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

Guitar Hero (early Christmas gift)
Naruto GNT 4 (early Christmas gift)
Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated.
Star Wars Episode III: RotS
Batman Begins Deluxe Edition
2006 Guiness Book of World Records
Ripley's Believe It or Not book (similar to the GBoWR)
Denver Broncos fitted cap (from the HoF)
NFL Hall of Fame cap (also from the HoF)
Darth Vader mug with some M&Ms inside
3 cases of 25 DVD-R's
A new, larger luggage case (so my GH guitar can fit easily)
A Good sun shade with flames on it
ESPN Trivia Challenge board game
A very nice wooden pen holder w/LCD clock
$400 in cash from my parents
$85 in cash from relatives
A mug full of candy from my grandmother
 
I'm blown away by the quantity (and quality) of some of your gifts. I'm more of a "no presents" kind of guy, I prefer to just buy what I want when I want. I did get Lost Season 1 and Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0. I bought my wife a couple of pairs of earrings. My daughter got a mountain of gifts, but seems to have also received a cold.
 
Xbox 360 (got it at costco when they got their shipment in so that was an early christmas gift)
Perfect dark Zero
Condemned
Mr. and Mrs. Smith DVD
War of the Worlds DVD
BFG 7800gtx 512mb video card
Panasonic 5.1 Dolby Digital Surrond Sound System
New clothes
 
It turns out, when my boyfriend the $150 dollar thing he wanted to get me was out of stock... he meant AFTER he bought the last one.

I got a Pearl Pink Nintendogs DS bundle. :bouncy: I also got Lunar Dragon Song for it... which I asked for and pray I don't completely regret. (Now I must come up with proper retribution for being tricked into spending waaaay less than he did... :twisted: )

I also got:

Samurai Legend Musahi as a stocking stuffer

Zelda Windwaker (yes, I didn't have it yet)

Final Fantasy tactics advance (one step closer to all of 'em!)

Gundam: Battle Assuault (lots of hendheld games this year)

Some-or-other off brand portable DVD player. It works fine, but it's fairly big compared to others, and the screen has a nasty 'ghosting' effect... but I don't mind. Now I can figure out if I'd use a portable enough to justify buying a higher quality one. :bouncy:
 
Christmas always blows me away. It makes me realize that no matter how unhappy I get, that there are lots of people who love me and care about me. And...

THAT'S COOL!
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I'm probably missing a few things, but here's what I can recall (day's been a blur):

40 Year Old Virgin DVD (Widescreen Unrated)
Family Guy Volume 3 (Season 4)
MP3 Player
Sony Headphones (kickass high-quality ones)
roughly $100 in Best Buy gift cards
Various restaurant gift cards
Blank DVDs and computer accessories
Cash
DVD with just about every wrestling theme ever ( :cool: )
A few gifts from friends that I haven't opened yet


This Christmas was pretty kick-ace!
 
I rented 40 year old virgin. It's freakin' hilarious. It reminded me a lot of Demolition Man, but only because the guy works in a Circuit City-ish store.
 
I ended up with
$780 in cash
2 new wallets (to hold the cash)
Xbox 360 (From GF even though I waited at launch for it)
$25 GC to Olive Garden
Logitech Wireless laptop mouse (this thing is TEH awesome)
Old Navy Pull-over
$20 BB Giftcard (Which I'll probably put towards DQVIII tommorow)
Duster for my room
Ipod Dock cable (with USB to hook to my Xbox and Laptop)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Book
...And that pretty much covers it.
 
Cash? Pfft, what a copout. ;) Wishlists are your friend. Actually, most of these, namely the DVDs are half-late-birthday gifts.

DVD: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Killer's Kiss, Apocalypse Now, Whirlpool, Somewhere in the Night, the House on 92nd Street, The Devil's Rejects (Unrated 2-disc), Alfie, Lifeboat, Lolita, The Sugarland Express, The Truman Show SE, The Thing (anamorphic), The Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Edition, The Dead Zone Season 3, World War II Collection: Battlefront Europe, Ben-Hur CE, Controversial Classics, The Val Lewton Horror Collection, The Errol Morris DVD Collection, Wizard of Oz (3-disc)

Games: Guitar Hero, Shadow of the Colossus, Sly 2, Ratchet and Clank: UYA, Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario & Luigi Partners in Time, Trauma Center

Books: Herzog on Herzog, Never Coming to a Theater Near You - Kenneth Turan, Hey Idiot! - Leland Gregory, My Last Sigh - Luis Bunuel, The Complete Short Stories - Ernest Hemingway, Sculpting in Time - Andrei Tarkovsky, The Art of Noir - Eddie Muller, The American Film Institute Desk Reference

Yes, harnessed the true essence of the cheapass, they have. Very proud, I am, mmm?
 
