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What did Santa bring you?

post #1 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:35pm
Thread Starter 
Suprised there wasn't a thread devoted to this already.

What were the standout presents you got this year?

Christmas:

PS3 with camera, extra controller etc.
The Rocketeer (DVD)
A Masters of the Universe T Shirt
Star Trek (DVD)
The Lost Symbol
Gran Turismo 5 prologue
Armani Aftershave
A radio controlled ATeam van.
Ghostbusters (Blue Ray)
Unseen Acidemincals (Prachett)

Birthday:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Blue Ray)
Call of Duty modern Warfare 2
Scene IT
A night in a 5 star hotel.
A very nice die cast model of The Tardis.


Over to you.
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post #2 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:39pm
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
A radio controlled ATeam van.
Can I come over and play?

43' Flat screen TV
PS3
Little Big Planet
Star Trek (blu)

A gift card to the GAP, I guess my mother got the GAP confused with Best Buy.
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post #3 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:40pm
For some strange reason Santa decided to get me the He-Man cartoon series on DVD. Too bad Santa got the wrong one!!!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New...ures_of_He-Man

I didn't even know this existed. I told Santa thanks for getting me "the complete series of off-brand He-Man, probably aired only in Malaysia".
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post #4 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:41pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by MoonBaseNick View Post
Can I come over and play?

43' Flat screen TV
PS3
Little Big Planet
Star Trek (blu)

A gift card to the GAP, I guess my mother got the GAP confused with the Best Buy.

Well last year she got me a Radio controlled Deloreon from Back to the Future, so yes.

Here's hoping next year brings a raido controlled Kitt.
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post #5 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:42pm
My wife got me an authentic replica Lee Roy Selmon jersey, so I'll be rockin' the creamsicle! Plus she got me all three seasons of Arrested Development.

We also got a ton of leftover items from our wedding registry
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post #6 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:43pm
My wife and I received:

A check for $2500
$200 cash

I received:
'Dragon Age: Origins' for PC

And we bought for ourselves:
40" LED TV, blu-ray player, sound system, TV stand, etc...essentially a whole new entertainment center.
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post #7 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:44pm
Dude...ouch, that's why I ask for gift cards. I learned that lesson the hard way...

As a child of the 80's, I loved the Ghostbusters movie, but every time my mom went to the video store...she'll end up with this... EVERY DAMN TIME.

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post #8 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:45pm
I received Supernatural season 4. 100$ gift certificate.

Book-wise: House of Leaves and Return of the Crimson Guard.

No TV.... sadly...
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post #9 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:45pm
A Dewalt compound mitre saw
Borderlands on PS3
Star Trek on Blu
The Hangover
A new coffee/ espresso maker
lots of coffee
Public Enemies
district 9 on Blu
various giftcards
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post #10 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:47pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
I received Supernatural season 4. 100$ gift certificate.

Book-wise: House of Leaves and Return of the Crimson Guard.

No TV.... sadly...
Good Luck with House of Leaves, good read...just well, different.

I get some grant money back from the Government this week...so it's Christmas part 2 for me :-)
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post #11 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:53pm
I won't list everything I got, but the highlights were:

The Coppola Restoration.
The 15-disc Monty Python box set.
A book about the development of AI, with contributions from Kubrick, Spielberg, Brian Aldiss, co-edited by Jan Harlan.

Plenty of other things, including a crate of imported beer from my beloved, but these were the jewels of the filmic presents.
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post #12 of 45
1/4/10 at 2:59pm
I bought my wife a shiatsu massager and a Flip video camera (which is really awesome).

I got a 32" tv in October for christmas/birthday. So really my christmas was mostly clothes.
I also received a best buy card and gamestop card from extended family.
So I bought Bat for Lashes from Best Buy.

