What cool stuff did you get (or not get) for Christmas or other winter holiday?
 

I got that Fleetwood Mac book that I mentioned in my thread already. I got a Xmas throw with polar bears on it from my secret Santa at work. I got a really cute shampoo and conditioner set that was in with a stuffed bear from a co-worker. She also gave me a ton of candy including a large Hershey’s kiss. :blob1: I got a Mistletoe Yankee Candle from another co-worker.
Where's Lindsey? :lol:


From one of my friends I got a gift card to Best Buy and Dunkin Donuts. :thumbsup: She also got me more candy. :blob2: She also put a little penguin sticker on my gift bag tag. My other friend got me a manicure set and homemade fudge.


I got a few gift cards from my Dad and some $. I also got a ton of candy from See’s. They have a seasonal kiosk in Providence Place Mall that closes Christmas Eve. I told my Dad about it I think he might have wanted to know ;)


I am expecting some Mac ‘goodies’ but Santa seems to have given them to some really slackers of elves called the US Post Office. I don’t know where my package is.


I hope that everyone had a happy holiday.

I got a record player!!!!1!11!1!!!1

It's so pretty. It's one of those wooden CD/Record/Tape/Radio things. The sound is great, too. I played a record as soon as I opened it, and it sounded crystal clear. I looove it. <333

I also got the Acoustic Guitar magazine with Lindsey on the cover, money, certificates, a makeup bag, two skirts, penguin pajamas, jewelry and candy. Woot. :D

-Kate

I work my butt off 60 hours every single week so one good thing came from it, a $1000 bonus. That came in very handy. Other than that, I got some nice stuff but I am alone Christmas. SIGH. Oh well.

Have a lovely Christmas everyone!

Well I get the feeling people think I smell... lol... mostly I got bath and shower stuff... oh and some Pj's 2 sizes too big! LOL!

I did get a gorgeous bronze Unicorn from my best friend which was personalised underneath 'Piplet - True Friend, All my love Lisa' awww. I also had a watch and perfume from my hubby. But the best pressie of all was watching my kids faces when they opened their presents!

Pip

LOL, I don't think so. I gave people some Bath and Body works stuff for Xmas. It's always nice to get those gifts.

I got gift certificates for books from more than one person-maybe people are finally waking up to the fact I love to read-LOL! Anyway I am very happy to have the books.

I also got a cute penguin ornament-can't imagine why, can you? hehe, and a couple of beautiful calendars. The penguin has movable legs and wings.

I got a digital camcorder/digital still camera! I also got the Seinfeld Season 1- gift set! Umm, I got a bunch of giftcards- 2 to Starbucks, a gift card to the Gap, a Panera Bread giftcard (my favorite place to do lunch!)... I got chocolate covered espresso beans in my stocking! I got the 90's trivial pursuit board game, a classical piano record, ummm... a silver pill case, a valet key chain with my name engraved, a carwash/detailing kit, a t-shirt and a pair of boxers from Lucky Jeans, some really good smelling shower gell, Money!, the Boy in the Plastic Bubble DVD, a bunch of fun stocking stuffer stuff, I made out like a bandit this year. Everything I got I loved. Normally it is like "You really shouldn't have!" but there is not one thing I don't like this year!

I got nothing Stevie Nicks though. Come on Stevie, we need more stuff! Make an album, do a dvd, something!

Is it just me or have penguins become the new "in" animal? Everything is Penguins these days.

Roswell Season 2 DVD Set, Star Wars Original Trilogy DVDs, Saved!, a pretty pink bathrobe, Elizabeth Arden Red Door gift set (and bad ass red snakeskin bag that came with it), Lance Armstrong calendar, a pretty key ring and matching earrings, Victoria's Secret Love Spell stuff, gift card to Urban Outfitters, a coffee tumbler from Starbucks. :D

Merry Christmas everybody! :)

Let's see...

Live in Boston, Destiny Rules, several pajamas but no penguins, a yorkie tote, patched teddy bear, fleece throw with my name embroidered on it, pink cross & bead bracelet, sapphire/diamond earrings, purses, gift certificates, toe socks, clothes and more clothes.

The first two things are what I wanted most. I'll be doing after Christmas shopping. :eek:

I got a kick-ass laptop from my parents. 512MB RAM; 40GB HDD. One of my friends got me a calendar of Bushisms. Another friend of mine got me a book about Bush misleading America. Last, but not least, I got Christine's ITM CD.

:angel:

I got socks that smell like candy (smell my feet, they're chocolate :rolleyes: ), two glitter belts, a smoothie maker, a tea kettle, and a NanoPuppy. I feel like I'm back in junior high without all the drama. I got some nifty gifts from my Mac friends over the past two weeks or so... everything from a manicure kit and bubble bath to Destiny Rules. I feel like making a smoothie, doing my nails, and doing some online shopping for the stuff I really need. :nod:

I got the same thing last year! I love mine. I had to replace it once because the CD player went bad. I hate to say that it is going bad again. You are right though, the records play wonderful on it. :thumbsup:

Awesome stuff! Now you can hear Skies the Limit and the Live album's Rhiannon...it rocks! I personally love Street Angel. It's my second favorite Stevie record.

