What presents did you get for Christmas?

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I got things that I needed and wanted for quite some time Very Happy

I stold Lotta for xmas also, so you might not hear from her for awhile!

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:08 pm

Most useful was a case of Moet & Chandon.
It's already one bottle short beers!

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:09 pm

I did pretty well.....

A brown cotton tailored shirt from an Italian Tailor in Brewer Street, London.

2 silk ties to go with it.

A brown leather washbag by John Rocha.

A set of 4 "Illy" espresso cups and saucers.

A book by Michael Palin: "New Europe".

A book by Dan Cruikshank: "Around the world in 80 treasures".

A book by Jools Holland: "Barefaced lies and Boogie woogie boasts".

3 Rogers and Hammerstein special edition DVDs: Paint your wagon, Carousel and Oklahoma.

A calendar of motorsport pics. (I hate motorsport). Crying or Very sad

Socks.

There are always socks. And there is always a calendar. These are the laws of Christmas.

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:20 pm

^^No calendar or socks, but I got enough chocolate to last every woman on the eater the whole of 2008 Very Happy

And I bought myself one of these as a present a couple of days ago: Clicky

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:22 pm

Well, since tomorrow is my birthday (21), a lot of my friends have held out, so I expect some big things tomorrow...

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:30 pm

bloody fab
more of a piss up tomorrow then.

happy birthday

beers!

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:26 pm

Cash from Granny, a few Terry Pratchett books, Mask and Snorkel set, itunes gift card, an alarm clock and......a lunch box!

edit: Happy Birthday Very Happy

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:58 pm

I was spoilt this year.
New handbag and leather wallet, set of new cookbooks( I love cookbooks),
2 books (The white Masai & Reunion in Barsaloi), Chocolate hamper, cheeseboard and knife and Walkers shortbread gift set and wine.

Best gift of all was entire family and our friends here for dinner and everybody happy and healthy.

A very happy 21st birthday SP. Will have a drink to your good health.

beers!

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:01 pm

I bought me this: SMC Pentax DA* f2.8 50-135mm ED (IF) SDM It arrived a week and a bit before Christmas, some 10 weeks after placing the order.

The lens seems to work well on my K10-D:
Garden Tiger
Christmas Day happy snap

And many happy returns, Standard Procedure happy crowd

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:54 pm

I got coffee, three lbs from three people, all organic. I got some junk that'll break any day, and a movie or two. Mostly I got to sit around with an old friend and his wife, with my family, eating food, and making biscotti to help with my coffee....

Merry Christmas!

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:40 am

As well as all the usual stuff, I got a new all singing all dancing printer/coper/fax/CD printer/card reader blahdy blah complete with Blue Tooth. Now I have a Blue Tooth mobile, a Blue Tooth laptop AND the printer.

Blue Tooth ..... ummm Embarassed

What do I do to get them all to say hello to each other ? Yes, don't ask, the answer is blonde.

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:50 am

I got just what I wanted - Permission.

Yes, that's right. Permission from the wife to go out and spend an amount of my money (within reason) on my Christmas present .

So I'm getting a new TV.

Edit. Just seen on More4:

"I got a card saying: Instead of buying you a present, we gave a starving family in Africa, a goat.
Why can't they have a "$�^%& turkey dinner like every one else?"

Incidentally, I now have 3 of those bastard goats thanks to my mother-in-law.

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:07 am

I got an email from my daghter who hasn't spoken to me for 11 yrs since her mum and I split up,

A card from my son, the young 23 yr old gay one, saying he was sorry for not believing that I didn't care if he was gay, bi, hetero, or into hippopotamuses, he was still my son

A card from my eldest son, with my grand kids handprints on it,

A phone call from my mum

An email into the internet radio station I was on for Christmas night here from my Sister

all in all, I got some really great presents

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:49 am

419weasel wrote:

WOW! How did Santa know you like the Steelers? Wink

Santa is a Steelers fan, too

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:22 am

I got $300 cash - clothes - perfume - a new handbag

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:28 am

Happy Birthday, SP! Wink

I am also happy that everyone was here and happy. Mom is so unhealthy, but she had a good day and we spoiled her rotten. Dad seems to be healthy, but they're getting old (74 - 77) and I don't want to think about that.

