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12/26/2005: The Christmas Fallout, 2005!

Another Christmas has come and gone, and from reading and hearing and spying on everyone else, I think it’s safe to say that the 2005 holiday season was a strange one for most, for all sorts of reasons. Much of my past few days has been spent trying to heal one of our cats who got clawed in the eye by another cat, which then led to the worst experience I’ve ever had at a veterinarian, which then led to feeling guilty all throughout the Christmas celebrations as I had four cats locked in a room at home so the injured cat could have as much room and as much safety as possible while we were out. For the cats in my life, it hasn’t been a particularly merry Christmas.

The big family shindigs were fun, full of liquor and seafood and red sweaters. Now I’m in that post-Christmas lull — I wouldn’t really classify it as the typical post-Christmas depression or anything; I just want to stop the clock for a few weeks so I don’t have to rush right back to reality. It’s too early to focus on real stuff. Just wanna look at all the pretty lights till people stop bothering to plug ‘em in at night. Speaking of which, a few nights back we stopped by a nearby house’s insane Christmas village…

And it was just what the doctor ordered. I’d spent the season too busy to enjoy it, but ten minutes at this place put me right back into the spirit proper. A couple of houses all owned by the same guy were dolled up in every which way, with some of the strangest decorations I’ve ever seen. I have no idea where one could actually purchase most of the stuff on display — some of it was obviously made at home, but other elements seem to have been bought from old traveling carnivals and whatnot. Consisting of three big front lawns and a few side nooks, the junk was just piled left and right without rhyme or reason. It was just so gloriously screwball. Example: They had this huge Disney train full of animatronic characters, and one of the cars had a gigantic, soaking wet stuffed shark on top of it. It wasn’t thematic. The shark was just “there.” Everything was just so random that I’m not even sure how to write anything cohesive about it (I’m trying now and failing), so just check out the gallery below if you want that last minute bit of Christmas cheer before you start making your New Year’s plans.




About to complete the Calendars — come back in a little bit. You won’t see Mare again for heelevahn months, sniff. As is customary in our yearly Christmas Fallout thread, it’s time to see the goods. It’s been a strange Christmas as mentioned, but on the gift side, Santa did not let me down. Check it out…

The Complete Calvin & Hobbes. Oh God yes. And unlike The Far Side’s version, this one is split across three books, meaning they’re a bit slimmer, meaning they can actually be read without the aid of heavy machinery.

Awesome coffee machine that whips up hot cups of you-know-what in thirty seconds flat.

NECA’s Gremlins 2 “Mohawk” figure, which I’ve been waiting to own for at least a year now.

Many sweaters. All are black, mostly black or very close to black. Not pictured: Jeans. They are not black.

Mario Kart DS. Those bus rides into work are going to go a whole lot quicker.

Roaring King Kong plush doll, giant rubber shark and a Star Wars book. I consider these three items my Emergency Fun Kit.

Kickass Diesel watch in uplifting colors.

Electric blanket, because I’m always freezing.

One of my faves — a boxed F13 action figure set including sackhead Jason, Pamela Voorhees and the shrine with Pamela’s rotted head. I love this thing to death.

A book about lobsters, the ol’ disappearing ink gag, and GUMMY BEARS. If this was a perfect world, I’d be starting to read that book right about now and not stopping until there was no more book to be read.

DVDs, though some of the ones shown above were from me to the woman.

A liquor carousel that shifts me into the upper class all by itself.

Cologne, so I can stop smelling like shit.

Dartboard with LCD scoring thing from my godson, Christmas book, cocktails book, Kroft DVD, Mr. Show S3 DVD and a 75.00 gift certificate to my fave local sushi joint.

ELECTRONIC KONG ARMS! OOH OOH AH AHHHHHHHHH

Dancing Slimer, which is the greatest thing anyone has ever made. Must be seen to be believed. I won’t write more about it here — this one deserves its own tribute.

Kids Is Kids VHS, including my favorite Disney cartoons ever.

More clothes, sunglasses, SOCKS.

From me to the woman — box of Gloworm-related things and Fob puppets from Teddy Ruxpin. She was excited. The dolls were dusty.

Set of glasses with alien color stripe powers.

Gift cards to all over the place.