[quote name='shipwreck']She just told me she got them on sale for $10 at Kohl's, so if anyone is interested in them, that's where to look.[/QUOTE]

/bows

Cool, now I know where to get them. Must have a pair....
 
Games
Age of empires 3
madden 06 (xbox 360)
Perfect Dark zero(360)
Kameo(360)

Gift Cards and Cash in $
30 cash
25 blockbuster
30 old navy
10 borders
50 red robin
15 itunes

Electronics
Xbox 360 premium
ipod nano

Other items worth mentioning
leather wallet
complete book of edgar allen poe works
guitar distortion pedal
guitar electronic tuner

 
Ok i had a bittersweet christmas.... I got some nice stuff....

A Shirt
$30 EB Games Gift Card
$100 Best Buy Gift Card
Call of Duty 2 (XBOX 360)
1/60 Strike Gundam Model Kit
1/60 God Gundam Model Kit
1/100 Master Grade RX-79 Model Kit

.... and then my brother jumped on my bed and his big ass landed on my logitech harmony remote for XBOX 360 and cracked the small LCD screen. I have been pissed the entire day and not even unwrapping gifts changed my mood.
 
[quote name='anubis20']
1/60 Strike Gundam Model Kit
1/60 God Gundam Model Kit
1/100 Master Grade RX-79 Model Kit
[/QUOTE]

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My acquisitions:

Cash and Checks
Best Buy Gift Card
Kameo (X360)
Madden 06 (X360)
Call of Duty 2 (X360)
Play and Charge Kit (X360) x2
Family Guy Volume 3
Cologne
Clothes

and 5 And A Half Hours of Holiday Overtime at Work!

Happy Holidays Everyone!
 
[quote name='modium']Cash? Pfft, what a copout. ;) [/QUOTE]

If you think about it, Gift Cards are the worst copout; only allowing you to spend the money at that certain store. And on that note, my 'haul':

$150 in BB bucks (only redemption being that I'm going to rape them with the $10 coupon
$25 to Pizza Hut
$20 to local Theatre
$55 in cash

Transformers Reissue: Riccochet with Nightstick
Awesome slippers
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Candy
15pc Screwdriver Set
5pc plier set
Tool bag
2 wonka bars
A bit of candy
Bathmat
Floormat
Tea Pot and Kettle
5 Seperate hot sauces including Da Bomb; 3rd hottest on earth
"Why Do Men Have Nipples" awesome book

And from my girlfriend:
Army of Darkness poster
Something that hasn't gotten here yet
But best of all is the fact that we'll be able to spend new years eve together.




Overall though, I'm ultimately dissappointed in the fact that I didn't get the damn camera that I was hoping for, I'm calling everywhere tomorrow to try to get it. Only think that makes up for it is my gf.
 
my girl gave me bunch of shirts, psp logitech case, quagmire bobble head, body pillow.

from friends i got:
tshirts
store credit....yes store credit lol not gift card.
gift cards (like 5 of em)
wwe action figure?? yea sexy especially i barely watch it at all. lame.
more shirts and basketball shorts.
5mp camera/camcorder.
psp intec pro starter kit (booooo)

surprisingly no cash but i really dont need any. i'm content with gift cards. i asked for more clothing and got it. so i'm pretty happy.

edit:
oh yea mom and dad got me a new cell. lg 5000. nice phone i love it. raz00rs can suck my weener. everyone and their mom has one now.

also this is only my family in the US. when i go back to asia each year they give me.....oh lots of money making up for christmas.
 
I got:

XBOX 360
Call of Duty 2
Star Wars poster book
Kenneth Cole watch
XBOX Live 3 month Premium gold pack
Cashmere v-neck sweater
2005 World Series DVD
$30 Borders GC
The Great Mortality (Book)
Tee Shirt (Front says, “Not now, I’m playing video games)
Subscription to Tricycle magazine

For myself I got:

Condemned
Perfect Dark Zero
Quake 4
Play and Charge kit
Pariah
KOF Maximum Impact Maniax
Pair Steve Madden shoes
 
ps1- castlvenai chronicles
bust a move 4

dreamcast- bangai-o

ds- zoo keeper
mario luigie partners in time
bust a move ds
nanostray

gba- mario golf

ps2- unlimited saga
oni
street fighter anniversary
ys ark of naphitism (and guide)
astro boy
sd gundam

GC- custom robo
puyo pop fever
tales of symphonia
mega man anniversary
viewtiful joe 2

xbox- fable
bard's tale

genesis- shining force
phantasy star IV

DVD- arrested development 2
addams family
addams family values
michael jordan his airness
jurrassic park
jurassic park lost world
russian ark
Alf
Royal Canadian Air Farce 4x4
married with children season 4

A lot of these I picked up at sales for others. It worked out well since it costs less and I got more of the stuff I wanted. Also got about $100 from various cousins.
 
