Merry Christmas, UD! / 2011 What Did You Receive Thread

[Lazario]

Tell us what presents you got (and gave to others) this year. (It's a tradition.)

Also... MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALL. See you guys in a few days. (I can't be the only one who needs some time off.)


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2011 Wishlist
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2009 Receive
2008 Give
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2007 Receive
2007 Wishlist
2006 Recieve
2006 Receive - DISNEY product specific
2006 Wishlist - DISNEY product specific
2006 Wishlist - Dave Wadding specific
2005 Receive
2005 "Early" Receive
2004 Receive
2004 & 2005 Wishlists

[PixarFan2006]

From My Secret Santa Linden


From my Grandmother

Plus a Barnes and Noble $15 Gift Card

[Barbossa]

Since I'm working this weekend (but have tomorrow off), I'm celebrating Christmas next weekend on New Year's when I get together with my parents and sis.

So far I got myself:
A whole bunch of new Blu-Rays throughout the fall (and a bunch more on Monday during Boxing Day sales)
Micheal Crichton's new, and last book Micro. RIP MC.
James Rollins new book Devil Colony.

[Disney Guru]

Lets See I'm greedy lol so will start with what i received.

• A gorgeous Christmas snow-globe from my sister Melinda
  From my sister Liz and her husband Eddie a copy of the book he just wrote Carlousia it is amazing and it is available through Amazon and also on Kindle BUY IT! lol.
  From my sister Ali a $50 gift card from Target.
  Got an early gift from my brother Evan he always gives me a very nice check was having some hard times this fall so he gave it to me early.

And my least favorite part what I gave lol:

• Gave my friend John a check for $50
  And it was kind of a mutual present for my dog Brody and myself bought a new puppy a few weeks ago a beautiful cocker spaniel purebred as sweet as can be his name is Cooper.

[PixarFan2006]

UPDATE! Merry Christmas, Everybody! Time to reveal what I got from my family.

From my Parents & my Sister
A $25 Gift Card to Amazon
A $10 Gift Card to Amazon
A $25 Gift Card to Barnes & Noble
A $15 Gift Card to Best Buy
$10 in Cash
Movie Poster Calendar

Plus the Following DVDs:



UPDATE:

Here is what I gave everybody:

To my Mom
Mighty Aphrodite DVD
Wal-Mart Gift Card

To my Sister
Graceling Book
Fire Book

To my Dad
Menards Gift Card

To my Aunt
Romance books

To my Secret Santa (Brer Brandon)
Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes Book
Muppets From Space DVD

[hoping4nash]

Merry Christmas!! I don't post here that often, but I read almost everyday.

My mother insisted on displaying my Christmas presents as such after I opened them all.



My other love, besides Disney, is Hallmark ornaments. A lot of the ornaments are Disney, but there are some Star Wars, Harry Potter, and other random ornaments in there too.
The Disney movies are Muppets Christmas Carol (finally upgraded to dvd!), Prep & Landing, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Cars 2. Also got The Office Season 3 and HP7.2.

Because I'm still in college, I only got small gifts for my family.
My brother and sister-in-law got a "Our First Christmas Together" ornament.
My dad got a Michael Scott bobble head (which he loves).
My mom got The Wizard of Oz.

[Elladorine]

Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!!!

We gave out to various members of the family:

~Wooden headphones
~A Roku
~A "Creepy Cute" crochet book
~Scrapbook paper
~A fancy coffee set from Starbucks
~A pocketknife/utensil set

For Rey's family:

~a flatscreen TV with a built-in DVD player

* * *

Besides the matching earrings and necklace set I mentioned in another thread, I got:

~A watch
~A baby blanket hand-crocheted by MIL
~A shirt that says, "love is a battlefield" (suits me perfectly!)
~A cute hot chocolate/mug/s'mores set
~A cute ice cream bowl set

~And biggest of all, after being without my car since August due to various other priorities getting in the way, we were finally able to get the engine replaced.
We had it towed last week and it was ready for us to pick up yesterday, what timing! I finally have a car again!!!

We had a great time last night! We have dinner on Christmas Eve and stay up until midnight for presents, which allows us to sleep in on Christmas morning.
Rey's sister is pregnant right along with me so next year we'll have some new family members to celebrate with.

[Super Aurora]

I got the 27" iMac computer.

a scarf

a new carry bag for my art stuff ( my old one is getting torn easily now)

Game of Thrones novel.

Boba Fett USB flash

and money.

