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

I got:

Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Wii Play (hey I needed the extra wiimote!)
Apocalypto DVD
Rocky Balboa DVD
Fleece blanket
Beanie
$5 Family Video gift card
$25 Best Buy gift card
Lots of candy

Getting more tonight from my girlfriend and her family.
 
I got:

Super Mario Galaxy (only game this year, have too many 360 games)
A 22" LCD Computer Monitor
Some Books
Some CDs
New flannel sheets
A Hamster!


I have no idea why I got a hamster as a present but he sure is cool and I'll keep the little guy. He's a Teddy Bear hamster and I need to think of a good name.
 
I got myself a Wii from Amazon back during their black friday thing for $80, and my family got me:

Mass Effect
Uncharted
Super Mario Galaxy
Assassin's Creed
The Bourne Ultimatum HD-DVD
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry HD-DVD
Pirates of the Carribean 3 Blu-Ray
$25 Best Buy gift card
Sweater
And my mom gave me a box of what seemed like every Axe-like body spray known to man. Completely random, but I guess now I've got like 8 cans of the stuff.

Overall a great Christmas and way more than I even asked for. I hope everyone had an awesome one and is about to go stuff themselves on awesome food like I am here in an hour or so.
 
[quote name='King']Rock Band for the 360
Standard Fender Telecaster
Money[/QUOTE]

My little brother got a maroon MIM Fender Stratocaster, it's gorgeous! I'm buying a Fender Strat (to replace my Squier Affinity Strat) in the spring when I do my tax returns.
 
[quote name='valor19']My little brother got a maroon MIM Fender Stratocaster, it's gorgeous! I'm buying a Fender Strat (to replace my Squier Affinity Strat) in the spring when I do my tax returns.[/QUOTE]

I've had a MIM Fat Strat (humbucker in the bridge) for 4 years, fucking love this thing.
 
Should we include things we bought for ourselves in the last month?

In that case, I could include:
360 Elite (upgrade from Premium)
Halo 3 (unopened)
Transformers HD (unopened)
Zune 30
Moto 168i (cheap gym phone)
 
I got
around $400 dollars
$100 gift card for best buy
Ratchet and Clank (PS3)
Superbad (x2)
Battlestar Galactica season 2.0
Once Upon a Time in China trilogy
Silk Robe

And I plan on buying myself a black winter coat, as a gift to myself.
 
New computer (!!!)
2 Bleach action figures (Rukia and Ichigo)
Coat
New hoodie
Some shirts
Pants
Belt
Cologne
Cash
Gloves

I did pretty well this year!
 
Shit...my brother didn't get me Lucky jeans...these are 7 jeans...

He's nuts...he bought me jeans that are the same price as Rock Band. He would certainly not fit in at Cheapassgamer.
 
:360:
The Orange Box

:ps3:
60GB System (got this early in August)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

:wii:
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
2000 Wii Points

:psp:
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Books
Investing for Dummies
Cracking the GRE

Misc.
TomTom One GPS
Pefect Push-Up Pro

Giftcards
$135 Best Buy
$50 Hollister
$40 Men's Warehouse

$
$280
 
[quote name='Moxio']Jesus you guys must have rich families.

Or families who are spending too much on you...[/QUOTE]


agreed. I grew up with christmas as a kid with $50 as the lucky grab with no other presents.
 
:360: Orange Box
:360: Simpsons Game
:360: Lost Planet
:360: Dead Rising
:360: All-Pro Football 2K8
:360: extra wireless controller
:360: 12+1 Gold card
:360: 1600 point card
:pc: Sam & Max: Season One
:dvd: Simpsons Season 10
:dvd: The Simpsons Movie (I'm noticing a trend here)
:dvd: Die Hard Trilogy
:dvd: Stargate SG-1 Season One
:dvd: Stargate SG-1 Season Two
7 port USB Hub
The Onion: Our Dumb Planet
$75 Best Buy GC
a couple board games
Pittsburgh Steelers hat

I got gifts from my wife, my kids, my parents, my brother, my sister-in-law, and two women I work with. A ridiculously overboard haul, IMO. I'm not complaining, though. :D
 
$150 in cash (mom)
$30 Visa gift card (aunt)
and maybe other various gift cards from family, not sure

And since I wasn't expecting much for Christmas, I got myself a 60GB PS3 and Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
 
