The what you actually got for Chirstmas Thread

[Ice]

1. Digital Camera
2. Beavis/Butthead Season One DVD
3. Simpson Season One DVD
4. $400 worth of Master Card Gift Cards
5. $100 Best Buy Gift Card
6. Call of Duty 2
7. An assortment of my favorite college team, Michigan, clothes
8. Simpsons Calander

Overall, it was an excellent Christmas.

EDIT:
Gah, I spelt the Christmas wrong.

[Strike For The South]

Ipod Video
Gym Bag
Jeans
125$

BEST CHRISTMAS EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

[Ice]

Ipod Video
Gym Bag
Jeans
125$

BEST CHRISTMAS EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

I second that SFTS :san_grin:

[Kaiser of Arabia]

1. $150 so far, waiting on some relitives
2. Sean John sweatsuit
3. New shirt and tie
4. New boots
5. BF2
6. AoEIII
7. Some clothes
8. Cologne
9. New HBH Beer mug (woot!)
10. Found my HL2 cd key (woot!)

Good year, good year.

[Strike For The South]

2. Sean John sweatsuit

and the backroom isnt open.:san_sad:

[Beirut]

A huge towel
A bathrobe of incredible warmth
A package of razors
A Snickers bar
3 Kit Kats
A DVD collection called "Bent".
And a bottle of 15 year-old Glenfiddich, which is now 3/4 gone. My two friends at dinner helped me out.

But the kids were showered with toys, my woman got her new fancy snowshoes, and all is well. :san_cool:

[Ice]

Oh I man i forgot i 4 dvds too.

SFTS: I agree with the Sean Paul:tomato:

[TheSilverKnight]

Clothes
£400
A bag full of candy
A new clock radio that can play nature sounds
Sid Meier's Civilisation 4
Some awesome smelling cologne
and tomorrow night I'm going to a post-Christmas party with some girls :san_kiss: :san_grin:

[Ice]

A huge towel
A bathrobe of incredible warmth
A package of razors
A Snickers bar
3 Kit Kats
A DVD collection called "Bent".
And a bottle of 15 year-old Glenfiddich, which is now 3/4 gone. My two friends at dinner helped me out.

But the kids were showered with toys, my woman got her new fancy snowshoes, and all is well. :san_cool:

Great gifts, glad your family/friends had a great Christmas!

[master of the puppets]

80 bucks
shirts,
pants,
a really nice fleece bath robe
a flying saucer thing that is pretty cool,
some books,
and an ipod that stupid UPS screwed up and is currently somewhere in michigan waiting to be shipped here.

...well anyway its the thought that counts not the gifts...right?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Shirts, socks (lots of good ole plain white ones), the Office Space DVD, COD:UO, candy, money, and to top it all off, this t-shirt:
http://us.st8.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/wickedcoolstuff_1875_41701248

Crazed Rabbit

[Kekvit Irae]

A 5000 USD hospital bill because my 10 month old son had surgery.
60 dollars from my inlaws.

All in all, it was a pretty crappy Christmas for me, but at least my son is healthy now.

[AntiochusIII]

Ah...clothes...it's something you give for some shy, quiet, rather anti-social young relatives you don't really know or care but is obligated to give gifts to anyway, i.e. me.

I got some clothes (a denim jeans and three sweaters, not counting some I recieved shortly earlier, kinda needed them, so it's not too bad) 30$ (thank the gods! Or may be the one who gave me :P) and that's it, unless you count the new cellphone (quite a good bargain) I got from my dad earlier this week.

Where's my mangas, PC games, and geeky anime DVD's!? I'll even settle for the Narnia book! Or at least (better yet) they could've just gave me Best Buy or Borders or Barnes&Nobles gift cards...or money, for the heck of it!

I don't like this Christmas at all. :san_sad:

Then again...

I like my new cellphone, a lot.

Oh well. All's well in the world.

[Lemur]

A 5000 USD hospital bill because my 10 month old son had surgery.
Wow, that's rough. I hope the money was well-used, and that your son is now in great health. Good luck! And Merry Christmas, even if it doesn't feel like it right now.

[jayrock]

the standard colthng items, jeans, socks underwear and of course big dawg shirts...

plus i won a 53 in hdtv in the office xmas pool... my coworkers were a little torqued ive only been on the job for 3 weeks....

all in all a good xmas, no family feuds this year so it good.

[Beirut]

Kekvitirae,

Sorry you're having a tough time. As long as you kid's ok. The smack in the wallet is really adding insult to injury though. Completely unnecessary and uncivilized.