Dunno what this is. The woman “won” it in our family’s big “White Elephant” game. Everyone buys a gift (must cost between 15-20 bucks), everyone draws numbers, everyone picks a gift, everyone has a chance to steal gifts…I don’t know. She “stole” whatever that thing above it from my brother, who ended up going home with some lame blueberry candle. Me? I got a bird.

I got that bird.

Previous Christmas Fallout Threads: 2003! 2004!

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uhuh…in Spain, most of us wait for the Three Wise Kings to bring the loot, so we’ll have to wait to see what this holidays brought…
cool stuff, though i prefer the sweet Thing fists :)

oh, btw: 1st ;)

Ghosted by melonian @ 12/26/2005 6:34 PM EST


I got a Tower Records-exclusive Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Captain Sisko action figure dressed in-character from the "Trials and Tribble-ations" episode. And that’s it… :(

Ghosted by Brian J @ 12/26/2005 6:36 PM EST


Combination Birthday/Christmas

DVD’s: 40 Year Old Virgin Unrated, Sin City Recut, Fantastic 4, and Batman Animated Vol. 2.

Bookshelf
Wireless computer accessories
Gamestop Gift Card
Wal-Mart Gift Card
Money
misc food: Clementines, candy canes, and hot chocolate mix.

Those are awesome toys you got Matt. Especially Slimer.

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 12/26/2005 6:39 PM EST


what’d ya get?
Resident Evil 4, Animal Crossing, Mk: Deception and Mario Golf for Gamecube, Queens of the Stone Age Live Cd and DVD, all three star wars prequels (early gift as some may remember) and both volumes of the clone wars, Batman Begins, Ghostbusters 1 & 2 like the one shown. No DS No Mario Kart.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 12/26/2005 6:41 PM EST


I didn’t really get anything but a huge wad of cash. And about a Billion gift cards…..

Ghosted by Vlad @ 12/26/2005 6:46 PM EST


That watch is awesome, Matt.

I ended up with a lot of TV on DVD, a lot of gift cards to spend at Borders, and a bunch of other stuff. The most unexpected thing was this scarf I saw at Marshall Fields that cost about $50, but they had a sale so my Mom bought it for me. The most disappointing gift was another ugly pair of PJ’s from my Grandma. She really needs to stop. Everybody got PJ’s this year.

Thanks, Matt, for all the hard work you put into this Countdown. I was disappointed at first when the first major plotline was resolved so soon, but the rest of it made it awesome. Excellent job. I’m already starting to look forward to next year. :)

I hope everybody had/is having a great holiday. Happy New Year to all as well.

Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 12/26/2005 6:46 PM EST


I got a pretty good haul despite the fact half of it I had to shop for myself or knew I was getting.

- Marmalade Boy Scrapbook Volume 1 DVD set (girly anime)
- Muppet Christmas Carol 20th Anniv. DVD
- Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas Special Edition DVD
- He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special DVD
- Garfield Holiday Celebrations DVD
- $20 Hot Topic Gift card (from my brother Chuck)
- Final Fantasy 1&2 for GBA (from Chuck)
- 512MB Flash Drive for to back-up my website (From brother Craig)
- Get-A-Grips (they’re these magical rubber thingies you put over your shoes that make you not slip on ice)
- Fuzzy Socks
- Underwear (my mom always buys me big granny panties. WTF?)
- Falling in Love perfume/lotion/shower gel set
- Falling in Love concentrated perfume solid (I will eternally smell AMAZING!)
- Some expensive $24 leather pill case o.O (from my Aunt)
- Big 100CD/DVD case wallet thing
- A coat. That looks like my trenchcoat only like, not as long.

The best part was seeing how totally surprised and amazed my brother Chuck was when he opened up the Strongbad e-mail DVDs I got him. We sat in the kitchen eating egg and sausage casserole and watching Strongbad Christmas morning. Then I went to my aunt’s house and got drunk. I haven’t really drank much since the freaking cops were waiting outside the club one night and said I couldn’t drive home. @_@

Ghosted by Mystie @ 12/26/2005 6:47 PM EST


I love Mario Kart…

And that is a nice Christmas display but I never understood the relationship the Wizard of Oz has with Christmas. They’re also in the Christmas Story movie, buy why!?

I got $1000. All I ask for is money and people hate shopping for me!

