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Christmas Gifts 2012

Dec 8, 2012#1

Cheesy1

My girlfriend and I decided to exchange gifts earlier since we were both going to be really busy around Christmas (and because we were both impatient to see our gifts!

)

So I got her:

and

.

I received:

and
THIS.

Dec 9, 2012#2

North_Ranger

Must not make a furry joke, must not make a furry joke, must not make a furry joke...

Dec 9, 2012#3

Gusto

PICS.

Dec 9, 2012#4

WasabiPoptart

Meet my new baby.

It was our early Christmas present to each other. I have dreamed of owning a Canon EOS Rebel since the late 80's - early 90's. We have a digital point & shoot that takes good pics. However, I recently found my old SLR with 5 rolls of film and it reminded me of how much fun I used to have with the different settings, lenses, and filters.

Dec 9, 2012#5

Cheesy1

Gusto said:
PICS.

I already know I'm going to regret this immensely:

Dec 9, 2012#6

North_Ranger

Somewhere someone is already jerking off to that picture.

Dec 9, 2012#7

Cheesy1

Can't blame them. I mean, look at that sexy tail!

Er, I mean . . . STUPID FREAKY FURRIES!!! :hide:

Dec 22, 2012#8

Cheesy1

Finished the last of my Christmas shopping! Now "The Wrappening" begins!

Dec 22, 2012#9

Hailey Knight

I finished my shopping ...

... 3 weeks ago. :cool:

Dec 22, 2012#10

Silent Bob

Cheesy1 said:
I already know I'm going to regret this immensely:
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Dec 22, 2012#11

Cheesy1

Quotemander Prime said:
I finished my shopping ...

... 3 weeks ago.

Yeah, I would have been done quite a while ago too if not for my dad. The man is impossible to shop for! He NEVER gives us any clues to what he wants, and he'll buy himself things that would have been good gifts rather than tell us he wants them. It's freakin' maddening! :mad:

Dec 23, 2012#12

Terrik

I got all my presents shipped and sent two weeks ago--a necessity given my situation. To Jun's credit, she finished shopping for my family before I even started. I already got my gift from the family---money. It's impersonal, but you won't hear me complaining.

Dec 23, 2012#13

ThatNickGuy

North_Ranger said:
Somewhere someone is already jerking off to that picture.

Dec 23, 2012#14

Cheesy1

Dec 23, 2012#15

Sparhawk

WasabiPoptart said:
Meet my new baby.

View attachment 9242

It was our early Christmas present to each other. I have dreamed of owning a Canon EOS Rebel since the late 80's - early 90's. We have a digital point & shoot that takes good pics. However, I recently found my old SLR with 5 rolls of film and it reminded me of how much fun I used to have with the different settings, lenses, and filters.

I love mine. Got it for my birthday this past year, gave it a real workout at Walt Disney World in September, over 4500 pictures (lots of "duplicate" pictures with different angles for choosing what to have blown up large format) in 7 days.

Dec 23, 2012#16

WasabiPoptart

Oh I cannot wait until Christmas morning to get pictures of the kids opening their gifts.

Dec 25, 2012#17

Cheesy1

Okay, some more of my haul this year:
- Guild Wars 2
- 2012 World Series patch to put on my Giants jersey
- Orange Giants W.S. Champions polo shirt
- Nerf Barricade RV-10
- Two 2-Day Park Hopper passes to Disneyland! (YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!! :aaah:

)

Dec 25, 2012#18

Gared

My haul this year:
- Advanced Professional Cooking, by Paul W. Glissen
- 4" Shun Paring Knife
- Instant read, infrared thermometer

And my wife got the brass Turkish Coffee Mill that I got her.

Dec 25, 2012#19

WasabiPoptart

Though it is two sizes too large! I have to figure out how to shrink it. I have no sewing skills, so I don't dare attempt to alter it.

