Christmas Hauls

[Silver Springs]

It's pretty obvious that we as a social society are as nosy as Hell. As such, and in keeping with this tradition, I decided we all needed to know what the others got for Christmas. Aww heck...I just want to see the great stuff that made your day. Can tell alot about a person by the things people chose to pass onto them. I may as well start :p

My Christmas Haul

Awesome Retro CD/Tape/Vinyl Player (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00432.jpg)
Rumours Shirt (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00431.jpg)
Vinyl (Waiting for Gift Of Screws to arrive in the mail) (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00430.jpg)
Bee Footie Pajamas (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00429.jpg)
Batch 1 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00428.jpg)
Batch 2 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00427.jpg)
Batch 3 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00426.jpg)
Collectible Framed Posters (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00425.jpg)
Penguin! (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00424.jpg)
Stuffs (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00423.jpg)

[nailatixela]

Do you know where Santa found you that Rumours shirt? I've always wanted one.

[Silver Springs]

Do you know where Santa found you that Rumours shirt? I've always wanted one.

Haha. Mr. Kringle left a letter telling me he got it from Amazon :p

[Dodfather]

All that stuff looks great! I'm especially intruigued by the Fleetwood Mac - In Performance book. I've never seen that before? Can you give us some more info about it?

[Silver Springs]

All that stuff looks great! I'm especially intruigued by the Fleetwood Mac - In Performance book. I've never seen that before? Can you give us some more info about it?

It's actually not a book. It's a DVD of the 1982 Mirage tour. I just opened it when I saw your message and it's about as good a quality as you're likely to get from a film dating back to '82.

Song List

* The Chain
* Gypsy
* Love In Store
* Not That Funny
* You Make Loving Fun
* I'm So Afraid
* Blue Letter
* Rhiannon
* Tusk
* Eyes Of The World
* Go Your Own Way
* Sisters Of The Moon
* Songbird

[MissLadyLoki]

I celebrate Hanukkah, but I might as well post some of the gifts I got

-$300 (from my grandma)
-Assorted DS games (including the Goldeneye remake, which rules)
-Assorted Wii games (I just got one, including the new Guitar Hero that now has a remote that is not coming out of there anytime soon :laugh:)
-Assorted CDs (no FM, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin)
-A bunch of records that haven't come yet (for those of you that know Nikole, she was gonna send me Houses of the Holy, Tusk, Wild Heart, and Master of Puppets, but there's been a holdup)
-A scarf (I think it's cashmere, it has purple and gray stripes, and it's length is longer than me :laugh:)

[Dodfather]

[COLOR="Purple"]It's actually not a book. It's a DVD of the 1982 Mirage tour. I just opened it when I saw your message and it's about as good a quality as you're likely to get from a film dating back to '82.

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Excellent - I want one!

[Silver Springs]

Excellent - I want one!

I got mine from Amazon and it wasn't too expensive

[daniellaaarisen]

I just got clothes and a little makeup. Very happy camper though!

[chelluversu]

On top of the secret santa gifts, I got fifty bucks from my aunt, boots from mi madre, lip gloss from my cousin-in-law(?), a shirt from my little sister and her mother, and gifts from my cousin and boyfriend that I haven't even seen yet.

[ButterCookie]

This year, I actually care about what I got! :laugh: Normally I'm only bothered about how much food I can get down my neck!

From my parents:
David Bowie Station to Station Box
Ruby & Millie Makeup brushes
Scooby Doo On Zombie Island DVD
A little makeup caddy with some new (much needed) mascara, eyeshadow and lipgloss
New Hair Straighteners (again, much needed)
A beautiful mirror that's aged metal with vintage flowers on the top and bottom
Peppa Pig biscuits in a little tin lunchbox

My grandparents gave my cousins, my sister and myself some money and a big teddy bear each. I now realise that my future Christmases won't be the same without a big teddy bear.

