What have you received for Christmas thus far?

[The Undertaker]

I have received a Target gift card worth $60 from my grandma for Christmas. Man, this gift is so cool. Now I can get some kick-ass jeans! What have you received as gifts thus far?

[SoCalDem]

1. Leather furniture

...and a gift (unopened) from our son & his wife..

That will be it.. The days of opening piles of presents are behind us now.. We are at the "getting-rid-of-stuff" stage of our lives :)

[7th_Sephiroth]

7. lets see

2 manga, a game cube game, a pocket knife, a t-shirt, bags of candy, a religious store gift card from my freeper cousin, and a box of chocolate covered cherries

[jonnyblitz]

2. round trip tix to amsterdam, overpriced european jeans/shoes

gift certificate to barnes and noble, money, books, hairclippers, 420,

[cosmicdot]

24. can you take someone with you : )

what are the jeans and shoes ... british brand?

420?
shoot, can I hangout for a day
:hi:

[NightTrain]

3. I believe the Jews would call it "bupkis."

Since I'm pretty much alone in the world, that's what I get every bloody Christmas!

[Darth_Kitten]

4. Let's see...

a chocolate "moose" stuffie (smells like chocolate!) a teddy bear(I collect) :evilgrin:, some delicious banana bath gel and scrub, and some candy. :)

[SoCalDem]

5. oops.. I forgot one.. beautiful flowers that I had to give away.

Too many kitties to have such a tempting treasure.. The bowling center manager gave it to me as a Thank you/Christmas gesture.. So I gave it to a friend of mine to give to his wife instead..

I once came home to find a vase of flowers dumped over on my very expensive table.. totally ruined the parquet top...and since I had the leaf in it was ruined as well....

Kitties just being kitties.. :(

[OneBlueSky]

6. bought myself some CDs I've been wanting . . .

To Me, From Me . . .

"A Night Out With Verve" (4-CD set of Verve jazz performances . . . Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Ella, Miles, Louis, and many others)

"Lady Sings The Blues" (2-CD set of . . . well . . . ladies singing the blues . . . Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Cassandra Wilson, many others)

"Souvenirs" - Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli (classic jazz guitar and violin, from the Hot Club of Paris, circa 1939)

"Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" (old Motown hits by contemporary artists, including Joan Osborne, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chaka Khan, and many others)

"My Own House/You Should See The Rest Of The Band" - David Bromberg two-fer (two albums from 19778-79, recently re-released . . . includes some classic stuff)

got great prices on all of them, no shipping charges, no taxes . . . my listening's pretty well lined up for the next couple of weeks . . . :)

Merry Christmas, everyone!!!

[Liberal Christian]

8. Trip to the sun and sea

Got a trip to Belize from Mom. When we have big trips, there aren't other presents, but this is sure nothing to shake a stick at.

Lemme see .... where'd I put those fins????

[FDRrocks]

9. A Piccolo Snare and stand...

sounds very much like a marching snare I love it. I got a pair of pajama bottoms, a gift cert. to the music shoppe, and a Clash cd.

Good deal, baby!

[Mr. McD]

10. A bottle of 18 year old Glenlivet.

:party:

[gator_in_Ontario]

11. Woo Hoo!

I got two books: Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values, and Now You Know: the Book of Answers. I also got 3 CD's: A Johnny Cash (the one with "I've been Everywhere" on it...I love that commercial) a Louis Armstrong(vocal) and Rod Stewart singing some old classics. AND I'm going to see Peter Pan later. Plus I'm with my sweetheart after a 2 month separation (thanks US Immigration! grrrr). So this is about the best Christmas EVER!!!

[Padraig18]

12. Nothing, yet.

We don't open presents until around 2:00. :)

[bearfan454]

13. So far

a digital camera, a video camera, and a scanner/copier/fax/printer for me and Mrs bearfan. I got her 9 pairs of panties, flannel pajamas, silk pajamas, and an express yourself something or other. I got 2 pairs of jeans, 2 packs of socks, and a belt. The baby got tons of stuff including a leap frog learning pad with extra modules. I was showing her how to use it yesterday and she takes it away and says Mine Papa. Oh well, she is 3 1/2.

[UrbScotty]

14. "The I HATE REPUBLICANS Reader"

Edited by Clint Willis, it is basically a compilation of "everything you need to win an argument with your favorite republican."

It features things like lies, election tricks, greed, trampling on our civil liberties, and much more.

"You'll never again lose an argument you know you should win," Willis concludes.

