Official CAG 2007 "Look what I got for Christmas!" thread

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I try to start this every year and make it within the 5 days prior to Christmas as some people do Christmas early. I'm doing Christmas with the girlfriend tomorrow night so i'll be sure to post what I got.. has anyone already done Christmas with their family?
 
So far I got an iPod nano 3G from the GF and a 40" Brivia from myself. I'll find out about the rest of the booty soon!

Booty update!
Compy desk and chair
Spice rack
Kitchen knife set
RC helicopter
 
I bought myself 3 seasons of Angel on DVD. Oh...you mean from other people.

On Festivus, I'll be meeting with my folks/siblings and on Christmas, I'll be with my wife and her family...so, the exchange will continue then!
 
My freind was telling me how he had 400 wii points, so I bought 100 points on the nintendo website, and gave it to him, along with how much I would *love* metroid nes.

I'm waiting for the gift right now
 
I got a Jin Kazama tattoo from my girlfriend on my left leg to accompany my Sophitia from SC tattoo on my right leg.
 
We'll do a "white elephant" exchange at my in-laws on Monday. I hope I don't get fucked and have to bring home a crappy gift.:)

We had a gift exchange at work yesterday, but I didn't participate. There was a Level 1 vodka gift set w/ 2 martini glasses, a Corona 15-piece set (bucket, glasses and coasters), and a tic-tac-toe Cuervo set among the better gifts.
 
[quote name='shieryda']We'll do a "white elephant" exchange at my in-laws on Monday.[/quote]

Oh yeah, I did that the other night.. I wound up with a toaster/pizza oven. I'm happy with it!
 
[quote name='Scorch']Oh yeah, I did that the other night.. I wound up with a toaster/pizza oven. I'm happy with it![/quote]

Do you guys do the stealing thing, where you can keep your gift or steal someone else's? I'm not a fan of this type of exchange, because I don't want to get shafted or see someone else get a crappy gift.

I'm hoping for at least a Target or BB gift card. They have a gag gift (stuffed pig, or something - can't remember for sure) that they pass around every year, so I hope I don't get it.
 
for the secret santa, I got:

1st edition of Lord Dunsany's The Travel Trails Of Mr. Joesph Jorkens (which was part of L. Sprague de Camp's personal library)
Cemetery Dance edition of Ed Lee's City Infernal
1st edition of J. Knight's Risen
1944 Winter issue of Startling Tales (with one sweet ass cover by the legend Earle Begley and that has a reprint of The Last Woman)
and a issue of Weird Tales that I don't have
 
Onkyo SR-800

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I'm the only one in the family with any money right now so I was told to order it for myself with the promise that I'll be paid back some time in the future. Can't wait to get it hooked up and piss off the neighbors with some Rock Band, Eternal Sonata, Mass Effect, and the many other games on my backlog.
 
[quote name='shieryda']Do you guys do the stealing thing, where you can keep your gift or steal someone else's? I'm not a fan of this type of exchange, because I don't want to get shafted or see someone else get a crappy gift.
.[/quote]

speaking of that...at my manager's christmas party, we did secret santa and people had the option to steal. Picked up a box with a pen and some of those scratch and win lottery tickets, but got it stolen and left the party with a Homedics quad light up messager. Later on I found out that the person won $5 from the scratch and win thing...overall i'm not a fan of the steal thing either.
 
[quote name='ZerotypeX']speaking of that...at my manager's christmas party, we did secret santa and people had the option to steal. Picked up a box with a pen and some of those scratch and win lottery tickets, but got it stolen and left the party with a Homedics quad light up messager. Later on I found out that the person won $5 from the scratch and win thing...overall i'm not a fan of the steal thing either.[/quote]

I have funny story about our work gift exchange yesterday. Girl 1 gets up to pick her gift, a large blue gift bag. Girl 2 then gets ready to pick her gift, and a friend tells her to steal the first gift from Girl 1. She does, and Girl 1 just about throws a fit, getting all red in the face and practically throwing the bag at her. Girl 2 then has to choose another gift from the pile. Meanwhile, the guy who has brought in the blue gift bag is all excited for someone to open it, because he keeps going on and on about how great it is. As Gilr 1 is choosing another gift, she vents her frustration from having her gift stolen (the blue bag), that she proclaims "Well, your gift probably sucks, anyways." The whole room is silent, kinda like when the record scratches in a movie when a bunch of dorks walk into a frat party at college.

Guy 1 then steals from Girl 2, and everyone eventually has their gift chosen (the blue gift bag remains with Guy 1 until the end, when everyone opens their gift). When it's time for Girl 1 to open her gift, she does so, and ends up with a fucking inflatable snow tube! She is livid! "Well, this is a re-gift!" she exclaims. I'm sitting next to guy who brought in the snow tube, and I tell him, "Dude, I would use the hell outta that thing!" He says to me "Yeah, I thought it was a cool gift!"

