The Christmas Haul thread
 

Post what you get in your glorious Christmas bounty in this thread.

What did you get and who gave it to you?



I'll be getting a cell phone in a few days as one of my presents.

Things I have received so far:



DVD - The Breakfast Club (from my friends Andrea and Lisa)
DVD - The Warriors (from my friend Sam)
DVD - City of God (from my girlfriend)
A home-made shirt that reads "Feeling awkward yet?" (from my friends Jen and Kristie)
An Orange Scarf (from my friend Gillian)


More to come!

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Batman: The Animated Series Vol. 4


I'll update tomorrow morning....


/me shrugs and walks away

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Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
Cash
Tokobot and Infected for PSP

More to report tomorrow.

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So far I got a HUGE sweater (From my aunt and uncle, because the last time they saw me, I hadnt lost all the weight and size) But it's a nice sweater. So I'm eating chocolate right now to gain it back.


And I got 100 bucks from my grandpa.


Thats all I get for tonight.

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A cologne set from my girlfriend's parents and two Chocolate Oranges from her grandparents. More to come.

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I don't like to receive gifts...but got two books anway:


Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth


Into folklore and all that jazz...

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Nothing exciting. I didnt want much anyways this year because I didnt want people wasting money on me. Mainly just stuff for my kitchen and socks.

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Ok I got the rest.

Zaphod Beeblebrox yarn <3.
Jesus is F'n metal shirt.

Both of these from my girlfriend. :D

Rest from parents:

Beard Trimmer
Battalion Wars
Giest
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
tons and tons and tons of food/candy

Grandma:
$100, foods, a sweater.

Overall, great christmas.

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New microsoft bluetooth wireless desktop from my brother
A nice new leather jacket from my parents
gift cards from my cousins
amex gift card from my aunt and uncle


Now on to what I gave.. hehee I think this will be a lil overlooked in this thread... Me and my siblings chipped in for gifts for my parents that I thought of really thoroughly. Since my brother lives in CA and my sister is at school in PSU all the time, I thought that we should get my mom a White Gold locket with all our pictures in it, including a photo of our dog that my mom spends most of her time with when she's alone.

Then me and my brother both went in to get my Dad a $800 Acoustic Electric Guitar by Gibson. Up until this point my dad has been playing a Classical Acoustic from back home (Filipines) and it's already about 20 years old... I thought we'd modernize his sound a bit.

Both gifts went over magnificently... they were both pleased and surprised.

So... aside from what you've got for Christmas... can anyone elaborate on what you've gotten for your family or significant other?

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I got....

A sleeping bag (good for touring, I never know where I'm going to sleep...)
In Cold Blood (book)
The Baxter (DVD)
South Park Season Six
Family Guy Volume 3
Cage - Hell's Wintet (CD)
Blackilicous - The Craft (CD
Digital Camera

Gift cards and other assorted goodies...

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Well I special-ordered my girlfriend the Hitchhikers Guide BBC Television show.

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Nokia 6102 Flip Phone - Mom and Dad
Thundercats Season 1 Vol. 2 - Mom and Dad
Shadow of the Colossus - Mom and Dad
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Mom and Dad
Electric Toohbrush/Vanilla Toothpaste - Mom and Dad
CD Holder - Mom and Dad
2 Pairs of Jeans - Mom and Dad
Red Hoodie - Mom and Dad
2 Burgandy button up shirts - Mom and Dad
Candy - Mom and Dad
Aftershave - Mom and Dad
Nescafe Mocha Ice Java - Mom and Dad (I love this stuff. O_O)
Exfoliating Body Wash - Mom and Dad
Pair of Black Dockers - Mom and Dad
Cheese Wheel - Mom and Dad
Axe "Touch" - Mom and Dad
Cappucino Maker - Aunt & Uncle
Blue Button Up T-Shirt - Aunt & Uncle
Ringer T-shirt - Aunt & Uncle
$20 - Grandparents
Green Beanie - Cousin


And my brother got a DS...so I have access to one of those now. ^_^

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Considering I asked for nothing, this is my haul as of yet:



Brother: - 40 dollar gift card to Future Shop/ 4 cases of cold shots
Parents: - faded jeans
-Vintage navy blue vintage Levi's t-shirt
-Retro black adidas zip up hoodie with white piping
-a light blue dress shirt with crazy vertical striping
-blue longsleeve
-blue longsleeve polo
-random hair stuff
-socks? Its not Christmas without socks.
-Chocolate
Uncle:- George Carlin's "When Will Jesus bring the porkchops?"
-White studded belt
Grandma (Moms): - 50 dollars
Grandpa (Moms): - 50 dollars
Grandpa (Dads): - Synergy hockey stick
-A fiberglass/composite hockey stick
-A fiberglass hockey blade


There's others TBA later tonight after the Christmas party.