All I needed was sweaters....so I was pleased with those. My sis got me Golden Girls Season 1 on DVD. YAY! That's my favorite present this year.

I got from my parents a Far Side book (I don't have any, they have them all) and I got this gorgeous Stevie burned velvet shawl from my dad. It has black fringe and different color "dark" panels of designs in it. It's hard to describe, but it is so beautiful. It's weird that it's Stevie ish, cause my dad wouldn't do that on purpose - guess he just has good taste. Oh, and i got a crock pot (which is actually cool) and $200. Thanks mom and Dad!
*Edit - Stevie/Fleetwood Mac has to do another show just so I can wear this shawl. It's that good.*

I got a large framed African painting of a sunset on the Masai from my mother (I actually mentioned I wanted to buy this a couple of months back so it's cool she remembered my fondness for African art)

I also got the book "The Dark Horse Years... The Life and Art of George Harrison" which was totally unexpected but is very cool because I love George's work... :cool:

I got Michael Palin's Himalayas book from a fellow Ledgie :thumbsup:

And I got a garden full of snow for the first time in many years on Christmas day. :p which has really made it a great feeling... Looking outside and seeing a really festive sight... :]

Wow! You got snow? Where in the UK are you? Not a dicky bird where I am!

Pip

Just south of Manchester, Pip.

It's pretty heavy here, Started this afternoon and it's increased all evening.. It's stopped right now but everywhere is thick over with snow...

::jealous:: :shocked: :nod:

[COLOR=Black]Yay! It is their best album. I love Tragic Kingdom, too, but ROS is just so angsty and well-written/produced. I've been listening to both albums, plus Gwen's solo album a lot lately. And I'm tempted to color my hair hot pink again, because of ROS. XD

-Kate

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I got a mini fridge for my room, Elf, When a stranger calls, Jackass, Hitman Contracts(video game), Rainbow six(vid game), lots of candy, shirts, pants, body lotion, chap stick, a cell phone :D , MORE CHOCOLATES, south park season 4, simpsons season 4, and South Park: Passion of the Jew.

i got a great haul!



Jimmy

Aww...That's sweet. Don't let my judgements sway you, though. I doubt they will. You are pretty opinionated and independent (compliments, of course). :)

I got the Gilmore Girls season 2 DVDs, a really cute new watch, two of those plug and play Atari clone video games (Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man, between them they also have Galaga, Pole Position, and a bunch of others on there), $20 in Blockbuster gift cards, some photo albums, candles, cash, and only ONE penguin-related gift. Normally they go overboard and all I get is penguin crap.

- Sony Walkman (my old one had been dropped SO many times)
- Blondie's "Eat To The Beat" and "Plastic Letters" from my sister (I ordered "The Hunter" from Amazon, so my collection's pretty much complete. On to Solo!Debbie!)
- Two shirts
- Blondie's Behind The Music DVD
- Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD (It's fullscreen, though, so I have to get it exchanged for the widescreen)
- Buffy Season 7
- Penguin swag

I'm going to go out later this week and get Patti Smith's "Trampin'," The Pretenders' "Viva El Amor," and possibly Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind if I have enough money left.

I didn't get what I was really hoping for -- an external harddrive (this computer can't handle another internal). I have, like, 600 megs left on this, so I was really shooting for one. :\

That's on my DVD want list...love the Golden Girls!

"Everybody's fine, no one died, the home burnt down..."

I got a great dinner, hugs, and laughter. That’s all I wanted so it’s was a great Christmas.

I got a lot of cool stuff...lots of clothes, and...

- the new U2 album
- $100 bucks worth of Best Buy gift cards (I told everyone I wanted them :laugh: )
- Yankeeography DVD's :cool:
- sneakers
- Yankee jackets (a beautiful leather one, and a warm-up jacket, the same one they use in the games :thumbsup: )
- A Yankees Tiffany lamp :shocked: :woohoo:
- and of course, LIVE AID! :blob1: :] :blob2:

I have been obsessed watching Live Aid all day. It is so amazing it's beyond words. For some reason, Madonna's performance really sticks out for me :shrug: :thumbsup:

I have a raincheck from my mom to get a DVD burner as she was not really sure what I wanted so I will get to select it myself.

Things I got for Christmas~~besides another ten pounds to my frame from overeating!!! :)

My mom got me a pair of 10k gold hoops w/small zirconia stones, a 14k gold chain w/ 10k gold cross, a denim shirt with beading, a denim tapestry coat, 2 pairs of lounge pants-one in leopard print and one w/ moons and astrological symbols.

My sister got me a celestial candle holder and a suncatcher w/ a sisterly phrase on it. Awwww! :)

My brother got me a $25.00 gift card to FYE

My sister's boyfriend Matt got me a $30.00 gift card to Waldenbooks/Borders and a Get Fuzzy mini calendar.

My best friend Angie & her Husband John got me a cat puzzle, Chocolates, cat magnets, a cat calender, a duck print for my bathroom and a book.

My friend & co-worker Margaret got me the latest Nelson DeMille novel Night Fall


My friend & co-worker Jodi got me a nightshirt w/frogs and matching slippers, a bottle of Kaluha, a two sterling charms for my bracelet, a penguin keychain and pewter bookmarker w/ a friendship phrase on it.

Jodi's kids, Michael & Gianna got me a gift card for $20.00 to Strawberries.

Jodi's sister, Cheryl who I have babysat her son Ricky, got me a ceramic popcorn bowl and microwave popcorn. YUM!

My friend Sal, got me a Red Sox bean bag bear.

My friend Sue got me a penguin filled w/chocolates and a stuffed cow that doubles as a computer screen cleaner.

Cash, gift certificates to Robinson's May and Best Buy, jeans, and some tops and a couple Stevie outtake photos I knew about and picked out beforehand. And a great book and a rockin' Old Navy scarf from fellow Ledgies :xoxo:.

I need one of those too! Ever since I got my iPod, I've completely crammed my hard drive with my music collection. I think I'm working with like 300MB of free space. I didn't want to ask for one, though, because I knew they wouldn't get me the one I wanted or needed.

My dad just gave me a late Christmas present in a bottle of vodka when he went to the liquor store. He put a bow on it. Do Christmas screwdrivers count as a Christmas present?

Lux I’m not wearing your shoes, but understand a little about why you’re depressed. It’s nice to have family and friends to get together with for the holidays, but the gift giving crap is nothing more then a show for a lot of people. They piss and moan while shopping and pay out the a$$ for months to come.

I have family living close and we get together a few days out of the year, but the dysfunctional sh!t I have to deal with when it happens is sickening. I usually make up excuses to get out of the events and do something I know I’ll enjoy. They know it and rarely bother to call anymore to give an invite. That’s fine with me. I’d rather it be that way then regret having sat around with those bunch of false snobs.

You’ve got to get out and meet some people. Experiment new things and make your own fun. It sounds like no ones going to do it for you. Very few do. Get out there girl and dive into it head first. Surprises can be found in places you least expect them, but if you don’t try you’ve got no one to blame but yourself. The depression will kill you, and the world will go on doing what it will.

You might actually be enjoying this depression and don’t even know it? I’m sure you don’t want to hear this but….. Nobody likes a person that whines all the time. They like you even less when you ruin the fun they’re trying to have. It’s all in your head girl and you have the power to make that change. If you don’t do it, you’re nothing more then a selfish fool. It’s your choice. Maybe I’m wrong? :shrug:

My Mother...
 

bought Deb & myself stuff (She bought my older brother Geary j. & myself training style sweat suits, For what reason is beyond us....Which look more like gangbanger clothes...So we had our pictures taken doing "gang signal" BS and otherly cheesin' it up, Cant wait to see the picture of Geary, his daughter/my niece Kendra & myself cheesin it while Geary had his finger poking up in Kendra's nose!!! :lol: ), But we would have preferred nothing since Christmas is not that big a deal to us.

The only true gift worth a mention was seeing my Uncle Steve j. for the first time in nearly 20 years...What's cool is that he lives in the neighborhood I grew up in and that my Mother still resides in. I am going to get to know my late Father's side of the family again...For some reason when my Father died in 1977 there was a major falling out between my Mother & my Father's family (Mainly due to some stupid BS on my Mother's part.)

Brian j.

So anyway....
 

I was given a gingerbread ornament and a chip-n-dip bowl from Sara!

I also recieved the most wonderful pictures of Sara opening her gifts this morning! The looks on her face were priceless!

And from everyone else:
Gift certificates to Outback
Sweaters
PJ's
Julia Robert's DVD's
Sex and the City season 6
Sex and the City trivia game
candle holders
lotion
a dragonfly mirror case
sheets
a furry blanket!
FM Tusk album (from me, to hang on the wall)
movie passes
And a spectacular dinner (and leftovers) from my dear grandmother!

-Tango In The Night DVD
-Making of Rumours DVD
-A book on how to read film
-Nice velvety pajama/sweats thingies
-Nice shirt
-Amazon Gift certificate ($25)
...
Best of all: time spent with people I love and TONS OF FOOD( :woohoo: ); rekindling contact with some people I hadn't talked to in a long while.

Lux sometimes I type things thinking it sounds right, but people read into it many different ways. You’re right and you are being honest about the way you feel. No I don’t know your precise situation. I don’t think I claimed to? I’d like to say something to make you feel better? I hope you at least see I care?

If my last post came out wrong I really didn’t mean it that way. I can be an ass sometimes, because when I went through depression the only thing that brought me out was tough love. It worked for me but it doesn’t work for everyone. I don’t know what else to say but “I’m sorry and I hope everything gets better for you.”

I much prefer to give, especially to the kids but here is what I got this year..
Penguin flannel pjs, two Yankee Candles..yum, a back massager from my 15 year old, Bath and Body works stuff, perfume, Survivor AllStars seven disc dvd set, new hot rollers..yea, a watch, some Stevie photos from the kids, Dept 56 houses I collect from the hubby, a bonus from the boss..YES, gift card to Dunkin Donuts from the boss too, a Rumours tourbook from a super Mac friend.

A few things...