I'm sure everyone here is aiming their most positive thoughts in your direction. We'll send some goodwill and hopefully some good luck.

[Mikeus Caesar]

1) Phaic Tan: Sunstroke on a shoestring (book)
2) Molvania: A land untouched by modern dentistry (book)
3) Visions of victory (book)
4) What might have been (book)
5) Is it just me or is everything ****? An encyclopedia of modern life (book)
6)Shaggy dogs and black sheep (book)
7) The Darwin awards 2 (book)
8) New webcam, one which doesn't require half a dozen spotlights to make anything out properly despite the fact you're in a well lit room.
9) Test the nation (DVD game)
10) Travel solitaire (the litttle game with the pegs/glass balls in a cross formation)
11) Headphones for MP3 player
12) Half a tonne of sweets
13) New Pyjamas
14) Half-life 2 G.O.T.Y edition.
15) 365 Stupidest things ever said (calendar)

A good haul i think.

[Kralizec]

I got a headache...does that count?

[edyzmedieval]

Here's what I got:

iPod Video 60GB
FIFA 2006
poster with adidas 'TMAC 5(and with McGrady on it!!!!)
Adidas jumper with "Basketball" on it
Clive Cussler - Sacred Stone
Valerio Manfredi - The Last Legion
CD's with music(Mozart, Christmas songs CD...)
Tons of sweets
Money(really helps.... money for iPod and computer upgrade) :san_grin:

Oh, and the family got a Home Cinema. :san_grin:

Good Christmas! :san_grin: :san_cool:

[Adrian II]

A 5000 USD hospital bill because my 10 month old son had surgery.
60 dollars from my inlaws.

All in all, it was a pretty crappy Christmas for me, but at least my son is healthy now.Kekvitirae, I am really sorry to hear that. I hope all is well now. That bill sucks, but it's importance is of course infinitesimal compared to the kid's health. There is no greater gift than that. Don't let this spoil your holiday, think of the merry Christmases you will prepare your child in the future!
:bow:

[Sjakihata]

I didnt get snow or peace in the world...

[Adrian II]

A huge towel
A bathrobe of incredible warmth
A package of razors
A Snickers bar
3 Kit Kats
A DVD collection called "Bent".
And a bottle of 15 year-old Glenfiddich, which is now 3/4 gone. My two friends at dinner helped me out.

But the kids were showered with toys, my woman got her new fancy snowshoes, and all is well. :san_cool:Count yourself lucky, I had to borrow someone else's razor yesterday because my significant others judged my personal hygiene to be totally insignificant to them. Replace the Glen with Courvoisier, add an empty wallet and some newly-won friends and you can picture my Christmas. Oh, and no Kit Kats, but I discovered a forgotten stash of mini Milky Way bars in an old cupboard which I jealousy kept to myself and managed to guard succesfully against infantile intruders for a day.

Once it was discovered, of course, all resistance was futile and my mini bars were mercilessly assimilated...
:san_shocked:

[Ianofsmeg16]

1. Drums
2. Minifridge (which is currently stocked with alcoholic beverages)
3. FIFA 2006
4. Family Guy Series' 1 + 2
5. Red Dwarf series 1
6. Little Britain series 2
7. A little 256mb mp3 plyer that is perfect for my Floyd
8. A Next Leather belt with three interchangable buckles, one of them a SF 49ers buckle
9. Some addidas deodorant
10. Some really posh deodorant and shower gel stuff that is perfect for posh stuff
11. an RC Quad bike, (for the little smeg inside of me)
12. Blink 182's Greatest hits
13. A book entitled "Can cows walk downstairs?" which answers all lifes little questions
14. The Lost chronicles, the book on the lost series
and a rubber bouncy ball that is fill with plastic body parts and fake blood

oh and some drum sticks :san_grin:

damn good haul if you ask me

P.S Also I'm going out with some money to buy Pink Floyd's "Delicate sound of thunder" Live album, which is awesome

[LeftEyeNine]

Kekvitirae,

send my wishes and hugs of healing to the little hero. I'm quite familiar with how mothers feel in such a situation. And I'm quite happy to hear all is going well. Keep up the high spirit -lift it up if necessary :san_cheesy:


12. Blink 182's Greatest hits...

ian_of_smeg16, when did Blink 182 popped off so many hits that they could select the greatest among them ? :san_tongue:

[Ianofsmeg16]

ian_of_smeg16, when did Blink 182 popped off so many hits that they could select the greatest among them ? :san_tongue:
oh dont get me wrong, I only wanted it for "All the Small things" and "First date" :san_tongue: AND I did mention I'd be getting a Floyd cd aswell...great enough for you? :san_tongue:

oh I forgot to mention....Football (soccer) fans be prepared to get jealous, my last present was a Boarding card signed by Goeff Hurst When he was over here, my mums a check-in person, and she got it for me...It's signed "To Ian" aswell :san_grin:

[Kanamori]

Kekvitirae, I hope all is well with your son and he stays healthy.