Expect that post to be less coherent, and barely in English.

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Er lets see
I got a Dell DJ Ditty which is basically Dell's version of the iPod Shuffle

I got a Dell XPS notebook.

I got a watch.

I got a pair of Timberlands. Best gift for school.

Getting DS sometime during the week.

Er waiting for family now :)

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Teachers book from a friend (will hopefully be exchanging that soon)
Polar Express from a friend

From Mom:
photo album
gold earrings
pan
tea kettle
I love lucy shirt
knife set
desk calendar
microwave
angel light

From Grandma: pans and canisters

From siblings:
cutting boards
mug
candy
candle holder


I got a lot of stuff for my new apartment but not really much that I wanted.

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Nice, that was great.



I got some things.

-Corner Gas Season 2
-Titus Seasons 1 & 2
-Primus Live DVD
-Digital Camera
-Toiletries
-Er....I can't remember what else.

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More things:

From my parents:

-socks
-Arrested Development Seasons 1 & 2
-City of God (which my girlfriend already got for me so I'll be trading in this copy for Shadow of the Collosus)
-Pajamas
-Underwear
-Socks
-A ninja turtles action figure (as a joke)
-a cell phone (which I get later this week)

From my brother:

-Collateral (DVD)


From my grandparents:

-Food
-Panasonic Discman
-Money (which I will use to buy Black & White 2)


-Futureshop gift card from my uncle
-40 year old Virgin from a family friend
-and various foodstuffs from other people



Bought War of the Worlds for my mom, a book on WWII for my dad, and Nightmare Before Christmas for my brother.

For my girlfriend I got this really cool book on Bob Dylan and the CD that goes with it.

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- 20" colour television
- DVD Player/VCR
-$300 ( which i cant wait to spend tomorrow)
-Sniper Elite (xbox)
-LOTR: The third age (GBA)
-Assorted records
-Hockey tickets
-Socks
-"Jarhead" the novel
-Dickes pants
-Team Canada Oylimpic sweater
- assorted candy


Yup thats about it.

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Parents:

Xbox 360 Core System
Xbox 360 HDD
Xbox 360 Wireless Remote
Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adaptor
12 Month Xbox Live Subscription Kit
Call of duty 2 (for 360)
PGR 3
Condemed
Madden 2006

2 Pairs of Jeans
A Couple of Polo's and Shirts
Perry Elis: 360 cologne (ironic isn't it...)

Grandparents:

50 Bucks

Aunt and Uncle:

30 Dollar Best Buy Giftcard

Rest of Family:

Lots and lots of clothes
Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister colognes (yay?)

I must say. Very good haul this year. I can't complain.

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I didnt get much this year... like always...

- Nanostray from the family
- A sweater from my secret santa
- A GAP gift card from my grandma
- Cologne from my mom

And thats it...

But I'm very proud at what I was able to get everyone else...

My dad - a home theatre system by Phillips
My mom - shoes
The person I got in the secret santa thing - A gold and silver bracelet /w diamond accents
Little Bro - an RC Dodge Viper GTSR (his favorite car), with an extra battery
Little Sis - Mario Kart
My girlfriend - a "Heart of Gold" Necklace
My best friend thats a girl - A "Loving Arms" necklace with two pearls

Giving is better than recieving... (but it would be nice if I got some more things here and there...)

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I got 25 bucks and a black hoodie...

My parents are gonna buy me a bookshelf deal (I'm out of storage for DVDs/games/etc, I like mine on shelves!) and a floor lamp...
They just havn't gotten around to it yet...