But my son loaded up.
Giant remote controlled Grave Digger.
2 remote controlled flipping cars.
Disney Cars race track.
Connect 4.
Card games like Go Fish and War.
Cars wheel fishing game.
building blocks.
and a lot of other stuff I can't remember.
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post #13 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:09pm
I'm happy. I didn't get a single dud, even from the people I usually expect to get me one. I got

Rock Band Special Edition
Seven Samurai 3 Disc Criterion
District 9
Tekken 6
My Palm Pre
The Rise and Fall of WCW
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post #14 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:11pm
Santa was good to me this year, thanks for asking! This year, I got:

A pewter Wizard of Oz figurine - it's of Dorothy and the Scarecrow finding the Tin Man, and Dorothy is raising the oilcan to his mouth so he can talk. It's painted over and then most of the paint is rubbed off so it has a very authentic antiqued look to it, and it weighs a TON. It's really beautiful!

A Stella McCartney body cream and perfume gift set.

Law & Order SVU season 2 DVD.

My sister's famous pumpkin bread and Italian cookies.

A Hickory Farm's gift set.

Spending money from my Mom, which went into my savings.

More money from my company, and money from each of my bosses. The money from my company paid for all of my tuition and my textbooks. The money from my bosses also went into my savings, except for a small bit of it which I used to buy a few things I needed (snow boots, a new hat, scarf and gloves, and a couple pairs of new jammies).

A Barnes and Noble gift card, loose tea and a tea ball.

A cozy throw blanket.

A Starbuck's gift card.
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post #15 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:14pm
El Cap - Sadly I remember the He-Man series in question I even wanna say I had the He-Man action figure from it.

I got:

40' Flat Screen
Gift Card to Target that went towards my Blu Ray player
Fingerless Gloves
Some other clothes
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post #16 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:20pm
Besides some Blu-Rays I picked up for myself the best gift I got was a pair of Astro A40 surround sound headphones and mixamp. I'm primarily going to use them for my 360, but they're also PC and PS3 compatible for when I watch movies. I live in a tiny apartment and can't afford a good sound system so they're going to be the greatest thing in the world. When I get them, seeing as though they've been lost in the mythical land of "In Transit" since 12/22.

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post #17 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:21pm
Tickets for Coldplay, Metallica and Franz Ferdinand. A knock off cologne, a Pearl Jam t-shirt.
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post #18 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:40pm
I made out like a bandit this year.

From the parents, I got a PS3 (which they graciously gave me a few weeks early) with Modern Warfare 2, Arkham Asylum, and MGS4, a personalized set of baking pans/transport pans, and a new UK sweatshirt.

From the in-laws, I got an iPod docking station/radio for work, and 3-4 novelty ties (wearing my Homer tie at work right now).

From the wife, I got an iPod touch, Supernatural season 4, Eastbound and Down, the Iron Giant SE, a cooking apron autographed with the hand and footprints of my twins, a kitchen scale, a professional set of measuring cups, the Good Eats book, and some new oven mitts (think she wants me to cook some this year?).

We went light on the girls this year when we saw the huge pile of stuff the grandparents were getting them. They mostly got books, educational odds-and-ends, and clothes, with 1-2 toys thrown in.
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post #19 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by Tati View Post
Tickets for Coldplay, Metallica
Hopefully you will work on getting yourself off the naughty list this year.
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post #20 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:44pm
Hey, when bands visit your country once a decade, you get less picky and try to experience as much as you can.
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post #21 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:45pm
Under The Dome
Arrested Development Seasons 1-3
Inglorious Basterds
Watchmen Director's Cut
Tales of the Black Freighter
A portable gas grill
A year's worth (24) tickets to our local movie theater (includes IMAX releases)
Dragon Age: Origins
A box of gourmet brownies
A $500 gift card (from my boss)
Calzones and bagels shipped from Long Island
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post #22 of 45
1/4/10 at 3:49pm
Added:

I also received:
- Zune HD 32gb (from work)
- 'The Wire' season 1, a local brew, and a comp CD of Baltimore Bands (CHUD gift exchange...many thanks, MrMushnik!)
- Tit-eroni (Tit shaped pasta) as a white elephant gift at a party.
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post #23 of 45
1/4/10 at 4:05pm
Tickets for Richard Thompson recording his new album at the Great American Music Hall in February. And some other stuff.
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post #24 of 45
1/4/10 at 4:26pm
Tickets to Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Trio.
Tom Waits Glitter and Doom on vinyl.
Tom Petty The Live Anthology on vinyl.
A whole buncha books and a decent selection of DVDs.