Ghosted by Kevin @ 12/26/2005 7:12 PM EST


Wow, I’m about to go buy a Lego advent calander just for that Lego Santa. He’s all sorts of kick ass.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 12/26/2005 7:17 PM EST


I got shafted. I know Christmas isn’t supposed to be all about presents, but I wanted my ‘big gift’! Every year, my dad gets me and the sisters a variety of presents including one ‘big gift’ costing a bit more than the other stuff. This year I got a lot of underwear and socks. Seriously. I mean, I know I hate doing laundry and now I can go several months without running out of clean underwear and socks, but I really wanted an ipod. I got other stuff too, more other stuff than usual. My dad says that’s the reason I didn’t get a ‘big gift’ even though my other three sisters did, but I think it’s really because I quit my RA job causing him to be guilted into paying my rent for an oncampus, non-dormroom apartment.

Ghosted by Karen @ 12/26/2005 7:39 PM EST


Hey Matt… why per-chance is it called the "White Elephant" game? We play the same game but sans monicker. I’ve only gotten my presents from the woman’s family so far…

He-Man Season 1; Volume 1 DVD
Best of He-Man DVD
Mario Party 7
Wheel of Time: Book 11
Pariah for PC
Spider-Man Wallet
Retro Coca-Cola Coasters
Playing Cards
Wine Glasses (for both of us)
Wolfgang Puck Pots and Pans Set (for both of us)

The Woman’s family treated me real well, Can’t wait to see what Santa and my family got for me. :)

Ghosted by Double G @ 12/26/2005 7:41 PM EST


I just bought my first house, so I got sponges and scouring pads in my stocking! Most of my gifts were house-related, but I did get a few cool things:

1-Knight Rider Season Two DVD
2-Fantastic Four DVD
3-Red Sox Charlie Brown Giant Pez-Dispenser (plays "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"!)

Ghosted by Jordan @ 12/26/2005 7:46 PM EST


Among other knick knacks and paddywacks, I’ll mention the Ducktales DVDs I got. Good stuff. But I think I have some sort of Pavlovian response to the show. I used to watch it when I was getting up for school, around 6am-ish, when I was a wee tot, and now Ducktales makes me sleepy. Howbouthat.

Or maybe the plots of the cartoon were more compelling when I was, you know, over a decade younger. Oh Gizmo duck, in what crevaces do you hide those propellers and satellites?.

Ghosted by mr.skeleton @ 12/26/2005 7:53 PM EST


Wow, nice haul
I had a star wars themed year, with 2 AMT model kits to go with my collection, they were the Slave One and a speeder bike
-also darth tater and spud trooper potatoe heads. and various other stuff along those lines.
those were the coolest though

Ghosted by Gene @ 12/26/2005 7:57 PM EST


Awesome gifts, as always, Matt. :) I didn’t know there was such thing as Obsession Night. I will definitely have to smell this … because Ryane + Obsession = Meow.

I got:
1. Prince of Persia 2 and 3 for PS2.
2. Castlevania for DS
3. Animal Crossing for DS
4. Rescue Me Season 1 on DVD
5. Emmit Otter’s Jug Band Christmas on DVD
6. Sony CD/MP3 walkman (I’m all anti-IPod, still)
7. Citrus Obsession Barbie (Yeah I collect them!)
8. Nightmare Before Christmas Musicbox with a spinning Sally inside.
9. a Cloud bursting globe (or whatever it’s called) It’s really awesome looking, and from Bits and Pieces catalog.
10. various gift cards from Target and Suncoast, and some old fashioned money.
11. a booksafe
12. Boring stuff like socks and a new robe.