Myself, just some clothes, money, a laptop, and a nice waterproof digi-cam... and most importantly, a nice martini shaker and my uncles promise at a nice big bottle of ketel one and noilly prat.:san_grin:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Some miniature portraits of American presidents.

[ArcticSonata]

Great Christmas a Korg Synthesiser
http://images.misupply.com/products/original/KORG/68018.jpg
An acustic Guitar
and some other smaller crap

no babes though

[Proletariat]

Two bottles of Perrier Jouet, two crystal whiskey glasses, and season 2 of the Ali G show.

:san_cool:

Edit: And of course, a bazillion gift cards.

[The Stranger]

nothing

[yesdachi]

Good luck to your little one Kekvitirae. We had a surgery on St. Patty’s day a while back, definably doesn’t make you want to celebrate but it is all for the best.


What I got? Plenty of candy and stuff but most importantly MTW:VI!!!! What I wish I could have is an extra 10 hours!:san_cheesy:

[Mouzafphaerre]

.

A 5000 USD hospital bill because my 10 month old son had surgery.
Sorry to hear that kekvit. :san_sad: After all your boy is well and that's what counts. :san_cool:

Meh? A card far away from Florida :san_cheesy: and my Tolkiens finally arrived after two months, though they were my own gifts for myself. :san_rolleyes:
.

[The Stranger]

nothing...

[Templar Knight]

An Airbus A350 :san_cool:

[BDC]

A PSP which I am writing this on. It isn't too time consuming lol.

[Devastatin Dave]

Some Christmas Booty!!!

[KukriKhan]

"...In the business week ended December 16, the Powder River Basin (PRB) average spot price for 8,8000-Btu product surged higher by $2.00, from $14.48 to $16.48 per short ton..."
source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/coalnews/coalmar.html

coal being too expensive to put in my stocking this year, I got a pre-owned copy of Call Of Duty 2 (son #2 part-times at EB games store).

A fine dinner with both sons present, and a kukri-sized bottle of a nice scots whiskey.

p.s. kekvitirae, sorry about the hospital thing. Best wishes to your son & you.

[Craterus]

oh I forgot to mention....Football (soccer) fans be prepared to get jealous, my last present was a Boarding card signed by Goeff Hurst When he was over here, my mums a check-in person, and she got it for me...It's signed "To Ian" aswell :san_grin:

GAH! I got a signed copy of Shankly's autobiography. :san_tongue:


Valerio Manfredi - The Last Legion

Good book.

Anyway, my presents:

iPod 30GB
2 books on Boudicca by Mandy Scott.
Usual assortment of chocolate.
Playstation controller, so I now have two that actually work.
£55

[Kanamori]

Two bottles of Perrier Jouet, two crystal whiskey glasses, and season 2 of the Ali G show.

Excellent gifts! All that needs to go along w/ it is an eighth.:san_wink:

[Mongoose]

Sorry to hear about that, kekvitirae. At least the money was well spent.



I got Republic commando, Home world2, and afew other things. mostly books and clothes. and another present of course, is to see afew relatives that i normally don't see very often(Too far way).

[Uesugi Kenshin]

A visit by my Grandparents, one of which probably has Alzheimer's, which was an experience.
A visit from my brother which I of course relished...:san_undecided:
Two pies eaten by the dog.
Century Rain by Alistair Reynolds in gift wrap, after it was bought by my gift cards a few weeks ago.:san_rolleyes:
On the bright side COD2, some music (The Clash, Ramones, and another which I forgot), some good books, and a ticket to see The Producers in NYC.

All in all a pretty hectic Christmas.

Kekvitirae: Sorry about your son, I'm glad he is getting better, good luck.

[Redleg]

A Christmas reunion with an estranged brother - the highlight of the Christmans Celbration in the household.

A remote contral car that goes over 60 MPH - suffered the first crash today when it hit a bump in the road that made it go flying - doing a 360 in the air. It was a beutiful wreck - now I have to go to the hobby shop and get some more parts. It was this little beauty.

http://www.traxxas.com/products/nitro/n4tec/gallery/n-4-tec-3_4-red.jpg

Also got a satellite radio for my truck - to bad my AM/FM radio got stolen during thanksgiving.

