The Annual "Whadya' Get" Thread

[Andrew]

A good pair of gloves, some gift certificates, a warm winter shirt, and, from my wife, a trip to Chicago for B-Fest 2010 in January!  I haven't been to a B-Fest since 2002!  24 hours watching bad movies in a auditorium filled with b-movie fanatics; I'm in Heaven.

Besides that, Katie and I got to see the kids open all their gifts.  Santa brought each of them a sleeping bag (adult sized, and with a solid color outside and flannel interior) for movie nights on the living room floor.  They watch a movie, have popcorn, and are allowed to sleep there if they want.  Each of them also got a movie, like "Up" and "Little Nemo:  Adventures in Slumberland."  There was also a Lego house, Lincoln Logs, Battleship, Connect4, Junior Scrabble, and a robot that shoots foam discs.  It can toss those things pretty far.  The cat and us parents have to pay attention.

[trekgeezer]

Got some flannel PJ pants,  Watchmen the Ultimate Edition,  The Prisoner Complete Series,  my traditional Hallmark Star Trek Ornament (this year it's the Klingon Battlecruiser, I have them all starting with 1992), and my wife's other traditional present to me, a giant Hersheys Kiss.   

My wife really punked me, I had a big box under the tree and when I opened it was full of towels and wash clothes.  I asked if I now had my own personal towels and she told me to look further and found an  iPod touch.   

[Cthulhu]

A guitar, some Ork for 40k, and some movies.
Namely:
Mother if tears
Revenge of bloody Bill
Borderland
Plan 9 form outer space (dubbed version)
The ape
...and I'll get Frankenstein island too.

[3mnkids]

wow guys you got some great stuff      lots of really good dvds. I didn't get anything other than the joy of watching my children rip open their presents and say WTH is this?     joking.

[Rev. Powell]

Clothes (I wont bore you)
MST3K 20th ANNIVERSARY and MST3K XV
Roger Ebert's "I Hated, Hated, HATED This Movie!" (All his lowest rated movies; hopefully there will be some great finds there)
Pauline Kael's "5001 Nights at the Movies"
A new computer monitor
Insignia Blu-ray player that streams Netflix directly to my TV.  I love this thing; I've already watched season 1 of "The Office," so it's like getting multiple DVD sets!

[Leah]

Insignia Blu-ray player that streams Netflix directly to my TV.  I love this thing; I've already watched season 1 of "The Office," so it's like getting multiple DVD sets!

my friend Kim has Netflix on his PS3

[Rev. Powell]

Insignia Blu-ray player that streams Netflix directly to my TV.  I love this thing; I've already watched season 1 of "The Office," so it's like getting multiple DVD sets!

my friend Kim has Netflix on his PS3

It's cool ain't it? 

[AndyC]

My wife and I mainly got gifts for Rowan and stuck to the stocking stuffers for each other. Among other things, I got a big stainless steel thermos and several packages of gourmet coffee. No need to close up shop for 15 minutes while I run out and buy a second cup.

The money we would have spent on each other went toward two things: a top-of-the-line pre-lit artificial tree (not tromping through knee-deep snow in the cold and dark while schlepping a tree and a big saw - that was the best gift ever).  The second thing was a Christmas weekend getaway with the in-laws to a rented chalet in a popular ski town about an hour away. Split five ways, it was very affordable. While everybody else went swimming, skiiing, sightseeing, etc., I mainly ate, slept and read. My wife was actually worried I wasn't having fun! I was getting eight or nine hours of sleep a night, napping in the afternoon, enjoying loads of peace and quiet, sipping beer and coffee laced with Irish cream, and getting about half a novel read, then joining everyone for meals and board games before turning in early. I had a blast.

[Paquita]

A good pair of gloves, some gift certificates, a warm winter shirt, and, from my wife, a trip to Chicago for B-Fest 2010 in January!  I haven't been to a B-Fest since 2002!  24 hours watching bad movies in a auditorium filled with b-movie fanatics; I'm in Heaven.

Is that the one at the college?  There's a different one this weekend but it's only 8 hours and much cheaper.

[AndyC]

A good pair of gloves, some gift certificates, a warm winter shirt, and, from my wife, a trip to Chicago for B-Fest 2010 in January!  I haven't been to a B-Fest since 2002!  24 hours watching bad movies in a auditorium filled with b-movie fanatics; I'm in Heaven.

Is that the one at the college?  There's a different one this weekend but it's only 8 hours and much cheaper.

It's going to be bittersweet for Andrew. I just looked at the lineup for this year, and Sextette is on there.

[RCMerchant]

Everything has been opened at my house, not expecting anything more, and currently watching A Christmas Story on TV. This year I got:
$20 in cash
$20 gift card to Wal-Mart
Pair of jeans
Tee shirt
Socks and underpants (sort of a Christmas traditional gift in my family that my grandmother started over 40 years ago)
Box of old fashion ribbon candy (I love the stuff)
Mini gumball machine (I sort of collect gumball machines)
A 12 movie box set of bad movies which includes:
Blood of Dracula's Castle
Blood Mania
Brain Twisters
The Devil's Hand
Madman of Mandoras(AKA They
Saved Hitlers' Brain)
Nightmare in Wax
Prime Evil
Satan's Slave
Stanley
Terrified
Terror
Trip with Teacher

TRIP WITH THE TEACHER is classic!I got this set to...but not for XMAS. I got a can of mixed nuts and a winter hat.

[Paquita]

A good pair of gloves, some gift certificates, a warm winter shirt, and, from my wife, a trip to Chicago for B-Fest 2010 in January!  I haven't been to a B-Fest since 2002!  24 hours watching bad movies in a auditorium filled with b-movie fanatics; I'm in Heaven.

Is that the one at the college?  There's a different one this weekend but it's only 8 hours and much cheaper.

It's going to be bittersweet for Andrew. I just looked at the lineup for this year, and Sextette is on there.

I've been dying to see that movie for years!  Alice Cooper!!!