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I guess your parents either A) Didnt realize they could've saved money by getting the Premium Bundle or B) Thats all they had left and didnt care about money.

and in most of these peoples cases posting here, money is no object to their parents ;)

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from Happydudette so far :unsure::

Radeon X700 256mb PCI-e Video card
200Gb S-ATA Seagate HDD
1.Gb Corsair DDR400 RAM

about 14 Ps2 Games...

from parents:

paying my tuition fees :D

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Parents:
Creative Labs Zen Micro 5GB MP3 Player
Resident Evil 4
Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones
A Hoodie
2 Band Shirts {Trivium and From Autumn To Ashes}
$50 Dollar Gift Card To EB Games
Of Love And Lunacy CD by Still Remains
Logitech Wireless Mouse and Keyboard

Sisters:
This weird lamp
Some shirts
and a $50 gift card to Best Buy =/

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Oh man... I'm not going to remember everything:

Tommy and Quadrophenia Live - The Who - DVD (Must buy Stonecutter)
X & Y - Coldplay - CD
All the Right Reasons - Nickelback - CD
The Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot - CD
Wire - Third Day - CD
In Your Honor - Foo Fighters - CD
100 dollars
50 dollar check
50 dollar Best Buy gift certificate
50 dollar Circuit City gift certificate
new wallet
new watch
Digital Camera - Sony Cybershot 5.1 megapixels
Clothes

That's about all I can remember right now.

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A slim PS2 to replace my dead PS2.
A giant sketchbook :]
A canvas and some oil paints
Watercolor pencils
Art Books (Japanese prints, Van Gogh)
A new wallet
Clothes
Ella Fitzgerald CD
75 dollars in total

And I'm planning to buy a DS sometime this week, along with Animal Crossing (hopefully). :]

Fin

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I picked this up today as well as two games. The thing is that i took all my stuff up to the register and then payed, the employee checked my reciept and stuff and let me out of the store. Later i glanced at the reciept and to my suprise she only charged me for the DVD's and ONE game.



AWESOME!

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Family Friends:
Cologne
Money
Cookies
$25 Gift Card to Circuit City
$50 Gift Card to Pac-Sun.

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Mostly Music? If so, that's the version I originally ordered online through them - but then the owner had sold his own copy back to the store, so I got killer savings on it, being used.

And the two-for-one is a boxing day thing you goof. Either 20% off on one purchase or 2-for-1. And yes, it's been on for a while.

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I got it from Future shop. The version i got is the 1981 version.


PS. thanks for making me feel not special :p

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yeah i told my parents to go for the premium but they found this one by luck a d decided to get me it for if not there wouldn't be any real surprise gift so w/e.

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My uncle gave me $50 and I already lost it. I hope I find it.

Do you hope I find it?

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If you find it can I get a 10% finders fee?

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The Insider
Sleeper (woody allen)
Good Will Hunting
Best of MST3K Volume 4
Batallion Wars
Now I can Die in Peace by Bill Simmons
3 Thermos coffee travler mugs

...that's about it. A small but great haul.

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Well I just got my present to myself yesterday which was 2x 1GB RAM modules for my desktop, installed and its a beauty. Self-giving is a beautiful thing.

Update: I ordered Dragon Quest VIII and DDR Extreme 2 with a Wireless Dance Pad for my sister. And I also gave my brother a Norelco shaver system. w00t.

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Just started watching House like 3 weeks ago, it's now my favorite show on TV.

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Total:

Batman: The Animated Series Vol. 4 (The New Batman Adventures)
Superman: The Animated Series Vol. 2
a POS cellphone
Shadow of the Colossus
Garth Brooks Collection
Aeon Flux Animated Series (going to return it; I hate Peter Chung; it was just a "He might like this" gift from my dad)
Tommy CD (made up for the Aeon Flux gift)
$50 Visa giftcard
$25 check
a shirt
$35 gift card to Texas Roadhouse (both from my grandma; I don't know why she bothers anymore)
$25


/me shrugs and walks away

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Computer:Intel Dual Court 3.0ghz, Geforce 6600gt (PCI Express), 1 gig of DDR2 ram, Asus mobo...
Flashlight
Clothes
Candy
Money!
EB Gift Card
Food
sleep :cool:

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This just in...

I might be getting some money in the form of a check or a gift card in the mail soon. My siblings all got one, so I'm hoping that mine was sent to my old address (which will then get forwarded). One sibling got $50 and the others got $100. We'll see...

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Lord of the Rings: Two Towers EE
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King EE
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Xbox
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Xbox
Zao DVD: The Lesser Lights of Heaven
Poker Set
Shure E2c earphones
Busch Stadium yearbook
$30 iTunes gift certificate
$20 check from Aunt
Zits off-the-wall callendar


And the big present:

Game used seats from Busch Stadium!!!