What Did You Get/give For Christmas?

[SuZQZ]

I got the best holiday presents ever, I have the piece of mind that those I love are safe, and doing as well as could be.

I didn't get world peace this year, but I'll hope for next year (I do this every year). For me the most important things in my life cannot be bought or put on credit, the smiles I get from friends and family are all genuine and caring. That to me is priceless.

You guys are definitely a part of the "friends and family" group. Thanks again DGN. I honestly don't feel I can thank you enough.

AND thanks Troy, for everything

And yet another example of why we love, adore and worship our Hunhee. You so rock!

And Troy most definitely ROCKS!

[pomba gira]

This was a depressing year for gift-giving 'cos I had so little to work with... but I did manage the following:

MaMa: Victoria's Secret smelly stuff (Amber Romance)

Brother: Book, "Mad Kings & Queens"

Sister in law: Victoria's Secret pass card holder and a matching beaded neckchain I made for it (she's an investigator for DTE so she can have a little bling on her while she's running around doing PI stuff)

Nephew#1: Family Guy cast as "Star Wars" t-shirt and a can of Stewie's Brain Erase Elixir

Niece#1: Book, "The Little Black Book of Style" packed in a silver Victoria's Secret tote bag

Niece #2: Cameo skeleton belt buckle and a can of Emily the Strange Brew

Nephew #2: Klutz book, "How to Build Pirate Ships" (with cool building cards)

Cousin's little girl: Klutz book of paperdolls

Auntie: Victoria's Secret smelly stuff (Vanilla Lace)

Josh: Dragonfly Betty Page club shirt; two Escher print ties.

I got several gifts but mostly stuff I didn't like & had no use for. So then I felt guilty for feeling that way. But I did get two things that really, really made me happy:

Painting/collage by Niece #2 (when a 15 yr old likes you enough to create something like that just for you, it's really something special. Plus the painting is wicked sweet!)

Sirius Radio receiver from Josh... 'cos I really wasn't expecting it.

One good thing: I got most of the key family members to agree that, instead of spending shitloads of loot on stuff no one needs, next year we should all chip in and buy a water buffalo or somthing through Heifer International. So that was a good thing.

[Brenda Starrr]

I got an awesome Ibanez hollow body guitar, which Steven promptly busted my high-e string. I can never have cool toys.....

But, I also had Marc, Steven, Medea and her man, and our friend, Sam here for dinner (along with my kids). We played "Totally 80's Trivial Pursuit" and laughed our asses off. You all missed out.

[Reaper]

I got a long sleeved shirt.

What I gave was a $50 gift card for Best Buy to my sister and her bf.

$50 gift card to Meijer to my little brother since he and his gf had a baby girl in August. I am sure they could use that for baby supplies and groceries.

Got my niece, my sisters daughter, a portable karoake system with a Hannah Montana CD to go with it. She is so adorable and we think is going to be a singer of some sort someday. Below is a photo with her Christmas gift.

[xbittergracex]

I got a long sleeved shirt.

What I gave was a $50 gift card for Best Buy to my sister and her bf.

$50 gift card to Meijer to my little brother since he and his gf had a baby girl in August. I am sure they could use that for baby supplies and groceries.

Got my niece, my sisters daughter, a portable karoake system with a Hannah Montana CD to go with it. She is so adorable and we think is going to be a singer of some sort someday. Below is a photo with her Christmas gift.

omg that is so cute!!!!!! Good present!

[CandyQuackenbush]

Odims and I gave:A pair of leather gloves from wilson's leather to my mom.A $50 gift card to Lowes. *He'll use it like crazy*A sweet wall clock for my sister.A Home Brew re-fill kit for Jon, my sister's boyfriend.

For my cousins, we gave them a MASSIVE supply of art supplies. Crayons, coloring books, finger paint, silly putty, glue sticks, construction paper, safe sissors, and I think thats it.

Then we gave their parents, my aunt and uncle, a huge fruit basket. They loved it.

[Head Wreck]

fruit baskets rock. they contain pineapple often

[CandyQuackenbush]

fruit baskets rock. they contain pineapple often

I know this for a fact. I used to make them.