[PeterPanfan]

At my work Christmas party I got:

Florence + The Machine poster
Buffy 2012 Calendar
Friends Couch Keychain

On Friday at my family Christmas party:

Rihanna - Talk That Talk: Deluxe Edition
Scarf
Buffy action figures (gag gift but I secretly love them...)

Yesterday my friends and I exchanged gifts:

1001 Movies To See Before You Die book
The Royal Tenenbaums Criterion Collection Edition DVD
MTV Shirt
Awesome framed picture of Central Park at Christmas
Friends stress relieve couch
Friends Central Perk ornament
Saved By the Bell magnet

And today from my parents and other family members:

Sony 32" HD TV for my bedroom
5:55 by Charlotte Gainsbourg CD
The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective by Ben Folds/Five CD
The Sounds of the Smith Collection by The Smiths CD
Lioness: Hidden Treasures by Amy Winehouse CD
10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists book
Two Banana Republic shirts, an Old Navy bathrobe, an American Eagle hat with built in headphones, AE Touchscreen-friendly gloves, shoes, slippers, jeans
Another ornament
Candy
Green Bobble water bottle
Awesome red hairdryer from BaByliss
Redken for Men shampoo set
Electric razor
And other assorted gifts

More to come tonight and later in the week! I'll update then.

Awesome Christmas so far, and I sincerely wish the best of days today tl everyone.

[TheValentineBros]

Got myself the following:
*Kinect/Xbox 360 (with the games)
*Robot Chicken Volume 5 DVD
*Electronic Money Jar

[Heartless]

Aqua Blue 3DS
Mario Kart 7
Ocarina of Time 3D
Starfox 64 3D
Super Mario 3D Land

aaand... $225.
Such a nerd. Hoping to buy some more oil paints soon.

[zackisthewalrus]

From Mooky (UD Secret Santa):
Muppet Christmas Carol
The Book of Mormon: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

From School Theatre Program Christmas Party White Elephant:
Santa Mug with Hot Chocolate

From Family Chinese Gift Exchange:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (Target Exclusive Blu-ray)

From Mom/Dad:
LADY GAGAxTERRY RICHARDSON Book
The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March
12 Angry Men (Criterion Blu-ray)
The Times of Harvey Milk (Criterion Blu-ray)
West Side Story Blu-ray Box Set
Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

From My Sister:
3 John Green Books

From Grandma/Grandpa (Dad's Side):
Midnight in Paris
$40 Best Buy Gift Card

From Grandma (Mom's Side):
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 1

From Uncle/Cousin:
Mario Kart 7
How I Met Your Mother: Season 6

From Aunt/Uncle:
Lès Misèrables: 25th Anniversary Concert
Friends With Benefits
Glee: The Concert
Family Guy: Volume 9

[PixarFan2006]

I am surprised some people can afford to get consoles and tvs as presents.

[Schizosmith]

Merry Christmas everyone! thought it was late but I think this still counts

[Lazario]

As I think I mentioned in a previous thread, this year my friends and I gave each other money to buy whatever we wanted before the day. How this works is we buy on each others' Amazon or eBay (whichever we have)- then the presents are sent to their house and they wrap. It's sort of like Secret Santa only you know what you're getting. It's just a mystery whether it comes in time for Chrismtas or not. I'm happier than hell because out of everyone- I got the most stuff. This year, I jetted off to spend the 3-day weekend with a friend I never get to see and - get this - most of what she wanted for Christmas was actual Christmas decorations. I got her that dancing Snoopy which we all know is so awesome and light up Frosty's, Santa, Rudolph. A really nice Elvis shirt (which was pretty expensive). A fleece blanket. Some really interestingly painted pliers. A gift certificate to the local pet store. The Warner Archive 2-disc DVD of The Deliberate Stranger. And an mp3 player. (This is where all my money goes which I don't spend all year.) Her sister-in-law took me shopping to show me what she picked out. I gave some money to her husband to get her earrings that he knew she wanted. I got a file cabinet from him (so I'd be her secret santa in this arrangement and her husband was mine). He got a lot of clothes. Sports stuff, boots, scarf, pants, Pirates of the Caribbean. He picked out the sports related things and a friend of hers bought for him. (This all might sound like a bizarre arrangement but

I guess combined the total for everyone was about $350 (not including stocking stuffers). Here's what I've got (or got coming, a few things haven't arrived) for $350.


Disney Animated:




Sleeping Beauty and Fox and the Hound were Used and in amazing condition, Bambi and Cauldron were brand new, Lady and the Tramp sadly was used but in wretched condition. The 2nd disc plays fine (far as I can tell- I haven't watched it all the way through) but the movie disc is so damaged that neither version will play without freezing and skipping sections of the movie and pixelating, etc. So, now I have to keep watching the bootleg version (which ironically has a non-working Disc 2). The seller gave me an automatic full refund and told me I could keep it. So, thankfully now I have a real working Disc 2 (it's about time!).



