Merry Christmas! What'd Ya Get?

[bobman37]

As I type this, many of you already have visions of sugarplums dancing in your heads. I'm trying desperately to make myself tired. I can never sleep on Christmas Eve, no matter my level of excitement for the following morning (which has been declining over the years).

After you wake up, open gifts, eat breakfast and all the excitement settles down, why not share with the other forum members what you received! Half the fun is sharing your excitement with others.

I didn't revive an old topic because after some research ( <5 minutes) there weren't any dedicated solely to listing what you got for Christmas.

I'll post what I got sometime tomorrow. I need to somehow fall asleep first.

[Vidgmchtr]

Um, I'm pretty sure I got these two things:

1. Mario Galaxy
2. A crate of ramune

We were put on a $50 limit this year, so...I'll say what else I got later, when I've opened stuff.

EDIT: Yup, that's all I got.

[TEM]

I got Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Ghost Squad, Alive 2007 and clothes.

RE: UC is awesome so far as I've played it (only a little). I've played Ghost Squad a bit more and I can say that it is what Allah intended when he invented video games in 1991. I haven't had time to listen to Alive 2007 yet. The clothes appear to fit, but I haven't tired them on yet.

[megamush]

I got:

A PSP
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
Madden 08 (PSP)
Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP)
Geometry Wars (DS)
DK Jungle Climber (DS)
Thrillville: Off The Rails (PSP)
DDR: Hottest Party (Wii)

Yep, I'm Spoiled!

[PaperLuigi]

Mario Galaxy
Mario & Sonic
A bunch of clothing

[SolidShroom]

A really nice new guitar. An Epiphone Gold Top Les Paul if anyone cares what type of guitar it is. It is really sweet. Also, I got a sweet new mountain bike.

[Suffix]

Wow! This year is probably the most useful year ever for me! I recieved:

• An ergonomic, bead based thing for mice that I'm using for ASDW
• A Sergei Rachmaninoff CD with Piano Concertos 2 & 4
• 5mm mechanical pencils (lots of them)
• Michael Crichton's NEXT
• Brain Age 2
• Perhaps most importantly, a 250 GB external hard drive!!
• Plenty of clothing, but I need it.

I haven't seen anyone get SMG yet. I might have to buy it myself.

[Toad]

I am a big fan of Mr. Potato Head, which will explain several items on the list..

Several Mario shirts from Hot Topic (the black one with 8-Bit Mario and Bowser fighting, black shirt with long sleeves with a Super Mushroom, the SMB3 hoodie)

A retro Mrs. Potato Head (once belonged to my late Aunt Jamie, I believe)

A 55th anniversary tin filled with a recreation of most of Mr. Potato Head's original eyes/ears/etc.

Santa Spud Mr. Potato Head (as seen in Target for several weeks)

Two books on how to draw; one about drawing Manga, the other about drawing dragons (and other mythical creatures)

Rush Hour movies

The Weird Al Show on DVD

Garfield's 24th book (Garfield Takes his Licks)

A new cell phone (actually, it will be my mom's old phone because she got a new one from dad for Christmas. That's fine with me because my old phone is, well, it's old. It was her old phone the last time too, but I chose it out of pure coincidence..)

EDIT: My fiancee gave me the following.. (and updated the above list)

The Fire Mario shirt from Hot Topic (black with Fire Mario's art from New SMB on it)

Brain Age (Now I can finally see how smart I am.. or am not..)

A Mario shirt from Walmart (dark blue with Mario's head on a red and yellow logo. It says "Down since 85" under the logo)


On a side note: maybe I can get someone to take pictures of me wearing the various shirts and things, though I don't know if anybody would want to see me.. XD

[bobman37]

After a fairly sleepless night (went to bed at 11, fell asleep at 12, woke up at 2, fell back asleep at 3, finally woke up at 8), I received the following items, in no particular order:

-Letter jacket
-Noise-canceling headphones
-The Orange Box (PC)
-Transformers DVD-style
-Jeff Foxworthy DVD
-Various gift cards
-Nice sweater
-Bed sheets and comforter
-Jones Soda
-"Greatest Hits" - Boston
-School of Rock soundtrack

I will probably return the School of Rock soundtrack, since my sister already has it. I will most likely buy Alive 2007 and/or a 360 Guitar Hero controller.

It's snowing. Hard. What a great Christmas :)

[Chupperson Weird]

The Complete Prints of Yoshitaka Amano (book)
This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin (book)
The Truth about Hollywood by Brian Haas (CD)
Nice fleece jacket (clothes)
Phases by Steve Reich (CDs)
a couple other books  (books)
some money ($)
Lord of the Rings trilogy widescreen (DVDs)
Led Zeppelin shirt
Wayne Shorter CD (CD)
TENOR SAXOPHONE

[CoconutMikeNIke]

Couple of long sleeve shirts (Really needed these)
Pair of pants (needed these too)
The Simpsons Movie
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's guide
Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius (It's a book)
A belt
That's all I thought I got, until my parents got two boxes out, one for me and one for my sister.  They surprised each of us with an iPod and stereos that they can be plugged into.  We were both very surprised and very happy.  I got the Touch, and she got a Nano. 

