your very young neices, don't you?), plane tickets to AZ and/or FL, and the LOTR Triva game ( Special Limited Edition).

I got Jenni lots of Dopey stuff, and a family membership to the YMCA gym for us both.

Kwea
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I have my geek prince. What else could I possibly want? Oh, and since I have many many many chocolates from Jeniwren, I'm all set. . .
 

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Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
FC, how's Genius Loves Company? I got the Ray! soundtrack (I'd asked for it, Ray Charles was notably absent from my record collection) and I love it.
 

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Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
 
Hey imogen,

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A ticket (with Tony) to go see the new Cirque de Soleil show

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Which one? I've seen three of them and there all took my breath away (true I'm a theatre bum born and bread, but that just says more to how amazing they are)
 

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Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
 
Sid Meyer's Pirates . Arrr! Mateys, it's a barrel of fun!

New Carolina Panthers cap.

A pound of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans.

[ December 26, 2004, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: Sopwith ]
 

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Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
 
Khakis
Bathing Suit
Sandals
Memory Card for digital camera
T-shirt
Blistex Ultra Protection Lip Balm
Gift card for Chapters
Gift certificate for tanning
Luggage

We are leaving for Mexico on January 8th and we pretty much only bought things for that trip.

I'm hoping to get ROTK EE for my anniversary in January.
 

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
My present from Teres:

Death Barbie
Death Barbie face

She didn't know that the eye design is on only one eye, but it's easily fixed. It's so cool! Now if I can only find a Barbie-sized top hat...
 

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Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
 
twinky, it's awesome. I've listened to it three times already today. I'll likely listen a few more times yet.
 

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Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
I'll have to look into it, then. Thanks!
 

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Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
 
I got a (sorely needed) new blanket, although I'm a bit sad having to break off my relationship with my old one after 12 years.

Also, a weekend trip to a Bed & Breakfast in the Poconos over New Year's!!!
 

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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Aww, Godric got a new blankie.


 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
Sim City 2000 strategies Chris?

Hobbes
 

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Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
Half Life 2 w/ Counter Strike: Source, climbing gear, ROTK extended edition, and a bunch of books twas a good christmas
 

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
Books never leave my bookshelves. They just accumulate...
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Oh, yeah. Almost forgot.

I got one migraine.

But luckily, the medicine worked for the most part, I was only mildly miserable, and slept the rest of it off last night.

No emergency room visit this Christmas!

So far. (fingers crossed)
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
Sim City 2000 strategy can be summed up in a sentence.

Use mixed zoning and a grid-style road system and you will make mucho dinero.
 

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Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
 

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Oh, yeah. Almost forgot.

I got one migraine.

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quote:

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um... how could you forget a migraine?

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Through practice and determination.
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
Stryker - It's Quidam.

I've already seen Alegria (twice) and Saltimbanco. And loved both immensely.

[ December 26, 2004, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: imogen ]
 

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Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
 
I suppose I'll toss my gatherings on here.

- Cell Phone
- Patio Table and 2 chairs
- LotR: RotK EE
- Blender
- Food Processor
- Two flannel shirts
- Blanket with pictures of Australian Sheperds stitched in
- Book on Arizona Architecture
- 50 dollar card at Best Buy
- Various bits of money from extended relatives
- And two cards from friends.

Oh, and also about a dozen scratches, half a dozen bruises, and three blisters. But those are more of a result anytime I go to Tucson, and not just the holidays.

And I think that was the entire batch.

Feyd Baron, DoC
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
I got an Atari 2600 game system with about 20 games.

It's WAY COOL!
 

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Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
 
Digital camera. Finally. Now the next time I see a bug in my computer or my neighbors hang a reindeer I can get a picture of it for posterity.
 

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Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
 
I got a beautiful blue stone spoon rest from my son. Eight pretty white bowls from my mother and some soup mixes to go with. My dad gave me a food chopper and Apples to Apples.

And my husband spoiled me rotten. He gave me an all day treatment at one of the most exclusive spas in town. It's something I really wanted, had never voiced a desire for because it is ridiculously expensive and that makes it all the more dear that he got it not knowing how much I'd really wanted it. I was totally, totally surprised. And then he had two other gifts...diamond chip earrings and pearl earrings. I'm going to get my ears peirced tomorrow.

Better than any gifts was the laidback weekend and the time with my family. It's been one of the best Christmases ever for that....we didn't make a big dinner -- I thawed some steaks, we baked some potatoes. I bought the bread from Great Harvest. It took 45 minutes to make a great dinner and less than that to clean it up. I like to cook when I have the energy, but this holiday we have all been sick for weeks, and it was so nice to just relax, watch some tv, play with the kids and their new toys. It was a great weekend.
 

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Posted by Misha McBride (Member # 6578) on :
 
I got-

A black beret
Personalized dog tags
A hooded sweater/jacket
Socks
Bath gel
A carton of Marlboro Lights
A Warhammer 40k Land Raider
New grips for my 1911A1
A leather scented candle
A USMC bumper sticker
And a starter aquarium (1.5 gallons)
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
Merry Christmas everyone!



I got about 5 gift cards to Target! lol

hehe.. well... looks like I have some shopping to do! *rubs hands together*
 

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Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :
 
This Christmas was a great year all around, not just the presents.