Dec 25, 2012#20

fade

I got a Speedlite (speaking of SLRs),
an Arduino Uno R3,
new bike shoes,
and clipless pedals.

Dec 25, 2012#21

North_Ranger

- Three boxes of chocolate
- Two Viivi & Wagner comic books
- A self-help book on how to live live hobbit (check Minor Rant thread for details)
- Two pairs of woollen socks, yay! They're really warm and fluffy.
- New kitchen utensils
- A 12-DVD box of Charlie Chaplin movies, loving it!
- Kinect Sports
- The Hobbit soundtrack which I'm listening for the fourth time now

Dec 25, 2012#22

WasabiPoptart

North_Ranger said:
- The Hobbit soundtrack which I'm listening for the fourth time now

My son was asking if we could listen to it. I can't find it on Spotify yet, so we have on the soundtrack to The Fellowship of the Ring instead.

Dec 25, 2012#23

HCGLNS

Dec 25, 2012#24

Sparhawk

I still have one more gift exchange to go (wife's family, her sister won't be in town until tomorrow), but so far...
*Darth Vader nutcracker (wooden standing variety)
*Marvel Animated movie set, only had one of them on disk already
*Looney Tunes (new series) 12 episode collection
*Dallas Cowboys golf shirt
*several t-shirts (Avengers, Capt. America, Wounded Warrior Foudation)
and from my wife
*LG sound bar for the living-room television

Dec 25, 2012#25

Dave

My haul:

Nothing. Other than what I got from BananaHands for Secret Santa.

Dec 25, 2012#26

filmfanatic

- Superman: Earth One
- The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1
- The Dark Knight Rises (Blu-Ray)
- Quarter-zip sweater
- Nintendo WiiU
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Gift cards (Best Buy, Barnes and Noble)
- Cash

Dec 25, 2012#27

Krisken

Wife bought me a couple board games. San Juan and Glory to Rome. Great games I can't wait to play!

Dec 25, 2012#28

North_Ranger

WasabiPoptart said:
My son was asking if we could listen to it. I can't find it on Spotify yet, so we have on the soundtrack to The Fellowship of the Ring instead.

You have raised your son well, Lady Poptart. Bravo.

Dec 25, 2012#29

Dave

I guess I need to clarify. My wife and I forewent getting presents for each other so we could afford to go to Colorado for Christmas. So even though I didn't get "stuff" I got to visit my in-laws, which is better .

But the ride home was EXCRUCIATING!

Dec 25, 2012#30

blotsfan

-Nice black winter coat (my old one had gotten really ratty).
-2 Buffalo shotglasses
-Camelback water bottle
-Buffalo t-shirt
-fancy t-shirt
-Chipotle gift card
-Gift card to favorite wing place
-Gift card to local mall.
-Stuffed animal skunk

Dec 26, 2012#31

Ravenpoe

I feel kinda bad, because my mom bought me a very nice looking wallet that I will never use.

Not because of poor quality, no. Like I said, it's very nice. But I've had the same wallet for 13 years, and I'm not going to bench it. It'll probably last another 13.

But I suppose I have a nice backup.

Dec 26, 2012#32

Krisken

Your wallet lasts 13 years? What is it made of, duct tape?

Dec 26, 2012#33

Ravenpoe

Krisken said:
Your wallet lasts 13 years? What is it made of, duct tape?

As a mater of fact...

No, just leather.

Dec 26, 2012#34

Jay

Same, only I upgraded my leather wallet this year for one with more card space.

I found a real nice one that had some anti-RFID tech for 15$[DOUBLEPOST=1356502962][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, what I got :

- Assassin's Creed 3 for the PS3
- New Cologne
- Coffee Presser for Work
- 2 Nice Shirts
- George Foreman Grill
- A Baby in 8 months

Dec 26, 2012#35

Thread Necromancer

for Christmas I got:

sorry to ruin the thread. pay no attention to me.

