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I made out pretty good this year.

I got a new big home stereo for my apt.

A nice Eureka vacuum cleaner.

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun for X-box.

The entire Band of Brothers DVD set.

All 5 books of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

Electric shaver.

Jack Daniel's filled chocolates.

Gift cards to Best Buy, Barnes & Noble Books and Wal-Mart.

It was a pretty good christmas for me.

Did you get anthing good?



Post Edited (12-25-03 21:50)

A foot bath. A $25 Barnes & Noble gift certificate. A tin of Fudge. A pair of crystal votives. And last but not least a hangover. Merry Christmas everyone!

2 books(The Encyclopedia of Western Lawmen & Outlaws and a biography of Billy The Kid), a pretty cool pair of shoes, a new pocket knife and 20 hrs of old radio programs on tape. No hangover as we celebrated Christmas at my parents' house and I was DD. However I suspect I also got the flu, courtesy of my cousin's kid. Not a bad haul. And I got to see some family I haven't seen in over a decade. Pretty cool Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day was spent at the house watching movies. I didn't get to pick any of the movies.  So, of course, they all sucked(not in a good way).

I got a job

My family got a lot of support from our church and friends

Right now that was more than I could hope for

CD burner (gave it to myself and the wife about a week ago, been burnin' ever since)

The Hulk TV series box set

Clothes of many types (fleece, dress shirts, etc)

Much ado about nothing on DVD

Lord of the Rings 2 towers extended version on DVD

Scene It dvd game

totally 80's trivia game

chinese puzzle book

a set of kick-ass Cambridge Sound Works speakers with a woofer that could blow women's clothes off! I played the scene in the Matrix where Trinity jumps in the beginning, my spleen could feel the vibrations!!!!!

Not a bad haul, and my daughter cleaned up as usual. Good stuff....

Some Guyver graphic novels, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Space Ghost DVDs, Battle Royal DVD (and according to my brother, the novel version soon) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol.1 comic book, a bunch of "Bone" collections (it's a comic book) Guyver DVD vol.1, Lord of the Rings weapones Guide, and a bunch of "How to Draw Manga" books (these should really be helpful in the future.)

The Alien Quadrilogy
Swiss Army knife
New Wallet
And a hundred bucks that me and my brother have to split.
By the way Ash you said you got all five of the Dark Towers series books.I only remeber there being four so far.Did a new one just come out, I have The Gunslinger, The drawing of the three, The Wastelands, and Wizard and glass.

The 5th book, "Wolves Of the Calla" was released on hardcover just last month.

There are still 2 more books to come.

From what I've heard, King has already finished them....no we just have to wait for them to come out.

Hey, good taste on 'Bone'.  That's a very cool comic.  

I got so, so many sweet movies and books...

Alien Quadrilogy

Fellowship and Two Towers Extended Editions

'The Art of Spirited Away', book about the film, obviously.

'Hayao Miyazaki, Master of Japanese Animation', a book about the director/writer

An unopened copy of Ms. Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 (God I love this thing..)

A best -of George Carlin DVD

Redneck Zombies

Destroy All Monsters (Yesss!)

Terror Firmer

Revolt of The Zombies (I've never heard of this one before, has anyone?)

Sonic The Hedgehog (That Saturday morning cartoon..the -good- one) First five epidode DVD.

The Frighteners!

It!  The Terror From Beyond Space!

War of the Worlds

And The Relic.

Heh.  I'm not getting -anything- next year.

FearlessFreep wrote:

> I got a job
>
> My family got a lot of support from our church and friends
>


Congrats!!!  That's the best kind of present - one you did not expect.  Good luck with the new job.

I got to see my newborn nephew for the first time. I got to lock myself out of my hotel room..again. I got my arm stuck behind the entertainment center when my tv didn't work and i was trying to move the plug to another socket (but that's another story) I got to eat chinese eggrolls and an orange on christmas eve from the hotel lobby downstairs (which apparently had one staff member that nite who didn't want to cook) I also got a cold.

But I also got:
DVD's: Moulin Rouge, The Thing

Games: Upwards

Candy: a whole lotta jelly bellys & a box of chocolate covered coffee beans

A really cool rich red throw made in india that I feel like royalty when i wrap myself in it :). I also got a pencil holder type container that is deep red with dragons on it and a pouch of the same - this person knows my taste!