Oh, and one of these:

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post #25 of 45
1/4/10 at 4:33pm
From work I got $1000 bonus, and our new salesgirl got me a 4-pack of Guinness pub glasses in the Secret Santa stuff.

I'd scored us a new 40" Samsung Series 6 HD TV around Thanksgiving, so Christmas got here early for us.

Also got:
Watchmen Ultimate Edition DVD
Some awesome sweaters and an Irish style cap for my bald head
Two gift cards to Sports Authority, which translated to two pairs of sneakers and two pair of workout gloves
A collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first three Barsoom books (John Carter is SO manly!)
and a TON of Christmas cookies baked by my wife. Yep, got more spare tires than a Firestone dealership, but hey...
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post #26 of 45
1/4/10 at 4:34pm
Battlestar Galactica: Seasons 4.0 and 4.5
The Walking Dead Compendium Volume One
Rock Band: AC/DC for the Wii
A pretty sweet pair of Nike Air running shoes
A winter coat that actually keeps me warm (old black peacoat, your services are no longer needed)
A faux-fur lined hoodie.
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post #27 of 45
1/4/10 at 7:05pm
I've just spent a good five minutes laughing at that 'The Ghost Busters' cover, what the hell is that? I didn't know Asylum was around back then.

Anyway, I got the six series boxset of The Sopranos, Fifa 10 and Assassins Creed 2 from the folks. My lady got me all five of the Scott Pilgrim books, a rather nice Tag Huer watch, District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Let the Right One In and many other DVDs.

My little bro got me what looks like a sixth hand DVD of Torque as a joke present
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post #28 of 45
1/4/10 at 7:41pm
Nice haul, Rusty! I also got FIFA 10 (PS3) and, amongst other very kind things, a Pearl Jam ticket, and the following Blu-rays:

Star Trek (3 Disc Special Edition.)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Watchmen: Director's Cut.
Some Film Where Brad Pitt Kills Nazis.
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post #29 of 45
1/4/10 at 7:46pm
Let's see:

Deadwood seasons two and three from my mom.

Gods and Monsters, a Danish translation book, and I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie from the lady's parents.

Embryonic by The Flaming Lips from the lady's brother.

Some tee shirts from my brother.

Big Fish (the novel), Origin of Species, and a collection of the old Shadow radio program from the lady.

Chew vol. one from my best friend.

Pretty good, overall. I'm quite pleased with the swag.
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post #30 of 45
1/4/10 at 11:00pm
The B&N gift card from my post above has officially been put to good use! This afternoon I converted it from a mere piece of plastic into a copy of All About Eve on DVD (hey, it matches my avatar!), and a journal-style notebook for when my paralegal class starts next month.
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post #31 of 45
1/4/10 at 11:02pm
Damn, you guys have generous families. I got a cookbook and some organic coffee. I bought myself "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas." My Chewer X-Mas Exchange partner didn't come through, but this is the first time in years so it was due.
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post #32 of 45
1/4/10 at 11:06pm
A set of Winchester Pub glasses
A set of Reidel Beer glasses
Inglorious Basterds on Blu
A partridge in a pear tree
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post #33 of 45
1/4/10 at 11:08pm
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Originally Posted by Rusty Oysterburger View Post
I've just spent a good five minutes laughing at that 'The Ghost Busters' cover, what the hell is that? I didn't know Asylum was around back then.
It was some crappy 70's tv show..then it was made into a cartoon after the 1984 film GHOSTBUSTERS...which is why they named the 1985 cartoon "The Real Ghostbusters"..
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post #34 of 45
1/4/10 at 11:13pm
So, is 'Bob Burns' the gorilla?

And Larry Storch's hat was later used by Jack Napier.
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post #35 of 45
1/4/10 at 11:43pm
The Firefly series boxset. That's all that matters to me at the moment. I've never seen Firefly, but I've watched some episodes and I'm in love. Why isn't Nathan Fillion a massive fucking star?

Got a bunch of gift cards and cold hard cash, too.
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post #36 of 45
1/5/10 at 12:22am
Clothes
Brut aftershave and deodorant set
Guitar Tuner
Father Ted: The Definitive Collection
Crank 2: High Voltage
Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary collector's edition
$250 worth of spending money
New wallet and bag
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post #37 of 45
1/5/10 at 1:52am
5 volumes of hardbound EC Comics reprints (TWO-FISTED TALES vol. 1 & 2, CRIME SUSPENSTORIES vol. 1, THE VAULT OF HORROR vol. 1, SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES vol. 2)

An old Soviet watch

A Best Buy gift card (got Richard Stanley's HARDWARE)

A Walmart gift card

A bit of money

Ivan Moody's THE AKATHISTOS HYMN on cd

Booze from my boss
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post #38 of 45
1/5/10 at 6:45am
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Originally Posted by Ben Thomas View Post
A book about the development of AI, with contributions from Kubrick, Spielberg, Brian Aldiss, co-edited by Jan Harlan.
I saw this in Waterstones during my Xmas shopping hunt and had to fight back the urge to buy it for myself.
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post #39 of 45
1/7/10 at 10:54pm
all I got for Xmus was streptococcus.
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post #40 of 45
1/7/10 at 11:13pm
A cuisnart 12 cup coffee maker that does both ground and beans and has a washable filter.
A membership to Film Forum that allows me to get two people in for 6.00. Win.
Notebooks
Gift certificates to AMC
A briefcase, so I can finally stop using the ratty backpack I've been carrying around for years.
A ton of vintage clothing, mostly suits, jackts, white button down shirts, and ties.
And then other smaller things lik cookies, coffee, gift certificates to Barnes and Noble.
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post #41 of 45
1/8/10 at 12:11am
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Originally Posted by Timothy225 View Post
A collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first three Barsoom books (John Carter is SO manly!)
Me=jealous
Got an amazon link?

I got a 3 Wolf Moon T-Shirt from the wife. My power will be increased 100 fold! I hope she knows what she's getting into. The shirt did come with an extensive warning label. Avatar didn't cure my terrible vision or baldness, so I'm giving this awesome apparel a shot.
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post #42 of 45
1/8/10 at 4:38am
I love how Christmas for me has turned from a cavalcade of wants to a box full of needs, and I am sure thankful to my parents for that.

I got a couple new coats and some new shoes. New shirts and a couple new pairs of pants. I love my new scarves and gloves. I got basically everything to keep me warm that went to pot over the last year. My one splurge into want territory was Lost Season 5 on DVD.
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post #43 of 45
1/8/10 at 10:44am
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Originally Posted by Mr_Cellophane View Post
I love how Christmas for me has turned from a cavalcade of wants to a box full of needs, and I am sure thankful to my parents for that.

I got a couple new coats and some new shoes. New shirts and a couple new pairs of pants. I love my new scarves and gloves. I got basically everything to keep me warm that went to pot over the last year. My one splurge into want territory was Lost Season 5 on DVD.
Hey, you're in Wyoming - you have to do what you have to do to keep warm, and that's no joke. This year I got a decent amount of cash, which I banked most of, and then used a small amount to buy snow boots, and a new hat, scarf and gloves. Sometimes, ya just gotta be practical!
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post #44 of 45
1/9/10 at 8:00am
Thread Starter 
For a long time I rallied against being practical and grown up. Then one day I realised I was married, had finally learnt to drive, had a career rather than a job and a nice house.

Fortuanalty I have an understanding wife and a study full of geeky stuff.
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post #45 of 45
1/9/10 at 8:09am
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Me=jealous
Got an amazon link?
Actually got it at Barnes & Noble!


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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
I got a 3 Wolf Moon T-Shirt from the wife. My power will be increased 100 fold! I hope she knows what she's getting into. The shirt did come with an extensive warning label. Avatar didn't cure my terrible vision or baldness, so I'm giving this awesome apparel a shot.
Just don't wear it when you're doing your cryptozoological work. I don't want to read about you getting dry-humped by a lust-crazed Mothman or something on your blog.
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