[Kit Kat P]

Father-in-law got a ladder & sweaters

Mother-in-law got sweaters and a complete car detailing by moi

Kim got a bar-b-que tool set, bar-b-que sauces

GF got Drop Kick Murphy Vans, sweaters, interview clothes, customized guitar hero, shot glasses, monkey lunch box

My parents got gift cards

My mom got a shopping day

My dad got new knives, thick plaid shirt

My sisters got gift cards

My brother got laptop lap desk and stamps

My aunt & uncle got a gift card and cooking stuff for their new kitchen

I got 2 mid thigh length sweaters, a sweet jacket, knife sharpening kit, fleece sweater, Photoshop 6, household knick knacks (I'm forgetting something I know it)

[Hellion]

Gave cards and money,recieved cards with money,evened out pretty good.

[Destroit]

Out of everything I got people failed to get me a new set of Legos Maybe next year.

[Homicidalheathen]

FYE sucks more than usual.....

NO classical....they had kiddie shit in there!

Techno damn near all gone now.....

Oh but 3 rows of pop rock. Ugh. Tons of metal.

Anyway, I got this gift cert and I used it up on:

Chemical Brothers 2007 We are the night.....excellent.

Ministry of sound 2007, the g version...as I have the xrated one already heh

And I got this used for 4 bucks like at record time: Animus amour electro shaman

[Steven]

I got an awesome Ibanez hollow body guitar, which Steven promptly busted my high-e string. I can never have cool toys.....

But, I also had Marc, Steven, Medea and her man, and our friend, Sam here for dinner (along with my kids). We played "Totally 80's Trivial Pursuit" and laughed our asses off. You all missed out.

that dang E string...its a conspiracy to keep us from running off togethor!!!

I think Jeff secretly filed it down a bit before I got there just knowing that I would have to touch your guitar....and now he gets to ride in on the white horse and replace that string!!! Oh I've seen this kind of thing before Repunzal, oh yes I have. You tell Jeff that it's on now!

[Steven]

It would have been nice to have a cute brunette under my tree this morning. If I had a tree.

Scratch that. It would have been VERY nice to have said brunette snuggling in my bed with me. You know which one I'm talking about, right?

Bro your cool but I hardly know you....

[sass_in_the_pants]

One good thing: I got most of the key family members to agree that, instead of spending shitloads of loot on stuff no one needs, next year we should all chip in and buy a water buffalo or somthing through Heifer International. So that was a good thing.

That's awesome! My family does something like this every year - our church has families that you can 'adopt' so we do that and get presents for them instead of eachother. If I may make a suggestion...we discovered that not exchanging presents is sort of boring so every year we have a different 'theme'. Like this year we did the white elephant gift exchange. I gave an anvil. Seriously, that thing weighs like a hundred pounds. I got this little man that makes farting noises. FUN!

And last year, we brought paints and art supplies and we each had to paint a portrait of someone else in the family. Also very fun. I still have the picture of me painted by my sister. I look like a whore painted by Salvador Dali. Lovely.

fruit baskets rock. they contain pineapple often

Oh my god! You are SO right! They might not have these on the other side of the pond, but there are these things called 'edible arrangements' and it's like chocolate covered pineapple and strawberries all made to look like a bouquet of flowers. Yeah, you heard me right, flowers you can EAT!! Yum!!

[Head Wreck]

and they say blonde's have all the fun....

[DarkVampire]

Mom spent too much money on me.

Printer

DVD R/RW burner.

Nintendo DS

Three games to go with it.

Clothes

[Hellion]

A new job would have been nice,LOL!!

[know_buddy_kares]

I got to spend a great amount of time with family and very good friends. It was looking like for the longest I woudln't have even been able to come home before Germany, so even though I didn't get much in terms of material Items, those who know me know I couldn't care less about that stuff. Getting to see some faces before I take off outta here for years has been what I could ask for.

[Homicidalheathen]

I got my kids the cameras they wanted and my man the roll up keyboard.

Its kinda wierd but cool. We layed it out on the coffee table and played with it today and might take it to the drumming later after cause it used batteries too. Only thing is you must have a flat hard surface to use it on.