And StarWars Battlefront II which I have been playing with my son.

[LeftEyeNine]

A remote contral car that goes over 60 MPH - suffered the first crash today when it hit a bump in the road that made it go flying - doing a 360 in the air..

You can't have done that. I want to see it back brand new again.. :san_cheesy:

[Craterus]

(... Ramones ...)

Good choice! http://digilander.libero.it/tribers/smilies/klap2.gif

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

I got loads of board games, a remote car that does loads of stunts, A PSP, 4 PSP games, a Xbox game, a vehicle that is meant to be a antique, Monopoly, a 3D snakes and ladder board game, and much more! I always have awesome christmas!

[Adrian II]

A Christmas reunion with an estranged brother - the highlight of the Christmans Celbration in the household.Good to hear that, Redleg. You gave a clue as to the situation now and then in your posts, so I gather this must have been a very special occasion for all of you. Forget about the remote thingamy. Stuff crashes all the time, who cares. Human lives are much harder to fix.
:bow:

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

A Stethoscope
A mobile phone-Have been holding off on getting one, but the absence has been felt recently, so I have relented.
A Miles Davies album
The 30th Anniversary Born To Run boxset
The new Rush live DVD/CD
Batman Begins on DVD
An 8 DVD set of WWII archival footage
A Batman alarm clock, which is very cool indeed.
About a hundred quid, all told.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

-Star Wars Episode III DVD
-9 martial arts DVD's (no idea where this came from, ive never shown and interest in them)
-"Roman Life" book which was my grandma's in the 10th grade
-Ben Hur (movie from 1959)
-Pringles
-Various candy

I specifically told everyone I didn't want anything for Christmas, but it's cool...

Overall pretty good Christmas, especially when spent with my grandma...only gripe is it took 12 hours to get there...

[TheSilverKnight]

I just got home from an excellent night at a post-Christmas party where a girl I know gave me a special present of her own kind...:rtwyes: *I goes to sleep a happy chap* ~D

[Beirut]

A Stethoscope



A stethoscope?

:nurse: "There you go, your heart sounds good, now - 'whomp' - cough!

:fainting: Arrrrrrrggghhh!

[Ianofsmeg16]

I just got home from an excellent night at a post-Christmas party where a girl I know gave me a special present of her own kind...:rtwyes: *I goes to sleep a happy chap* ~D

~:cheers:

[Somebody Else]

A half-dozen books - mostly with some sort of historical theme - books on Roman legions, Greek wars, 1966 and all that, etc.

A few ties, cufflinks.

A platypus (the kind without legs)

i-Fusion speakers for my antiquated iPod.

A cold.

The promise of a shiny new laptop (probably a top of the range Dell XPS or something, if my instructions are followed).

[Mouzafphaerre]

.

A Miles Davies album
Which one? :jumping:
.

[drone]

About 10 uninterrupted hours of Medieval:TW playing time. Best gift I've gotten in a while....

[Duke Malcolm]

metal polish

[Viking]

Civ 4, Settlers 5, Football manager 2006
1 GB Packard Bell flash mp3 player
2 big books
some clothes
a fishing net

and some other stuff

[LeftEyeNine]

...Football manager 2005

After months of release of FM '06 ? You miss so many features that you'd die to see by playin FM '05.

[Viking]

After months of release of FM '06 ? You miss so many features that you'd die to see by playin FM '05.

Ah... it was of course 2006. Must correct. I just never get used that they release games with the title `06 when the year is actually `05.

[LeftEyeNine]

Ah... it was of course 2006. Must correct. I just never get used that they release games with the title `06 when the year is actually `05.

You have no chance with fashion industry :tongueg:

[Viking]

You have no chance with fashion industry :tongueg:


I take that as a good sign. :rtwyes:

[AntiochusIII]

Football managerIs that the same thing as the legendary Championship Manager?

[Craterus]

Eidos and the game designers split a while ago.

So, there's now Football Manager and another game.

I'm not sure if what I say is right though... ~:confused:

[Ianofsmeg16]

Just a little update on my drums:
Had a little jam with some friends of mine that might be forming a band on teusday, it was just for me too get used to the feel of my drums etc...boy do they rock, after 5 days of having them i have already got some basic beats done, and i'm working on controlling the volume.
Can anyone reccomend any little add-ons for drums (if anyone has had any experience in drums of course ;) )

[Mouzafphaerre]

Eidos and the game designers split a while ago.

So, there's now Football Manager and another game.