Ghosted by Ryane @ 12/26/2005 8:20 PM EST


I got 2 shirts

Ghosted by The Fuzzy Hulk @ 12/26/2005 8:40 PM EST


I got my iPod Nano 2 months ago for an early Christmas present. I got Mario Kart Double Dash (from my wonderful twin brother–thanks Brian!) and In Living Color Season 2 (thanks again, Brian!), Sonic Gems (3 rare Sonic games and 6 Game Gear games on one tiny Game Cube disk), Saturday Night Live the Best of Tom Hanks (watched it today), Christmas ornaments (a ballet dancer, an Angelcheeks Gingerbread man, and a Ty mini ornament bear holding a gingerbread man), the Hallmark Peanuts Snowglobe (I REALLY wanted this!!!!!), several iTunes cards, two sweaters (one from Brian’s girlfriend Amanda and one from the parents), and two button down shirts (from parents), a $25 Best Buy card, a couple of New York and Co. gift cards ($50, $60, and $50–one from boyfriend Steve, one from parents, and one from my aunt and uncle). A xoxo necklace, Name that Tune 80s Edition, a tiny plaque that says "I Love You Just the Way you Are", all from Steve, movie tickets from my brother’s girlfriend, a scrapbook from Steve’s nana, and assorted goodies from Steve’s parents–an Avon snowman soap decanter, Mikasa Christmas present keepsake box (w/$50–cha ching!), handmade Christmas ornaments, Harry and David Candies, and a Santa Bear Bearington Collection item from Steve’s uncle. Their cat "got" me a watch also–a really nice watch with a black leather band.

My mom said she was going to get me DDR Mario Mix but couldn’t find it, so I’m going to use the gift card from Best Buy toward that, plus some of my Christmas money. I’m also getting "SNL’s the Best of Christopher Walken," since my mom planned on getting it and it wasn’t available(Christopher Walken is a personal joke with us–we both love watching him when he hosts SNL).

We tried Jones soda holiday pack also!! I bought two, one for christmas eve (me, Steve, his cousins, and one of his aunts all braved it–we were revolted), and then my family tried it on Christmas day. My cousins, brother, his girlfriend, and my aunt and uncle were having a blast laughing at each other. My cousin Craig and my brother wre placing bets on the Turkey and Gravy one–I spit mine out–once was enough. We had a GREAT Christmas!

Ghosted by Allison @ 12/26/2005 8:48 PM EST


Hey Matt… why per-chance is it called the "White Elephant" game?

Not Matt… but I’ll answer. It’s based on an old story about some Indian Rajah (sp?) who bred rare white elephants. He began give the white elephants out as gifts to people. Now, they’d have to take it. It was a thing of honor, and they didn’t want to piss him off. But, think about it. It was worthless. You’d have to spend your whole life taking care of this huge elephant, building it a home, feeding it, keeping it well, so you wouldn’t let the rajah think you didn’t love his gift. Over time, the term "white elephant’ came to be the name for any gift which is nice, but not of any use. Like (for some) Precious Moments figurines would be a white elephant. You know they’re pricey, and they’re not BAD, like a dollar store pair of lime green socks is bad… but you have no use for it.

Ghosted by Evilizabeth @ 12/26/2005 8:48 PM EST


Tools yes tools and a tool box and some shocks and new rims and tires from the dad a big "pimpish" coat from teh grandma and a few assorted autozone giftcards and my big big gift from my entire family i wondered why i was being given tools and parts for cars and such a 1977 Datsub B-210 pickup with a mustnag tranny and engine inteh bed so im happy im gonna have a pretty kickin truck and i also liek a ton of cheapo bridgemix from walgreens i did pretty good

Ghosted by Allhopegone @ 12/26/2005 8:50 PM EST


I got:
- a Dremel tool (way awesome)
- a Motorola V551 cell phone
- Star Wars III DVD
- the Bret "The Hitman" Hart DVD
- assorted clothes, including a classy housecoat
- gift cerfiticates for book stores

Not a bad haul, all in all

Ghosted by AlphaCentaurian @ 12/26/2005 8:58 PM EST


I also got Mario Kart DS, and ended up beating it minutes ago. Freakin’ awesome game.

Also got too many King Kong-related items, a couple Xbox 360 games, Infected for PSP, and (finally), a video-capture card. Now I too can put my old commercials on the PC!

Ghosted by Larry @ 12/26/2005 9:09 PM EST


What I got…

-Jawa Sandcrawler
-Asajj Ventress and General Greivous Maquettes
-C-3PO bust
-Japanese remote control R2-D2 figure
-a guitar (so I can learn to play, it’s a Gibson)
-a graphics tablet for my PC
-a Return of the Jedi shirt
-a TAPS shirt
-pants, and long johns
-the book Wicked, and the book Life Expectancy
-best of Ghost Hunters DVD

Hooray! Someone else with Animal Crossing Wild World. I have had it since the beginning of the month, and am looking for someone to visit when I get my Wi-Fi connector from Nintendo…

Ghosted by JWLA @ 12/26/2005 9:11 PM EST


I got:
He-Man & She-Ra Xmas special
Socks and underwear
A watch
Cologne
A nice tool kit
And giftcards galore(I AM shopping tommorow).

