Post your Christmas Hauls!

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:20 am

One of the most celebrated traditions of the Christmas season is the giving and recieving of gifts to and from people you care about. So lets share the joy a little bit more and hear what you had under the tree and in your stocking this year!

I got:
Metroid Prime 2: Echos
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Volumes 2 and 3
Sealab 2021 Volume 1
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Special Extended Edition
A Logitech MX510 Mouse
$70
A whole crapload of candy
a 12 pack of Dew
Cookies and foodstuffs and popcorn
Oh, and a few pounds of Venison meats! Mmmmm, steaks and sausages, yummy yummy!

So what did you jokers all come away with?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:26 am

HP Pavillion ZV5320ca
Backpack for it

I bought my wife a nice New Zeleand Woolo sweater that she absolutely loves.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:33 am

Rio Forge MP3 Player
Foosball Table
5.1 Speakers for PC in Rec Room
Undershirts & Underwear
Shirts & Pants

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:36 am

Concert tickets (dropkick murphys/bouncingsouls, biffy clyro)
money (standing at 70 quid atm)
a weird..clock, thing..
Some sweets
jeepers creepers, scary movie 3, and texas chainsaw massacare on DVD

im going to treat myself to a couple new sets of strings, strap, maybe a wireless kit, 25 foot instrument cable, and some CDs if money allows. And beer.

to my mum: flowers, bath spa (from me and my bro), oven mits

dad: sweets, alcohol, and some money towards a new drill
bro: DVDs, more to come...
ex gf/ex bestfriend: earrings, white rose
ex's mum

: white rose
ex's sister: white rose

my friends girlfriend: thumb ring & red rose.

damn. im in sooooooooo much trouble this time of year. =)

Max_T · Post by **Max_T** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:26 am

I bought myself a gift

53" panasonic HDTV RPTV

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:49 am

pirates of the caribbean soundtrack
smore maker
WWII book
couple of polo shirts
sweater
a nice tie
$80
Indiana Jones DVD set
black leather hitman gloves

and my girlfriend got me:

Oceans 11
spiderman 2
its a wonderful life
shiatload of candy
stuffed reindeer
$15 gift certificate to Fry's Electronics

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:00 am

"Post your Christmas Hauls!"
that is really a greedy, horrible way of conveying to the internet what gifts you received on your pagan holiday.

my bestest pallys gifted me:
1 liter of jack daniels
1 badass sequence to a song i wrote
1 spalding gray monologue in print
1 "the joy of having peeps that will take bullets for me"

merry merry

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:14 pm

Youre such a downer Cops.

I'll post my gifts after I get back from my grandmas later this evening.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:13 pm

Electric Guitar
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
and a Wrestling Action Figure

I got my brother an MGS2 Snake Action Figure and a The A Team action figure set (real old, like from the 80s!)

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:18 pm

A bunch of DVDs (Azumanga Daioh 4-6, How to Steal a Million, The Many Adventures of Whinnie the Pooh) and photography reference books.

Sapphire Wolf · Post by **Sapphire Wolf** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:50 pm

here's mine:
Pokemon: Jirachi Wishmaker DVD
2nd set of homestar runner figurines.
another Strongbad Sings
Coach Z shirt
Strong Sad Shirt
Bubs Shirt
Another CGNU University Shirt
Shrek 2 DVD
How to draw Simpsons characters.
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Metroid fusion
Black GameBoy Advance SP
256 MB BusDrive
Another Playstation 2 Controller
A DDR Pad

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 3:59 pm

I got to come home for christmas. What more could I ask for?

Oh yeah, got a swiss army knife too =)

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:15 pm

Welcome Home and Merry Christmas Stingy

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:38 pm

Kirby and the amazing mirror (GBA)
Silver iPod mini
Cool clock/message thingy
Candy
Glowing USB 2.0 cables

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:52 pm

I got:

a stereo
ATHF vol 3 DVD
Halo 2
Alex Zanardi's bio
a few other minor odds & sods
spent some time with me mum and my sis & her hubby

Viralphrame · Post by **Viralphrame** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:52 pm

Half-Life 2
Need for Speed Underground 2 (Xbox)
One of those new slim PS2s. (YAY FOR BURNED GAMES.

