What did the fat jolly guy bring you? (!)

Common; lets make this the brag/boast thread for the end of 2004'

What nice presents did you get that make you feel a little bit bigger this year? Keep it SFW!

 

credit card debt.

 

Hey, me too. The old guy's losing his originality.

 

I'm with Wenchie on this one

 

WOOT WOOT
NEW MOBO AND PROC!!!
Chaintech VNF3-250 with an Athlon 64 2800+
WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!

 

...a headache!!!

 

Thus far (having attended two Christmas parties and received a secret santa gift from another site):

Jimmy Buffett's new book in hardcover, "A Salty Piece of Land"
A very cool snowman-shaped custom-made coffee mug, with a gift card to my favourite coffee shop downtown near the theatre I work most often
Cordless Black & Decker grater (rechargable battery)
Cordless Black & Decker hands-free can opener (rechargable battery)
400-space folding photo album
Bamboo tongs
Pampered Chef easy-opener for bottles
Kohl's Christmas CD (we get one every year from my niece), which this year came with recipes
Stress-relief spa kit (lavendar body butter, lavendar mist, self-heating facial mask, peppermint foot lotion, lavendar hair/body wash)
Olive serving dish (if you've not seen one, look it up, they're GREAT!)

And from mom (which I picked out, as she gave us all money to buy our own):
Jimmy Buffett's Live in Hawaii CD (came with a free DVD)
Jimmy Buffett - Where is Joe Merchant (book)
Charcoal gray turtleneck sweater
Green snap-front long-sleeve henley
Black pants
Pepper mill with salt reservoir on top
Sea salt mill
Betty Crocker Appetizers cookbook
Arch support for plantar faschia
Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all five novels in one book)
Terry's Chocolate Cherry (like the oranges, but cherry flavour).

I only have two more parties to go. LOL Christmas morning with mom tomorrow, and then my dad's party is Sunday.

 

My mom and dad always ask, what we want, with a $50 limit.........I asked for a inova x5 LED floodlight, the cost and shipping, came to...........hey my limit.....so I got a 5 LED light........that's good out to 120 feet, and I have the titanium case, with the blue LED's that enhances contrast, and show's the colors as they are..............I'm going to make a mount, for my bike's handle bar.............and I get the other stuff, from my daughter and girl friend, later today..........wobbles

 

Forgot to metion mines; MX1000, the saitek keyboard and a fooze/air hockey table for me and my bro.

 

My dad went nuts and gave me something way over the limit! Probably because I take care of his computer for him all the time!

He gave me a 200gb hdd! The old 40 gb with 3 partitions on it is getting very small, fgs, just installing a game these days requires 4-5 gb of space... So I'm very excited. I'm just about to install, and when I'm done I'll start installing all the games that I'm dying to try, that are collecting dust on the shelves now, because I haven't had space to install them before!

My mom gave me a lemon.

A very nice, organically grown specimen of a lemon. She is just so funny! Later she gave me a kitchen tool to peal lemons with to nice peal slices for cooking. I nearly wet myself laughing!
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Nothing...

 

I got lots of fun watching the kids open the presents

and a DVD burner

 

a new phone

 

I got a journal, a scent set, and pot.

 

A summons (the fat jolly guy here is a cop......)

 

Didn't get anything. Never have with Christmas as it's not a (big) tradition in our family.
Good food, though!

 

Poverty.





I got a couple shirts and a USB flash drive. I haven't made my Christmas rounds, I might get more, still, it's a good haul.

 

good food.
mp3 player
book
games [ red alert 2 + expansion, tiberian sun + expansion, renegade ]
cd [ I Am Kloot ]
pillowcover with text
"Imagine,
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one"
new shoes (but they weren't for christmas, just got them because I needed new shoes)

 

Um... a lump of coal in my stocking?

A couple of nice shirts, a couple of books, the extended version of LOTR Return Of The King, a check for a couple hundred dollars, and a secret santa gift still undelivered from another group that I haven't gotten yet.

 

A new pair of Binoculars. Be aware, Tanagers and Vireos, I'm watching you.

A book - Paris 1919. I've had my eye on that one for a while.

Slippers.

Swing music.

Chocolate, of course.

My cup runneth over, as usual.

 

last post from last night.....today, from my daughter a scupture made of screws nuts bolts of a buy riding a motorcycle, and from my girlfriend a DVD of The Bourne Supremacy, just watched it.............Santa brought a webcam for the family computer......My girlfriend got a $500 bonus from her boss, and he gave me two good bottles of red wine.............hope you all have a great day, and to those's that the day's over, it's time to clean up..............wobbles

 

What was that last one?

well anyways, I got halo 2, the star wars trilogy, cable on my computer through my tv tuner and now I can record stuff on my 80 gig hdd. and also I got a really nice set of pedals and a wheel for my xbox, its very cool. Oh, and some very very very nice goalie gloves for soccer.

 

Nothing yet, will know within a few hours. If Santa brought DustBuster again, he is getting a good beating!

I am the 'giving' one in the family anyhow, watching people open their gifts and smile is good enough for me...

 

A pot. the spaghetti type. im way too boring for the other

 

w00t! I got the Star Wars Trilogy, SW:Battlefront, and some Legos, along with SLIM JIMS in my stocking...

 

Certified that I am free of cancer.

I had radiation treatment the week before and the results couldn't be better. That's the best thing I got this Christmas.

I also got presents but they don't compare.

 

Great big HUGE congratulations!!!!!!!! That kinda makes my day, and I don't even know you.

From Christmas this morning with mom:
black sweatshirt that says "I'm only wearing black until they come up with something darker" (hugely funny if you know me)
two spindles of CD-Rs
Pretty much every kind of Altoids they make (gum, mints, strips, sours)
Windshield and lock de-icers
hair ties, hand cream, lip balm
tons of candy

 

That's a very fine Christmas gift. Congratulations.

I have a relatively healthy father, which is all I could have hoped for. He had a heart attack Thursday morning, and then a more severe one in hospital the same day. My mum and I spent until about 4o'clock today visiting, and then my sister and one of my brothers came along. He looked huge amounts better, and was sarcastic and slightly grumpy, so he must be feeling better.

So Christmas is postponed until Tuesday, as my dad is hopefully going to be discharged on Monday. So meat as been frozen, the presents under the tree are unopened as of yet, although we did take my dad in a couple of books, one I had bought him and one from my mum.

It also snowed! Big, fat, fluffy snow. Driving back from the hospital, through Mid-Wales with the sun catching the snow on the hills, was beautiful.

Merry Christmas Geeks!

 

Way to go CA. Great news.

 

I certainly agree with the others. I knew hadn't seen you as much but did not know the circumstances.

Glad to hear the good news.

Steve

 

logitech cordless keyboard, I'm ecstatic!

 

DVDs
Fahrenheit 9/11
LOTR The Return of The King Special Extended DVD Edition.

PS2 Games
GTA San Andreas
True Crimes of LA

Game Cube Games
Madden 05
Nascar 05

Electronics
Sony progressive scan 5 DVD Changer Player
Sony 5 head VCR
Apple 20GB IPOD

Books
Weapons Of Mass Deception by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber
Plan Of Attack by Bob Woodward
House of Bush, House of Saud, by Craig Unger
The Family, The Real Story of The Bush Dynasty, by Kitty Kelley

Misc
GB Packers New era fitted cap
Wilsons leather gloves
Wilsons leather wallet
Cloths; Purdue jersey, hoodies, and tock t-shirts
candy and money

I really cashed in this Christmas!



cooked

 

You got SW Battlefront??? What you think of it??? I think it's well a good game, haven't played it much was out a lot yesterday, played it for the first time in the evening. The graphics are great yet some of the battles seem too easy, wicked game though!!!

 

Ive had it for PC. I thought it was ok. Really easy, and the maps especially the open ones got booring quick.



cooked

 

I got gift certificates and money. I need new cloths. I've lost a lot of weight
not my cloths are way too big. Even my socks and shoes are too big I look like a hiphop bum. (according to my sister)

 

And now I've been to the last party.

VERY cool organizer/briefcase. Looks kinda like a salesman's deal, with entirely too many compartments and sections, that zips closed and has handles that come out so it can be carried like a briefcase.

Shoulder bag that the above fits in, along with my laptop, which will work fine as a temporary solution until I can get to and afford a real one.

A bulk package of legal-size lined notepads, and a bulk package of the little ones (5.5" x 4.25").

 

The usual deodorants and after shave sets; socks and ties. And colanders and executive ornament junk from my suppliers.

Pretty boring, really.

 

My dad took my kid for a whole WEEK Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

A cool LED "headlamp" for riding at night. Also good for night pond hockey. New CD/MP3/... for my car. Clothes, puzzles, and a Technic Lego kit to build a jeeplike tow truck. Suspension, steering, couple of winches, and an engine you assemble too, pistons, crank etc. The box says "9 and up". This would be tricky for most kids that young. Except maybe Goldfish when he was 9.
The best thing though was all my kids home for a few days. They were great for a couple of days, and then it was bickering and argueing again. Made me laugh. Good kids, all working, and/or university.

 

Have you played bf1942? then you've played SW Battlefront. Theres no difference.

 

I read a review recently and it said that they were pretty much the same, just the obvious differences.

 

what did i get?
I caught a cold...

Well, u can't expect me not to catch a cold after ice-skating at Rockafeller Center at 11:45pm when it's about 20 degrees (or less) outside...

Anyway, i wasn't here during xmas so belated Merry Christmas everyone...http://www.gamestalks.com/images/smilies/extra/santaclaus.gif

 

Thanks everybody.

Mispon, I hope everything goes well with your father's recovery.

 

A new scanner, mp3 player, dvd burner, extra 200 GB hard drive (to add to the 2 I have already), 100 DVD+Rs, a newer and bigger flash drive, and then of course the best present of all, the traditional orange in my stocking.