The "What I Got for Christmas (or other Holiday)" Thread 2005

[quote name='jlarlee'] My favorite present i got one of them is I bought my daughter her first console(a snes) she is going to flip becaus eshe is constantly begging to play my cube. And will love having he rown system[/QUOTE]


snes is a great gift for any soon to be gamer.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']snes is a great gift for any soon to be gamer.[/QUOTE]
Yea I put a lot of thought into and I decided on the snes over the n64 by the smallest of margins
 
[quote name='crazytalkx']Thats nice and all but is it a premium?
Ahaha, I'm jealous either way.[/QUOTE]


Yeah it is, should have mentioned that in my post. I waited at Wal Mart for it on launch day, but she paid for it.:D
 
[quote name='Azul_KoolAid']fuck gift cards. Just give someone cash and cut out the middle man. I'm getting cash and probably some gag gifts. I would get myself a 360 but they're nowhere to be found.[/QUOTE]
True. My friend always got Mall Gift Cards only because his Mom thought if she gave him cash he would go and buy drugs with it. Great Stuff.
 
So far I've gotten, officially,:

FFIV for GBA

Unofficially:
Sin City (the wrong, barebones version,found out b/c the gf told me while shopping yesterday)
 
Mrs. thebob101 got me a 360 bundle (extra controller and charger) and a few books. I bought myself like 10 Xbox games at the TRU sale. Merry, Merry Christmas!
 
Aqua Teen Hunger Force volume 4
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Season 1 Vol. 1
Slippers
Washington Redskins crystal rotary
Alto Saxophone :shock:
Citizen watch
Chair for my computer
Religious books
 
Nintendo DS w/ Mario Kart and Meteos (have Bust-a-Move, Nanostray, and Polarium from previous sales)
The Darkness - One Way Ticket to Hell and Back
Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks
Bill Simmons - Now I Can Die in Peace
Sudoku books for the train
New iPod earphones that don't irritate my ears
 
I got:

RE4 (GC)
Sonic Adventure DX + Sonic Mega Collection 2pack (GC)
Viewtiful Joe 2 (GC)

[All the above games were $10 a piece, it's good to be a CAG]

Sonic Rush (DS)
We
 
We done got spoil't this year:

Queen size duvet w/ chocolate duvet cover
Sony Dual-Layer DVD Burner
Several Johnny Cash compliations
Thelonius Monk/John Coltrane cds
XB From Russia With Love
XB Doom 3: RoE
Bloom County: Opus Collection
Weekly World News book
Christopher Moore books ('Lamb' and 'The Stupidest Angel')
Several bottles of wine
Jameson 12 year
Lots and lots of clothes (mostly sweaters and workout clothes, but given that I never really had any sweaters, these are quite pragmatic)
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (I know I got it, haven't opened it though)
$100 to spend at the liquor store

Probably others as well; I haven't rec'd some gifts yet. While I may seem spoil't, today is my birthday as well, so there is a great deal of overlap.
 
One of the few benefits of having divorced parents is the fact that you get two sets of presents every year. SO after making out like a bandit at my father's this morning, I have more this afternoon at my mother's. :shock:
 
[quote name='mykevermin'] While I may seem spoil't, today is my birthday as well, so there is a great deal of overlap.[/QUOTE]

Well, Happy Birthday! My dad's birthday is on the 31st so I still have shopping left to do.
 
Today is my birthday, too. Here's what I got:

Nintendo DS (fuck YEAH!)
Guitar motherfucking Hero (MORE THAN A FEEEEEEEEELING!!!)
Ninja Gaiden Black
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Soul Calibur III
Around $250.

Awesome.
 
Mad GC games:
Paper Mario
Resident Evil 4
Metroid Prime 2
Legend of Zleda Collectors Edition
Viewtiful Joe 2
Geist
Wario World

+ Zelda WW and Super Mario SUnshine which I already owned.

Too lazy to post the other stuff. Mainly got candy, nice handmade artsy things for after college, 3 art books of street art and graphic design, and ca$h.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']
Thelonius Monk/John Coltrane cds
[/QUOTE]

Which ones did you get? I love me some Monk and/or Coltrane :D

As for my haul:

DVDs
Sin City: Recut
The COmplete James Dean Collection
Kung Fu Hustle
Steve McQueen Collection
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
CDs
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
LCD Soundsystem
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Shakira - Piez Descalzos
Shakira - Unplugged
Mana - Cuando Los Angeles Lloran
Mana - Donde Jugaran Los Ninos
Mana - Suenos Liquidos
David Sedaris Box Set
Books
Marvel 1602
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: Year One Hardcover
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Hardcover
Wickett's Remedy (Myla Goldberg)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
Steppenwolf (Herman Hesse)
Reasons to Live (Amy Hempel)
The Dog of the Marriage (Amy Hempel)
Games
Nintendo DS
Trauma Center