Guy 1, who ended up with blue bag, ends up getting a sweet-ass Level 1 vodka gift set. You could tell that Girl 1 was super-jealous.

Everyone was laughing at how much of a fit that girl threw during lunch.
 
All I got for X-mas so far was a molestation lawsuit from an elementary school...and it's early TOO!
EDIT: Also you guys need to watch the Christmas episode of the OFFice season two. Pretty much sums up every office party ever.
 
i got my boyfriend a 360 with 4 gaimz, the 20 gig hdd, wireless controller, and 12+1 live gold card. he bought the accesspoint and wireless switch to get it on our network. i also got him some various other little things.
 
[quote name='shieryda']I have funny story about our work gift exchange yesterday. Girl 1 gets up to pick her gift, a large blue gift bag. Girl 2 then gets ready to pick her gift, and a friend tells her to steal the first gift from Girl 1. She does, and Girl 1 just about throws a fit, getting all red in the face and practically throwing the bag at her. Girl 2 then has to choose another gift from the pile. Meanwhile, the guy who has brought in the blue gift bag is all excited for someone to open it, because he keeps going on and on about how great it is. As Gilr 1 is choosing another gift, she vents her frustration from having her gift stolen (the blue bag), that she proclaims "Well, your gift probably sucks, anyways." The whole room is silent, kinda like when the record scratches in a movie when a bunch of dorks walk into a frat party at college.

Guy 1 then steals from Girl 2, and everyone eventually has their gift chosen (the blue gift bag remains with Guy 1 until the end, when everyone opens their gift). When it's time for Girl 1 to open her gift, she does so, and ends up with a fucking inflatable snow tube! She is livid! "Well, this is a re-gift!" she exclaims. I'm sitting next to guy who brought in the snow tube, and I tell him, "Dude, I would use the hell outta that thing!" He says to me "Yeah, I thought it was a cool gift!"

Guy 1, who ended up with blue bag, ends up getting a sweet-ass Level 1 vodka gift set. You could tell that Girl 1 was super-jealous.

Everyone was laughing at how much of a fit that girl threw during lunch.[/quote]

lol, throwing a fit over it.That guy sure did get lucky ending up with the vodka set. Hell, I would of settle with a snow tube if there was one, I would get more use out of it than the quad massage that I picked up

we should post pictures in this thread of what we go...listing items seems, meh
 
[quote name='Chika']i got my boyfriend a 360 with 4 gaimz, the 20 gig hdd, wireless controller, and 12+1 live gold card. he bought the accesspoint and wireless switch to get it on our network. i also got him some various other little things.[/quote]

woah, I know long married people who wouldnt spend that much! happy christmas chikas boyfriend!
 
[quote name='adamska2020']
EDIT: Also you guys need to watch the Christmas episode of the OFFice season two. Pretty much sums up every office party ever.[/QUOTE]


Yankee Swap!

EDIT:

Got:

Rock Band
Some DVD's
Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Odin Sphere
Grim Grimoire
New Slippers
Dallas Cowboys Hoodie
Cash
One of those new Rubik's Cube things
 
i found a gps that my mom got me by accident :) other than that, i dont know :whistle2:X i got everyone cool stuff so i hope they return the favor :D
 
Part of me wishes I was able to give gifts after Christmas to my brothers and sisters...cause my siblings are getting a Wii for Christmas.
 
Well, I got:
$25
$60 in Target Gift Cards
Volumes 1-4 of the James Bond Collection
Casino Royale
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
A fragrance set

Gifts that I will be giving to others:
Super Mario Galaxy Wii
Money
Halo 3 Xbox 360
Clothes

More to come because a few gifts I don't know about I won't get until Christmas day when I'm with my family.
 
So far - Pile of money. Not really a pile, more like checks from relatives but its all good.
Eye of Judgement (w00t!)
Many... things I've gotten for myself as "Christmas gifts for not killing a dumbass this year." (Sometimes I need to remind myself how stupid some people are... namely whenever I turn on Xbox Live.)
Time Crisis 4 w/GunCon 3 - One of my gifts to myself...

I'm still waiting on half of my birthday gift from November (Shipping boo.) and my Christmas gift from my dad. I'm hoping its the platemail arms. (No joke, I'm talking metal, armor, arms.)

No idea what anyone else got me til the 25th. I know Folklore and some CDs (Dio, Danzig, Rammstein, that kinda stuff.)
 
[quote name='Derrick1979']\\:D/ So far I got a big pack of socks[/quote]



Need to add another pack of socks to the list lol..

So far thats 2 packs of socks :bouncy: im strange though because I like to get them for xmas and birthdays so I don't have to waste my money on them..

I will report back most likely tonight or Xmas day on what the fiance and rest of the family got me..