AMC movie gift card

More gift cards to Kohls and foley's(you cannot go wrong giving me gift cards!)

small bottle of wine

And I can always count on a certain family member to get me the present which  for 10+ years straight has held the coveted title for "what the hell?!"
A jean shirt..with a pink poodle on it. Considering i never wear stuff like that and I'm not trailer trash..i can never figure it out.  C'mon people, i know most of you got a 'what the ..#@#?" gift - what was it?

But it was a good one, sounds like everyone here had a good one as well. I wish it wasn't over, I always get depressed when the excitement of christmas is over and it's time to tear down the lights and start another dreaded year



Post Edited (12-26-03 16:10)

I got a mixture of clothes, gift certificates, chocolates, scratch tickets, money, etc.  My wife and I bought the big gift together a couple of weeks ago: a Nordic Track treadmill.  I use it every morning while I'm reading the sports section of the Boston Globe.

I also involved myself in a few presents that I bought for other people:

* I bought my parents a slot machine (which I have already used a few times);
* I bought my father a ticket to go to ESPN 2 Friday Night Boxing at the Mohegan Sun casino (the other ticket is for me);
* I used some of my American Express rewards points to get my parents a $100 gift certificate to the Capital Grille (I also got a $100 gift certificate for my wife and me, so that we can all go together);
* I bought my nephews tickets to see the Thunder Nationals Monster Truck Races (and a ticket for me to go with them);
* I also bought my nephews tickets to see the play OLIVER! (and tickets for my wife and me to go with them).

So, as you can see, Christmas is a selfish time for me . . .



Post Edited (12-26-03 16:32)

-20 bucks to spend
-a jacket( Nothing makes you feel so warm and fuzzy inside)
-Dave Matthew's band at Central Park DVD.
- Ultimate Spider-man issue 52 ($3
- $40 of used movies

Got:

a couple of dress shirts (I need them for work)

one of those head massagers that looks like a spider

wife made me an atlanta falcons blankets

a falcons hat

a few dvds (critters, critters 2, maniacts...first christmas my mom didn't only get the mainstream titles off my list)

socks and underwear (you never appreciate it when you are younger but it nice to get clothes when you need to pay for them yourself)

A few gift certificates

a couple pairs of pants.

I also overspent a little on myself the weekend before christmas because I was traveling and saw a sam goody that was going out of business so I got some discounted items there (Soul Caliber 2 -$25, ddrmax2 and dance pad -$35, indiana jones box set -$35, futurama vol. 2 -$25, and few other single discs for $5-$7 a piece)

then there is the both presents for me and the wife, like a new dresser, a bread machine, and other household supplies.

On the subject, I recieved The Stuff, Faster Blade Poisonous Darts, Legend of the Liquid Sword, Creepshow, Brentwood's Legends of Kung Fu, and Brentwood's Dead Time Stories.  However the real gem wasn't a B-Movie; it's a book called: The Zombie Survival Guide, complete protection from the living dead, by Max Brooks.

A pair of bongos (yes someone gave me a rather strange pair) and $700 altogether (got all $- ah time to use it on things.)

A few DVDs (Space Ghost, Frank Zappa's Baby Snakes, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter, and a coupla short films with Steven Wright), a few CDs (the Velvet Underground's first album, They Might Be Giants' kids album, a tribute to Edgar Allen Poe, and some of Negativland's radio stuff), enough t-shirts of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and HomeStarRunner to last a full week, and a bunch of random knick-knacks (a big rubber crow, talking foam rubber Hulk hands, a frisbee, a collapsable laundry hamper).

the Velvet Underground's first album:

Great album, forget how many times I've played it.

I got the COMPLETE FAR SIDE.  Damn thing weighs 20 pounds and was a full one third of my luggage.

I also got NAKED LUNCH: THE CRITERION COLLECTION and DEUS EX and MARIO GOLF.  Also some other stuff.

Mofo I envy you!  Does amazon no longer have it in stock? I noticed you can only buy it through dealers there now. I love the far side. One of my favorite ones was the father telling his son to go to bed and behave or the floating head of death would come and get him. (which was a balloon held just outside his window)   I don't know if it should be the far side so much as the dark side - the one with mary sitting down and enjoying her lambchops is hysterical!



