So, whut did santa brung ya
 

Since I'm the Santa around here, I'll start this off.
I got 4 cast iron soup bowls, a new DeLonghi CGH800-U Retro Panini Grill to replace the old George Forman, a stick blender, Cuisinart SmartStick Hand Blender CSB-76.
A r/c helicopter, that I wish they had left the instructions in Chinese, would have made more sense. Add states that 3 AA batteries are included, not, and it takes 8 batteries. Letter from support. "Please mail us have you missing batterie?" A 8 GB flash drive. Damn I forgot the fruitcake. Each year I get one and a bottle of George Dickel #12 combo charcoal starter, fruitcake seasoning My record is, so for, never spilling any on the cake. I hope to do better this year!
I really wanted a chili Rista to hang in kitcken, but shipping was about same as cost. Also my granddaughter sent me an e-mail, with photos. 11 year old must understand X-mas. Happy Holidays All BB
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holy jumping the gun, batman!

delonghi....we have a convection toaster oven of theirs. excellent.

i want some of that fruit cake.

OK. Probably without the Old # 12.
Now my grandkids photo. I have a feeling she has a grasp on economics at eleven years old. No contact, no presents! Brandon is 16.

They're cute kids buster... and i really like your stick blender, it looks powerful.

Geez...I dunno yet, I think I'm getting a new PC monitor though. DH keeps whining about wanting to give me my prezzie now and I'm making him wait. :) I have to wait. I only have one person left to give me a decent gift these days, not including the cheap crap from my inlaws.

I went out to the grocery tonight and when I came in they YELLED at me -- "stay there! Don't come in!" Sheesh.

Tnxs Jinxs. The only recipe I know, offhand is for cream of broccoli soup.
So you have anything a redneck might like? NO! Not Margaritas. Jose' is not my freind. Trust me on that.

Woohoo!

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Only thing I've gotten thus far is a gift certificate for a Thai Massage. Parents sent a box but it hasn't gotten here, no idea what's in it.

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Be careful when you're cleaning that stick blender, buster. I have the same model, and I cut the ever-loving crap out of my thumb just barely touching it. It's sharp.

Those are some good looking grandkids you got there!

One of my shrinks just gave me a gift certificate to Bath and Body Works and a yummy box of Godiva Chocolates.

The hospital gift is a grey fleece vest, with embroidery of the hospital logo (which I designed, incidentally) and a silver ribbon, which is apparently the official color for brain disorders.

And I bought my own Kindle. Next week I should be getting the gifts from the family, which will be $$ to buy content for the Kindle, and my Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments. The main one for this year is the Trouble with Tribbles ... Kirk under the storage compartment, and there's a bunch of tribbles that fall out onto him. And it makes tribble noises.

So far, lots of candies and stuff like that from vendors I work with. One came in a cute penguin stacking box set. Like this.

Take that stacking box penguin, add a couple of beanbags to throw at it, and you've got a great Christmas game. :D

LOL

We're going to a company holiday party tonight (and it really is a "holiday" party; it's at the CEO's house and he's Jewish.) We will no doubt return with two terribly useless items from the White Elephant exchange. (Ours are generic but decent, as they should be IMHO: a box of fudge, and a collection of teas. Since no one knows who brought what, I always try to end up taking home the thing I brought, but it rarely works. Last year, we ended up with an ugly bird statuette like the kind you see in the Hallmark store, and a "roll your own sushi" bamboo mat. :rolleyes:)

The kids are already fighting over who gets which boxes.

Santa is broke this year, but he did manage to pre-deliver lots of bones and doggy treats for the doggy stocking! Yay!!! :)

Someone got an early treat and is happy as a clam. :)

She's growing so fast:( :

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Nice doggeh!! I first glanced at the picture and away, and I thought how did that dog get a custom floor-level 104-key keyboard?


And that in turn calls for the classic New Yorker cartoon:

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lol@UT!

That does look like a keyboard.

You reminded me of a Garry Shandling bit, about people driving through the country mooing out their car windows at the cows. He said the cows are like "Hey, that's a cow driving that car. How can he afford that?"

I know what santa is bringing me, but only because I spoiled it... See, one of the vendors we buy stuff from for the lab was having a special, spend $X on Y products, get a free iPod shuffle. We needed $X of stuff, so after checking with my boss, who said it was OK, I went ahead and placed the order. Yesterday the shuffle came and I brought it home to show Red. As soon as he saw the shuffle, I knew by the look on his face that he had gotten me an MP3 player for Christmas. Turns out, an iPod nano. We had to run to Sam's anyway for other things last night, so he showed me which one it was. Rock on! I am so excited. He's making me wait till Christmas to actually get it though.

