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The Christmas Present Thread 2004

'Tis the season and tomorrow we'll all be getting goodies from Santa so post a list of your toys up here when you discover what they are!

Great thread idea! I'll be back with a comprehensive listing from the big stuff down to the candy in the stocking tomorrow.

-Aaron

I got Mulan box set, Finding Nemo, Everyone loves Goofy, Everyone loves Mickey, Donkey Konga, pants, gloves, chocolade and liquorice. Happy holidays!

This thread feels like déjà vu to me, for some strange reason...

Anyhoo, I'll probably make a list of what I got soon enough; I bet it won't be anything more exciting than clothes and gift cards, though...

Well we had our presents on Christmas Eve. I will just do the DVDs

Hidalgo and all four treasures. Hey, wait a minute...there were only three treasures. Did I get the ultra rare fourth treasure? Nope. My mom got confused and I got another copy of Mickey Mouse In Living Colour 2. Oh well, I will trade it in and I can go watch Mickey and Pluto with my daughter.

JimmyJackJunior got some nice gifts. I want to see Mickey Mouse In Living Color.


Here's what I got for presents this month:

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
Recon Ghost pack with Desert Siege.

I haven't Played Angel of Darkness or Recon Ghost yet. I didn't recieve anything related to Disney this month.

Later

So lemme see... what I've received so far -


~$50 cash from my grandma

~$15 gift card to Barnes & Noble

~Disney Trivial Pursuit board game, which I'm going to exchange for Disney Scene It, or some other game that catches my fancy, since I've heard that the Disney TP is ridiculously easy...

~The first three Series of Unfortunate Events books

~A book of the Brothers Grimm's Faerie Tales (the original folk tales! w00t!)

~A new set of footsy pajamas! Hey, blame my mom. She got them.

~Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD, thanks to my Secret Santa!

~Gargoyles: The Complete First Season DVD

~A Buckbeak fitted tee. *lurves*

~An "accessory" pillow and a chenille throw to add to my bed


So that's... it, I think. I did "buy myself" a few gifts - the Complete Pluto WDT, Elf, and more My Little Pony toys and paraphernalia than I care to admit. I might receive a couple more presents in the days to come, but that's the majority of the "haul".

Um

Lets start with what I gave

I Gave My Mom: A I Love Lucy Wall Clock
I Gave My Dad: Lawrence Welk To America With Love DVD

What I Got

My Mom Gave Me: $100
My Dad Gave Me: $20
I expect $100 from my brother when I see him next time
And my mom also gave me some clothes,and some other stuff.

Great Christmas. Merry Christmas Ya'll!

I mostly got dvds,
I got:


Star Wars Trilogy

Lord Of The Rings Extended Edition Trilogy

Spider-Man 2 Gift Set

Shrek:The Story So Far (This thing Is SO Cheap,I Am Going To Swap Out The Crappy P&S Versions Of 1&2 With My Shrek 2-Discer And Shrek 2 Widescreen)

I Love Lucy Season 2

Field Of Dreams 2-Disc Anniversary Edition

Walt Disney Treasures:Mickey Mouse In B&W Vol.2

Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

and i got a tivo for my room
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I Need to get a new slipcover for mickey's twice though because i tried
to peel off that coupon thingie on the front and it peeled off part of the picture on the shiny slipcover and now theres a huge patch of silver and
it looks ugly.

A Handful of the goodies I got...

*Shrek 2: 2 Disc Enchanting Far Far Away Edition

*Various Clothes

*Coffee Mug Kit (annoying as I abhore coffee )

*Chocolate (Mmmm...)

*New PC!

Okay here's what I got

~Various Clothes

~Chocolate

~ Smallville: Season 3

~ Gargoyles: The Complete First Season DVD and a Incredibles book from my secret santa

~ Disney Monopoly and Disney Haunted Mansion Clue

~ X-Men Monopoly

~ Harry Potter - Years 1-3 Collection (like I really love Harry Potter)

~ Eminem- Encore CD

~ Kelly Clarkson- Breakaway

~ Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas Animation version

~ Norah Jones- Come Away with Me

~ Avril Lavigne- Under My Skin

~ Gift Card (Best Buy)

The best gift I received this year was a drawing of Goofy framed from one of my good friends. She drew it herself and it is incredible. I got the three treasures and my "Mickey Mouse Club" one had a minor problem. The stickey stuff used to hold the card onto the tin had burned. It was almost orange and smelled terrible. I had a heck of a time getting it off. I got a Bowes stereo for my room and a 3 disc Queen CD to listen to in it. I got The Simpsons season 5 and the Return of the Kind Extended Edition Box Set. It was a very nice Christmas.

