Mom - big package of good quality hand creams

Dad - two books, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Girl who played with Fire

Weight lifting friend - lifting gloves, and $30 "credit" on Steam

Roommate - 6GB of RAM, and a Beer Boot

My other close buddies - $30 "credit" on Steam

My brother bought a nice plasma HDTV over the summer, so I got him a brand new Blu-ray player to go with it.

He and I went halfsies on getting a Wii for my sister. And I brought over her GC and Wii games that had been at my place. (Poor dear's been without a console to game on for the better part of nine months!)

I got my dad seasons three and four of ALF, as we'd gotten him the first two years ago and never finished the set.

And for my mom, me and my siblings went out and got our picture taken and got her a couple of large prints. (She'd been asking for new pictures of us for a while.)

Bought my roommate season 2 of Big Bang Theory, since I got him season 1 for his birthday a few months ago.

Got season 2 of Dexter for my friend who lent me season 1 ages ago, as an apology for taking forever to get it back to him.

And for another friend I managed to nab the out-of-print Octopus Pie volume 3, as he didn't manage to get one during the original run.

And the best thing? I didn't pay full price for a single thing on that list! God bless seasonal discounts!

Got my father a new copy of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and the traditional can of honey-roasted cashews.

Got my mom a Rolex watch, that's about it, and TECHNICALLY it was a birthday present..

Well...

I got my brother-in-law's dad and mom a Wii. 35+ years of marriage, and they can finally have the chance to play with one.

My mother got a few sculptures of horses, a blanket, and assorted knick-knacks.

My brother-in-law's sister got a gold dragonfly necklace, a couple of books and a rather nice watch.

Brother-in-law got Dynasty Warriors 3 for the Wii, and a shaker for mixed drinks.

Sister got a set of silver angel candleholders.

My eldest niece got a bath set, a comforter, and a watch she was looking at a few weeks ago.

My youngest niece got a drawing pad, art supplies, and a Chinese watch to go along with her Chinese clothing.

My ex-roommate Rick got a basket of goodies, as did his girlfriend and his daughter.

And a round of stockings filled with various assorted edibles and toys for everyone.

I got my mother a Simon and Garfunkel two-disc compilation album. (She likes pretty-voiced singer-songwriters with acoustic guitars--Cat Stevens and Joni Mitchell are also on her list of favorites.) She also got a couple of nice shiny fake-diamond necklaces, which were sort of from both me and my father. (My mother and I both like cheap, shiny jewelry.)

I got my father a DVD recording of a Jimi Hendrix concert at Monterey. (He plays the guitar, and especially likes Jimi and Stevie Ray Vaughan.)

I got my mother a couple of calendars.

That's about it.

Pyros fixed a lamp for his maternal unit, advised said maternal unit on gifts so that all other family members got what they wanted, and mostly just came home for Christmas.

The only thing i may have ended up buying for anybody was a rawhide for my dog, Lilu Lejeune Ortiz.

It sucks to be the broke college student, as you end up coming home to people giving you stuff, and you can't give anything in return! Financially, anyway.

I was even going to buy my mom a cake for her day before christmas birthday, but she ended up finding out and said "Don't bother, I had an even better idea for cake, I'll pick it up on the way home." and Pyros was a sad panda!