My Auntie and uncle got me some photo ornaments to put my own photographs in which are really really cute. I'll be making my own Fleetwood Mac snow globe tomorrow :laugh: and Blondie Live By Request DVD.

I just burst out crying because I realised how much I got as WELL as having another awesome day with my family whom I love more than anything else in the world.

[Silver Springs]

I just burst out crying because I realised how much I got as WELL as having another awesome day with my family whom I love more than anything else in the world.

Aww! Honey! Those are the best Christmases, when you realise that the time spent with your family and friends has well outweighed the joy you had for your gifts.

[louielouie2000]

I got a couple of DeLorean t-shirts, an ipod (my first ever), and a gift cert for clothing :D. This has been one of my favorite Holiday seasons ever. We went out for a short hike earlier, and are cooking Christmas dinner now :).

[tilthefirefades]

I didn't get anything because my Mom hates me so I took my pay check and blew it all on myself :thumbsup:

-Future Games, Bare Trees, and Kiln House vinyl
-Finally a record player to listen to my album collection :]:]
-A new speaker system
-A few Stevie posters
-A Christine poster
-Final Fantasy X poster and other what-nots
-An incredible Placebo poster that I will worship daily
-Tons of incense

All in all, I am very content :)

[HomerMcvie]

I got exactly what I wanted for Christmas. Presence! For three years running now, my family exchanged ZERO presents. And I love it. No stupid bubble bath sets for the aunts, and no cologne crap for me, that I won't wear. I got to spend the day with the 12 people I love most in the world. And that's that. All I wanted. Way too much ham, and little too much merlot. Home now, recuperating for a few minutes.....then shower, and head to a party with my friends. Life.is.grand.

Your presence, is the only present I desire(anyone tries to copyright that, it's MINE, so BTFU!).:cool:

[estranged4life]

I hate when people purchase me presents (I love giving them however), I argue with them to save their money and this year it finally worked. So I am happy.

[amberlemegan]

Christmas was so exciting!!!
I got so much awesome stuff...

-Rumours shirt :D
-A pair of boots
-A new coat
-The new Sugarand CD
-Two box sets of old movies and Bones on DVD
-A yoga mat
-5 new books
-Homemade Baklava from my grandma
-Various small things/ gift cards
-The group of us 4 kids my dad got us the playstation move and rock band 3
-And finally my favorite is my grandma made everyone a book of family recipes with a personal note in each of our individual books. It made me cry. It was so sweet and possibly the best gift I could have gotten. I'm crying again thinking about it.

[HomerMcvie]

I hate when people purchase me presents (I love giving them however), I argue with them to save their money and this year it finally worked. So I am happy.

Yes. Like I said, this is our third year running, of no presents exchanged. No pressure, of getting something they'll like. No spending money that you can't afford to spend. Just getting to spend your day with your loved ones. The PERFEKT gift.:nod:

[LukeA]

I hate when people purchase me presents (I love giving them however), I argue with them to save their money and this year it finally worked. So I am happy.

Ditto. I like to give throughout the year, and have never been comfortable with the commercialized pretense of the holiday season.

[TerraRhiannon]

I love love love giving gifts to others, it's so awesome to do. BUT I will accept gifts myself gladly :) :nod: ...for the record, I'm not a horrible person .. ;)

Some random crap I got:


Tickets to see HEART in February!
EMU Boots
Make-Up, Undies & socks
Crystal Visions DVD
Tattoo Chronicles by Kat Von D & The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx
Assorted Gift Cards
3rd Season of Big Bang Theory
Hair Dryer
AE jeans, shirts, Old Navy Clothes, kick ass pajamas.

....& I am having Christmas at my Dad's tomorrow, so I dunno what he got me yet.