[Sunbun]

Officially...

a set of plastic measuring cups.

Unofficially, everything I bought with my family on Black Friday and everything I will buy with them tomorrow morning.

[Ultima Shadow]

Nintendo Wii w/ Wii Sports (AWESOME)
1gb of DDR400 RAM (took a bit of anger to get working, but good to use atm)
Pajama pants (didn't even ask for them, but was a good surprise)
Gift card for selected stores (...no idea how much was put on it)
Assorted lollies and chocolates (w00t)
A box of Tim-Tams (if you don't know, they're a sort of chocolate biscuit, and really tasty with chocolate milk. Tim-Tams ftw!)

[Mr. Melee]

Way more than I could ever have imagined! I got...

-That Cort bass guitar I was drooling over
-a gynormous KUSTOM 100HD stack!
-candy
-two oranges
-body wash
-$50 Best Buy gift card
-$50 in cash
-$20 Visa gift card
-a great dinner
-an awesome time with family.

It was all incredibly fun! I'm still in shock two hours later. All this in celebration of Jesus' birth! I'm so greatful.

[Robert]

Stuffs I received this Christmas:

Super Mario Galaxy
Wii Zapper
Nights: Journey of Dreams
Metal of Honor: Heroes 2
Battalion Wars 2
Zack and Wiki: Quest for the Barbaro's Treasure
Contra 4
Spider-man 3 DVD
A new office chair
An exercise walker
new clothes
new winter coat
Terry's Chocolate Orange
Gingerbread Man
$150

I'm happy I got everything I wanted this year :)

[Bigluigifan1.0]

- "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bad Hair Day"
- "Boogie" for the Wii
- One of those cameras you can use to contact people over the internet, which also came with some headphones and a microphone.
- Two Target gift cards.
- "Peanuts" boxer shorts. O_o

I think that's all.

[N64 Chick]

Care Bear pajamas
Care Bear notebook
Two Care Bear beanies
Three Care Bear figures
Two candles
Bath stuff
Lava lamp
The Simpsons Movie
Glow in the dark butterflies
Pair of shoes/sandals/whatever
Fake lotto ticket (Luckily I knew right off the bat that it was fake as my sister tried this on my birthday too.)
A sign for my door. It looks sorta like the logo for Sesame Street, but reads "Amy Blvd."

Also, mom will be putting $20 in my bank account so I can renew my Nintendo Power subscription.

[Mr. Wiggles]

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
God of War 2
Art kit and spray can
A new wallet
Snazzy new shoes
$20
New shirt

Cream of the crop: New laptop with printer/scanner and a digital camera. It rules.

Pics to come later when I'm not lazy.

[Boo Dudley]

A heap of clothes I'll never wear.

Oh, joy!

[BP]

-Toshiba Laptop
-Exactly $100 cash
-$105 in assorted gift cards ($15 of which is ten-month-late birthday money O_o)
-Two pairs of fluffy brown socks (but no red and white-striped socks)
-A package of Swedish Fish (gone)

Needless to say, I have no reason to complain about this Christmas. There was even shrimp dip and ham.

[Suffix]

Stuffs I received this Christmas:

...
A new office chair
...

Lucky! I asked for a new office chair, but the closest thing I got was that ergonomic wrist rest. Which isn't very close.

[Corleone]

Gold Legend of Zelda Nintendo DS
New Super Mario Bros.
Mario Kart DS
Super Mario 64 DS
Big Brain Academy
Brain Age 2
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
School supplies
Bag of Lindor truffles
128 MB USB Flash Drive
Model car
Money

[Kimimaru]

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
(Both amazing)
2GB SD card for the Wii(Saved for making custom levels on Brawl)
New pajamas


No snow :( but still a great Christmas with a great dinner.

[Jman]

Three Amigos (The movie with Steve Martin).
Madden '08 for Wii.
A Wii (when the stores become restocked, that is).
NFL's Greatest Follies DVD.
About $325 cash.

[Rao]

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - The Sameness Of Difference, and Walking With Giants (CDs)
JFJO t-shirt
Pat Metheny Group - Offramp (CD)
Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth (CD)
Weather Report, Live at Montreux (DVD)
Harry Potter 1 through 5 (DVDs)
Spider Man 1 through 3 (DVDs)
A check for $60 and $80 in cash
Led Zeppelin t-shirt
Lap steel guitar. (instrument)

[Corleone]

Your family gets you guitars? I should try that next year...

[Vidgmchtr]

I got a total of about $80 from relatives, so I used some of that money to buy Trauma Center: New Blood for the Wii.

If I get some more from others, I might buy Phantom Hourglass.

[Raccoon Sam]

Why do all Christmas threads include 'What did you get' instead of 'What did you give'?

[Suffix]

We rarely feel that great about what we give other people, perhaps? The funny thing about such a topic is that it could also seem selfish and materialistic to boast about what we gave to other people.