Life is too good for me and I should be ashamed to tell it.

But I will! Laughing

Lovey gave me new flip phone, a piece of my Willow Tree Collection, White Diamond perfume, Elizabeth Taylor's body and bath (Passion) and $100.00. Mom and dad gave me set of sheets and a paper shredder. My daughter and her family gave me a coat, earrings, x-mas ornament, and the most unique wooden fruit bowl. Brother and sister gave me a long fluffy robe and slippers. jump_4_joy

I am also excited about his presents for the hot rod, floor mats, car cover, speakers and two new ashtrays. Cool

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:48 am

I got the kind of gifts that keep on giving: A new cordless drill, gittar strings, Jamaican rum, Canadian whiskey and a shitload of cash to buy a snowblower.

So I'm going to get good-looking, drill holes in stuff, play Priest tunes til the sun comes up and blow everybody. My used gittar strings and old cordless drill are reserved for the day I get to meet up with one of my lads.

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:59 am

I got a USB flash drive (2 gigs), a few dvds, a 12" paper trimmer (Don't ask me why, I never use paper for anything more than the bathroom, and that comes pre-cut), and the capital to invest in an X-Box 360 and Assassins Creed. God bless Microsoft, and screw them for making me fill out a twelve page form with an X-Box controller so I could use the online feature and get all those beautiful advertisements all over the screen. Perhaps the best was getting my ACT scores back with scores high enough to get 75 percent of my college payed for thanks to the Florida Lotto commission. God bless the flamingo. (High school senior)

Edit: Happy birthday SP, good luck with the hangover.

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:20 am

I already got myself a few things for xmas last month, a wireless router, a second GB of RAM and a new portable audio player.
Now I got a Firewire-card from my wife (my previous board had it onboard, but the new one doesn't) and money from my mom, which was converted into a sweet new hard-disk.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:35 pm

I trust you had a very merry Christmas yesterday. I sure did. And I received more gifts than I'm worth, I'm sure of that! My wife bought me a new Dell 3,000 dollar laptop, top-of-the-line. My son bought me a new Acura! My daughter gave me a new Motorola camera cell phone, and is trying to teach me how to text-message on it, but I just can't seem to get the hang of it. I think you have to be under 30 to know how to do that. My brain is too old, you see. "You can't teach a dog old tricks" seems to be true in my case. My wife also, bless her pea-pickin' heart, gave me a diamond encrusted, Oyster Rolex watch. Must have cost a small boys' fortune. Well, enough about that.

Well, this is what I told one of my lads.... Very Happy

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:27 pm

I had a wonderful christmas. i got a printer (i havnt had one in three years ) a new zippo lighter with the red sox logo to replace the one i lost after haveing it for 20 years, lots and lots of packers stuff in cluding a new cheesehead to replace my old beat up one, the coolest wailet with a ditital pic frame. built in it holds about 60 pics, cash, PJ's books. and most importat time with my grand kids. ... oh ya and the rest of the family.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7103 Location: Yes

Not to get all sappy, but seeing my two girls come down the stairs and watching their eyes go boggle at the gifts, was just about all I needed. The older one got a drum set (only 45 mins for me *ahem* Santa to put together -- the scotch probably slowed me down), and the younger a "big girl" two-wheeler. Then they opened their assorted other gifts with great glee. I was cracking up most of the morning. We had all the relatives over too, which was very nice.

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:31 pm

An amethyst bracelet, pretty silk sweater, Ghiradelli Double Chocolate hot cocoa mix (my favorite) and a stuffed monkey from my boyfriend (I think his sister helped him shop for the first two). A Swarvoski crystal cat from my sister and a check from my dad. Amethyst earrings and variety of chocolates from my friends.

Rodus wrote:

I got enough chocolate to last every woman on the eater the whole of 2008

You're going to share, right?

Not quite a Newb Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 76

A tv and 250 cash, i reckon now im able to pay for my lotto winnings!

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:36 pm

@PRSGG, Wrong Wink

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