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[TDK]

Dunno about you bitches, but we be early risers up in this bitch, and hence have already finished present openings and things (as well as the tradition of eating cinnamon rolls and oh my god cinnamon rolls nnnnnngh)

So, as is NPF's christmas tradition, this is the present posting thread!



I received a wonderful array of items, in part I think due to the fact that my parents no longer have any children living at home as of this year, and so probably have a lot more spare income.

The highlights of my list include:

A very nice survival knife (I had one that I used for all sorts of tasks, and it broke, so I needed a new one. This is the one I got. (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Ultimate-Survival-Knife-Compass/dp/B000AP4Y16/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1322771149&sr=8-3) The knife is very nice, but honestly the sheath is kinda shit. Might get a new one, or just reinforce this one with some leather and metal.)

One of those folding utility knife thingies (http://www.amazon.com/Kobalt-Tri-blade-Folding-Utility-Knife/dp/B0016D5F4Q) which is all kinds of awesome. Very sturdy.

A nice drill gun (deWalt, 18V)

A racquetball racquet (was having to rent from the rec centre, and their racquets are terrible) and some balls

The best t-shirt (http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=DC-PREENACT&Category_Code=DC-SHIRTS)

A few other small things, a nice coat, some drill bits, some very nice jeans (carhart, I think), a hot glue gun.

Oh! And a 32" flatscreen for my apartment.


I feel somewhat spoiled in posting this. This is a completely inordinate amount of awesome things. This was a good christmas.


Lessons learned this year:
1. Christmas is better when you aren't a child and can appreciate things.
2. Tools are the best presents.

[Melfice]

Absolutely nothing but a nice dinner cooked by my mother.

[Kim]

Got the remastered version of Utena Volume 1, a $25 Gamestop gift card, Evangelion 1.11 in BluRay, Evangelion 2.22 in BluRay, Super Mario 3D Land, some biscotti, and some hot chocolate.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

we be early risers up in this bitch.

This is humerous to me as your post has a timestamp of 5.14PM.

As for the question; money, booze, chocolate. Woo Christmas/sarcasm

[Betty Elms]

A few cases of Faygo, face paint, tickets for the gathering, some sweet fuckin hatchet merch, 19th century russian literature, the same things I ask for every year pretty much.

[CABAL49]

Absolutely nothing cause I am five thousand miles from home.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Nothing (Money)

[Doc ock rokc]

I got a digital recorder that is Dragon compatible. So I never need to write notes again and I can keep up with ideas/schedules

Another Rubic's cube. which is FANTASTIC as the last one broke a few months ago due to over use

A VERY awesome batman tshirt done by my favorite comic book artiest a comfy woolly green sweater a nice new pair of blue jeans

The HD Remake of Ico & Shadow of the Colossus

A electric trimmer

and the Autobiography/biography of Steve Jobs (which came from no where as I really didn't like Steve that much)

[mauve]

A knitted headband with a big ol' flower on it
A necklace with a tiny little birdcage
A big sparkly purple scarf/pashmina thingie
A green hooded vest
An iPod Nano (because my iPod Mini finally broke this March and nobody will fix it cuz they stopped making Minis years ago)
A coupon for an item from either ThinkGeek or the Valve Store. This one will take a LOT OF THOUGHT. :(

And the best thing: A paper bag puppet shaped like Admiral Ackbar that my sister made for me as a gag gift. He is GLORIOUS and I ADORE HIM. Yelling "IT'S A TRAP" is so much more fun when it involves making squeaky voices and waving a puppet around in peoples' faces.

Also: A lot of candy. SO MUCH CANDY.

[Arcanum]

A bunch of a new t-shirts and collared (casual) shirts, which is fantastic since my wardrobe has been ridiculously small lately. Also a coat and a zip-up sweater.

A bottle of Crown Royal and this box that came with a mickey of rye whiskey, vodka, spiced rum, and a booklet with a bunch of drinks you can make.

Arkham City and Sonic Generations.

Gift certificates to the local mall.

And finally an assorted bunch of chocolates and candy, including a full-sized Toblerone.

[Seil]

BOOKS
Origin Of The Species by Charles Darwin
How To Talk To Girls by Alec Greven
The Social Animal by David Brooks
The Darwin Awards: Countdown To Extinction by Wendy Northcut
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
The Art Of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau

MOVIES
Hanna
Arthur
The Commitments/The Full Monty Double Feature
The Hangover II
Family Guy Season 9
High Strung
Lapsia Ja Aikuisia

CDs
Supertramp, Crime Of THe Century
Arkelles, Jackson Square
Decemberists, The Hazards Of Love
Jully Black, Revival
Winnie The Pooh soundtrack

MISCELLANEOUS
Picture
Soap

[Flarecobra]

Nothing.

[Seil]

:hug:

[Professor Smarmiarty]

A few cases of Faygo, face paint, tickets for the gathering, some sweet fuckin hatchet merch, 19th century russian literature, the same things I ask for every year pretty much.

On this note I got a real nice edition of Oblomov. but I don't have room in my bag to take it home so the perso who gave it to me is going to look after it for me. Which was basically their plan all along.
Aside from that I got nothing but some smokes.

[Solid Snake]

So far, it's: Ski jacket, shirts, socks, Louie Season 1 DVD, sneakers, a freaking sweet $100 set of high-quality earphones, and Assassin's Creed Revelations.

Oh and apparently Atlus gave me a Yosuke P4 romance for Christmas which is freaking awesome, thank you Atlus. Now please erase all evidence of the existence of the P4 anime and you will have given me the best Christmas presents ever.

[Locke cole]

A Nintendo 3DS, a copy of Super Mario 3D Land, a copy of Sin And Punishment: Star Successor, a sketchbook, a book on perspective, a poseable art manikin, a copy of Inheritance, a copy of A Feast For Crows, All of Princess Tutu (better than the name suggests) on DVD, a rolling alarm clock (as in, it rolls away from you so that you can't catch it without actually waking up), gift cards for Starbucks and Barnes & Noble, and 2* Homestuck God-Tier hoodies (Void and Doom)

*Actually, we have five. Some sort of shopping cart or shipping error got us three more (2X Space, 1X Rage). My brother's keeping one of the Space ones, and we're gonna attempt to return the other two.

[Ecks]

I wound up with a copy of Mario Kart 7, a God Tier Breath tee, some homemade sweets courtesy my mother, and one I haven't opened yet.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

I got Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, a Wii Motion Plus controller, a bitchin' buck knife for the next time I go hunting, the first season of Heroes, Princess Bride on DVD, and $250 from assorted family members.

[Fenris]

4 belts
a very nice coat and sweater
some fraternity stuff (pins, hoodie, tshirt)
an Arthur Pryor CD
luggage bags
a Sonatina for trombone and piano
Dr. Who DVD's and a plastic Sonic Screwdriver
an iPhone and case
probably some other stuff, i'm bad at remembering things. Today has been spent configuring the phone and spending time with family.

[Bard The 5th LW]

A Nook Tablet.
A bunch of ties.
A bunch of sweaters.
A nice winter Jacket
Nice pair of plaid pants.
Some shirts.
Electric Razor.
L.A. Noire
Ghost Rider on DVD
Deck of Tarot Cards (keep people on their toes with surprise fortune telling)

[Aerozord]

I gots one major gift, a Fender electric guitar with all the trimmings

[stefan]

shitloads of film (as in, a fourpack of kodak, assorted film out of production, a nine-roll fuji grabbag, and a five-pack of velvia 50)
the Hark! A Vagrant book
Gundam Epyon model kit
$25 theater gift card
$25 amazon gift card


the only real damper on it was that my parents ordered an Olympus XA rangefinder compact, but the film advance spool and the focusing mechanism were broken on arrival.

[Gregness]

Three packs of Magic: Innistrad.
Three pounds of chocolate covered almonds
Assorted other candy
$50 gift card to Olive Garden
$20 gift card to the local movie theater (Hint from Mom: Take a girl to dinner and a movie).
A new pair of shoes.
Eight pairs of socks.
Two new pairs of jeans.

[Nikose Tyris]

A new handmade Tunic.
A kitkat bar.
Bag of new socks.
New Razors.
Quality time with my baby sister.

The last one is the best part.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

With my Christmas loot I just bought a slew of comics nearing a hundred dollars.

[Solid Snake]

Quality time with my baby sister.


Pack your bags and leave everyone, Nik just won Christmas.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Sonic generations for ps3
kirby return to dreamland for wii
and $50

[pochercoaster]

Wine
Nail polish
Applebee's gift card (not really fond of applebee's but whatever, free dinner!)
Pink-purple scarf and toque
The Sims 3 :D

[phil_]

As I've already mentioned and apologized for, I got a nifty Wacom tablet like I've been dreaming of since I was in high school, so that gets a line break to itself.

I also got a new belt, a depressing book, a bunch of gift cards for food and other not-foods, a new hoody jacket, more food, candy, groceries, a whole day with my nephews and nieces, and a knee & elbow injury to go along with it from playing basketball.

A knitted headband with a big ol' flower on it
A necklace with a tiny little birdcage
A big sparkly purple scarf/pashmina thingie
A green hooded vest

And the best thing: A paper bag puppet shaped like Admiral Ackbar that my sister made for me as a gag gift. He is GLORIOUS and I ADORE HIM. Yelling "IT'S A TRAP" is so much more fun when it involves making squeaky voices and waving a puppet around in peoples' faces.Also, I got the mental image of Mauve wearing all this at once.

[Hatake Kakashi]

I got a bit this year as well.

A remote control caddy for my new apartment.
An antique wall clock set into a Japanese fan.
Several Asian-themed wall decorations.
Four jars of home-brewed spiced and spiked honey flavored with brandy, blackstrap rum?, fresh lemons, cinnamon and cloves.
A jar of homemade apple butter.
A jar of peanut M&Ms and a gift card for the theater for making the closest guess as to how many M&Ms were in the jar (I was two off).
A $25 Gamestop Gift Card. Anyone know if you can use those for online purchases?
A dashboard Anti-Road-Rage angel.
A sweet antique ceramic Japanese mug whose writings I will translate later in my studies.
A deck of really old-looking Japanese playing cards. Still looking for the date on them.
An old Japanese card-wallet.
An old Japanese paper fan.
Three identical knit sweaters (originally intended to be one, but my mother accidentally bought three, which is freakin' sweet, cause they look really classy).
A Christmas Candy Cane Puzzle Set, containing a "Beginner Puzzle" (broken into 6 pieces), an "Intermediate Puzzle" (24 Pieces), and an "Advanced Puzzle" (973,454 pieces).
Some really awesome Japanese basket-weave laminated coasters.
A Chinese Cook Book (for variety).
A bottle of Bacon Soda.
An Angry Birds plushie.
A pair of Korean Brass Hot Plates.
A musical party tie.
A rather kickass necklace.
Tons of baked goodies.
A pack of Cat's Butt Chewing Gum (8 Pieces of Kiss My Ass attitude!).
A Big Turk Bar (Anyone know what Turkish Delight is?).
A Root Beer Candy Cane.
A Gallon of Egg Nog.
And an awesome dinner with my mother, my sister, her husband, my nieces, and our friends. I feel blessed.

[Fifthfiend]

The Galaxy Nexus i'm gonna say is maybe one entire percent of the way to being a Motherbox.

[Amake]

Money, more money, a gift card, a knife set, a How I Met Your Mother box and a couple of board games. Chess is the bomb, yo.

I accidentally got my brother a Star Wars collection on blue ray that he's going to have to watch at my place so maybe that counts as my haul too.

My mom won Christmas by making clothes for everyone (except me). Clothes are the best presents.

[Revising Ocelot]

Shirts, lots of them.
Some books.
A calendar.
Skyrimmage.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Why do people who are not me actually get things that are not shitty money? I was naughty, right? And naughty people only get paper with numbers on it, apparently.

[walkertexasdruid]

Star Trek TNG season 6
The Simpsons season 14
X-men Origins: Wolverine on blu-ray
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part one on blu-ray
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
24 season 1
CSI: NY season 1

Overall not a bad christmas.

[Cloud Strife]

Two shirts, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Limited Edition, three multi-tools, a book of my family history dating back 200 years from my mother-in-law (awesome!), and a 40 inch LCD 1080p HDTV from my wife. :D

[Token]

I have a working (zelda) (3)DS for the first time in about two years.
Also clothes.

[Doc ock rokc]

Anyone know if you can use those for online purchases?
.
Yeah just use the barcode number on the back when you check out.

Also nice haul its filled with both practical and fun stuff.

[Locke cole]

I have a working (zelda) (3)DS for the first time in about two years.
Also clothes.

You got the Zelda-style 3DS?

Awesome.

[Token]

I'm not even much of a Zelda fan, but I can't deny its sexiness.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Why do people who are not me actually get things that are not shitty money? I was naughty, right? And naughty people only get paper with numbers on it, apparently.

But with money you can get any present within it's limits.

See, it's not all bad.

[Nique]

It wasn't for Christmas but I'm buying these (http://www.shoemint.com/shoes/edith) for my wife.

[rpgdemon]

But with money you can get any present within it's limits.

See, it's not all bad.

No, see, he literally gets money that's been used as toilet paper.

[Azisien]

My Christmas is delayed because I had to stay away from home due to work. So if I got anything for Christmas, I'll find out on the 27th or 28th. But I did get a nice bonus from work.

Didn't get my GOD DAMN car though! (http://gizmodo.com/5871111/wahhhh-these-horrible-people-didnt-get-what-they-wanted-for-christmas)

[Kyanbu The Legend]

No, see, he literally gets money that's been used as toilet paper.

So basicly he gets paid in american dollars?

[phil_]

It wasn't for Christmas but I'm buying these (http://www.shoemint.com/shoes/edith) for my wife.I don't know nothing 'bout no shoes, but those are some shoes, man.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Money is worthless, it's shit. I don't want money. What if some catastrophic event happens tomorrow and we have to spend the rest of our lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. I'd get more use out of a really heavy book than out of money. Fuck money.

[Geminex]

If you don't want yours, I'll have it. I'll trade you some raider painspike armor and a few caps for it.

Edit: And maybe I can dig up a flamer.

[batgirl]

For Channukah: A new Littman stethoscope, and a Coach bag.

[synkr0nized]

Christmas: the one time bragging seems to be OK?

[Amake]

If you don't brag about what presents people are giving you, how will they know their gifts are appreciated?

See: Nintendo 64 Kid (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8753595500888171307).