What did Santa bring everyone? (1 Viewer)

[Kevin Potts]

Hmmm... let's see
A CD burner
Assorted gift certificates (everything from Applebees to Staples)
A Fry Daddy(kick ass, now I can make my own cheddar cheese nuggets)
The biggest, baddest skillet I've ever seen (kick ass once again)
What can I say, I have thing for kitchen utensils.

 

[Don Black]

Steve,
A PC game called "Sheep"? Let's get you someone fast!
Let's see... As for me, I got $1000 in cash, some freshly-baked pasteries, and the opportunity to chill with my entire family. Personally, I bought myself a 21" Flat Panel LCD, 50 DVDs, 4 Bridgestone Blizzak tires for my 330i, 4 Kodak digital picture frames (they were on sale), a camel hair jacket, and a tripod.
What can I say, I spoil myself? ...because I'm worth it!

 

[Mitty]

A Fuji 2600 digital camera. Very cool. The big ticket item of the year and totally unexpected.
A set of Oneida knives with stainless steel handles, complete with big honkin' wood block. Also very cool, and the perfect "gift" as it's one of those things a guy would rarely buy for himself.
A bunch of cool little stuff, lots of candies, coffee, etc.
No DVDs though. People are afraid to buy me those, as I invariably have whatever they get me.

 

[Gary_E]

A long PING putter.

Two shirts.

A 3 Stooges desk calander.

A Beatles wall calander.

Nautica cologne.

A carrying case and LCD remote for Riovolt 250.

Oh yeah, and today, Wednesday the 26th, a day off from work.

-Gary

 

[Jon_Are]

Three DVDs (Casablanca, The Godfather set, and Davey & Goliath)

A Newton's Cradle

A book about the making of The Godfather

Best Buy gift certificate (to be used for PSX2 NHL 2002)

Assorted pajama bottoms

Assorted breath mints/dental floss/Listerine breath strips (c'mon, Santa...whattaya tryin' to tell me?)

A book on conjuring

A cool fleece shirt

and, best of all: the joy of watching my two girls open their gifts

Jon

 

[Dave Poehlman]

A circular saw so I can start building my HT. And some beef sticks for sustenance.

There were other things.. but those were the highlights.

 

[Paul Jenkins]

XBox w/Halo and NFL 2002
M&Ms (yum)
That's about it

 

[MickeS]

A BC Rich Warlock electric guitar + Marshall amp... YEAH!!! I love my wife!!
Oh, and a DVD, a golf ball rack, a shirt, a Saint Lucia Christmas figurine, a CD, and a handmade handpainted glass.
It was a good Christmas(except for all the cooking and cleaning ).
/micke

 

[Ron-P]

Time with the wife and daughter was the best. Had a nice 4 days off work. Also landed:
* Premium annual pass for Disneyland and CA. Adventure.
* Bosch 3/4" corded hammer drill
* Best Buy gift card
* Moulin Rouge sound track CD
* A Shirt
* Misc. hand tools
* Borders gift card
* Linkin Park CD
* Cigars
Peace Out~

 

[Chuck Parker]

a pretty decent Christmas

-A fun little digital camera

-Moulin Rouge DVD

-a Sears gift card (power tools!!!)

-fresh baked bread for the forseeable future (courtesy of my wife's new bread making machine)

-seeing the wide eyed expression when my daughter found a really cool dollhouse under the tree

happy holidays!

chuck

 

[Matthew Chmiel]

Today, I just got $150 more. So that brings my total count of money to: $540. $150 (awww) will be going into the bank (for later use... aka college and what not), so I'll have $390 to spend. If I haven't blown it all by Sunday evening, you will all end up being disappointed.

 

[Adam Tyner]

Thoroughly weak Christmas. I suppose it's my fault for not dropping any hints, but I find it easier to just buy things I want instead of waiting several months in the hope that they might be waiting under the tree.



I got:[*]Clothes (five shirts, one pair of Levi's blue jeans, two pairs of slacks, plus the usual socks and underwear)[*]New bedspread (sheets, comforter, pillow cases, etc.)[*]A 3-piece luggage set (I'm a shut-in, so the motivation to get me luggage is curious)[*]A pizza pan[*]Some really flimsy footrest thing[*]A $50 savings bond[/list]I bought:[*]Mother / Stepfather: DVDs (Children of the Corn, Halloween V, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness: Theatrical Cut, Blair Witch Project; $59.80 total with tax)[*]Father / Stepmother: DVDs (Suspiria, Halloween, Evil Dead II, Hellraiser, Blair Witch Project; $59.80 total)[*]Sister: DVDs (Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, X-Men; $54.56)[*]Brother: Cheap stuffed teddy bear ($5.24)[*]Aunt / Uncle: Pearl Harbor DVD ($16.06)[*]Uncle: Monty Python & The Holy Grail: Special Edition DVD (regift; $0)[*]Grandfather: Telezapper ($52.49)[*]Grandmother: ConAir paraffin bath thing/ConAir infrawhatever massager ($41.90)[*]Old Friend Of Mine: 4 Atari Lynx games (around $17)[/list]I spent less than I was expecting, but I still probably wound up spending more than I ended up getting. I know that's not the point of the holidays, but whatever... I don't mind seeing my family over Christmas (though I'd rather stay here), but I'd really prefer to not give/receive gifts.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Made out pretty good, especially with my wedding rolling around in 2.5 weeks
Two cool sweaters
Three cool shirts
Three cool slacks/pants
(Cool is subjective, I know)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Forrest Gump DVD
Gift Certs: Lowe's - $150, Best Buy - $25, CC - $100
Cordless Drill
Pictorial History of Pearl Harbor
Forrest Gump DVD
Socks
A very nice Kodak digicam with docking cradle
Some cool-ass miniature figures from Games Workshop for LOTR - specifically the Cave Troll
And of course, time with those I love. Great stuff.
My best to you and yours,
Chuck

 

[Bobby T]

new floorstanding heavy bag
wireless mouse and keyboard(now I can control everything from the couch )
a bunch of other stuff
and my first christmass being married

 

[Patrick Sun]

I don't know why I spend money on some of my hometown friends because I've being able to turn $250 worth of stuff given to them into $30 in return (a Shrek DVD and a 20-disc wallet). Pretty sad, huh? Next year, no more mr. nice guy!

From my other set of in-town friends, I got tons of Amazon $$$ gift certificates, and a Jar Jar Binks ornament for the non-existent Christmas tree (true!), a nice coat/jacket, a kitty calendar, some $$$ and clothes from the parents (I gave them a PC that's light years faster than what they have), and gave away plenty of DVDs to my friends.

To my officemates, I got each one of them their own copy of the Office Space DVD (just so they'd be up on the absurdity of Office life when I make a reference to that wonderful movie).

 

[Janna S]

I finally got a DVD player. I am now legit on this forum.
janna

 

[Jon_Are]

Today, I just got $150 more. So that brings my total count of money to: $540.

I have so many comments to make on this, I don't know where to start.

I guess I'll just let it stand.

Jon

 

[Van Patton]

George O' Leary

 

[Brian Harnish]

Lessee I got:
DVDs
Swordfish
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Dumb & Dumber
Moscow On The Hudson
And $350.00.
Just bought a new Viewsonic 17" A72f flatscreen CRT monitor with my money. And I now have $100.00 left. Hmmmm...what should I spend it on?