what did santa bring you....?

[venusian]

I got:

• an anorak,
  a jumper,
  a beeping penguin,
  a mug,
  some beer,
  a sub to Water Craft magazine.

[PFVA]

Somehow my family seems to think i don't buy enough clothing so i got some of that as gift. And yes, it included 2 pairs of socks.

Also a book, from someone who knows i like African literature, chocolates with liqueur inside, decorative candles and that king of stuff.

Teifi is upset though. People more and more use bags instead of wrapping the gifts and there was only a couple of pieces of wrapping for him to play with.

[Firefox]

a beeping penguin

It's alright, you're allowed to swear on this forum.

[Anders]

Here's the "beastly" piece of art I mentioned earlier. It's pretty big, maybe 25-30 cm between the tips of the horns, and was handmade by a local artist.


On the subject of beasties, I have a cow themed calendar in place for next year.


Merry christmas, everybody.

[Zoot]

Collectors Edition of "Beedle the Bard" from Amazon
Celtic sample CD set
Bunch of sheet music I wanted
A mimiature "Henry" vacuum cleaner for my desk
An LED reading lamp (from the wife, for the wife!)
Loads of sweeties
A couple of trendy tops

and....... loads of people here on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with much love, good cheer and, to be honest and cliched, much happiness. You can't box that and give it as a present.

[Istar]

From Children-of-Istar:
A Red Dwarf T-Shirt ("Let's get out there and twat it").
The DC Vault.
The QI Annual 2008 (ok, a year out of date, but I didn't have it so it's good).
Some 99%-cocoa chocolate.

From Wife-of-Istar:
Some Lindt chocolate.
A sugar mouse (never had one - SUGAR RUSH!).
First editions of Volumes 1-6 of "The War Illustrated Album-de-Luxe", a (very, incredibly, insanely rare) 10-volume set of which Volume 1 was printed in 1915. I got the first six volumes, and a challenge to find the other four. They exist, but getting collectors to part with them is ... tricky. I have no idea what she had to do to get these first six, and I'm almost afraid to ask.

She got (from me):
A full stocking (yes, yes, fnaar, corrr, etc).
The new Razorlight album.
A red DS Lite (in itself proof of the existence of God - it took a miracle to get it, a week before Christmas).
Brain Training and Professor Something-or-other for the above.

[grue]

Mine was the usual sweaters/books combo but I bought a 32'' Samsung for my parents and I also bought one for me since it was cheap as chips!



Samsung LE32A436T - LCD TV 32", 430 euros

[DutchLlama]

Boooh I have to buy something like that as well as my 70cm Philips TV died yesterday.

430 euros is not "cheap as chips" for me (YMMV), unfortunately all decent TV's cost that amount of money at minimum.

[grue]

430 euros is not "cheap as chips" for me (YMMV), unfortunately all decent TV's cost that amount of money at minimum.

Yeah, I know, but the next price is about 600 around here so 430 was a bargain.

It is a lot of money but my parents' TV is busted and the colours act funny so I put both TVs on my credit card and god knows when I'll pay it.

[Zzap64!]

Woolies - god bless em have wonderful game bargains now. Everything on PS3 (not sure about the rest) are cut by 50%.

So I got Guitar Hero World Tour, Devil May Cry 4, Stranglehold and Civilization Revolution for £50!

Bargain!

[Muttley]

Mine was the usual sweaters/books combo but I bought a 32'' Samsung for my parents and I also bought one for me since it was cheap as chips!



Samsung LE32A436T - LCD TV 32", 430 euros

Nice one. I have the 26" model in my games room just for the games consoles.

[grue]

Nice one. I have the 26" model in my games room just for the games consoles.

When I was handing out my cc I thought about buying a X360 too finaly but then I thought better and decided to wait until I've paid the dept first.

[zip accident]

TrackIR (requested)
scarf
bottle of port
s002 swift (unexpected but nice)

[PVB]

First editions of Volumes 1-6 of "The War Illustrated Album-de-Luxe", a (very, incredibly, insanely rare) 10-volume set of which Volume 1 was printed in 1915. I got the first six volumes, and a challenge to find the other four. They exist, but getting collectors to part with them is ... tricky. I have no idea what she had to do to get these first six, and I'm almost afraid to ask.

Pics please.

I have something similar (the other set?) from World War 2, a set of four books passed on to me from my dad.*

Here's book one:






Dad was actually in the war, fighting mainly in the Med; in Greece, Italy and the north African countries such as Libya.

[DutchLlama]

Nice one. I have the 26" model in my games room just for the games consoles.

When I was handing out my cc I thought about buying a X360 too finaly but then I thought better and decided to wait until I've paid the dept first.

I have this dillema as well, I really want but because I have such a crappy stressful underpaid job (and next year I even get a pay decrease as I won't be getting extra for evening and weekend hours) I can't really afford 400 euros. So I have to put it on my credit card or keep on watching my old crappy 14" telly. Thanks Santa for breaking my only decent telly!