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

[WelshWitchPMD]

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. I got a Mistletoe Yankee Candle from another co-worker.
Where's Lindsey?


From one of my friends I got a gift card to Best Buy and Dunkin Donuts. She also got me more candy. 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.

[xdreamsunwindx]

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.

-Kate

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by xdreamsunwindx

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 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.

[Janet]

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!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

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

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Well I get the feeling people think I smell... lol... mostly I got bath and shower stuff...
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.

[Vianna]

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.

[diamondsnake]

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!

[diamondsnake]

Originally Posted by Vianna

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.

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

[macmar71]

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.

[EnchantedSLN]

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 .

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Originally Posted by Lux

Um.......nothing

Well this thread is depressing.

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?

[estranged4life]

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!!! ), 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.