)

Wang_Lo · Post by **Wang_Lo** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:26 pm

i just got money. $500 i dunno what to buy yet!

SolidAir · Post by **SolidAir** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:24 pm

Half-Life 2
Applied Cryptography
Orbital - The Blue Album
The Orb - Bicycles and Tricycles
Sheets for my bed
Nice long sleeve shirt

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:28 pm

HL2 (havn't played it yet)
UT 2004 (kinda boring)
$100 fish tank (2 fish are already dead)
A ball bearing yo-yo (busted string already)
a second crystal dragon
A peruvian Dryadila Phyaetusa
And the ubiquitous clothing

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:30 pm

A nice "mini"-sized Mp3 player (Rio Carbon) and a Audigy 2 ZS that I treated myself to, plus the usual doodads and trinkets.

sheepdog · Post by **sheepdog** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:50 pm

I'm clicking it right now! My Logitech MX510. Thanks to your advice DBBers!

And a Vera Stevens ultra backpack but I wouldn't expect you male types to understand the appeal of that!

Margo

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:01 pm

what does it have a built in mini-bar or something?

Verran · Post by **Verran** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:22 pm

- New mobile phone with PhoneTools software
- Half-Life 2
- Farscape DVD Season 1
- Conan DVD - The Complete Quest
- Return of the King DVD - Special Extended Edition
- RA Salvatore's "The Two Swords" hardback
- DVD-R pack
- A new coat
- A new toilet seat (long story)
- $200 from the folks
- NordicTrack 7600R Treadmill

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:22 pm

Clothes (lots)
HL2
NFS Underground 2 (Xbox)
Aerosmith live DVD
Watch
Wallet
Couple of hundred bucks

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:24 am

My 24th Bday was the 1st of this month, so I'll do a monthly tally from stuff I got for myself and from friends and family.

Home Theater Surround Sound System.
LOTR: TTT Extended Edition DVD.
LOTR: ROTK Extended Edition DVD.
Star Wars Trilogy DVD.
Van Helsing DVD.
3 Packs of CD-RW disks.
2 Packs of CD-R disks.
2 $20.00 gift cards.
NFS Underground 2 (PS2)
MLB Baseball 2005 (PS2)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PS2)
SSX 3 (PS2)
Extra PS2 Memory Card.
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion: Paperback edition.
Pandora: Paperback edition.
Vittorio: Paperback edition.
Three real nice long sleeve shirts.
Couple of nice long sleeve sweaters.
Phoenix Suns ballcap.
Phoenix Suns Practice Jersey.
Logitech Webcam.
DVD Racks.
an awesome dragon statuette.
Bunch of Sunflower Seeds and Jumbo Sunflower seeds. (Love those things).

It's been a good month

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:19 am

-Ferrari F1 technical analysis book
-America: the Book (by the Daily Show)
-a creeper for workin under my car
-candy
-a heavy coat
-some desk organizers
-cash
-$50 in best buy gift cards
-a combination 5" tv/cd player/flashlight/radio/compass/thermometer/mp3 player thing
-2 DVDs of Red Skelton (teh funny)
-some clothes
-$50 gift card for a car wash place here

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:51 am

Vindicator wrote:-Ferrari F1 technical analysis book

Now that is a cool gift!

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:53 am

$250 in cash/checks mailed from relatives
3 gift cards - $40 to Best Buy, $20 to Circuit City
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Call of Duty
Unreal II
LotR: RotK CD soundtrack
The Crystal Method - Legion of Boom DVD-A
Massive Attack - 100th Window
The Thing 2004 Collector's Edition DVD
Spider-Man 2 DVD
Super Mario Advance 4 (GBA)

Mostly from friends. Although it's fair to say I gave more than I received.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:22 am

treated myself to a fuji A-340 digital camera
$100 from my mom
about $45 worth of tools that I needed to work on my car (misc wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers and allen tools)
Dynamite Mega 2 quick charger/discharger (also has the OMG long time trickle charge option)
a BIG lighter (I'm always loosin mine)
some candy

