Christmas gifts?

[171akup]

Hello everyone what I am posting is what you are wishing to get for Christmas and what you think your gonna get. I will also say my Christmas list.
What I want for Christmas is a laptop, Sim City 5 and cash.

Happy Holidays. :smallbiggrin:

[inexorabletruth]

What I wish for:

The surcharges released on my driver's license, so I can get…
That promotion I can't have without a driver's license, or at least a job that gets us off food stamps and out of the slums.
A wireless keyboard for my wife.
Chiropractic treatment for my back.
A back massage.
A nice D&D session with my IRL friends.
A house.
A honeymoon for my wife. (We never got one.)
Side-view mirrors for my bicycle (so I can keep an eye on my son who rides behind me on a Trail Gator hitch)
Glasses. My son broke mine.
A new laptop for my wife.
A bigger savings account (college fund for my son)
Our extended family to get along and maybe work out some issues.
A new router would be nice. (Our son kind of broke our current one and so it doesn't always work.)


What I Think I'll be Getting:

A few thoughtful cards.
Some cash.
A delicious Christmas dinner. :smallsmile:

[gurgleflep]

I look forward to seeing what everybody else posts :smalltongue: Happy Holidays everybody.

What I've put in requests for:

My computer repaired.
D&D battle grid.
Dice.
HATS!!


What I know I'm getting:

Computer repaired - next month.
D&D battle grid.


What I'll probably get:

Star Wars coffee cups.
Yelled at.
A headache.

[Gamerlord]

I want to be crowned Master of the Universe, and have all nations acknowledge me as their One True Emperor. :smalltongue:

Okay, more seriously, I can't really think of anything major I really want this Christmas.


As for what I'm getting, none of my relatives tend to have any idea what I'm into at any given time, so I usually just get money/Amazon gift cards (Which I have no problem with whatsoever.)

[Rain Dragon]

Well, for New Years/Christmas I wish for a go (board game) set. I usually just dread opening presents because I know I'm going to get weird stuff.

I will probably get money from someone.

[Jay R]

I'm a traditionalist. I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, a pair of Hopalong boots, some figgy pudding, six geese a-laying, frankincense, and a White Christmas.

(I'd also ask for Peace on Earth, but I don't know how to wrap it.)

[inexorabletruth]

I'm a traditionalist. I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle

You'll shoot your eye out.

[Jay R]

You'll shoot your eye out.

As I say, I'm a traditionalist.

[TheThan]

A job and a girlfriend

Unfortunately, both are slightly hard to wrap up and fit under a Christmas tree.
Aside from that I’m pretty content, there’s not a lot of material things I crave.

Unfortunately, this makes things hard on people when they ask what i want for Christmas and i say "well i don't really know".

[Winter_Wolf]

I'm getting a sterling silver ring and probably some acrylic painting supplies. I know I'm getting the former and I wrote out a list of the painting supplies I wanted and it got passed around. For the general extended family gift exchange, I have no idea what I'm getting because I don't know who got my name. As long as it's not a coupon book, I'll be okay with anything. It might very well end up being a coupon book. :sigh:

[AKA_Bait]

A job and a girlfriend

Unfortunately, both are slightly hard to wrap up and fit under a Christmas tree.

Ah, but the unwrapping of the latter...

I ask for one thing every year, same as my grandmother did: "Peace and Quiet." I don't expect to receive it and would probably be disappointed if I actually did.

[Callin]

Wife said here is $100 go online and order something you really want. So I did.
Told her I wanted a new SCA Sword under the tree with a ribbon under it. Couldnt get the stick in but I did get the Cuphilt.

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My kids (aka wife) got me a present as well. Already wrapped up and I have no clue as to what it is.

[SarahV]

Well, we celebrate Chanukah, but hopefully you won't mind me joining in the thread anyway! :smallsmile:


Aside from that I’m pretty content, there’s not a lot of material things I crave.

Unfortunately, this makes things hard on people when they ask what i want for Christmas and i say "well i don't really know".