[TerraRhiannon]

My Christmas Haul

Awesome Retro CD/Tape/Vinyl Player (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00432.jpg)
Rumours Shirt (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00431.jpg)
Vinyl (Waiting for Gift Of Screws to arrive in the mail) (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00430.jpg)
Bee Footie Pajamas (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00429.jpg)
Batch 1 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00428.jpg)
Batch 2 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00427.jpg)
Batch 3 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00426.jpg)
Collectible Framed Posters (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00425.jpg)
Penguin! (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00424.jpg)
Stuffs (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa23/LaVieBombal/DSC00423.jpg)

So jealous of all the way cool Fleetwood Mac stuff you got! You did good! I basically asked for the same amount of Fleetwood Mac & Stevie stuff, but only got the Crystal Visions DVD, oh well, there is always my birthday. I think my Mom doesn't want to buy me too much Stevie/Mac things because she thinks I am way too obsessed with them & need to be weened off them :p

[Dodfather]

I got a couple of DeLorean t-shirts, an ipod (my first ever), and a gift cert for clothing :D. This has been one of my favorite Holiday seasons ever. We went out for a short hike earlier, and are cooking Christmas dinner now :).

louie - you knew I'd have to comment on this! Pictures?? The only DeLorean shirt I've seen is a Back To The Future/Flux Capacitor one - I bought it immediately! Fair point, I've not looked too hard yet though... I really think I need to borrow your car sometime man!

[APerfectLie]

I got Left 4 Dead 2, an Apple Magic Mouse, the newest Coheed and Cambria album, a George Forman grill, and $50 cash. Overall, not a bad xmas.

[Sleepless-Child]

I just burst out crying because I realised how much I got as WELL as having another awesome day with my family whom I love more than anything else in the world.

And that's the most important. I know that here in France, Christmas = presents. And that's a pity. My family is far away, and i would give all the gifts and money in the world just to spend one Christmas with them. Anyway, my parents are buying me a Fender Telecaster, and that's awesome.

[desertangel]

I fell into the Charlie Brown category too this year, for the first time in years. Harumph! In all fairness, there were only two names on my Nice list. (refer to #3 on my New Years Resolution list in the thread of same name - LOL!)

My heart yearns for a Christmas like HomerMcVie's.

[GODDESS6]

we had to buy a new furnace this year, so i was certain my pickin's would be slim, but i got some awesome stuff~
vampire diaries season I on blu ray
2 huge yankee candles
slatkin candle
the perfume wicked
a rose pendant
crescent moon talisman
bath stuff
an hour massage at a super neat foo foo salon
2lbs of cream/butter fudge & 2 lbs salt water taffy from wall drug
the girl who kicked the hornets nest
assorted gift cards


the best was my son tho~ he is into collecting baseball cards bigtime~ his hearts desire was to own a nolan ryan rookie card~ they book for 500.00~ i found a guy who was selling his, PSA & beckett graded a 9~ i got it for 235.00~ we hid it in a gold box & waited until all the "santa' & family gifts were opened & after our christmas dinner & then had him open it ala 'a christmas story'~ the kid was trembling he was so excited~ made me get all teary eyed~ i recorded him so we'll always have that memory~ he's a great kid:o~

[bluefox4000]

Let's see. i got.

From my parents

Season 8 of 24
Season 1 of cheers
and Darkly Dreaming dexter, the book which Dexter is based on.

From my friend..who used to be my Aide in school.

Season 4 of Boy Meets World......this was my favorite gift:blob2:
And a teddy Bear.

From Jess, My wife.

ToTo DVD
and another bear....I love getting bears.

Mick

[vivfox]

Season 4 of Boy Meets World......this was my favorite gift:blob2:


My favorite thing about that show.

[bluefox4000]

lol Mine too....he's yummy. lol:)

Mick

[JWS]

I got a check to pay for my Blue Cross health insurance.