The best present was a M.A.S.K vol 3 tape that my brother had.(Needs to be on DVD urgently).

Ghosted by Felix @ 12/26/2005 9:16 PM EST


The Simpsons seventh season, in the normal, not-hard-to-open box (which as far as I can tell is outselling the Marge head by a wide margin. Every store is now sold out of regular boxes).
Garfield and Friends Volume 5, which completes my set of the series on DVD (see my site for an updated G&F Supapage now).
$25 check
A mug shaped like the Blue M&M (well, I think it’s cool….)

Ghosted by Mars @ 12/26/2005 9:30 PM EST


The first gift I’m getting with my plethora of Best Buy gift cards is the He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special… without a doubt!

Ghosted by Double G @ 12/26/2005 9:34 PM EST


On to Halloween now, yes? P.S. cool stuff I got is Mario and Luigi Partners in Time and a second Guitar Hero guitar. I got a lot of candy too so I’m pumped!

Ghosted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 12/26/2005 9:35 PM EST


The mug does sound cool Mars.

Ghosted by Allison @ 12/26/2005 9:36 PM EST


Cool Yule as my boy has taken to saying
I got a black shirt, 2 sets of perfume and foo foo stuff from both ex mother in laws. Boondock Saints from the bf. A tin of yu gi oh cards from the kids ( which they promptly distributed after I went though them and stated there was nada in the tin for my deck, lol) A pig animal from my mom and dad, a handheld suduko game from them and a christmas with the chipmunks cd, my tape bit the dust this year. The boyfriends dad even gave me a gift card I was so amazed we hadnt been togethr long enough to warrent family gifts.

I gave the bf a cd he has been looking for Flogging Molly, and we arent even celebrating xmas until january hhis brother was broke so we are throuwing a january thing at thier house with presents more time to shop for the guys.

The best present however goes to My boy Zay who got a Star Wars foosball table from Santa Claus This table is sweet. If I can ever figure this digita;l camera thingy out, lol Ill attempt to post pics if anyone wishes to see.

Ghosted by Fast Framin Tessa @ 12/26/2005 9:38 PM EST


My favorite gift this year? Six adorable glass Disney Christmas ornaments, all of which are now brightening my tree. My siblings and I usually get two ornaments each from Mom. None of us ever got six at once before. Cool.

I also recieved…

Clothing (a red sweater from the parents and two long-sleeved Ts from Grandma)
A huge tin of tea bags from Mom and loose tea from my sister (between the two of them and what I already have, I won’t be needing tea again until sometime in 2012)
The 1951 British "Christmas Carol" on DVD from my brother
A new wall clock from Mom and Dad for my kitchen
A small backpack from Dad
Fiestaware doo-dads from my other sister and her son
A pretty silver heart necklace from Grandma (it’s too big for me to wear and I don’t look good in silver, but I might use it as room decoration)
Watch from Dad
An art-deco-style calender from Mom
A big retro-style Oreo cookie cannister as my win from the "pickle" game (Mom hides a pickle, and whoever finds it gets to pick a present – my brother got first pick, but I got second)
Hairclips and headbands (For some reason, it’s REALLY hard to find just plain old hairclips that aren’t covered with lace or flowers or something)
Blank CDs
Lip gloss
A Barnes and Noble gift card from my sister
Home-made CDs and DVDs from my best friend
A cute teddy bear that smells like cocoa and packages of real cocoa from my other friend
Money from various reletives, including my parents (which means yes, I’m going shopping tomorrow, too, though a lot of that money is going towards my moving in February)

Ghosted by starwenn @ 12/26/2005 9:42 PM EST


used dreamcast and one of those pez/star wars things from walmart. forgot about those.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 12/26/2005 9:42 PM EST


I got alot of loot this year most of the good stuff from my bf or parents.