Dec 26, 2012#36

CynicismKills

Got a book on digital painting that I've wanted for awhile, a couple making of/art books for The Hobbit, a BluRay with Dune/Last Starfighter/Battlestar Galactica/Flash Gordon on it, Skyrim for PS3, a Gundam model, and a new hat.

I was jobless for most of the last month and a half, so I traded a stack of games I (mostly) wasn't playing to get my brother Resident Evil: Revelations for his 3DS and the Killzone collection for my dad. Had about $25 leftover on a giftcard, so I gave that to my brother to get another game if he wants. Got my mom some new flannel pajama pants (bulldog print, she's a Georgia fan) and a Padres jersey. Probably going to stay home while my folks go to camp at the beach for New Years, so I can watch the dogs while they relax before going back to work. Maybe take the Christmas stuff down for them while they're gone too.

Dec 26, 2012#37

Bubble181

My parents and brother gave me "money for renovations". Handy.
Than...
> DVD of a Swedish science fiction show...RealHumans. Never heard of it, sort of intrigued. From my parents.
> Fondue set from my aunt
> 4 miniature cooking pots for appetizers from work
> A 4 GB USB-drive-slash-pen from work
> Mindfulness in Your Relationship: a book about having tantric sex and being happy in your relationship...From my mother? :confused:

> The Hunger Games trilogy (books) and the Eragon quadrology (also books) from my girlfriend
> Lemmings Maffia. A board game based on the Lemmings from a German ebcomic (nichtlustig). Seems fun!
> a couple of bottles of beer
> Three science fiction books from my Secret Santa

Mind that that's Christmas and my birthday. It's not because all of Halforums forgot

that everybody else did.

Dec 26, 2012#38

Emrys

I wished you a happy birthday in the ShoutBox, cranky old owl.

My mummy sent me money, bless her retired public school teacher head, so I bought Frozen Planet and Planet Earth from the BBC. The doomweasels were really interested in the shots of the wolverines and have been stomping around looking for a frozen moose to dismember and drag off to their lair.
They weren't as interested in the shots of the ermine killing the vole, as their attitude is "been there, done that" and "that's so yesterday, mom!"
I have spoiled doomweasels.

Dec 26, 2012#39

fade

Jay said:
- George Foreman Grill

I thought these things were silly until my MIL gave me one. We actually use it all the time. Fast and easy to clean.

Dec 26, 2012#40

Bubble181

Emrys said:
I wished you a happy birthday in the ShoutBox, cranky old owl.

So you did, my apologies. Oddly enough, I had seen thee line *before* and *after* that, and I simply didn't see your line. I stand corrected. I'll stick to mice and voles for lunch today ;-)

Dec 26, 2012#41

LittleSin

-Ps Vita
-Persona 4: The golden
-Hetalia Season 1 (I think i'm gonig to return it though and get the complete series from rightstuf for about 10.00 less then season one cost!)
-Adenture Time, S1
-A real nice outfit, husband got major kudos for it as it has SKULLS on the shirt!
-more clothes from my parents
-Chronicle Dvd
-Books (John Hodgeman book and one by an author I never heard of)
-$100 visa gift card
-$500 cash from my parents!
-$150.00 michaels gift card from husbands parents!
-$500.00 from my husband parents
-model hand for drawing
-other real cool stuff

The big one: 50, 000 airmiles from my parents. Wow. I don't even. I'm not even sure what that is equivalent too. I think its two tickets anywhere in Canada and the states...but is that enough to get to some place like Iceland or England? I'm really curious.

I was astounded by all this money. Like, how do you even respond to getting that much fucking cash?

I guess by placing an order on rightstuf, if my morning is any indication.