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:14 am

Ok, I got:

KDS 17" flatscreen moniter
Logitech Elite Keyboard
The Last Samari DVD
Spider-Man 2 DVD
I Robot DVD
Shrek 2 DVD
Star Trek 4 Special Edition DVD
The Man Who Knew Too Much DVD (Alfred Hitchcock film)
The new album Fear by Switchback with my name mentioned in the special thanks.
Beef Jerky
Hershey's Pot Of Gold Chocolates
Avatar After Shave
Concourse Travel Bag
Car Trave Kit
Box Of Juicy Fruit
Box of Mini Charlston Chews
2 White Chocolate Snow Men
And a Bright Idea Plasma Lamp
A nice plate full of bannana bread, cranberry bread, a tangarine, and an orange from my boss.
I also got a Poinsettia for my Mom from my boss.

But I still didn't get a gf from X-Mas

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:20 am

I got <3

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:20 am

Oh... I forgot my windproof lighter. That thing kicks a.ss.

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:10 pm

I got:

300 US dollars cash money
25 pack DVD+R Media
6 pack of Boxer shorts
2 pair Board Shorts
1 red short sleeve shirt
1 black short sleeve shirt
1 pair Zalman ZM-RS6F 5.1 Surround headphones
1 Norelco Cordless Electric Razor
1 appetizer-sized cutting board
1 variety pack of beef jerkey
1 plane ticket to Santa Barbara California
1 Kenneth Cole Leather Travel-type toiletries bag.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:26 pm

Well, since it's still piled in my family room, this should be easy enough

:

-Return of the King Extended Edition (trilogy marathon, here I come!

)
-Sonic Mega Collection, Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando, 007: Agent Under Fire, and Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, all for PS2
-Jersey Devil for PS1
-Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, both for GBA
-Myst IV: Revelation for the PC (turn down the lights, crank up the sound, and immerse yourself...

)
-A few CDs: The Matrix score, Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, narrated by Boris Karloff (:D)
-The third and fourth books in the Wheel of Time series (nowhere near as good as Tolkien, but I just want to find out what happens next)
-A University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hen Christmas ornament

-Lord of the Rings wall calendar
-For the family, two Pelican Black Magic wireless controllers for the PS2
-A model train car (my dad's been getting them for myself and my brothers for the past few years)
-Assorted clothing from parents (which, as any kid will tell you, doesn't count

)

Adding to this, I also picked up a few things for myself before Christmas, including a used N64 and a copy of Ocarina of Time, the latter of which I'm realizing has earned the title of one of the best games of all time (and which is keeping me up until ungodly hours of the morning

). All in all, it's been one good haul.

SolidAir · Post by **SolidAir** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:27 pm

1 Norelco Cordless Electric Razor

Just one? Normally, people get 2 of those.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:59 pm

Sounds like that scene from fight club.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:03 pm

WarAdvocat wrote:I got:

1 appetizer-sized cutting board

O_o

JohnnnY · Post by **JohnnnY** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:35 pm

Not much:

Clothes
Clothes
Oh yeah, more clothes
Authentic Packers Jersey
White Packers fitted hat
Preorder for Gran Turismo 4
A New calendar
Good graces so that the Eagles choke in the playoffs( TO out for season)
A chance for the Packers to go to the Super Bowl( I think I got this)

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:15 am

Forgot... I got Metroid Prime. Kicks ass. Just got the wave beam.

Was skeptical to play it cuz it's so... non... sidescrolly. But it's amazing so far.

Samuel Dravis · Post by **Samuel Dravis** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:47 am

Top Gun wrote:Myst IV: Revelation for the PC (turn down the lights, crank up the sound, and immerse yourself...)

Mmm...make sure you get the patch before you try to play it very far. It'll save you a lot of trouble. It's a great game though.

I got a nice new computer, a few books on physics and math, a mug from the Air and Space museum, some Homestarrunner static clings, a 4.5 inch reflector telescope (up to 675x - sweet), a gift card and some clothes.