And some various articles of clothing.
Wow, my parents went nuts! :bouncy: Although, really, most of it was $20 or less per item. The DS is from my sister.
 
got wayyyyyyyyyy too much good stuf this year :D

--HP ZV6270 laptop
--30gb video ipod
--humidifier
--Mr. Coffee 4 cup maker
--$20 BB gift card (spent on CoD2)
--$30 Itunes gift card
--$20 Borders gift card
--a sweater

my gifts to me:
--Xbox 360
--1 gb psp card
--guilty gear psp
--darkstalkers psp
--halo 2 le
 
Well I got the following:

Tony Hawk's American Sk8land for DS
Sonic Rush for DS
Chappelle's Show Season 2 DVD
Family Guy Volume 3 DVD
$20 Best Buy gift card
$10 Walmart gift card
Various hygene products like colognes, body wash, ect.
Lots of candy

That'd be it. My aunt will probably also give me a BB gift card, but she won't be here until the first weekend of January.
 
I got boxers and a gift card for cloths.

What was funny to me though is my niece got all of this Dora the explorer toys, my nephew got all of these cool boy toys. He wanted to play with all of the Dora stuff, He played with his stuff for 20 mins. Then he was trying to take my nieces toys. He never liked Dora though, if my sister pops in a dora movie he freaks out he hates it. They are 3 and 2.
 
Let's see....

$130 in cash
$40 in Best Buy Gift Cards
Some cheeses and summer sausage
Guitar Hero
The Perfect Dark novel (Initial Vector)
A new LCD Monitor (which I actually got a bit over a month ago)

and I bought myself a Ceramic White PSP and a bunch of games for it :)
 
Yes, ol' Santa came through this year. :D

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$200. I wonder what to put it towards... Maybe a 7800GT or an Athlon X2.. Or even an new Ps2. I can't decide. :cry:
 
I got more this year than ever due to my mother making out like a bandit suring Black Friday and others various sales- almost EVERYTHING was on sale that she bought.

I got a nice treadmill, one of those Atari Flashback thingies, and various DVDs and DVD sets and a few PS2 games. And a few hygiene items.

My extended family gave me gift cards to Best Buy, Borders, etc.
 
I got Dragon Quest VIII, Zelda the Minish Cap, a Wavebird, The DQ VIII guide, 8 Crazy Nights on DVD, a Spiderwick 2006 calendar, some zip-up sweatshirts, thick socks and a Hess Truck (we keep a set in storage unopened).

Plus my mom makes a really huge, killer breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and fresh pancakes (not using the mix).
 
Here's what I received:

Perfect Dark Zero (360)
Dragon Quest VIII
Mario Kart DS
Mario & Luigi DS
Prince of Persia 3 (xbox)
360 wireless controller
blue faceplate
$250 cash
$50 Outback giftcard
$200 Target giftcard
$50 JC Penny giftcard (with which I just ordered a pair of shoes online)
Samurai Champloo calendar
 
- MLB Extra Innings
- 512 MB flash drive
- Two bottles of Cool Water colonge
- Couple pairs of jeans
- Probably 8 shirts or so
- $20 gas gift card
- $100 in cash or so

That's 'bout it. Last year (when I was 18), the presents really dropped off. Now that I care, 'cause I can appreciate the true meaning of Christmas, but it was kind of a rude awakening at the time. =P

Oh well, I'm happy. :)
 
compressor
band saw
sick aluminium jack
mario kart ds
case for my ds
hp photo printer
olive garden gc
best buy gc
$100

and im heading to my parents right now.

i love christmas.
 
A big contrast this year from years past.. I decided that I wanted one huge present, the XBox 360, which I got on Nov. 22nd. Apart from that, I didn't get much, some clothes, money, a few giftcards and Fable: The Lost Chapters. Pretty good Christmas.

The only thing that I really, really, really wanted that I didn't get was the Nintendo DS wi-fi dongle thingy that plugs in to the back of your PC. Oh well.
 
Nintendo DS Mario Kart Bundle
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Official Nintendo Player's Guide
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: Wild World Official Nintendo Player's Guide
Mario Kart DS
Tony Hawk American Sk8land
Nike Windsuit
Walmart gift card
 
Project Gotham Racing 3
Call of Duty 2
Perfect Dark Zero
Half-Life 2
Mario Kart DS
1 GB SanDisk Sansa MP3 Player
Sin City Uncut
The Big Lebowski Special Edition
Various Clothing Items
Best Buy Gift Card

Good haul considering I had no Xbox 360 games since I spent all my money on the system 3 days prior. I'm really getting into Call of Duty 2.
 
money
bb giftcard
cc giftcard
wireless xbox360 controller
clothes
ipod gizmo to listen to ipod in car
nice pen from alma mater
cooking pots
electric can opener
beater
ice cream scoop
cards
ornaments
 
a pair of jeans, a pair of khakis (sp?)
family guy shirt, sonic shirt
home movies season 3
Xbox games: indigo prophecy, breakdown, GTA: Triliogy
Ps2 games: Ratchet: Deadlocked, Genji: Dawn of the Samuari
DS games: sonic rush, nanostray, bust a move ds, animal crossing: wild world, kirby: canvas curse
socks, underwear
and Franz Ferdniand "You could have it so much better" dual disc

Good christmas on gifts, bad christmas on family. Oh well, there is always next year.
 