-Black and White 2 (BF)
-The Movies (BF)
-World of Warcraft (BF)
-wireless keyboard/mouse (BF)
-Karaoke Revolution Party XBX (BF)
-pink longsleeve shirt & matching hoodie (Mom)
-Fire Emblem (GC) (Dad)
-Robe, slippers, PJs with scotti dogs (Mom)
-More slippers (mom)
-Fruits Basket vol 1 manga (sis in law)
-Chobits shirt (sis in law)
-Def Leppard DVD (other sis in law)
-some kinda pink jacket
-dollar store socks (WTF!)
-a big picture frame thing to hang on the wall
-Super Gals! Ironclad Collection DVD (Mom)

That’s about it. Not bad…alot of stuff from a couple of people but I love the Fruits Basket manga. I read about half of it and its awesome so far.

Ghosted by Kittycatgirl @ 12/26/2005 9:56 PM EST


Merry Christmas and Boxing Day to everyone!!

Matt, I dont know if you go it or not but I sent you an email a little while back to your mattcara@aol.com account.

Now Im off to read the rest of the advent calender! :D

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 12/26/2005 10:04 PM EST


DVDS: DuckTales Vol. 1, Strong Bad Emails Discs 1-4, Madagascaer (Fullscreen, unforunately)

VIDEOS:It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Chicken Run

CDS: Strong Bad Sings

BOOKS: The Complete Peanuts 1955-1958, Cartoon Cool (a how-to-draw book) Pearls Before Swine:Nighthogs, Get Fuzzy: Say Cheesey, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

CALENDERS: Twisted Whiskers Monthly, Simpsons Day-To-Day

GIFT CARDS: Books-A-Million for 25$, Hastings for $50

OTHER STUFF: Homestar Runner Winter Cap, Homestar Runner "Everybody" Poster, Homestar Runner "Star" Keychain, Homestar Runner Trogdor T-Shirt, Desk Lamp, Spongebob Lunchbox Keychain

Ghosted by Jadamo3 @ 12/26/2005 10:09 PM EST


Holy Cannoli, Matt!! You got more awesome stuff than I even thought possible. I’m a little jealous. Here’s some of my highlights (including what I bought myself with my Xmas money):
1) Star Wars III (unfortunately fullscreen, not widescreen, but I’ll live)
2) Sin City Recut-Extended-Unrated
3) Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun (CD)
4) Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (CD)
5) Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs (CD)

Ghosted by Gozer @ 12/26/2005 10:10 PM EST


Matt, we must have some sort of cosmic connection.

1. Our cat Jedi’s eye was also scratched by one of the other cats.
2. I got the little lady that same Senseo coffee machine. It actually takes 90 seconds to make a cup (if you include heating the water, which you should). False advertising.
3. I got my dad that Lobster book. Ha!

Merry Christmas, nice work on the Advent/Advert calendars once again!

BC

Ghosted by dj BC @ 12/26/2005 10:13 PM EST


By the way, great Advent/Advert countdown this year. To be honest, I’ve only gotten a quarter through the Advert and halfway through the Advent calandar, but I’ll catch up this week. Oh yeah, and lest we forget the true meaning of Xmas:

Meatwad: "Carl should remember the reason for the season."
Master Shake: "Yeah, the reason for the season… is pleasin’, and I ain’t gotten too much pleasin’!

Ghosted by Gozer @ 12/26/2005 10:17 PM EST


WHAT I GOT FOR XMAS!
The list:
-Fraggle Rock Season 1 on DVD
-He-Man season 1, vol 1 on DVD
-Dawson’s Creek season 2 on DVD
-Stand By Me Deluxe Edition "
-The Big Chill "
-Harry Potter 4 calendar
-’Salem’s Lot’ by Stephen King (special edition hardcover)
-Simpsons steering wheel cover and floor mats for my car
-Simpsons trivia game
-Marge Simpson mug
-Care Bears snowglobe
-Winnie the Pooh cookie jar
- a Toaster Oven
-Homer Simpson wall clock
-Winnie the Pooh mugs
- much needed DVD tower
-Star Wars collectible popcorn tub
-Chocolates
-Big Shiny Tunes 10 CD
And……….
-SERENITY on DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!(haven’t seen it yet, but I loved "firefly" and saw every episode)
I feel like I was spoiled rotten this year since last Xmas I was in Korea and didn’t get very much in the mail. YAY! Good haul. One of my best years ever.