I know exactly what you mean - I am the same way. I pretty much have all the objects I need and don't want any more. I try to be creative about it and ask for non-material things that can still be gifted. For example, there is a play opening in a few months that I want to see really badly, so my brother and SIL gave me an IOU for a night out with dinner and drinks and theater when it opens. Along the same lines, my parents gave me tickets to two nights of Winter Jazz Fest, which I am really excited about. My favorite band in the whole world is playing and my friends are coming and it will be awesome :smallcool:

Things I asked for and received: 3 CDs, the aforementioned play & concert tickets, a 2TB backup drive
Things I received but did not specifically ask for: soap, moisturizer, bed sheets, chocolate, alcoholic beverages

My favorite thing was the present I came up with for my nephew. He is just getting into both Star Wars and Legos (he just turned 5) and I went online and paid a small fortune to buy minifigs of some of his favorite characters (Darth Vader, C3PO, Han Solo, etc.) and a bag of light sabers. (You can never have too many!) By the end of the night Darth Vader was dual-wielding double light sabers. Han Solo didn't stand a chance. :smalltongue:

[Skeppio]

What I want: My friends back.

What I'll get: Nothing.

[171akup]

Well, we celebrate Chanukah, but hopefully you won't mind me joining in the thread anyway! :smallsmile:

Don't worry I actually celebrate both. Mainly because me and my sister have different dads my side is Christmas and her side is Chanukah and I get presents from both sides which is awesome and also my dads and my moms parents all divorced and remarried so that's even more grandparents with presents. :smallbiggrin:

[SarahV]

I get presents from both sides which is awesome and also my dads and my moms parents all divorced and remarried so that's even more grandparents with presents. :smallbiggrin:

That's a silver lining right there :smallbiggrin:

My nephew is the only child in his generation of my family, so he has parents, two sets of grandparents, and three aunts who have no kids to buy presents for except him. And he gets Chanukah on one side and Christmas on the other side like you do. And his birthday is in December. :smalleek: Now that's a lot of presents...

[171akup]

That's a silver lining right there :smallbiggrin:

My nephew is the only child in his generation of my family, so he has parents, two sets of grandparents, and three aunts who have no kids to buy presents for except him. And he gets Chanukah on one side and Christmas on the other side like you do. And his birthday is in December. :smalleek: Now that's a lot of presents...

Wow my bday is in early October then I get Halloween then thanksgiving then chanukah and Christmas all in a row. Also I have gone to Halloween every day even when I was less than a month old and I believe you can go trick or treating at any age and I will go till I die. Because even if I get stuck in a wheel chair I will make someone push me and go. :smallbiggrin:

[Crow]

What I want: Some good black socks with just a bit of compression.

What I will get: A bunch of metal CD's.

[Cobalt]

An anime figure, an anime DVD, miscellaneous anime merchandise and new running clothes particulars. I feel my wants are mostly straightforward, and there's a beauty to that, right~?

Nobody ever tells me what they want me to get them for Christmas. I think this is the second or third year I've involved candles, scarves, and historical knickknacks in my giving list, but maybe they'll be happy that they expected what they got from me.

[TheThan]

Ah, but the unwrapping of the latter...

I ask for one thing every year, same as my grandmother did: "Peace and Quiet." I don't expect to receive it and would probably be disappointed if I actually did.
Oh I totally get you there. Unwrapping that present would be great.
I hate the holiday season, the idiots on the road, the crowds, the rude people, the black Friday deals, the stupid butchered Christmas carols telling you to buy buy buy, and all the other associated hassles of this time of year.
I just don’t want to deal with it anymore… maybe I’m just getting old (cyber Christmas sounds so much more attractive, might have to try it out).
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Grinch or anything I love Christmas and gift giving, it’s just I hate all the assorted hassles that go with it.