Video Games (I got these for myself at the TRU sale, early Christmas gifts IMO)
Blood Rayne 2
Def Jam: Fight for New York
Resident Evil 4
DOA Ultimate
Sid Meier's Pirates!

Books
King Kong (Prequel to the movie)
King Kong (Movie Book)

Movies
Fantastic Four on UMD
Jurassic Park Collection (all 3 movies)
Family Guy: The Stewie Griffon Story

Gift Cards
$75 Gamestop
$30 American Eagle

Cash
$161

Clothes
A bunch of screen T's (Jimi Hendrix, Spy vs. Spy, Bob Marley, etc.)
A New jacket
New Shorts

I did pretty well if I don't say so my self.
 
[quote name='Vampire Hunter D']Are banks open today? Cause i got a few checks.[/QUOTE]

I Don't think so dude this is a federal holiday. You could always deposit them at an ATM and pull the cash back out if you want.
 
[quote name='bil4ltool']I Don't think so dude this is a federal holiday. You could always deposit them at an ATM and pull the cash back out if you want.[/QUOTE]
How is December 26 a federal holiday?
 
I hate the bank. For my fifty dollar canadian check that I get from my uncle every Christmas, they now give me fifty dollars when it's deposit it, then send a notice that they're taking X amount of dollars away for the exchange rate (which has been going up. yay for me). They used to do the exchange rate thing and everything right there. I guess the tellers want to leave it for the next guy to catch.

Long story short, I spend money I don't have. =/
 
-Need For Speed Most Wanted: Black Edition for PS2
-Onimusha: Warlords for PS2
-The 40 Year Old Virgin DVD
-Dave Chappelle - For What It's Worth DVD
-Lacuna Coil - In A Reverie CD
-A pair of jeans
-2 pairs of Calvin Klein boxers
-4 pairs of black dress socks
-A new pair of Nikes
-Star Wars toy lightsaber (Mace Windu)
-A roll of duct tape
 
My Lil' Bro got hooked up with the 360 and I was hung out to dry and he is taking it back to college with him. I got some new luggage and some Ipod accessories. Also some cash with which I am thinking about buying a nav system for my car. One of the TomToms probably either the 300 or 700.
 
I love how people got all this stuff and so little was donated to the charity...

BAH HUM BUG!!!!!!!!!!!is what i say ! I fart in all of your general directions...


 
[quote name='Lice']I love how people got all this stuff and so little was donated to the charity...

BAH HUM BUG!!!!!!!!!!!is what i say ! I fart in all of your general directions...


[/QUOTE]

I'm also donating a couple hundred dollars worth of books to my local library. I guess that counts as "charity". So please don't fart on me.
 
[quote name='Lice']I love how people got all this stuff and so little was donated to the charity...

BAH HUM BUG!!!!!!!!!!!is what i say ! I fart in all of your general directions...


[/QUOTE]

Exactly how do you know how much we've all given to charities this year?
 
[quote name='Lice'] I fart in all of your general directions...
[/QUOTE]

To break wind in such a tremndous fashion is a gift in and of itself. :lol:

I am sure most people have at least given to the Salvation Army bell ringers but the topic is about what you got not what you gave.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']

I am sure most people have at least given to the Salvation Army bell ringers but the topic is about what you got not what you gave.[/QUOTE]

Yes, maybe we should start a seperate thread fart free thread about how much we gave to charity this year. This thread wasn't about charitable giving, it was about what you got for Xmas. Also, I don't think most people consider charitable donations as "Xmas presents", its just a donation to help others less fortunate.
 
- Twelve59 - G version watch from Tokyo Flash
- S'Squre - Sunrise watch from Tokyo Flash
- Daruma Courage tee from GMTEE
- PoPoLoCrois [PSP] (early brithday present, actually)
- SmackDown! vs. RAW '06 [PSP]
- $140 in cash
- $100 AmEx gift credit card

i don't see how gift cards are copouts when the person recieving it might shop at that particular store. if someone gave me one for, let's say, Urban Outfitters, i'd love it because i actually shop there. but whatever works for you. i personally liked getting the AmEx card for a change. it's a gift card that can be used anywhere that American Express is accepted.
 
I just got another gift today. I was standing near the counter when my mother opened a package from DDD containing "chichago bulls- the 1990's". Its a dvd set they released for many of the dominant nba teams (lakers, celtics, 76er's and bulls), it includes the history of their championships (plus what lead up to them), as well as 6 of the best nba finals games (full games). She said she had intended it for a xmas gift but since it arrived late was gonna save it. But since I saw her open it she gave it to me now. Seems she had forgot what she ordered when she opened it.
 
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