[TerraRhiannon]

I love my Dad so much, and since he doesn't have a lot of money he couldn't get me much, or anything fancy. So when we were done opening he hugs me and says 'Sorry about Christmas.'
It was heart breaking. For me it is not about the gifts, it is about just being able to be with my Dad because I love him so much. It just makes me sad that he is sad and wishes he could do more for me and my brother. I think this is the first year I truly learned what Christmas was really about. When Dad apologized, I sat in a pool of my tears for about an hour. Christmas was the best this year, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

[AliceLover]

I had a very lovely Christmas. I got:

Gift cards: American Eagle, Best Buy Dominos, Chili's, Dunkin Donuts, Iphone gift card (to get the Iphone :blob2:)

Clothes: Jeans, pajamas, sweatshirt

Movies/TV: Inception, The Crazies, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Supernatural: Season 5, Office: Season 6, Family Guy: Volumes 7&8

Wii: Donkey Kong Returns

[TerraRhiannon]

Movies/TV: Inception, The Crazies, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Supernatural: Season

I watched Inception the other day & had a hard time following it, it was super jumpy. I'm sure if I knew what was going on I may have liked the movie.

[nailatixela]

I got a couple of gift cards for the movies and starbucks, cash, clothes and other little goodies. Shirts, a sweater, a really dressy looking cardigan and jeans. (finally I have a pair of cheap monday jeans! <3) I'm also going to Philly sometime during break to go shopping for some more clothes. And I bought myself a peacoat that I really wanted, found it on sale!

2 people in my house were sick though, so we didn't get to spend time with family, which is the best gift of all. I will be seeing my family during break though, thankfully. That is really the best part of the holidays, being with your families. It's so important.

[Zombie]

My boyfriend got me the new Stephen King, which made me kinda teary because I haven't had a new book in a long while, and I guess he's eagle-eyed enough to have noticed me making sad faces at said book every time we passed by it at a store since it came out.

But the best gift of all was the gift of a new work contract that came just in time for me to be able to get the kids some presents. Just in time, like, less than a week before Giftmas just-in-time. Whew. :laugh:

It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to get them a few things, and I was able to get them each something that they really, really wanted. And then, since we did not have enough left over for a tree, we made one out of paper and taped it to the wall. It's actually turned out to be my favorite tree, because we spent a couple of hours coloring all over it with markers and that was fun. :laugh:

[daniellaaarisen]

I love my Dad so much, and since he doesn't have a lot of money he couldn't get me much, or anything fancy. So when we were done opening he hugs me and says 'Sorry about Christmas.'
It was heart breaking. For me it is not about the gifts, it is about just being able to be with my Dad because I love him so much. It just makes me sad that he is sad and wishes he could do more for me and my brother. I think this is the first year I truly learned what Christmas was really about. When Dad apologized, I sat in a pool of my tears for about an hour. Christmas was the best this year, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

Love this.

[daniellaaarisen]

My boyfriend got me the new Stephen King, which made me kinda teary because I haven't had a new book in a long while, and I guess he's eagle-eyed enough to have noticed me making sad faces at said book every time we passed by it at a store since it came out.

But the best gift of all was the gift of a new work contract that came just in time for me to be able to get the kids some presents. Just in time, like, less than a week before Giftmas just-in-time. Whew. :laugh:

It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to get them a few things, and I was able to get them each something that they really, really wanted. And then, since we did not have enough left over for a tree, we made one out of paper and taped it to the wall. It's actually turned out to be my favorite tree, because we spent a couple of hours coloring all over it with markers and that was fun. :laugh:

I would've loved growing up in a house with someone who works so hard to make her kids happy. I'd take that over my privileged, yet completely insane and apathetic family any day.

[jannieC]

And then, since we did not have enough left over for a tree, we made one out of paper and taped it to the wall. It's actually turned out to be my favorite tree, because we spent a couple of hours coloring all over it with markers and that was fun. :laugh:
Did you take pictures? I would love to see this- what a great idea.

[mylittledemon]

Wife and I agreed not to spend any money this year (we donated to charity) but she ended up getting me Mario Galaxy 2 (for the Wii) and some new undies (Spongebob underoos) and socks. My brother sent a package from the States on Dec. 10th and it has yet to arrive! :shocked:

[KarmaContestant]

Wife and I agreed not to spend any money this year (we donated to charity)

I keep trying to convince my family to do this, but the older generation finds it absurd that we'd have no presents to open under the tree (I'm 37, so by older I mean those in their 60's - we still do Christmas as a family every year, travelling to see each other).