Post Edited (12-28-03 20:19)

Christmas hasn't been that big in my family since my grandparents died a few years ago. I got the games Thief Gold and Thief II. Not much, but I've been working my way through Thief and enjoying the hell out of it.

I got the extended edition of "The fellowship of the ring" (it is great) from my sis. I've bought her the "Castle in the sky" DVD in return. I also got the PC game "Call of duty", which I'm enjoying very much, and  yet another DVD, "Once upon a time in the West", which I still have to see.

Nightmare Before Christmas DVD

You've Got Mail DVD (I met my current Girlfriend on the internet, so it's topical for me...)

$15 gift certificate to my local comic shop (SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COMIC SHOP!!!!)

And $65 in cash and checks that will go toward Dungeons and Dragons books, and the novels Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets, both by Orson Scott Card.

This afternoon my wife and I have the closing on our new apartment (the first we will actually own)!  So we didn't buy any gifts for each other this year -- we figure we bought each other a home!  However we did do a joint order to DeepDiscountDVD for ourselves that went like this:

The Cheerleaders Collection (guess who that's for!)
King of the Hill Season 1
The Complete Young Ones

I also got the Beatles on Ed Sullivan DVD collection from my boss -- it's all 4 original episodes of Ed Sullivan that the Beatles appeared on -- the complete shows, along with the nationally-aired commercials!  (Very cool for us older boomers!)

Those were the only genre gifts for this year but we're happy....

Susan wrote:


> And I can always count on a certain family member to get me the
> present which  for 10+ years straight has held the coveted
> title for "what the hell?!"
> A jean shirt..with a pink poodle on it. Considering i never
> wear stuff like that and I'm not trailer trash..i can never
> figure it out.  C'mon people, i know most of you got a 'what
> the ..#@#?" gift - what was it?

Was it from Mullet Man?

I got Two Towers special edition DVD -- the Gollum is cool.  Also a Simpsons trivia game.  Mom is still working on my quilt, though I got a couple quarts of beef soup she made from the bones of the roast beast.  One sister gave me one of those "beers from around the world" packs.  I've only previously had one of the ten, so I've got some taste testing to do.

>>Was it from Mullet Man?<<

argh! you know that my friend would have been THE premier shirt to wear to the bowling alley to pick up mullet man

>>One sister gave me one of those "beers from around the world" packs. I've only previously had one of the ten, so I've got some taste testing to do.<<

my brother recently got into brewing his own beer so instead of beer he gets recipes. Ever thought of brewing? Always thought it was every mans dream..to kill his own food and brew his own beer. Maybe it's me ;-)

Haven't tried brewing yet.  I mean to, but haven't gotten around to it yet.  Must be laziness.

I think you may be on to something Susan,
Shoot deer, brew beer.

I got.....

Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City, Hitman 2 and Backyard Wrestling for PS2
Southpark Season 2 on DVD
Bob and Tom Camel Toe and Mistletoe CDs
Cast iron dutch oven (I am a foodie)
Garlic keeper and roaster (as I said, I'm a foodie)
Face care "product"
Two pairs of shoes
Socks, socks, socks
"Deception Point" by Dan Brown
Black and Decker laser level
Gift card to Lowes
About $50.00

All in all, a great haul.  The only thing I miss is my annual sports almanac.  Someone dropped the ball......lol

I'll simplify my list by only mentioning the movies we got.

I got the four-volume Indiana Jones DVD boxed set and the Pumping Iron 25th anniversary special edition. Lori got a DVD of Gone with the Wind.

Oh, I should also mention that Sunday was our first anniversary. We were puzzling a bit over what to buy for paper gifts, but we finally settled on getting the Lord of the Rings trilogy, along with The Hobbit. We happened to be browsing in a book store and realized that books are paper. I'll have to get around to reading them soon, but I'm currently in the middle of another four-volume series.

i got BAttlefield Earth from my sister.......the book

also i got Aqua Teen Hunger Force from my other sister, my nephew, mty bestfriedn, and his girlfriend.  had some returning to do and got Metal Gear solid 3 and Escape from New York from the cash

Also got Frogs from my Brother.


But battle field earth man?????

my best present was a chucky doll from my dad.

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