Dec 26, 2012#42

figmentPez

I got some good stuff this Christmas:
- X-men First Class on DVD
- A solar and crank powered emergency radio/flashlight that can also be used to charge cellphones.
- A CD-holder that clips onto a car sun visor thingy.
- Several spools of thread
- A seam-ripper
- A set of spring-loaded fabric scissors
- A box of satin pins

...but the last is something special. I'm trying to not think about it's meaning too much right now, or I'll start to cry. Because my mom knows I want to cosplay, one of my presents was a sewing machine. Not just any sewing machine, though. It was my older sister's. She bought it while she was sick, because she'd hoped it would be easier to use for her or something. She never got to, though. I think she had it for years, but never got strong enough to start sewing again.

Dec 26, 2012#43

strawman

Bubble181 said:
So you did, my apologies. Oddly enough, I had seen thee line *before* and *after* that, and I simply didn't see your line. I stand corrected. I'll stick to mice and voles for lunch today ;-)

She had her tech doomweasel hack into the forum and insert it when you posted the message. You didn't miss it, it wasn't there when you read it the first time. :ninja:

Mind you, she could have done it herself, but the doomweasels get bored if not given regular missions. And bored doomweasels are dangerously adorable.

Onto the thread topic...

My wife practices gift sequestration. Anything I order for myself from October on that I can't give a reasonable "I need it now" explanation for magically transforms into a Christmas gift. It's implicit permission for me to splurge on things I wouldn't otherwise during the fall holiday sales, and apparently I'm very difficult to buy for. She usually adds a few other things to surprise me with.

So I was busy skipping black friday sales, but then Tuesday rolled around and Amazon was selling their old kindle fire for $130, and I have many reasons to get one (programming, client work, collecting android games when they go on sale, free book a month due to amazon prime, and having a cheap tablet to hand the kids with no regrets). This of course led to a few kindle accessories (all on sale or using coupons - I spent under $160 for the kindle, case, and charger. 1/4 the cost of my iPad...)

Amazon product

Amazon product

Amazon product

Also found Looney Tunes Blu-Ray volume one on sale for $30. Please note the warning on the back, "Looney Tunes Platinum Blu-Ray Collection Volume One is Intended for the Adult Collector and May Not Be Suitable for Children." Man, this brings back memories. I can't believe how expensive it is when it's not on sale, which means it'll be awhile before I get volume two.

Amazon product

Finally found a cheap bluetooth audio receiver that had most of the features I wanted - small, searches for my phone when powered on, about 8 hours of battery life. Would be nice if it had play/pause, fast forward, reverse, and volume buttons, but that doubles the cost, size, etc. So now I can get in the car and hit play on my phone, rather than fiddling with an audio cable and knowing that the audio jack on my phone will break in a year:

Amazon product

My wife made custom t-shirts for everybody (check out the pictures thread). Each of the kids has a stick figure, and mine has a copy of all the stick figures on the kids shirts and a cute saying on the back. Lots of candy, and the usual personal items my wife fills the stockings with (shampoo, deodorant, etc).

And, of course, I'll be able to play with the various toys my kids got. I never had domino rally when I was a kid, but my inlaws got some for one of my sons. Tetris has apparently been made into a board game similar to connect four. Etc, etc, etc.

Dec 26, 2012#44

Emrys

LittleSin said:
The big one: 50, 000 airmiles from my parents. Wow. I don't even. I'm not even sure what that is equivalent too. I think its two tickets anywhere in Canada and the states...but is that enough to get to some place like Iceland or England? I'm really curious.

Oh, the places you'll go.
https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/webresource/docs/zonemap_AT.pdf[DOUBLEPOST=1356542904][/DOUBLEPOST]

Bubble181 said:
So you did, my apologies. Oddly enough, I had seen thee line *before* and *after* that, and I simply didn't see your line. I stand corrected. I'll stick to mice and voles for lunch today ;-)

Ah, it's your birthday/Christmas. Celebrate with a lemming.

Dec 26, 2012#45

LittleSin

Emrys said:
Oh, the places you'll go.
https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/webresource/docs/zonemap_AT.pdf[DOUBLEPOST=1356542904][/DOUBLEPOST]

I'm so confused.

Am I reading this right? Can I get to like, Germany on the air miles I have...with my husband?