I also have:

1. The 2004 World Almanac
   
2. A couple 'page-a-day' calendars
   
3. A U-M 2003 Big Ten Champions shirt
   
4. A Denver Broncos shirt
   

[trof]

15. 2 chamois shirts (navy, red)

AND A PAAARTRIIIDGE IN A PEAR TREEEE.
(Not really, it just fit.)
I love 'em. Chamois shirts pass for a winter jacket down here.
Chocolate peanut butter. Is this stuff legal? You can actually get it over-the-counter?
I thought it was a controlled substance.
Habanero peanut butter.
Are you seeing a pattern here? Sounds interesting.
Merry Christmas to all of us DU Loungers.
:hi:

[St. Jarvitude]

16. So far:

We're waiting until my brother arrives later today to finish opening:

• Presidential (Mis)Speak Desk Calendar


• Out of the Blue - The Remarkable Story of the 2003 Chicago Cubs (in paperback)


• University of Illinois Shot Glass (I collect this sort of stuff)


• Some candy in the stocking

[Bertha Venation]

17. Bread, chocolate and fruit -- ambrosia. The stuff of gods. Nothing better.

My sister Chette sent a loaf of Swedish limpa bread and two loaves of braid bread (white, wheat & rye braided together -- looks like challah), three boxes of See's Candies, and two bags of Japanese Engrish peas, along w/ hand-written notes from the kids. Oh -- Chette made the bread herself. She is a goddess.

My other sister Bonnie emailed that there's a Harry & David gift certificate on its way. Woo hoo! Pears & cheese! Bombean is a goddess.

My father emailed yesterday that a "Christmas box" is on its way and hopefully will have arrived yesterday. It didn't, but I told him no worries; and emphatically, "Mrs. V. and I will enjoy whatever you've sent that much more after the holiday." (To myself I kept the sentiment "no doubt you addressed it only to me, you bigoted jerk.")

My in-laws, on the other hand -- Southern Baptists -- sent me a cookbook, and a magazine subscription addressed to "Bertha " because they couldn't remember my last name. Even though that was the reason, I was deeply moved to see my name & hers together for the first time -- and from her parents.

There are a few little things for me under the tree -- gifts from friends at work. Mrs. Venation and I got each other only big fat helpings of undying love and devotion, this being an extremely lean year due to her health.

Joyeux Noël to all. :7

[Bertha Venation]

23. edit period has expired so here's a fix

"My in-laws sent me a magazine subscription addressed to "Bertha Mrs. V's last name" because they couldn't remember my last name."

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

18. Here's mine...

From my best friend

* A trip to spain
* an artist's drafting table
* care bears figures! haha
* a cookbook
* stacking boxes
* box made by my aunt
* book with my grandma's recipes in it
* 30 amazon.com gift certificate
* 50 bucks
* An Atticus compilation CD
* makeup bags from my aunt (what the heck, i don't even wear makeup!)
* soap that smells like lilacs

on edit: and these really cool one piece pajamas with stars and moons on them from my brother. they even have booties! haha perfect for the frigid upstate winters :D

(I have a lot of aunts, thus the large amount of presents)

And I still have presents to open from two more aunts, two friends, and my cousin. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

19. So many good things!

-The DaVinci Code
-Demon Haunted World- by Carl Sagan
-A graphic novel about women in science
-The new hardcover Sandman graphic novel
-A Ranma 1/2 Alarm Clock from Japan shaped like a panda
-A TI-83 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator
-Wario Ware for Game Boy Advance
-A new watch
-An espresso/cappuccino/latte machine
-Third Eye Open- A String tribute to Tool CD
-A new glass pipe

[Tripper11]

20. I got a bunch of DVD's!!!

Grateful Dead from the Vault II, III, IV
Dave Matthews @ Central Park,
The Two Towers Extended version
The Matrix (widescreen)

Our Gerbils got a new cool party house, the cats got a Kitty spa, our Lizard, frog and crabs got new shells and decorations.

Wife got a new bike, so did our 6 yeard old. CD player for our son, and clothes for all.

A happy Christmas all in all in the Tripper household.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

[SOteric]

21. The love and devotion of a really great family and some wonderful

friends. Plus a bunch of 'stuff.'

[Pithlet]

22. Let's see

A beautiful necklace and the new Sandman graphic novel from my husband.
Estee Lauder makeup kit from my dad. I'll be opening the rest at my mom's later.

I got my husband a CD/MP3 Walkman and a DVD, Cowboy Bebop, The Movie. We got one big gift for each other, the new TiVo Series 2.

We got our almost 3 year old his first tricycle, and a bunch of toys. This was the first xmas he was old enough to really enjoy, and it was so much fun watching him get excited over his new stuff. Now, he is playing with the boxes :)

The baby got a bunch of clothes; he's not really old enough for toys yet. He slept right through all the excitement this morning.

[bicentennial_baby]

25. You got Endless Nights too?

I just unwrapped it! I am soooo excited to read it!