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 12/26/2005 10:23 PM EST


I got myself The 40-year-old Virgin, the first Mike Judge Beavis & Butthead set(thank God), a couple of cd’s and a huge wad of cash. All in all, a good haul… heh-heh, I rhymed.

Ghosted by Les Paul @ 12/26/2005 10:31 PM EST


i got 30gb ipod, 3 johnny cash boxed sets, final fantasy IV for GBA, a bunch o fmini horror movie action figures, al pacino movie collection, joes apartment dvd, jason x, hamburger hill, a new ps2, a mach 3 turbo razor, alot of candy, new work gloves, grilling utensils, ps2 memory card, alot of hot sauce, snowglobes up the ass since i collect them, madagascar dvd, and like 20 bucks, a beer from my friend, final fantasy anthology for ps1 and legend of dragoon for ps1

Ghosted by brandon @ 12/26/2005 10:31 PM EST


hey, you gonna post your friend code for Mario Kart DS?

Ghosted by a person with internet access @ 12/26/2005 10:33 PM EST


This year, my ace present was Shadow of the Colossus. That game is so freakin’ awesome. I also got Haunting Ground, which is far more fan-servicey than I expected. It really makes me feel dirty for playing it. I also got some candy, jerky, nifty headphones and about 300 bucks to buy my own damn presents with. So far, I bought a black Nintendo DS (import), a green decal skin for it (it’s gonna look so cool), a cheapo USB cable for my phone (Hello Magnetman’s theme ringtone), and that’s all for now. I might go out and get a DS game or two, and a case to put it all in, then put the rest of my cash in savings.

Ghosted by RewolfJ @ 12/26/2005 10:47 PM EST


I BEAT YOUR MOM IN MARIO KART!

…at least my new shirt says so.

Ghosted by Timmy @ 12/26/2005 11:03 PM EST


Mystie – Seeing as you got Get-A-Grips and Falling in Love, either you or someone who buys gifts for you must be a QVC junkie.

Allison – I asked for DDR Mario Mix for Christmas too, and someone pointed out to me in another thread that you can’t get it. They were right, unless you wanna pay $200 to a private seller on Amazon. Personally, I didn’t.

OK, with that out of the way, here’s my haul. I had a niiice Christmas this year, mostly from the boyfriend and the mom:

-A pretty "platinum tone" bracelet (BF)
-Silver Gamecube controller (BF)
-Gift set of assorted Estee Lauder perfumes (BF)
-The Beatles Greatest Hits 1967-1970 CD (BF)
-Monty Python: Live at City Center CD (BF)
-Small box of Godiva chocolates (BF)
-Travel coffee mug (mom)
-Jump rope – I had asked for fun stuff to exercise with (mom)
-Some underwear and some cute socks (mom)
-Warm cozy PJs (BF)
-Assorted clothes from various people
-Bag for holding makeup (mom)
-Nice RCA headphones (BF)
-A suction-cup dangly thing that looks like an NES controller – click my name to see (BF)
-Hair accessories
-A big suede and leather purse (from my great-aunt)
-Plastic storage containers (mom)
-Assorted costume jewelry (mom and great-aunt)
-Nail polish (mom)
-"Warm Caramel Vanilla" scented candle – I LOVE this scent (mom)
-Handheld Tetris game (mom)
-Calendar with pictures of kittens (mom)
-A nice robe and slippers (BF’s family)
-Chanel gift set (great-aunt)
-"Left Behind: The Movie", given to me by a very religious second-cousin

Since my mom doesn’t have a lot of money for nice presents, and I’m the only child, she often gives me some sort of special family heirloom for Christmas. This time, it was a little antique silver pillbox that belonged to my great-grandmother, who died before I was born.

This was probably the best Christmas I’ve had. Considering you could practically represent the very contents of my soul with the Beatles CD, the Nintendo dangler and the vanilla candle, I’d say my family knows me well.

This amount of presents for me is NOT typical, in case it sounds like I’m spoiled. The BF just got a good paying job about a month ago and was showing off (notice the more expensive gifts were all from him). I don’t know why I felt the need to say that, except that I remember being jealous of people with hauls like this last year when we were flat broke.