I have never traveled before. I went to Disneyland when I was 13...that's it.

So I'm a noob.

Dec 26, 2012#46

blotsfan

It looks like you and your husband can go anywhere in the world round trip for free.

Dec 26, 2012#47

LittleSin

*sigh*

Aeroplan miles, apparently.

No amount of googling is helping with where I can go with that.

From what I understand, though, if you get no where near as much from aeroplan.

Dec 26, 2012#48

Shakey

LittleSin said:
*sigh*

Aeroplan miles, apparently.

No amount of googling is helping with where I can go with that.

From what I understand, though, if you get no where near as much from aeroplan.

Does this help? https://www3.aeroplan.com/FlightRewardChart.do Looks like just the US for two of you.

Dec 26, 2012#49

Gared

LittleSin said:
*sigh*

Aeroplan miles, apparently.

No amount of googling is helping with where I can go with that.

From what I understand, though, if you get no where near as much from aeroplan.

Yeah, sadly it looks like Aeroplan miles are much less "valuable" than regular air miles. People on one site are quoting 340K miles to fly round-trip from Calgary to Las Vegas as of 2009.

Dec 26, 2012#50

blotsfan

Well, thats still a lot of cool places you can go to. Or if you want, you can go to a place like germany at a very large discount.

Edit: Or that second website blatantly lies.

Dec 26, 2012#51

Gared

True. Either way, 50k miles is 50k miles worth of airfare that you don't have to pay for personally.

Dec 26, 2012#52

CynicismKills

LittleSin said:
-Ps Vita
-Persona 4: The golden

Oh dang, nice. Stupid P4 hasn't shown up on the PSN last I checked, had to settle for Persona 3.

Dec 26, 2012#53

LittleSin

Gared said:
True. Either way, 50k miles is 50k miles worth of airfare that you don't have to pay for personally.

True. I don't mean to come off as an ingrate. I just had visions of London or Germany dancing through my head for a second there.

CynicismKills said:
Oh dang, nice. Stupid P4 hasn't shown up on the PSN last I checked, had to settle for Persona 3.

Persona 3 is still awesome! I prefer the portable version where you can have the female main character. I just like flirting with all the male characters.

Dec 26, 2012#54

Gared

LittleSin said:
True. I don't mean to come off as an ingrate. I just had visions of London or Germany dancing through my head for a second there.

No worries. I actually threw that in because I didn't want it to seem like I was denigrating one of your gifts.

Dec 26, 2012#55

CynicismKills

I like Persona 3 also, it's just tough to do anything but work on stats outside of the dungeon because of all the possible missed links/opportunities, which apparently isn't quite the case in 4.

Dec 26, 2012#56

sixpackshaker

A set of sheets and an US Army Machete.

Dec 26, 2012#57

strawman

sixpackshaker said:
A set of sheets and an US Army Machete.

Sounds like you just need a hacksaw and then you can finally escape.

Dec 26, 2012#58

Hailey Knight

I got way too much stuff. I'm just glad I had the money to buy gifts for people this year.

Dec 27, 2012#59

papachronos

Got my wife a coffee bar for Christmas this year: Krups burr grinder, Chemex pot, Aeropress brewer, Ikea milk foamer, and some homemade vanilla, cinnamon, and gingerbread syrup. It's been a huge hit, and we haven't been to Arabica or Caribou in the past week. Next up is a small roaster and a regular shipment of beans from Sweet Maria's, when we've saved enough on our coffee budget to afford it. At the current rate, that will be halfway through March.

She got me a vintage shaving kit with a safety razor, brush and soap, and aftershave balm. Also a huge hit, though I had to go get a styptic pencil after the first day (ouch).

Her parents got us a VitaMix blender and some cash, plus tons of toys and books for the kids. Christmas with my parents was delayed a week due to Mom's heart attack, so that remains to be seen. We'll be making the trip south tomorrow.

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