Other

(I just HAD to talk about this one separately: )

I really want the 3-Disc edition from years back but I had the notion to check around on amazon. This 2-disc version was available for $4.49 and that's all you paid if you had $25 total in your cart- no shipping charges. And they give you a 48 hour online rental. I got all that for $4.49. Now the price is up to $7.99.


(About Inferno: Special Edition) Haven't made it all the way through yet but... WOW is this an improvement over my old Anchor Bay disc in terms of sound. SO much sharper and more dynamic. I just wish Blue Underground would distribute more movies that I want to see get this kind of treatment. God knows Tenebre and Phenomena needs a sonic reboot.

















I also got about 5 sets of shirts and shorts (because I never buy new pants- I wear the same few pairs forever), special folders that slide into the cabinet, another box of manilla folders, WAY too much candy (certainly more than I ate during Halloween- you should see the bag of M&M's she got me, bigger than my head), a package of "crazy" straws (you should see what a nut I am for those things- I never throw away colored straws, I actually keep a small collection in my bedroom), and a new remote control for my Emerson DVD player.

[Khonnor]

I had a wonderful Christmas...

On Christmas Eve, me and my boyfriend went to his parents, where we don't "do" gifts, just enjoy a nice meal together. We did buy toys for my bf's nephew and niece though.

After that, we went to my mother and stepfather. We gave them a framed picture of me and my bf @ DIsneyWorld, taken last October.

Sunday, we went to my bio-dad and his family. Where we mostly received gift cards, so now we have 170 euro worth of gift cards

A good friend gave us Tarot cards.

I gave my boyfriend the following presents:
- The Lion King (Diamond Edition Blu-Ray+DVD combo)
- Dominion (base set card game)
- Dominion: Hinterlands (expansion card game)

he gave me:
- Beauty And THe Beast: The Echanted Christmas (Special Edition DVD)
- Beauty And The Beast: Belle's Magical World (Special Edition DVD)
- The Lion King (Diamond Edition DVD)
- Small World: Grand Dames (Board Game Expansion)
- Small World: Cursed (Board Game Expansion)
- Small World: Be Not Afraid (Board Game Expansion)
- Small World: Necromancer Island (Board Game Expansion)
- Carcassonne: Winter Edition (board game)

And now I have a headache from drinking too much champagne for three days...

[Christopher_TCUIH]

I gave my good friend a giant plush Penguin from Toys R Us

I got:

Mostly cash, like a drug deal

Jamba Juice gift card

AMC Theatres gift card

Target gift card

Swordfish zord vehicle (gift exchange with my friend for the Penguin)

Scream (1-4)

And a converse hoodie

[Schizosmith]

I got my niece that giant plush penguin, my wife and I really like penguins

[slave2moonlight]

With the loss of my dad and my mom's illness, my little sis relocating, older sis with child, and myself TRYING to relocate, money was TIGHT this year. We had agreed on no presents, which would be a first to us. usually, we are heavy on the Christmas presents. However, my mom still wanted something under the tree, and I believe she did a lot of wrapping up still packaged things she found around the house.

For example, I believe the socks and pair of gloves I received were my dads, but items he had never unpackaged.

I'm not complaining, just saying that we weren't working from Christmas lists this year. Lord knows, I rarely get cold, so it is unlikely anyone would purchase gloves for me, ha. Then again, they have in the past, ha, but this package was from the early 80's.

I also received a lotto ticket, but it was a dud.

A friend who works at JC Penny got me one of those free Mickey snowglobes.

What else,... um, my main gift was some very helpful cash from my mom, as well as the Blu-Ray of Green Lantern.

I also got a Frank Sinatra CD, a Christmas CD of the more churchy carols (at least that is different from my many other Christmas albums, which I think almost all include Eartha Kitt singing Santa Baby, ha), and... oh, a bit of cash from my grandparents.

I could be forgetting something, but I think that's everything. It was definitely much more than I expected, and overall, with or without presents, I had a surprisingly nice Christmas this year, and it was a lot of fun. It was all too short, but for two days I spent some really quality time with my mom and younger sister. Not that I don't spend a lot of time with them in general, ha, but not very often all of us together these days just relaxing or doing fun activities.

[PixarFan2006]

A friend of my Mom's who visits every year got me a Gift Card to Best Buy (my Sister got a throwover, and my mom and dad got a gift card to a movie theater).