Haruhi v4 LE (already put the pillowcase on a pillow, and I'm listening to the CD right now)
Itsudatte My Santa (gonna torture the family with that later, I know it's got tits)
Popotan box set (already switched the covers to the ecchi versions, Mii is so lolifully sexy)
Time Crisis 4 for the PS3 (fuck YEAH!!!)
Lots of beef jerky
Scratch-off lottery (won 10 bucks!)
$50 in Borders gift cards (manga shopping tomorrow!)
$25 local comic book store gift certificate
HESS monster truck
A few GI JOE action figures
CLAMP no Kiseki v9 (love the Miyuki-chan figure!)
Simpsons The Movie DVD (fullscreen, can't complain)
Blade Runner 5-disc non-briefcase Blu-Ray
Spider-Man 3 Blu-Ray
Simpsons cookies
Baseball cards
Candy coal
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and Harley Davidson calendars
Some sort of car power adapter multiplier... thing

Early Christmas present yesterday: I got my XBOX 360 back from Microsoft! I can continue Half-Life 2 now!

Hilarious present to my mom from my dad: KY Jelly Warming Solution. That was worth some 10 minutes of laughter. But I might need it after watching Popotan
 
I'm of the if I want it, I buy it ilk, so I didn't really ask for much.

I did however get a Garmin Nuvi 260. Also got a stocking full of candy (Monster bag of Twizzlers FTW)
 
[quote name='tivo']Im using my new iPod touch to type this up now. 16 gigs.[/quote]

yeah I was browsing the site with mine, it was amazing!
 
[quote name='Chuplayer']Hilarious present to my mom from my dad: KY Jelly Warming Solution.[/quote]
If I saw my mother give that to my father I'd also receive the wonderful Christmas gift of horrific mental images.
 
Where should I start: let's see...
4 gift baskets
2 candles
5 various themed christmas decoration gifts
5 boxes of chocolate
$10 honeybaked ham gift card
$25 Outback GC
$15 Blockbuster GC
$10 Blockbuster GC
$15 Panera GC
2- $10 Panera GC
$25 Target GC
$15 Target GC
$15 Walmart GC
$10 Walmart GC
$10 Panera GC
$25 Chilis GC
$25 Bennigans GC
$5 Borders GC
$10 Borders GC
$20 Borders GC
$10 Moes GC
$20 Gamestop GC
$25 JoAnn Fabrics GC
$10 Publix GC
$25 California Pizza Kitchen GC
$25 Romanos Greek GC
Serenity Collectors Edition
and
Money from the folks
It helps that I teach 70 children in a well-off neighborhood. ^_^
 
-20" LG HDTV (was pretty surprised, because the old 19" CRT I've had for sixteen years FINALLY started crapping out, and my dad and stepmom found an awesome deal on it for me)

-$50 Target gift card (hellllllllo, Call of Duty 4)

-Extra khakis for work, socks, underwear, shirts, sweatshirt (may be lame, but got used to wearing the same nine or ten shirts and five pairs of jeans for a year in Japan; AWESOME to have new clothing again)

-Zombie Survival Guide and Chili's $25 gift card (already have ZSG, but can give my 'old' copy to my girlfriend since she only has an eBook of it)

But, as cliched as it sounds, my real gift this year is my family and girlfriend. I spent last Christmas alone scuba diving in Okinawa, and--though it was a dream come true for me, and something I've wanted to do my entire life--I was alone for most of the day on Christmas, and I've spent every Christmas I can remember surrounded by family. My girlfriend's coming in half an hour, first time I've seen her in four months, and yeah...it's a good feeling being surrounded by family again. Even my awesome new TV doesn't compare :)
 
parents - seasons 2 - 6 of smallville, season 3 of lost, season 3 of greys anatomy, season 3 of veronica mars, season 3 of deadwood, assassins creed and bioshock for xbox360,new jeans, 2 dress shirts, couple pairs of dress pants, some giftcards, the simpsons movie, knocked up, and the oc season 4

brother - fletch, varsity blues

girlfriend - serenity coll ed, supernatural season 2, live free or die hard, halloween (rob zombie), futurama benders big score, grindhouse: death proof, the catcher in the rye, stardust (movie), and an obam t-shirt

her family - 40 in best buy GC, entourage season 3 pt 2, 10 dollars to pizza hut

grandparents - $950, 25 to best buy, 25 to applebees, 50 to pizza hut, dress shirt

other family - hoodie, jeans, dress shirt, 125 to best buy, 25 to applebees


these have all been gotten over the course of 2 weeks. i get the feeling everyone went overboard due to the fact that my grandfather passed away 3 weeks ago and they are trying to give me and my cousins a sense of normallcy (sp)
 
My main big gift was the PSP Slim Daxter pack, with Component cable and remote control. Unfortunately, it has a big honkin' piece of black dust under the screen, right in the center of the screen, so I'm going to have to go exchange it at Costco. I also received Crackdown, a plush throw blanket, and a self-cleaning electric razor, along with gift cards to various stores.
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']If I saw my mother give that to my father I'd also receive the wonderful Christmas gift of horrific mental images.[/QUOTE]

But when it's the other way around, it's hilarious.
 
My holiday was sweet:

Used DS

Assassin's creed

Rock band

Mass effect

$200

Arizona wildcats swag (not gaming realated but sweet)

Various novelty items
 
[quote name='Chuplayer']But when it's the other way around, it's hilarious.[/QUOTE]

If you say so.

We get three days of Christmas, so I'll do a mega update Thurs.
 
[quote name='AngellicLulu']Where should I start: let's see...
4 gift baskets
2 candles
5 various themed christmas decoration gifts
5 boxes of chocolate
$10 honeybaked ham gift card
$25 Outback GC
$15 Blockbuster GC
$10 Blockbuster GC
$15 Panera GC
2- $10 Panera GC
$25 Target GC
$15 Target GC
$15 Walmart GC
$10 Walmart GC
$10 Panera GC
$25 Chilis GC
$25 Bennigans GC
$5 Borders GC
$10 Borders GC
$20 Borders GC
$10 Moes GC
$20 Gamestop GC
$25 JoAnn Fabrics GC
$10 Publix GC
$25 California Pizza Kitchen GC
$25 Romanos Greek GC
Serenity Collectors Edition
and
Money from the folks
It helps that I teach 70 children in a well-off neighborhood. ^_^[/quote]

nice...i wish my wife was still teaching at the moment (she left since she had the baby), last year she got a nice $300 visa card along with other various things from her class parents...and i wish i was working this year as a mailman...last year i got around $440 just from tips on a route i was holding down as a sub...i dont start my career usps position until after the new year...anyway on to my list, which is bigger then it usually is but since we have a baby the wife wanted presents for everybody to open this year

about 20 blu-rays from recent BOGO
a very nice Seiko watch SNA487
$200 in visa gift cards
$30 cash
various little things
candy
Rock Band Game only( just wanted to try it with my GH3 controller)
 
Socks and a couple of shirts, and some target and FYE giftcards. Played Sonic 2 on the PS2 Genesis collection with my cousins, sort of reliving fifteen years ago, and watched Angry Video Game Nerd vids. Much wine and good food. It was excellent.
 
[quote name='valor19']I got:

Super Mario Galaxy (only game this year, have too many 360 games)
A 22" LCD Computer Monitor
Some Books
Some CDs
New flannel sheets
A Hamster!


I have no idea why I got a hamster as a present but he sure is cool and I'll keep the little guy. He's a Teddy Bear hamster and I need to think of a good name.[/QUOTE]

Little fucker bit me! He certainly doesn't seem very social (as some hamsters can be) and after letting him sleep the day away, I decided to take him out of his cage. Well, the little bastard bit me! I certainly don't want him so if any CAG'er wants a free hamster in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area, let me know!

Oh.. yeah.. he is a Teddy Bear Hamster (tan and white) and comes with a free cage, food, etc.
 
My gifts this year:

From wife:

2000 wii points
Pool cue rack
Scrubs Season 2

Kids:

Mario Lunchbox/Ds starter kit
xbox 360 controller (black w/play and charge)

Mother-in law:
COD 2
GRAW
PJ's with mario stating "I scored with the princess"

Mother:
Socks, Khakis, dress shirt, & far side daily planner.

Father:
$100.00

Brother:
Bioshock (x360)
Zelda: Twilight Princess trading cards

Friend:
Rush- Moving Pictures cd
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Graphic Novel)
The Sandman-The Dream Hunters (Graphic Novel)

My Drama Club (I'm a high school English/Drama teacher):
$25 dollar gift card to Applebees

The principals at my school:
$10 Gift card to Bob Evans--I have three of these now from the past three years teaching in my district. I don't use them.
 
nice xmas this year -
my son had a great day. after all was said and done we told him to check the backyard where we set up a trampoline for him, he was very excited. made the day.

got a buncha shirts (needed badly)
rollaway tool chest
matting for the drawers and socket organizers
a really nice flourescent automotive work lightbar
a couple mechanics fender covers
element sweatshirt
gc to barnes & nobles
south park pj's and ghostbusters shirt my 6 year old picked out for me. he told me i should wear them to work.
mass effect
coffee thermos
a kick ass insulated chargers pilsner glass. damn beer was frosty 45 minutes after i poured it. possibly my favorite present next to the pj's.
rc helicopter from my uncle who is nuts with gifts. my mom tells me he was planning on giving my wife an ant farm.......yea, she corrected that thankfully.

anyway. great day had most of my family over it was wonderful. still need to see my dad and the rest of the family some time this week.

merry xmas.
 
From older brother: $50 BB GC

From mom: Zelda DSLite bundle, 2gb memory card for psp, River king ps2, and Fire emblem.

From dad:Shirt, and $15 BB GC

From other older brother:$15 GS GC and a glass dragon figure

$20 BB GC from a cousin

$100 From my Grandfather
 
Skate
Odin Sphere
Seinfeld Season 9
Ratatouille
Flight of the Conchords CD
Demetri Martin CD and DVD
Two Zits comics collections
"How to Boil Water" cook book
Denver Broncos T-Shirt

Overall, pretty good Christmas
 
So far I got:

From Parents:

Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Wii Play (hey, I needed the extra wiimote!)
Apocalypto DVD
Rocky Balboa DVD
Fleece blanket
Ton of candy

From friend Shawn:

Beanie
$5 Family Video gift card

Sister:

$25 Best Buy gift card

From Girlfriend

Contra 4
Scene It: 2nd Edition board game
Knocked Up DVD

From Girlfriend's Parents

T-shirts
Cologne

Pretty damn good Christmas, I must say. Christmas is still a huge disappointment every year though, since the magic just isn't there as it was when I was a kid. Being around loved ones is always great, though.
 
Got a much bigger haul than I expected this year.

:360:
Rock Band bundle
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty 2
Smackdown vs. Raw 07
Wireless controller
Quick charge kit with an extra battery pack
Wireless gaming reciever for windows
1600 point card

Other stuff:
My Boring Ass Life by Kevin Smith
The Emporer Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer (with a personalized note and signature from Jack)
Couple of wrestling DVD's
iHome
Soldering iron
ukulele
$75 in Best Buy gift certificates
very small bottle of tequila
 
Not much for me this year:

$25 to Circuit City
$50 to Best Buy
A Banana Republic Fleece Sweater

And a present to myself: iPod Classic 80GB black
 
My Christmas goodies by $hady:

$50 cash
3 piece flashlight set with batteries
homemade candy

That's my list and it's much better than I expected and actually felt guilty getting that much cash from my parents. My family is really poor and Christmas is tight I always tell people to buy for their kids and I do the same. I never ask or want for anything since I make alot more than everyone else in my family. Hooray for being the only responsible person although my parents are disabled so they get a pass.... I just happy with getting to spend time with them that's what Christmas is really about. :)

No girlfriend this Christmas and the girl I just started seeing is out of town so nothing from/for her. lol well maybe flowers for her when she gets back.
 
Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you....what I got...nothing much, but better than nothing.

Hoody and shirt
$90 in gift cards
Electric shaver
 
This should be pretty much everything (From parents, brother, extended family, gf + her parents):

Candy
$130 cash
$25 Wawa GC
$25 Wal-mart GC
$60 iTunes GC
$15 Jersey Mike's GC
$5 Blockbuster GC
Banpresto Mario figures (DK, Mario, Fire Mario, Yoshi, Goomba)
Mini robotic bug toy things
Mini R/C car
Little wind-up car phone strap things
Mini golden poo
Various bathroom and clothing stuff
Stikfas Ninja Duel
Bushisms desk calendar
South Park wall calendar
I Am America (And So Can You!)
Mosquito R/C Helicopter

And as far as video games:

:360: Call of Duty 4
:wii: 2000 Wii Points
:wii: Dewy's Adventure
:wii: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
:wii: Trauma Center: New Blood
:wii: Zack and Wiki
:ds: Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
 
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
1600 XBL Marketplace Points
300 (Blu-ray)
Apocalypto (Blu-ray)

Hooray for holidays.
 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']Ya'll suck. That's such a hot device.[/quote]

Hell yeah, especially once you learn how to do stuff with it.

*Goes back to watching Office Season 4*

I love this thing.
 
[quote name='SpazX']$25 Wawa GC[/quote]
wawa? isn't that a philly thing or somethin?

anyway i did all right, i got:

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rock band box set
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black wireless controller
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the simpsons movie
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sleepers
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dreamcatcher
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superbad
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$90 in certs
Halo calender
car wash kit
laser level
3 pieces of clothing (shirt, boxers, PJs)
gonzaga jacket
captain morgan pool cue
2 collectable hot wheels box sets
guiness coin bank & PJs set
hair clippers set
ipod alarm clock
incubus cd
cologne
$50 in cash

i think that's it, not too shabby
 
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