Ghosted by jazzy @ 12/26/2005 11:11 PM EST


Despite being my least favorite Christmas of all time I came out with the best, well most gifts so I guess it balanced out.
- 7” Portable DVD Player
- Red Nintendo DS w/ Mario Kart DS
- Super Mario 64 DS
- Final Fantasy IV Advance
- Thundercats Season 1 Vol. 1
- Queen "Night at the Opera" Remastered
- Queen "News of the World"
- Ultimate Muscle Vol. 9
- Batman "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller
- "Don’t Try This At Home" a book of culinary disasters.
- "Battle" A big ass illustrated book about the history of warfare.
- Gun for the Gamecube
- Cuisinart Mini-Prep Processor

Ghosted by James @ 12/26/2005 11:23 PM EST


Looks like a great haul!
Pretty easy list for me this year since all of the focus was on da baby.
1. SIMPSONS season 6
2. SIMPSONS season 7
3. Stonecutters Number 1 figure
4. SIMPSONS ONE STEP BEYOND FOREVER book
5. KING KONG collector’s DVD
6. SEINFELD season 5 and 6
7. MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE season 1
8. Really cool AMERICAN REVOLUTION DVD’s from the History Channel
9. Darth Vader gumball machine
10. Sasee Tiin and exploding Grievous.
11. Choclate M-Pire figures.
12. U.S. History document book
13. book about some unknown pro wrestler

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 12/26/2005 11:46 PM EST


jazzy – Yeah, my mom’s a QVC nut. She buys stuff from them all the time. Snow shovels, cookware, make-up… The majority of her Christmas shopping that couldn’t come from QVC got put on a list and handed over to me to get. I’m pretty sure I asked for the entire Philosophy line, but hey, I’ll take just my Falling in Love stuff. It’s the only perfume I’ve ever worn that a guy not only liked, but commented on! And to me everything else just smells like rubbing alcohol and 50-year-old potpourri, anyway. :P

Ghosted by Mystie @ 12/27/2005 12:09 PM EST


Let’s see

-Toshiba Satellite Laptop
-iPod Shuffle (from one of my attorneys, as some sort of atonement for making my life hell on a quarterly basis)
-MI-5 Season 1 on DVD
-New set of Tarot cards
-Good socks
-iPod skins
-Various gift cards

It’s kinda hard to ask for too much when you get a new computer. Besides, my neice was born three months premature. She came home on the 19th. That was present enough.

Ghosted by LemurCat @ 12/27/2005 12:14 PM EST


Druh…that’s a lot of presents. A shitload of gifts ye got there, Matt.

Ghosted by Warx @ 12/27/2005 12:22 PM EST


Present-wise, this Christmas was excellent:

-Dragon Quest 8
-Mario & Luigi 2
-Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
-Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II (Xbox)
-Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
-Cannon A520
-Cannon A520 Kit
-512MB SD Card
-Nintendo DS case
-Nintendo DS starter kit
-Nintendo GameCube Gameboy Player
-PS2/Xbox Component Cables
-PS2/GameCube/Xbox System selector
-$200
-A thick Animal book not unlike the one Matt got last year.

And tons of other smaller things.

Still, Christmas this year seemed "off". My Aunt and Grandfather both couldn’t make it this year, the snow that had been on the ground for literally a full month melted on Christmas Eve (nothing like twenty-something straight days of below-freezing weather followed by a 40+ day with fog covering everything), and even the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" book that my dad used to read every Christmas Eve couldn’t be found.

Oh well. Only four months until Baseball…

Ghosted by Brian @ 12/27/2005 12:30 PM EST


A pretty sweet Christmas:
1) Several Family Guy DVDs
2) The Karate Kid DVD set
3) Satin and velvet sheets
4) PJ’s
5) Espresso maker
6) Sudoku book
7) A scarf
8) Adidas pants
9) Candles
10) Excessive amounts of bath and body stuff
11) A lava lamp that gets plugged into a laptop (totally random gift, especially since my laptop has been broken for almost a year)
12) Starbucks giftcard
13) Other stuff I can’t remember

This whole Christmas (or "holiday season" to be PC) went by way too fast. I owe it to not being in college anymore and missing out on the month off to shop and be bored. Aside from making money, full time jobs blow.

Matt – both calenders and the blog were awesome, as usual. Watching old commercials and reading about Lego guys and Playmobil peole hooking up is definitely better than what I’m supposed to be doing at work right now.

Ghosted by flygrl358 @ 12/27/2005 2:26 AM EST


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