[bobman37]

I feel great about what I give others, because I know they are things they will enjoy and things they appreciate.

However, a topic entailing gifts given instead of gifts received is not a great idea.

[Glorb]

Well, just for your information, I gave some pretty good stuff this year, including a High School Musical DVD for my sister (buying that was the equivalent of being seen in a Hot Topic...egh), a stuffed toy for my friend, a Queen T-shirt for my other friend, a copy of Gears of War that I have yet to give to a third friend, a set of spatulas for my mom, and I forget what I got my dad, although I'm sure it was something awesome and manly.

[GiftedGirl]

Before I say what I got, I want to say what I got for Mom and Dad. I got Mom an elephant statue(she's got an entire shelf devoted to elephants!) and birthstone earrings, while Dad got a can of nuts. Bill's Nuts.

And now for what I got:

~ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD
~ strongbad_email.exe disc 5
~ Everyting Else vol 3
~ Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
~ A cookie
~ A Hershey bar
~ Teriyaki jerky
~ Whoppers(the candy, not the burger!)
~ Super Mario Galaxy
~ A big Pikachu pillow
~ Drawn to Life
~ Sonic Rush
~ MySims(yay!)
~ Cooking Mama: Cook Off
~ Four pairs of PUPPY SOCKS! 8D
~ Sculpture of a golden retriever mother and her puppy("Golden Kisses")
~ A book on... penguins... ^u^
~ UNDERDOG!!! *singing* Speed of lightning, roar of thunder...
~ And money.

[WarpRattler]

- A massive amount of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon cards. I have no idea why.
- Both of the Lego Star Wars games.
- Some sort of "ultimate board game collection" for the PS2...which actually contains less games than Clubhouse Games.
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA with dance mat.
- The Gamecube version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (we didn't have a lot of money for presents this year, so I got a lot of older games).
- Three $20 gift cards, which I sold to my dad so that I could get Astro Boy: Omega Factor, the GBA version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and a Supercard an EZFlash 3-in-1.
- Uno Attack.
- Some older PS2 titles (Metal Gear Solid 2, Resident Evil 4, and some Tom Clancy game) and some DVDs.

We also bought some other stuff with Christmas gift cards, including another LotR game, the PC version of Taito Legends 2, and season 2 of Justice League Unlimited. Also, my brother and I are getting Guitar Hero III as a late present (because my parents couldn't find any copies of it or something).

[bobman37]

Hey, my brother got RE4 too! I love that game. Best PS2 game I've ever played (besides Guitar Hero).

Things purchased with Christmas money/gift cards:

I Am America (And So Can You!)
Best of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Guitar Hero Gibson X-plorer guitar

[Kuromatsu]

A bit late but...

-Nexon Cash Gift Card (For 25k)
-$100 Visa Gift card
-$50 Amaxon gift card
-$50 of some other Wal-Mart GIFT CARD... (They sure are unorginal...)
-A Very Soft Bath Robe/Robe Robe.
-A "Halo 3" T-Shirt (Not a regular striped one!)
-Guitar hero 3 (X360)
-....Forgot....

[SolidShroom]

-Nexon Cash Gift Card (For 25k)

$25,000? O_o

[Lizard Dude]

What's with all the PS2 RE4 in this thread?

Don't you people have... Cubes?

[SolidShroom]

Or Wiis?

[bobman37]

Don't you people have... Cubes?

Or Wiis?

No.

[Kuromatsu]

$25,000? O_o

No No No... The Nexon Gift card had money that was used exclusively for this game called "MapleStory." it had 25,000 points. (Not $)

Every 1000 points was worth a dollar though.

[Glorb]

What's with all the PS2 RE4 in this thread?

Don't you people have... Cubes?

That's like asking why so many people own the unrated edition of a movie instead of the theatrical version. 'Cause it's better.

[Chupperson Weird]

Graphically underpowered is better? Y'know, not to overestimate the importance of graphics, but still.

[Lizard Dude]

Yeah PS2 version has some added stuff, but worse graphics.

Wii edition FTW I guess.

[Glorb]

The only noticeable differences between the two are less fog, and less detail when the camera is half an inch away from something. Other than that, it looks just as awesome. Of course, the Wii version is the best, but really only if you play on a GC controller; I just don't like the Wii control scheme.

[Lizard Dude]

Wait, can you play on an a Cube controller?

[Mr. Melee]

Just got back from my mom's house, and I got the belated presents she was never able to drop off!

-Nintendo hat and shirt combo
-M&Ms
-a Reese's Santa
-Mortal Kombat Plug 'n' Play TV thing

We also visited a local record store where I was able to pick up Volume 1 (and almost bought Volume 2 as well) of Young Buckethead! And, when I got home about 20 minutes ago, I found Buckethead's Colma CD in the mail! :D

[yuui14]

Super mario galaxy
Model Railway
Chocolates
A Water slide for summer
and $40

[neotev]

I got A Laptop and a CamCorder/camera which is pretty cool, I think Im going to get a new ipod because my other one broke and is too old to send to apple to get it fixed.