I've even tried suggesting that instead of buying gifts, we *do* something for each other that we can request ahead-of-time at Christmas - for example, my brother-in-law is an electrician, and I just happen to have an outlet in my bedroom that doesn't work. I'd never ask him to come and fix it, since he does that for a living and I don't like to work when I'm not at work, so he probably doesn't either - but I sure would have liked him to fix it for me as a gift for Christmas instead of giving me that gift card that he probably didn't even want to give, but was a last resort since he couldn't think of anything better.

In the end, I got a KitchenAid mixer (red); a shop-vac - which I used yesterday to get all the creepy-scary corners of my 1890 basement clean; some gift cards - Banana Republic, World Market, Williams & Sonoma; and a few pairs of dark grey or black courderoy pants and a blue shirt. Oh, and my favorite gift - a subscription to National Geographic magazine.

[mylittledemon]

I keep trying to convince my family to do this, but the older generation finds it absurd that we'd have no presents to open under the tree (I'm 37, so by older I mean those in their 60's - we still do Christmas as a family every year, travelling to see each other).


Yeah, when my Dad was alive... He wouldn't hear of having "nothing" under the tree. Even as I got older and I wasn't with my parents on Christmas, he would still mail us wrapped gifts beforehand and tell us "not to open them". :) My mother is the opposite, she just sends me a check now. :o

[gypsy4life]

I am an only child, and not yet married, so, my parents tend to go a little overboard on Christmas for me.
I tend to do the same for them, because I have no children or husband to blow my hard earned cash on!

I got one of those old time looking radios (someone has one pictured in this thread) which plays vinyl/CD/tapes, and your MP3. I also got an MP3 with 16 gigs of wonderful memory, so,Ii don't have to choose which version of Rhiannon to carry in my pocket!!

A couple of pieces of jewelery, including a crescent moon necklace (thanks to my fellow FM obsessed cousin), and several very nice gifts.

I also go to spend time with my Grandpa, which is always a true blessing. I love this man more than life itself! He has been my rock, my friend, and my refuge pretty much all my life.

I hope everyone else had a great holiday!

[desertangel]

I have been vidicated!! I can always count on my SIL and brother :xoxo: to pull me out of the Charlie Brown Christmas bag... I got a pajama gram today. :woohoo:
(UPS dropped the ball! :mad:)

[holidayroad]

I like to be the one who buys for others, instead of receiving! I also like to be surprised, but that doesn't usually happen because my husband is the type who says 'Buy whatever you want to have!' Granted, he doesn't have a lot of time to shop. So, I bought The Simpsons 20th season box set. I also bought two Barbie dolls, since I collect them. The first is from 1976, the second is from 1983. These pics are not of the actual dolls I received, but they are pics I found online of the dolls.

[HejiraNYC]

I am an only child, and not yet married, so, my parents tend to go a little overboard on Christmas for me.
I tend to do the same for them, because I have no children or husband to blow my hard earned cash on!



Same here! After Thanksgiving my father twisted my arm into accepting a 46" Sony LED television (actually, it was more about who could whip out the credit card quicker at the checkout line; the old codger beat me to it!). And then at Christmas it was a check for $700. I wasn't always an only child... but now that I am, I suppose they will not stop at anything less than spoiling me rotten.

I bought my parents an iPad for Christmas. Imagine trying to train a couple of people in their 70s (who barely speak or read English) how to watch videos on YouTube and buy apps at the App Store! But soon enough my father was surfing the internet and my mother was playing Angry Birds and Mahjong. I'd never used the iPad before and I was rather skeptical about it since it appeared to be nothing but an oversized iPhone. But OMG, it's fantastic! I'm getting one of my own once Apple has sorted out their phobia of Flash/Java and they've implemented multi-tasking and a file system. Or is that too PC-like for Mr. Jobs?