So what are you going to do with the iPod shuffle now?

Your pup looks to be so good tempered! what a sweetie

LOL!!! Yea. That's what everyone says. ;) She's still been a good girl and working hard in training class...So santa gave all the presents a go signal!

nothing. I never get a single thing.

waa!waa!waa!

must have been a naughty girl.

Heh. I am receiving several swift kicks in the pants. A bunch of cu** punching. Oh well. After awhile I may learn to like it, and the gifts will turn out to be quite clever. :)

I've been busy loading workout music on it this afternoon inbetween house cleaning, laundry, wrapping presents, and breaking up fights between my daughter and her friend that is over to play. I'm going to use it this afternoon to run (on the treadmill!), I'll let you know how it works! :D

I used mine tonight to smooth-out my butternut squash after roasting, but I mostly use it for soup. Black bean is my daughter's favorite and I do a super-simple version that takes no time;

Mirepoix + garlic, shallots if I have any, red pepper flakes, and olive oil in the bottom of the soup pot on med until the carrots aren't hard. Add 3 cans of black beans 1 big can of whole tomatoes and blend until smooth. Add another can of black beans and 1-2 boxes of chicken stock depending on how thick you like it. Salt, pepper, etc... Could be topped with sour cream, fresh cilantro, bacon etc...

What I really want
 

When I was about 6, Santa brought me a metal train. It was 6-year-old-boy-sized and although it had no built in design seat, I could sit on it. It was the best thing ever. It went 'too tooth' even though that was me. I loved my train and that was good because I was going to be a train driver when I grew up.
I remember then that it went (got stored one day) in a closet downstairs. And after that I never saw it again. I couldn't understand why, when I looked in the closet it wasn't there. But I knew in my heart I saw it go in there. I continued to look in the closet on and off until I was about 12 in the vain hope it was there and I had just missed it amongst the wellie boots and fallen overcoats and tool boxes. But I never saw it again.
Only recently I was thinking about it again. In fact earlier today. And then I logged on I chanced upon this thread. Today my explanation is that my mother had borrowed it for Christmas Day or got it on loan from the shop because little boys need to have Santa visit. We had very little money and maybe Christmas was particularly tight that year. And after a few days of Christmas it went back to from wherever it came. And I have missed it ever since.
For Christmas, I want my train back. Not any old train that looks like it, but that actual train.
Santa, can you see?

Yum yum!

I got Wrath of the Lich King (play the movie, it's pretty cool - safe site). My son got the entire family a Wii, plus a couple games, and my bf got me:

I am very happy for you. It sounds like a cool gift. I was sort of hoping that he was going to give you more lingerie like last time(NSFW).

It's the gift that keeps on giving.;)

Marci and I aren't really exchanging gifts. She is currently in home remodeling mode and while I regularly lust over motherboards and 1TB drives, I have not bought any big ticket items.

I did pick up a Numi blossoming tea set at a local store for myself. It looks cool.

that's what ebay is for.....

I got one of those too, Stormie! Mine was for my birthday last week but still...

I'm getting one of these for Xmas. I know because I had to help choose it. I'm also adding on the external antenna for improved reception.

We haven't decided what the wife wants yet. Since shopping is a bitch for me, we're just going to go out and buy what she wants. Next year, I'm shopping EARLY on my vacation. I have a long memory WRT her wishlist.

I got a dress to wear on Christmas Day. But it's not too dressy so I can wear it to work in the New Year (when I get a job of course).

I'm considering wearing it on Boxing day, as we're going to my sister's and I have to try to make a good impression. Also my bro and SIL will be there, and they are worth dressing up for. I might wear my corset on Christmas Day instead. Okay, it will only be me, Mum and Dad, but it will make me feel really special. And I will take a Christmas photo to remember the occasion.

Not sure what other Santas have in mind for me, but my alter ego Santa bought me a ZOOM H2 recording device, a trip to Devon and a complete (14 hours) edition of Black Adder.

YAY! I got a second hand copy of the Blackadder box set too!
It wasn't technically a Christmas present, but I should include it as it was a gift.
Same with the two series set of Benidorm. Very poignant, listening to the commentary and watching the behind the scenes fottage, both of which feature the late Geoffrey Perkins.

for myself I got:

2 new piercings
1 pair of beautiful 8 gauge steel swan spirals
new flatware set from Crate & Barrel
a phoenix lavaliere from Black Phoenix Alchemy lab

my boss got me a gift card to Dillards; I'm taking that plus my gift card to the nice restaurant at the mall and taking my daughter and grandgirls shopping and dining tomorrow in a festive holiday manner!