Merry Christmas everyone.
 
$80 from family (which will be used for gaming of course)
Wii Zapper
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Manhunt 2

WoW T-Shirt
Other assorted clothing items...
 
nothing yet.

doing a white elephant with my family tomorrow. i bought a big book from goodwill called americana 1966 something or other, anyway i glued random pages together with a gift cards in between them.
 
[quote name='RAMSTORIA']nothing yet.

doing a white elephant with my family tomorrow. i bought a big book from goodwill called americana 1966 something or other, anyway i glued random pages together with a gift cards in between them.[/quote]
You know whoever gets it is probably going to toss it in the trash and not even realize. :lol:
 
So far all I got, and need is this:

Wii

I picked one up on thursday since my family all gave me money and said for me to buy what I want but I can't open it till 25th. Pain in the ass to get (12 hours of BB being an ass and finding it in the most random place). Mostly due to the effort of getting it, I am very much looking forward to it. In preperation i picked up already:

Wii Play
Zack and Wiki

so I hope today goes by fast.
 
Yesterday was the annual gift exchange my friends and I do about 2-3 days before Christmas. Here's what I got:

Games:
-The Addams Family, Demolition Man, and Race Drivin' for SNES (all cart only)
-Grand Theft Auto 2 for Dreamcast (complete)
-Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords for DS (new)
-Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt for NES (cart only)*

DVDs:
-Donnie Darko

Other stuff:
-Vivitar 3-in-1 Mini Digital Camera with Accessory Kit
-Big (5 oz.) Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar
-Cherry Twizzlers

* - This was a gag gift from a collector friend who had multiple SMB/DH carts, so I now have two SMB/DH carts. It does have the label variant I didn't have, though.
 
So far, I know my lady grabbed me Animal Crossing DS and The Orange Box. I got her a Coach purse. I'll add more to this once tomorrow happens.
 
[quote name='yukine']You know whoever gets it is probably going to toss it in the trash and not even realize. :lol:[/QUOTE]

nah, my family is really good about checking. someone did something similar maybe 5 or 6 years back, nobody stole the gift because they all thought it was worthless, well hidden inside was a $100 gift card. ever since then everyones looked over every inch of a gift to make sure they find it all.
 
My brother got me Phantom Hourglass and my parents got me some Wii games and money, but I have to wait until Christmas for my parents to give me the games. My aunts and uncles will probably have some money for me at my grandfather's house on Christmas too.

Edit: Oh, and I got a pink fluffy toy pony (one with plastic as a neck so you can ride it) that talks, sings, and neighs. It was a gag gift from one of my friends at a party.
 
Just got my first round of presents -- my folks gave my wife and I tickets to see Wicked on Broadway and my wife got me a double diploma frame from RPI, which will house my Bachelors and Masters diplomas. It's awesome. Rest of the gift giving will be tomorrow with my wife and her family.
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']What is this "white elephant" exchange people are mentioning?[/quote]

Basically, you and a group of friends buy gag gifts (or find them around your house), don't label them, and each friend randomly picks a present. The goal is to make them say "WTF!?". When your turn comes, you can steal an item or pick a present. Each item can be stolen only twice.

And that is white elephant. A group of friends buying random gifts, exchanging and stealing them from each other.
 
The exchanges haven't really taken place for me yet, but so far I've received:

Work:
$50 Amazon gift certificate
$50 Visa gift card
Assorted company logo-branded clothing items and bags (actually quite stylish, very surprising)

Family:
Copland: The Populist - Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco Symphony
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Person Pitch - Panda Bear
Living With the Living - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Businessmen and Ghosts - Working for a Nuclear Free City

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower - Marcel Proust (that title is so...creepy)
Knowledge and Decisions - Thomas Sowell
Germany: A New History - Hagen Schulze
Greetings From E Street - Robert Santelli

Cash

Lady:
Madden '08 (PS2) - I think she was tired of watching me play '06...
Sweater
General awesomeness

Quite pleased with my goodies!
 
I get the one thing I know for sure tomorrow. The rest waits until we get back home with family the 26th and 27th.

I've been really good this year dad Santa...please bring me a PS3.
 
*a bowl of vegetable & macaroni soup
*2 pieces of shrimp wrapped in bacon
*a baked potato
*a piece of buffalo chicken
 
Work:

2 free car washes
$25 Green Mill gift card
$10 BB's Pizzeria gift card
2007-2008 Minnesota Wild Team Yearbook (giving it to a friend since I dislike hockey)
Gag gifts, including a can of sardines and Rochester Fire ABA basketball tickets

Family:

$25 Wal Mart gift card (groceries for 2 weeks)
Car visor CD holder
Free oil change coupon
Minnesota Vikings hat

Still have to celebrate with my dads side of the family tommorrow, but I'm not expecting much. My family is poor.
 
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