Well, we celebrate Chanukah, but hopefully you won't mind me joining in the thread anyway! :smallsmile:



I know exactly what you mean - I am the same way. I pretty much have all the objects I need and don't want any more. I try to be creative about it and ask for non-material things that can still be gifted. For example, there is a play opening in a few months that I want to see really badly, so my brother and SIL gave me an IOU for a night out with dinner and drinks and theater when it opens. Along the same lines, my parents gave me tickets to two nights of Winter Jazz Fest, which I am really excited about. My favorite band in the whole world is playing and my friends are coming and it will be awesome :smallcool:

Things I asked for and received: 3 CDs, the aforementioned play & concert tickets, a 2TB backup drive
Things I received but did not specifically ask for: soap, moisturizer, bed sheets, chocolate, alcoholic beverages

My favorite thing was the present I came up with for my nephew. He is just getting into both Star Wars and Legos (he just turned 5) and I went online and paid a small fortune to buy minifigs of some of his favorite characters (Darth Vader, C3PO, Han Solo, etc.) and a bag of light sabers. (You can never have too many!) By the end of the night Darth Vader was dual-wielding double light sabers. Han Solo didn't stand a chance. :smalltongue:
Nice gift idea, I don’t have any nephews and the children of my cousins are still all infants. So I can’t really buy anything like that for anybody.

Wow my bday is in early October then I get Halloween then thanksgiving then chanukah and Christmas all in a row. Also I have gone to Halloween every day even when I was less than a month old and I believe you can go trick or treating at any age and I will go till I die. Because even if I get stuck in a wheel chair I will make someone push me and go. :smallbiggrin:
Mine is in January, and the problem with having your Bday so early in the year, is that you get everything at about the same time, and then NOTHING for the rest of the year. It gets a little depressing when people are like “its my birthday” and it’s July.

[Mauve Shirt]

I want a Surface Pro 2, but it is far too expensive to ask for. I think I will be getting sweaters. I got a really nice wool coat for my main present.
I'm mostly excited to give my sister her 3DS.

[The Trickster]

I have never been much of a materialistic person, so gifts are never reallyy thing. I just want a nice dinner, see some friends, and have a relaxing break before school starts up again (last semester of college. Already applied for graduation! Woohoo!).

This last year was kinda meh, so I also wish for 2014 to kick some butt for me and my friends and family who also struggled.

Hope everyone gets there wishes granted this year. :smallsmile:

[EmeraldRose]

So, it seems as though we can now report the loot!

A few of my favorites:

a sonic screwdriver
a box of Lindt truffles
a grow your own coffee kit
a framed poster of the Exploding TARDIS
a calendar decorated with handprints from my 5 year old


I'm happy with this. :smallbiggrin:

[Nameless]

I got a Sega Saturn, "Grief" by Germ, and a black snood scarf type thingy.

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[Greenish]

Every year, I wish for books and chocolate, and every year, I get books and chocolate (and woolen socks and money). Makes me a happy camper. :smalltongue:

[inexorabletruth]

I got:

A fight with the family (we struggle to get along, so that was expected). :smallfrown:
A delicious Christmas dinner. :smallbiggrin:
Some money. :smallsmile:
A picture frame. :smallsmile:
A chance to pet some horses. :smallsmile:
Some cards. :smallsmile:


All in all it could've been worse, and it wasn't. So I'm calling this Christmas a win. My son made out like a bandit and had the most wonderful time playing around on a farm and tearing into gift wrapping, and memories like that will last longer than than any of the gifts I received this year.

[warty goblin]

Got a set of adjustable dumbbells and a couple nice shirts; aka just what I asked for. Gave a diamond waterstone and a clay deal for baking bread, aka just what my Mom asked for. I really love our Christmas system.

[dutch508]

I got two Order of the Stick t-shirts!

Very happy with them.

[Grinner]

I got a Sega Saturn, "Grief" by Germ, and a black snood scarf type thingy.

Is that an actual Sega Saturn? Not one of those Chinese emulators they sell online, but an honest Sega Saturn? :smalleek:

[Arkhosia]

I got a tablet and megabloks! Stuff I asked for!
What? I like building stuff.

[gurgleflep]

I hope you all had some happy times with one another for the holidays :smallsmile: sounds like you all got some good stuff

I got The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, some Hobbit Legos (I like building stuff too!), a battlemat, a nice blanket, a comfy pillow, and a few other small things :smallbiggrin: All in all, it was a great day... Wish I could have seen my best friend though :smallfrown: it stinks that she lives a state away.

[Vesth]

I got...Risk of Rain. And I gave away 16 presents. Hmm, there is something wrong with this ratio here...