The associates at my firm (as a group) always give gifts to each of the staff. Usually it's the choice of champagne or sparkling cider. While I've always appreciated the gesture, I don't like champagne and sparkling cider is merely OK. So I was very pleased this year when they also gave us the chance to opt for a red or white wine. So this year they gave me a nice bottle of red wine.

It's apparently ranked #10 for wines this year. I can't wait to try it.

Bupkis.
I'm getting bupkis this year.

I don't know what I got yet, since my mom made me promise to wait until Christmas to actually open anything (even though they are 3 thousand miles away and wouldn't know anyway). Well, I can guess a couple of them, since the shapes are distinctive. However, I would like to express my confusion about how it is that my girlfriend ended up with 14 packages .. and I ended up with 5 .... methinks I'm being usurped.

I'm being an Evil Aunt and making my niece and nephew wait until Boxing Day. I've always done it when I've been at home for Christmas, because I want to see them open the presents.

My sister has never fully approved, and this year I was going to let it slide. Then my Mum reminded me of how many people they ahev buying for them. On my BIL's side there are two Aunts and an Uncle, seven cousins, two Grandmothers, one Grandfather. On our side - as well as me - there is an Uncle, and Grandmother and Grandfather and a Great Grandfather. Boxing Day it is then.

I might even save my brother and SIL's presents until then, as we'll all be together at my sister's house. I make my own Christmas traditions.

I'd have thought that is the rule - presents opening on the traditional, prescribed day (Boxing day in England or, in case of Germany, on Christmas Eve).

I do the same thing.. we'll be arriving in North Carolina, where my parents and siblings live, on Friday. So why bother shipping stuff? It'll be like a followup surprise for them.

To all my friends from Cellar's UNIX days and all of you
who have joined since then,
Happy (C)Hannukah, Glorious Solstice, Merry Christmas, Joyful
Kwaanza, Great New Year and Long Life,

Al (atrw93)

I thought Boxing day is when the gifts you got on Christmas, that you didn't like, were boxed up to return to the store?

Oh, and back at ya atrw93. :thumb:

Tcha.
Boxing Day is when goodwill parcels were distributed to the poor.
It's a Bank Holiday, and generally the only shops open are Asian grocers.

That's why it's Jewish tradition here to order Chinese takeout on Christmas Day.

A Nifty new All in One !!
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Since we do our gifts prior to Xmas (partly due to having Xtian Xmas early with the inlaws, and partly due to my family celebrating on Yule), I can report my gifts now:

A walking stick from the inlaws
A handmade ritual staff, a digicam/binoc combination, a cool flannel scarf, a turtle pocket totem disc and a computer game from TF
A color changing multifunction egg shaped clock, a heated ice scraper, a can of popcorn, $150 towards the purchase of my new bed for my room and a bottle of cologne from Selene
A DVD and some stocking stuffers from Kaleigh
A t-shirt and some snacky stuff from Stephen and Julie
A Galileo thermometer from Colin and Kayleigh
A nice box of dead cow from one of the nicest people I'm blessed to know.

I got a lot of very thoughtful things from people who love me. Its quite awesome.

@Jnix Mirepoix Lady I said redneck! But thanks to whiki I now know that term. Nothing like a word a day to keep you on your feet. Thanks

don't forget Canada!

Santa no longer comes here anymore. I have to do all the buying. Getting old is a bitch. Bah Humbug.

...and in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make. :santa:

I had a cookie making day with mom yesterday. Oh and I made fudge too.

I bought my mom and sister little angel bears with with perfume attached and gave myself one too. They were 50% off. I bought my son and Shawn Himalayan salt candles which purify the air. They were like 75 %off and tea lights 75% off. I wasn't planning on shopping but I walked through this particular store as a short cut to the mall to pay my phone bill and the prices were so slashed I felt like tossing my cell phone. I didn't BUT neither I did I make it out of there without an armful of goodies.

Previously I had already gotten my mom and my siblings and secret pal these really annoying christmas clocks that play music. Annoying because the do not have a volume control.

A red Swingline stapler BEEEEEEYOTCHES!

HA! Suck it~! All other gifts PALE in comparison!

Santa Spouse gave me a silver sugar bowl with a small bird perching on the side that serves as the handle, a roll of Oklahoma quarters (they have scissortails on them), a gold Indian elephant charm from his trip there earlier this year, and a pink sapphire encrusted ribbon necklace. Some of the price of the pink ribbon necklace goes to fight breast cancer, which fought with my mother and sister and lost. Thank goodness. So that gift is really special.

Is it a Jewish tradition to go to the movies on Christmas day - and watch a movie about a one eyed Nazi?

He was here!

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Marathon sex session with the wife. Whoo hoo! Best present ever! Rarin to go again. Maybe I should wake her up with a little message.