I'm not sure if what I say is right though... ~:confused:
.
AFAIK they are two seperate games. My brother is the guy for them...and Winning Eleven.
.

[Craterus]

Yep... two separate game, that's what I meant.... ~;)

[LeftEyeNine]

Football Manager has the origins of Championship Manager since SI Games is the producer.

Championship Manager 5 (and any other that will probably be released) is the sole BS of Eidos. Keep off if you don't want to hate computer industry totally.

Alcohol beverage, snacks and FM '06 is the best trilogy ever than LOTR trilogy

:thinking:

(I pushed it too much.. Never mind..)

[ah_dut]

About £150
Some Floyd CDs
Crazy Taxi 3 (Old but who cares, it's fun)
Worms Blast, read the above
About 40kg more weight to lug on my barbell
and a promise of an MP3 player as soon as I can find an greeable one for less then 200 quid...

Not a bad haul at all I am guessing

Though my actual Christmas was spent in France praying at Lourdes. That wasn't bad at all...the sleeping in the car (1900 miles in 6 days) was...

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Just a little update on my drums:
Had a little jam with some friends of mine that might be forming a band on teusday, it was just for me too get used to the feel of my drums etc...boy do they rock, after 5 days of having them i have already got some basic beats done, and i'm working on controlling the volume.
Can anyone reccomend any little add-ons for drums (if anyone has had any experience in drums of course ;) )


Get a good guitarist or you sound like crap...:tongueg:

[Ianofsmeg16]

Alexander of MacedonI have two good guitarists, one of them a fantastic singer, and a damn good bassist, they all sound crap without me ;)

[Alexanderofmacedon]

You should hear me play...

I'll rock it man...:gring:

[Ianofsmeg16]

Well our next band practise i'm gonna take my video cam along, I'll film us and host it somewhere, you can see us then :)

you play guitar?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Yeah, I play a blue and black Fender Strat

It's good, but it's not the guitar that makes it good...it's the guitarist

I wanna hear it!:gring:

[Don Corleone]

I received the gift that keeps on giving... a flu bug I've had since the 2nd week of December (2 days after landing in China). No, it's not Avian flu... the whole family had it before I left, I just needed to get run down a little to let 'the joy in'. Wow, talk about a knock you on your butt bug... every morning for the past 3 weeks, I've woken up thinking "is today the day I actually don't have to struggle to make it through the day"? It's like having mono again...

In terms of more conventional presents, lessee.. I received some Patriots & Red Sox gear (YAY!), some fine whiskeys, and the creme de la creme.. from Mrs. Corleone, I received this little beauty...

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tharris00/merry_xmas.jpg
Anyone else think she's trying to tell me it's time to get the nursery in full swing? :idea2:

[Ianofsmeg16]

Patriots....... gear (YAY!)
Boooooo patriots
Bengals all the way!!!!:2thumbsup:

[John86]

Call of Duty 2
Rome total war expansion
Liberalism is a Mental Disorder by Michael Savage :2thumbsup:
Other assorted items

[AntiochusIII]

Football Manager has the origins of Championship Manager since SI Games is the producer.

Championship Manager 5 (and any other that will probably be released) is the sole BS of Eidos. Keep off if you don't want to hate computer industry totally...)Oh I see. Thanks.

My last CM was CM4, so I have been missing from the series for a long time, and I should continue on Football manager instead, right?

Ah...if only I can find a copy of the FM game... :sweatdrop:

[Craterus]

Football Manager is made by the guys that MADE the earlier CM's.

Keep buying that. Eidos kept the name "Chamionship Manager" because, I assume, they funded the game, they owned the name...

All in all, Football Manager is the better game.

[AntiochusIII]

Football Manager is made by the guys that MADE the earlier CM's.Okay, thanks. It all make sense now. The publishers keep the franchise name, but the developers make the real sequel in another name because of legal issues... :idea2:

*goes to amazon.com to check it out...*

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Get a good guitarist or you sound like crap...:tongueg:

In my experience, a good band with a mediocre drummer will sound mediocre, whereas a mediocre band with a good drummer will sound good.

[LeftEyeNine]

In my experience, a good band with a mediocre drummer will sound mediocre, whereas a mediocre band with a good drummer will sound good.

Seconded.. Missed rythms/beats attract more negative attention than poor guitar chords.. The simplest example to support the idea is the birth and the effectiveness of punk rock. You know these guys rely on very few chords, but drums are always speedy and well-trained.

BTW, get One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock by Dave Laing in case you're interested in the whole concept of punk rock :rockstar: