What did you get for Christmas then?

[Anpanman]

Well pleased with my gifts;

Time Crisis Razing Storm
Vanquish
Move gun attachment thingy
Treasures of Man Utd book
Headphones
Lottery ticket and a scratchcard

[JazzFunk]

Proper ****ey this year, possibly the worst selection of gifts I've ever witnessed since I heard my granny speaking of stockings full of nuts n' oranges back before she was dead.

Spent £20 on my sister-in-law's birthday prezzie (it was on the 17th) THEN spend another £20 on her for Xmas. Have already spent over £20 on my bro's birthday prezzie (it was in March) and then spend £24 on him for Xmas, and that was all on "cool, thoughtful gifts". So, that's £84 in total for combined bday/xmas prezzes.

So, as I'm also a December birthday (the 18th), they 'consolidate' all my Xmas/bday gifts into 'one unit' and I get:

1. Darksiders on Xbox 360 (Deadly Premonition was my first choice, this my second, I was hoping for just both, nothing else, I *really* wanted to open DP on Xmas day)

2. A Stylophone (absolute ****e, the stylus-heavy Korg synth on DS drops logs all over it, and I've had that over a year. Erm, did I ever mention to anyone I wanted a Stylophone? Did I?? Even in the 80s, did I??? No. Why, God, why????)

3. A 'Carnivorous Plant' grow kit (in other words, a f*cking Venus Fly Trap, something I'd never want, basically a f*cking seed with packaging around it)

Wouldn't give that much of a f*ck, 'cept they're pulling in £37k+ between them and I'm busting a gut pushing £13k max with bills to pay. I know this might sound bitter, pointless, pathetic, but I ALWAYS think about the gifts I get them, everyone, always consider, always splash the cash, and always get back gifts costing *more than slightly less*, yet this is the *ultimate* exemplar of "The Law Of Diminishing Returns", these were the ****test gifts I've ever had from them, I'm shaken, son, and I'm gonna be getting distinctly lo-budget come next Christmas.

Not only f*cking that, I get boxers, a dressing gown and a Nike hoodie off the girlfriend, all functional yet entirely unimaginative gifts. I put LOVE into hers. Baaaargh!!!!

Apols for such blog-like whinging, I don't give a **** if I appear to be an ungrateful, spiteful cad/sad wanker, I just *NEED* to vent.

Bah, at least I've got Darksiders (but I can get it for -£5 now...)

People...

[paul]

A mixture of birthday and Christmas presents for me:

Inception - Special Edition Blu Ray
Fable 3
Paul Smith scarf
Masterchief cookbook.
Ralph Lauren Polo shirt

[kernow]

Proper ****ey this year, possibly the worst selection of gifts I've ever witnessed since I heard my granny speaking of stockings full of nuts n' oranges back before she was dead.

Spent ?20 on my sister-in-law's birthday prezzie (it was on the 17th) THEN spend another ?20 on her for Xmas. Have already spent over ?20 on my bro's birthday prezzie (it was in March) and then spend ?24 on him for Xmas, and that was all on "cool, thoughtful gifts". So, that's ?84 in total for combined bday/xmas prezzes.

So, as I'm also a December birthday (the 18th), they 'consolidate' all my Xmas/bday gifts into 'one unit' and I get:

1. Darksiders on Xbox 360 (Deadly Premonition was my first choice, this my second, I was hoping for just both, nothing else, I *really* wanted to open DP on Xmas day)

2. A Stylophone (absolute ****e, the stylus-heavy Korg synth on DS drops logs all over it, and I've had that over a year. Erm, did I ever mention to anyone I wanted a Stylophone? Did I?? Even in the 80s, did I??? No. Why, God, why????)

3. A 'Carnivorous Plant' grow kit (in other words, a f*cking Venus Fly Trap, something I'd never want, basically a f*cking seed with packaging around it)

Wouldn't give that much of a f*ck, 'cept they're pulling in ?37k+ between them and I'm busting a gut pushing ?13k max with bills to pay. I know this might sound bitter, pointless, pathetic, but I ALWAYS think about the gifts I get them, everyone, always consider, always splash the cash, and always get back gifts costing *more than slightly less*, yet this is the *ultimate* exemplar of "The Law Of Diminishing Returns", these were the ****test gifts I've ever had from them, I'm shaken, son, and I'm gonna be getting distinctly lo-budget come next Christmas.

Not only f*cking that, I get boxers, a dressing gown and a Nike hoodie off the girlfriend, all functional yet entirely unimaginative gifts. I put LOVE into hers. Baaaargh!!!!

Apols for such blog-like whinging, I don't give a **** if I appear to be an ungrateful, spiteful cad/sad wanker, I just *NEED* to vent.

Bah, at least I've got Darksiders (but I can get it for -?5 now...)

People...

Dude a Venus Fly Trap! They are badical!

[Darwock]

Very hard to keep alive though. Mine all went black after a few months. In that time they ate one or two flies by my reckoning, so at least they experienced a full and rewarding life.

[k0pp0]

Surface Detail (Iain M Banks)

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

Home made truffles
Montezuma's Chocolates
Home made Jams

Some ace running gloves
A powerball (I'm strengthening my fingers and forearms for mountain biking - it's absolutely perfect for arm pump)
A bottle of Merlot
A running top

A few other things. All good.

That Iain M Banks book was completely off my radar.. Started it yet?

[Adam Stone]

I was spoilt rotten this year... I received:

Donkey Kong Returns
New Super Mario Bros
Kinect
A Rocky Bathrobe
A new art pad (Smooth Bristol Board) and pencils
Plus fluffy socks, brightly coloured pants, chocolates, a vase, some cooking pans, funky little toys like bows and arrows (never grow out of those), money, a cute teddy, Mario keyring, a zelda keyring, Itunes vouchers, crate of beer, a LOTR mug, a couple of CDs, three DVDs and a two hats!

But... best of all... my partner and I welcomed in the new member of our family, Baby Mo:



Very very grateful to all!

[wicky]

Baby Mo is awesome super cute

[Dirty Sanchez]

NASA's Greatest Missions
Monopoly Evolution
Gren Rugby Addicts game
Couple of books
Single pair of novelty Socks (yay!)
Huge block of stilton and a slate cheeseboard with assorted cheeses
Bottle of port

Sweet!

[dataDave]

Dude a Venus Fly Trap! They are badical!

They are, however the ones that come packaged up like that are extremely hard to get going.

My first one was the best, it ate a wasp once even.

[Spooky]

Well, my Christmas stash was a lot better than expected, so I'm a very happy Spooky! So, in no particular order, I was given...

XBOX 360 Slim 4GB - (It's not really slim is it?!) Given to me a few months back as an early Christmas present as the girlfriend didn't know if she'd bought the right thing or if I'd actually want it! Took the 2 games that came with it to CEX, who gave me ?64 for them in exchange so got myself 5 games I actually wanted... Demon's Souls (Black Phantom Edition), Bayonetta, Uncharted 2, Darksiders and Infamous.

Farscape Definitive Collection DVD Box Set
Alien Anthology Blu-Ray
Sky Crawlers DVD
Vinyl Figures (awesome!)
X-Series Sony Walkman 16GB (Bought by myself with the help of a generous present of ?90 of John Lewis vouchers so only had to stump up ?39 as it was in the sale! I bought it purely for video, as my A-series is my music player of choice... just a beautiful, full, warm sound).
A Pac-Man Alarm Clock
Mug with a handle like some weird 6 legged tarantula
T-Shirts
And the usual wine & chocs & other miscellaneous yum yums!

Seriously happy Spooky!

[k0pp0]

Vouchers totalling 50 quid
Deadly Premonition
Vanquish
Fallout 3 GOTY
GH 6
Trousers
Couple of shirts
Socks
Cookbook x 2

Not a bad lot really - this year though it was all about the nipper.

[fallenangle]

I was given Deadly Premonition too - had been on my Amazon Wish List for months so very pleased. Only other gaming related thing was a molex Y splitter I'll need to clone one of my Xboxes HDDs when I've plucked up the courage to try replacing it with a larger one.

Most of the other pressies were of the usual OK-ish but not essential type. But I did get one thing I've been happy to use in the cold weather over the last two winters. a couple more pairs of long-johns. If you feel the cold, believe me, your legs will love you. Not exactly stylish though so not recommended if you're going to be stripping off - erm, for any reason