But:

-There and Back Again: An Actor's Journey, by Sean Astin
-Trigun (manga) volume 1
-1 Borders gift certificate
-1 Best Buy gift certificate
-A digital camera (to share)
-An emergency pack for my car, with 80 very handy items
-Zalman Surround Sound headphones
-The Halo 2 Xbox Live headset!
-A digital tire pressure gauge
-The last 4 volumes of Trigun (anime)
-Frisbee golf discs!
 

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Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
 
Sara -- A houseboat, eh?

Chris -- You and Teres are just awesome!

Lime -- We saw parts of "There and Back Again" on tv, but really want to see the whole thing *rubs greedy hands together* Perhaps we could borrow it?

jeniwren -- How blissful! Tom got me a bunch of spa products this year and promised my sister and I that when we could find a weekend we were both free, he'd pay for a spa visit for the two of us.
 

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
Christy - Teres got a Captain Jack Sparrow doll, a Pirates of the Caribbean wall sculpture (of the logo image, with two metal swords stuck behind a headband-wrapped skull), a tiny crystal chandelier with a lilac-scented candle in it, fuzzy coloring posters, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Xbox game to go along with Jamie's new Xbox, and probably more I'm forgetting. And more I'm not mentioning on purpose.
 

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Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
 
I got to spend time with my family and donated more money to charity.
 

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Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
 
A crock pot
A tea kettle
A handmade hat and scarf (from my baby sister)
A puzzle
Three pairs of funny socks
Some yummy smelling lotion
A very nice day with my family... it's been a while

Edit: I forgot the books:
Wicked, The Princess Diaries, The Scarlet Pimpernel (and the movie) and a book of quilting patterns

[ December 27, 2004, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Coccinelle ]
 

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Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :
 
Sure, you can borrow it! I just started today, actually, and hopefully will be done with it soon.

Just another reason to get together for dinner, eh?
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
Some people here got some great gifts!

I had a lovely Christmas, we tried to cut way back on spending, were moderately successful (we did stay under budged, but I'd hoped to spend half of our Christmas bonus money and instead we spent about 2/3 of it.)

At any rate, my husband gave me a lovely watch, I had mentioned that I needed to start wearing one again before I started school and was going to drag out my old one and get the battery replaced - but this one is much nicer.

My father and stepmother gave me the Two Towers X-box game and some very nice opal and diamond earrings.

My mother gave my husband and I a joint gift of a new gas grill.

My oldest daughter gave me a charm bracelet, with a book and pencil charms. ('cause I'm a writer, get it?)

I also got an Ebay gift certificate and Target gift cards. With the Ebay one I bought myself a small butane torch for soldering for jewelry construction and repair, and a pair of topaz earrings.

Haven't used the Target ones yet, it'll probably be used to buy cat litter, I just realized I need to change the box today and I'm out.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 

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I got about 5 gift cards to Target! lol

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Hey! That means you can get something more expensive!
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Telp! I LOVE Target gift cards!!

sndrake, I got a migraine as a Boxing Day present. Thank heavens I made it to today. I'm glad you're better too.

Bob!! My very coolest present was music related (like your piano lessons) from my parents. They got me a flute!!!!!!

A flute! Last year for my music ed degree I had to take these classes where I learned just enough about all the instruments that I could teach beginning band if I had to. I had to learn how to play them and all the fingerings etc. My favorite was the flute and I actually got quite good at it (for a beginner!). It's one of those things that I started saying to myself "when I get money, I'll buy one."

But my cute parents got one for me and they were so pleased at my shock. Awesome!!

I also got

Napolean Dynomite on DVD
Several other sundry old movie DVDs
Some lovely books (including a Dumas, a Wilde, and a Bronte. Yay for people that look at my bookshelves to see what I don't have!!)
a cool ring from my sister
a nifty homemade scarf from my SIL
a pretty cream colored sweater

Yeah, great Christmas. I had a good time watching other people open stuff because I was in on everyone else's gifts. We have several copies of the ROTK EE floatin around and I just have to get the time to sit down and watch it!

One of the coolest gifts was given to my brother...the first 100 Strongbad emails on DVD. We sat down on Christmas day and watched all of them. What a good time!!
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Oh, and I can't forget my gifts from fellow hatrackers.

Mark (raventh1) got me my Yo-yo Ma/Mcferrin CD. (He was my secret santa.) I laugh hysterically at it in my car with any of my siblings that happen to be driving with me. "Give me my note. Thank you, I appreciate that."

I also got a copy of The Pilgrim's Progress from digging_holes. *hugs* There's a story that goes along with that too and when I opened it, I laughed good and hard.

I love hatrack!
 

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Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
 
My husband got vodka and power tools. This will end poorly.

As for myself, I got all three LotR movies (extended editions, yaay!), a couple of books, a new shoulder bag, a top I really like, yarn and yarn-related items, a TON of chocolate, some cash, and a few gift cards for various retail establishments. I am a happy camper indeed But mostly I'm happy that I got all the shopping, gift-making, and wrapping done in time, everybody liked what I gave them, and the whole holiday just generally went very well.
 

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