What Did You Give?

[bloody_ribcut]

like they say, its better to give than to recieve.

what did you give your loved ones this christmas year?


for my mom i got nothing

for my step father i got nothing

my brother, i went halves with my mom on fo a x box 360

brother 2, a spider man neca head knocker

sister, halves for a new playstation 2..

me, i got five rare graffiti magazines.. two neca homie bobbleheads..a neca green goblin headknocker..and plenty of grass.

[urgeok2]

for my kid, a floor full of megablox dragon stuff

for my wife, a couple of books.


(my wife and i mutually imposed a $20 spending cap on each other ... we go all out for the kid.

[ChronoGrl]

My boyfriend and I are going halfsies on a Blue-Ray DVD players, so I got him a few DVDs:

The Signal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/)
WALL-E (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/)
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104835/)

And just for fun:
The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead (http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Zombie-Better-Living-Through/dp/1602391874)

For my Mom:
Couple of cookbooks
Stuff On My Cat Calendar
Godiva Truffles
First Season of Weeds

And I got a gift certificate to a really nice restaurant for my boyfriend's family. I'm pretty psyched for them to enjoy it.

And everyone got a form of booze for me (good beer for my boyfriend's brother and my Uncle, wine for my boyfriend's dad and my Aunt, Lambic for my cousin).

[urgeok2]

thats funny - i got the blu-ray of the signal for a friend of mine who came down for xmas

[ChronoGrl]

thats funny - i got the blu-ray of the signal for a friend of mine who came down for xmas

Great minds think alike. ;)

It was definitely one of the best movies of 2007 that nobody saw.

[urgeok2]

actually i wanted to keep it for myself !!

[novadawn969]

Wow.
Chrono Girl, your taste borders on my old roommates...
Good thing you seem so much cooler and less fake than she is. :p



I got my mom a gift card. Complains that she never shops for herself, so she loved it.
My dad - borders gift card.
Older brother - a new cage for his sugar gliders and a gift card to pet co
Younger brother - ziltch. his birthday just passed.
Boyfriend - a pendant that he just loved (which is good, because he always hates my gifts)

Then me and the boy got a bunch of small cute gifts for everyone else in our lives.


I'm so broke, it's not even funny. :(

I was in the hole for almost a week. :o

[newb]

spent about two thousand bucks on shit that nobody really needs......and this was the year we were cutting back.:eek:

[_____V_____]

A new make-up box and a dressing table on wheels for the wife.

New set of gardening tools, cashmere sweaters and reading glasses for my Mom.

A DVD on Religious Thinking for my uncle, and a set of 5 chewable bones for Rolls.

[Spallalala]

I bought cheebs Lego Batman which we finished in a week and took it back and bought onimushu 2 ha.

Our best mate we gave him a blueray dvd( one that cheebs kept from working with sony), and im still working on this "movie" for him. Basically have taken alot of photos of him over the last year and thought it would be cool to put it together for him. Taking me ages and driving me nuts I must say haha but it shall be complete by the time he gets back from him camping trip next year haha.

Our other friends basically got data dvds with music, movies and such on em.

Nothing for my family just cos didn't have the money. I am gonna get my eldest neice some sorta clothing items and my youngest neice we are taking her out for lunch and down to a shop that sells american candy.

Gonna get mum home for a day just to have a christmas thing with her and she asked for a shiny necklace of some sort haha.

[missmacabre]

For my Mom I got a Pride and Prejudice DVD.
Dad-nothing as per his request.
Sister-nothing again, cause she didnt want to have to get me anything.
Brother-headset/mic for computer gaming.
Mom in law- fancy coffee scented organic soap from this place up town.
Sister in law- Soap from the same shop but gingerbread scented.
Derek-Nice new sweater and V for Vandetta graphic novel. He's been on a real comic kick lately. Half way done Marvel Civil War and has WWHulk and Marvel Zombies on his computer ready to go. Really wanted to get BioShock but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Derek's cousin Darren (for a name draw) got a $25 gift certificate from Coles' book store, because he's so hard to buy for.

[The_Return]

Dad - Wicked/Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (a big, beautiful hardcover edition), Tropic Thunder 2-disc, imported Basset Allsorts.

Mom - Pride and Prejudice DVD + book, crazy Moose mittens, Il Divo's new CD

My girl - Tiffany charm bracelet, The Reader book (I forget who wrote it), a mug covered in Shakespearean love quotes.

I always get more excited about the stuff I give than what I get...I think I did pretty well this year :)

[crabapple]

I wasn't able to get to everyone--but I picked everyone who was most freezing, and sent them a small thing like a DVD or some music. I did a gift swap with someone on another board, and sent some monster stuff to that person, and that was fun. He was freezing, too, so I sent him a book of true ghost stories, to creep him out and take his mind off the bone-chilling cold!

[sfear]

Gave my wife a Kate Kingsbury Christmas murder mystery, an Anne Perry Christmas book (maybe a murder mystery, not sure), Dewey, the book about the library cat, some pee-jays and a night shirt, a Starbucks gift card, and on her request donated a big bag (18 lbs., felt like fifty as I carried it to the car) of cat food to the local food bank -- yes, they do accept pet food donations. And to my folks, an invitation to New Year's Eve dinner at one of their favorite restaurants. My brother and I don't exchange any more upon a mutual agreement, and my wife's parents are passed on.

Dad - Wicked/Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (a big, beautiful hardcover edition:)

Have you read these? Are they any good?

[jenna26]

Have you read these? Are they any good?

Know you weren't asking me....but I thought Wicked was great. His others I wasn't terribly impressed by, but I still think they were worth reading.


We didn't spend a lot this year, my husband and I just bought for each other pretty much. So I got him MST3K Vol 7 (with his personal favorite episode....The Prince of Space) and The Boondock Saints unrated special edition.

[The_Return]

Have you read these? Are they any good?

Can't say that I have, but I probably will once my dad's done with them.

That said, I caught the musical on Broadway last year and it was STUNNING. I've seen 5 shows down there, and this was far and awy my favourite - I even (slightly) prefered it over Phantom of the Opera!

[sfear]

Thank you both. I've seen Wicked at the Goodwill. Will probably pick it up next time I see it. What little I know of it sounds interesting.

[Disease]

I gave my girlfriend a new phone, it seems like it's not the one she wanted. Some people are just ungratefull.

I gave a box of bendicks mint choclate collection and some organic ginger and dark choclate cookies from the Isle of Mull.

I haven't got my mums present yet as I need to get to a different country to purchase it.

I picked up a couple of things for my self on new years eve as well.

A copy of Doomsday on dvd and a rushian hat made out of black rabbit fur. Damn thats one warm hat.

[Roderick Usher]

gave my eldest son a new bass - Fender Squire with a skull inlay and skull decal on it - he flipped.

gave his younger brother a snare drum/stand/sticks

[ChronoGrl]

gave my eldest son a new bass - Fender Squire with a skull inlay and skull decal on it - he flipped.

gave his younger brother a snare drum/stand/sticks

And then gave yourself a set of earplugs?! - HIO! :eek: