Favorite Holiday Gifts: What Trims Your Tree?

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Here's a thread to list some of your favorite holiday-tide presents.

Some of my favorites include:

--diamond earrings (from my excellent boyfriend, who will soon be richly rewarded)
--2 pairs of pink fleece Old Navy sweatpants (one each from my mother and stepmother)
--Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel perfume (!) (from Mom)
--My So-Called Life DVD box set (from dad and stepmother)
--fuzzy pink bedroom slippers (from dad and stepmother; when worn with pink fleece pants, I look like half of "the big pink nightmare" part of A Christmas Story)
--(of course!) the Slane DVD, from my friend Jeannie at work
--some great books (Immortality by Milan Kundera, Socrates and Jesus by Peter Kreeft, Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez) from my friend Jonathan, my friend BJ, and boyfriend respectively)

But I was VERY richly blessed this Christmas indeed.

Dish, dish!
 
TaylorMade golf accessories (to match my new clubs bought this year) Umbrella, towels, hats

Clint Eastwood - DVD's - Dirty Harry series , Spaghetti Western series

Electric razor, Laker's hat
All very thoughtful and much appreciated !!

How about you? next... :)
 
:hyper:

From my hubby:

cute little color TV for my kitchen
jeans
2 shirts
cute stripey scarf
Origins body scrub & lotion
No Doubt The Singles CD
No Doubt Rock Steady live DVD
Chili Peppers at Slane DVD
assorted Victoria's Secret unmentionables :sexywink:

From my kids:

The Commitments DVD :applaud:
The Full Monty DVD
A Christmas Story DVD
Ozzy Osbourne Unauthorized book :laugh:

From my son's fiance:

$50 gift certificate to Outback Steakhouse!!! :drool: :D


I :heart: my family!
 
i got...


electric guitar w/ amp and a bunch of other goodies
luminator football which is a must so you can play at night
100 years of the world series book
ncaa march madness 2004 for xbox
a bunch of clothes from american eagle...3 shirts, pair of pants
"whatever i want from best buy" from my brother who was a tad lazy to buy anything:der:
100+ Dollars in cash

:hyper:


edit- and 2004 u2 calendar.... if only it had the album release date marked on it...
 
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My family had no idea what to get me. :wink: There was much complaining.

My favorites are probably the assortment of t-shirts I got...which include an 80's E.T. iron on (which looks remarkably like one I had as a kid), a ROTK Aragorn one, a Nightmare Before Christmas Zero one, and an Original Six hockey shirt.

As for extended family--I was extremely pleased to get a $25 gift certificate for the Tattered Cover from my uncle and aunt. The rest didn't send anything, as usual.
 
two books: "Mayada, Daughter of Iraq" by Jean Sasson (already read the thing, it's great)
"Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan" by Melody Ermachild Chavis
oops, make that three, the third one is "A Walk Through the Cloisters" about the medieval museum in the Big Apple
tangerine soap
silk undies :censored:
a neckscarf
 
from mom:
shoes
a case where I can put my cds
speakers for my discman
the best of REM 1988-2003

from daddy:
watch

from friends:
clothes
clothes again

?Santa Claus was faaaaat this year :wink:
 
Bono's American Wife said:
:hyper:

From my hubby:

cute little color TV for my kitchen
jeans
2 shirts
cute stripey scarf
Origins body scrub & lotion
No Doubt The Singles CD
No Doubt Rock Steady live DVD
Chili Peppers at Slane DVD
assorted Victoria's Secret unmentionables :sexywink:

From my kids:

The Commitments DVD :applaud:
The Full Monty DVD
A Christmas Story DVD
Ozzy Osbourne Unauthorized book :laugh:

From my son's fiance:

$50 gift certificate to Outback Steakhouse!!! :drool: :D


I :heart: my family!


Your Santa sounds equally as nice as my Mrs. Claus.. :heart:
 
I got Angel Perfume :heart:

and an alarm clock which is retro and wakes me up :love: Except it made me have a dream this morning I was in love with the man talking on some radio programme and I had fallen back asleep :slant: Maybe I have to make the volume louder

Money - muchly needed

Wuthering Heights DVD :up:


We all got board games which are fun to play

And my uncle and his girlfriend got me music vouchers - :love: and I can get books with them too! :heart:
 
I got some good stuff...

From my brother:

*U2 Go Home (although he bought it for me the day it came out and let me watch it then)
*High Fidelity DVD (now I can get rid of my VHS)
*The Jam--The Sounds of the Jam
*The Smiths--Meat is Murder
*Jimi Hendrix--Axis: Bold as Love (only had it on vinyl before)

From dad...lots of cash

From mom:

*A Best Buy Gift card
*Gift certificates to a local restaraunt where I meet up with friends for drinks
*A tear away calendar (she gets me on every year)
*Socks
*A Burt's Bees sampler set (which seems to have come with everything they have!)
*Mall gift certificate
*The Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture game

Got other good stuff from the rest of my friends and relatives as well :up:
 
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I got..

- Tintin compilation
- 2 books about the history of food (yeah, I'm actually interested in that -- it's a really interesting subject)
- Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines
- Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Summerteeth :heart:
- A black Joe Boxer purse bag thing
- Coldplay DVD and Brothers and Sisters EP
- Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak :up:
- Lite Brite :laugh:
- Two shirts (Hello Kitty pirate shirt and a pink mod shirt from Target)
- Beck book by David Quantick
- David Bowie tickets!! :hyper:

I got everything I wanted except Final Fantasy XI, so I'd say this was a really good year :)
 
My favorites were...

My new computer...which I was given before the holiday.
A little stuffy puppy that is too cute.
A leather and pearl necklace and bracelet from my mom that is really cool.
Lottery tickets that won me 40 bucks for my trip.
A really nice cd tower from my best friend.
A glass angel figurine from my mom.
 
My dad did tell us that we are going to be getting a bigger T.V. soon, and we're looking to get a DVD player around then as well, which means I'll be able to get the DVDs that I want. :).

But until then, I got some little bags of candy, a keychain with a braided bit, beads, and feathers on it, and the October CD. The CD was my favorite gift.

Angela
 
I honestly wasn't expecting very much stuff, but I got a pretty good haul! It was a pleasant surprise.

The best? A digital camera!!!!!!! :hyper:
 
I got ...

A new watch (very much needed!)
A wallet (ditto as the watch)
A cute summer kimono
A book - "The Gospel According to the Simpsons"
A mini beach tent
Some new Bible study books
Chocolate :drool:
Lip gloss
Shower gel
Some fluffy purple slippers
A straw bag
A flower pin/hair clip

All in all a nice collection! :)
 
I get my best present on Tuesday when I get back to England! :hyper::love:

Otherwise, I got:

my plane ticket to North Carolina for Christmas from my dad
a silver heart-shaped locket from my dad
a little stuffed penguin in a hat and scarf :cute: from my dad
a cigar and cigar cutter from my brother :huh::confused: (if anyone wants a Cuban cigar, you can have it since cigars make me throw up if I smoke them, but that was probably his intention :rolleyes: )
a 'candle garden' thing with three different mocha scented pilar candles, also from my brother (MUCH better choice than the cigar)
some cash (which I spent on Christmas presents) from my dad and from my uncle
a brown suede jacket (I :heart: coats):drool: from my dad
ZOO TYCOON!!!!!! :hyper::drool: from my dad
a green plaid wool dress with black velvet trim that my mom made
 
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my favorite gift was from one of my aunts. she gave me and my siblings a picture of my mother and my other aunt when they were 6 and 4 years old. :heart: it is a beautiful and priceless gift. :D :up:
 
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i got...

- canvas (for painting :hyper: )
- water color paper
- 4 pairs of paints
- new black leather slip on shoes
- 2 statues of angels
- 2 candles
- 2 cute charms (one pink heart, and a little lamb)
- candy
- a cute little metal sign to hang on the wall that says "the stars at night are big and bright...deep in the heart of texas"
- subscription to TV Guide (which is kind of a tradition that my mom gets me every year :lol: )

from my brother and sister in law i got...
a cute christmas ornament that is personalized.
it says:
"Aunt Liz" :cute: :applaud:
 
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