I told my parents when to buy my games just to make sure they didn't spend more than what they needed to. CAG made my Christmas more enjoyable. :D

I got:

Guild Wars ($20)
Call of Duty 2 ($25)
Quake 4 ($30)
Socom 3 ($35)
Ace Combat 5 ($15, my TRU didn't have it in stock during end of green tag sale :cry: so I was forced to tell my parents to pay an extra $5 at BB)
NHL 2K6 ($15) (Anybody up for a PS2 CAG League?)
Logitech Playgear Pocket
Red MX510
Clothes (including some Family Guy and Pink Floyd boxers :lol: )
Soccer Calendar
Chocolate

Overall, it was a great Christmas for me. CAG FTW! :D
 
A 30 dollar BB gift card
10 dollars cash
A chocolate apple
About 30 pairs of socks (literally)
New speakers for my computer
Two christian rock CD's (uhh....)
Psychonauts (Xbox)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox)
Jade Empire (Xbox)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)

I think that about covers it. No really big presents, but I'm pleased with the games that I got.
 
i have some paypal funds if anyone want to float me an xbl trial code. hate to beg in this thread, but the only live game i got did not have a code, and NO store is open right now to play. my pops is wanting to hook up online and play some GR2, but i can't...so here i am...begging like a crackhead.
 
So far I've had Christmas with my immediate family and my dad's side, mom's side to come tomorrow. I'll just post everything here and edit it tomorrow. But anyway:

CDs
Primus - Rhinoplasty
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Van Halen - 1984

DVDs
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Beavis and Butthead Collection 1
Naked Gun Gift Set
Under Siege 2

Games
Need for Speed Most Wanted PS2
Sacred PC
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland PS2

Other Stuff
3 nice shirts and 1 pair of pants (just got a new job and I needed nice clothes badly)
Bunch of packs of baseball cards (got crap out of them)
Random foods
Handheld vaccuum
DVD rack
Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar
Jimi Hendrix hoodie and tshirt
Pantera bass tab book
Led Zepplin I&II bass tab book
 
Ghost Recon 2 (picked it up myself and gave it to myself with my kids name in the From:)
Slippers that were too small
patagonia t shirt
hiking pant of some sort that unzip into short for some reason, but they're pretty damn comfy
ESPN 2K5 (picked it up for $3 when i picked up Ghost Recon 2 at gamestop)
$30 GC to home depot
Dyson Vacuum which was a "shared" gift between me and the mrs.
Rainbow Six3: Black Arrow (TRU) bought myself
Doom3 (TRU) bought myself

what's the moral? Christmas tends to suck once you get married and have kids.
 
Star Wars: Battlefront II - Xbox
Dragon Quest XIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Mario Party 7
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

$60 in Best Buy giftcards
$150 in Hollister giftcards
$110 in cash

An Xbox 360 from my mom (whenever I don't have to go through a hassle to find them in-stock).

A couple of coldweather items from Hollister and a pair of jeans.

I still am waiting for stuff to come in the mail, so I may have more things by Tuesday.
 
[quote name='crazytalkx']:rofl:[/QUOTE]

It was actually a cool gift. I had been wanting a sax for a long time ever since I had to sell mine in 9th grade. Fifteen years later my family got me one and I wasn't expecting it at all.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']It was actually a cool gift. I had been wanting a sax for a long time ever since I had to sell mine in 9th grade. Fifteen years later my family got me one and I wasn't expecting it at all.[/QUOTE]

Just seems random though, hell I want a new tenor sax. I'm stuck playing a school loaned Bundy Selmer II that has about 5 dents, 90% of the gold finish has already worn off, and there's rust all over.
 
Parents/Grandmother:

Dragon Quest VIII
Black Hoodie
Cologne
Beard & Moustache Trimmer
Slippers
$80

Family/Friends:
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Cologne
T-shirt
Pajama Pants
$65

Gonna use part of the money to get PoP: Two Thrones and Mario Kart DS. Overall, a good Christmas.
 
[quote name='crazytalkx']Just seems random though, hell I want a new tenor sax. I'm stuck playing a school loaned Bundy Selmer II that has about 5 dents, 90% of the gold finish has already worn off, and there's rust all over.[/QUOTE]

It was very random. My jaw hit the floor when I saw it. The one they got me is a Jupiter. I had a Yamaha when I was in school.
 
- Three pairs of jeans
- One pair of black Dickies (pants)
- Area-51 (Xbox)
- Metal Slug Advance (GBA)
- A DVD-R/RW Drive
- Undisclosed amount of Money
 
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