Hi:

well, on DVD´s I get:

Mulan SE
Tears from the sun
The One
Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Matrix

Also 2 shirts, a sweater, a 24k gold "One Ring"--my last one was robbed on September-- a Sponge Bob cushy pillow and s 3 katanas set

Also a Hugo Boss perfume

For DVDs, it was a sparse year. Ju-On and that's about it, I think (unless you count the numerous presents I gave to myself ).

I also got your average stuff like clothes, plushies, money, and cute little accessories for the home (this cute candle-holder of an elf taking a nap in the forest that I adore). Come to think of it, my mother gave us a not-so-average showerhead. I s'ppose that counts as an accessory for the home.

My family has received enough soap to last us all several lifetimes over, however.

I got pretty much everything I wanted for Christmas (which was pretty much just DVD's). All together I got:

Motorola Cellphone
5 Best Buy Gift cards which total $230 all together ( )
$50 cash
4 Shirts (Two dress shirts and two Nike t-shirts)
Nike Shorts
Black Dress Pants
Boxers
Socks
Shrek 2 2005 Calendar (which I can live with. My mom was trying to find me a Harry Potter one, but apparantly they were all sold out)

DVD's:
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
The Bourne Supremacy
Daredevil: Director's Cut
Gilmore Girls: Season 1
Gilmore Girls: Season 2
The Golden Girls: Season 1
Hellboy: Director's Cut
Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Shrek 2
Spider-Man 2

All in all, it was a pretty good Christmas.

Update: I used two of my gift cards to buy the following:

Gone with the Wind: Collector's Edition
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Extended Edition
The Parent Trap (1998)
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
West Side Story: Special Edition
A Series of Unforunate Events Books 1-3

The rest I'm saving for the months ahead for title like Eternal Sunshine: CE, Sky Captain, Wonderfalls, and Bambi.

I got I got I got....

From my immediate family I largely got edible things (chocolates were a big theme) and a case of assorted beer from my mother (bless her cotton socks). I got her the Tintin 75th Anniversary DVD Box, which I got some "subtle" hints for. I also gave my grandparents some books, films and other things that suited their respective interests (horseracing for my grandfather, for example). It was all very casual in the immediate family, because we all had birthdays in the last two weeks!

My girlfriend really spoiled me with:
- Johnny Cash - Unearthed (5 CD set)
- Star Trek: DS9 Season 2 (DVD)
- The Smurfs: Volume 1 (DVD)
Mind you I spoiled her right back with the Complete Sex & the City DVD (Shoe)Box and the White Stripes Live DVD.

My girlfriends parents gave me a "Movie Pack" from the cine-plex, consisting of an Ocean's 11 DVD and vouchers for the year at the cinema, which is really cool. I got them the Sum of All Fears DVD and some edible stuff, because my girlfriend tells me they were only missing one Jack Ryan DVD

I got a whole stack of Disney titles (Mary Poppins 2-disc, Lilo & Stitch 2-disc, Pocahontas 2-disc, A Knight in Camelot, Unidentified Flying Oddball, Gnome-Mobile, Island at the Top of the World, Million Dollar Duck, Watcher in the Woods, Return to Oz, Castaway Cowboy).

Also "Elephant Walk" (with Elizabeth Taylor on VHS), a bunch of clothes and some Broadway cast albums ('cause I'm a huge theatre nut too).

LOTR ROTK:EE Gift Set
SNL: 25 Years of Music
Simpsons Season 4
MacAddict subscription
Santa facecloth
Executive leather chair from Ikea
2 magazines + candies from stocking
pocketwatch
stopwatch (I just resold it)
Othello - the game (returning this one)
Subwoofer for my surround system
20$
Tofifee

Not X-mas present, but a new midline iMac G5 for "educational purposes" two weeks ago.

Not X-mas present, but I might get my birthday 40GB iPod tomorrow. Hopefully.

This year the only DVD's we got were Princess Diaries 2 (more of a pre-Christmas thing to keep us busy during the holidays), and my sister got Home on the Range (pretty much lived up to my expectations, which were low).

I got mostly books and CD's:

Books

Villette -Charlotte Bronte

Mirror, Mirror -Gregory Maguire

Drivers' Ed. -Caroline B. Cooney

I Am Not Esther -Fleur Beale

Hanging on to Max -Margaret Bechard

The Preservationist -David Maine

CDs

The Last Five Years (had only a burned copy from my friend before)

Aida Original Cast Recording (had never heard before-amazing!)

The Music Man Soundtrack (the TV version with the amazing Kristin Chenoweth)

The Phantom of the Opera SE Motion Picture Soundtrack (can't even describe the greatness)

My family also got a new CD player, the Mamma Mia! SE soundtrack, Neil Diamonds Christmas CD (yuck!), and a Red Skeleton DVD box set.

We also got numerous gift cards and cash-within-cards, so we'll be shopping this week.[/i]