At least 7 of the people I present-ed are apparently going to buy something for me as a 'late Christmas present', so there's that :smallbiggrin:

[BWR]

My haul:
- lots of socks (GF's family was told once I needed socks, now I get them every year, but that works for me considering how I go through them)
- a couple of sweaters
- a belt
- two bottles of red wine
- "Piratica III" "Personal darkness" and "Darkness, I" by Tanith Lee
- "The Ice Monkey" by M. John Harrison
- an automatic pot stirrer
- a bunch of candy, including the all-important marsipan pig
- a bunch of minor stocking-stuffers like a new toothbrush, dental floss, tooth picks, mini pocket flashlight, erasers, pencils, etc.
- some cash
- Knoll & Tott (orig. "The Katzenjammer Kids") - a vital part of every christmas
- the Legend of Drizzt D&D minis (only for the dragon (http://boardgames.about.com/od/gencon/ig/Wizards07/Icing-Death.htm) - the girl got the White Dragon Evolution (http://paizo.com/products/btpy8yj4), so now we have a little family)


Most importantly, lots of good food with my family. For years I've been saying we can just stop giving presents, or cut it down to one a piece and just focus on the food and family. No one seems to listen to me.

[SarahV]

I got...Risk of Rain. And I gave away 16 presents. Hmm, there is something wrong with this ratio here...

You got a lot of good karma :smallcool: Things have a way of working out when you do nice things for people you care about.

A friend of mine who is disabled and living very frugally on SSI had her laptop start dying (constant shutdowns etc.) right before Christmas. She doesn't really have family to look after her at this point, unfortunately. And it's just about her only source of communication/entertainment (no TV, no cell phone, etc.). So having no computer would be pretty awful for her, especially in the snowy season when she's stuck inside so much. I've been doing some extra freelance work and my last check was just enough to buy someone a laptop from Dell Outlet after factoring in a 25%-off coupon and free shipping... spur of the moment decision, and she was quite surprised to get a 17" Inspiron delivered on Christmas Eve :smallbiggrin:

[Razgriez]

My gifts (which I have zero complaints about and happy to have received, as they were all along what I was asking for)

-Gran Turismo 6
-The Gran Turismo 5 OST (If you've played it, and you hear music from GT5, like stuff by daiki kaisho, or the series chosen motif: Moon over the Castle, coming from a car next to you, and this is a certain Mid-Atlantic state in the USA, that might be me :smallbiggrin: )
-some good ol' rugged denim jeans
-Some new moccasin shoes, and other clothing(And very happy for the moccasins, as my old ones just fell apart beyond repair)
-League of Legends Riot Point gift cards. (hello Character packs!, What's that? Ahri, one of my favorite mages to use during free rotations, is on sale too? Awesome:smallcool:)
-gift card to a gaming store
-3.X DnD's Complete Divine
-A simple, and delicious Roast beef with mostly home prepared food dinner, and my father's horse-radish based sauce, and a side of home made potato salad (which I had a hand in making it), and my mother's cookies.

[Jay R]

I got lots of cool books and DVDs, and a few other things, but for this forum, the greatest gift was this: My nine-year-old niece made me a die.

[TheEmerged]

Main gift was a very warm & waterproof winter coat & gloves. Secondary gift was both Forbidden Island & Forbidden Desert (board games), both of which I am enjoying.

The best part of Christmas was actually last Saturday, delivering gifts/goodies in the projects\bad side of town.

[eidreff]

I received this year:

A small number of alcoholic beverages (not the single malt I secretly wished for :smalltongue: but obscure real ales that were good to share)

a couple of "comedy" books from people that know I read but don't know WHAT I read

A very amusing T-shirt and some socks with dubious jokes

but most of all I got a new job. The look on my nieces face when she saw she got a book about a fish that breaks wind. also my nephews "aaaah" when he greeted uncle Fred and nuzzled my stubble.. (odd kid but awesome). I also now have the girth of Jupiter from sharing meals with family and beers with friends.

Swag be damned, not been happier in years!:smallbiggrin:

Edit: Also got an invite to shoot at Partridges :P Sharpening my axe for the pear tree as we speak