what did everybody get?

[SDragon]

as we all know, december holidays oftentimes mean (amongst lots of other, more sentimental things) lots of presents. since most december holidays are over (i'm not quite sure if hanukkah is over yet, and i never know about kwanzaa), i was thinking we all could share what we got for gift-giving holidays.

i got monster manual II, dungeon master for dummies (incredibly helpful), neverwhere, anansi boys, preludes and nocturnes (sandman graphic novel, volume 1-- can anybody tell who my favorite author is?), making comics, a couple gift certificates to borders, a wal-mart gift certificate, and a wireless xbox controller.

and saving the best for [spoiler=last]
a fourteen year old cousin who watches laguna beach, "reads" fitness magazines, and enjoys complaining. this, of course, led to an enjoyable christmas dinner conversation that seemed to be centered around the reoccuring sentence "I'm fat!", even well after an online body-mass index showed her to be in the normal weight range.[/spoiler]



holiday fun for all!

[Numinous]

I had a wonderful Christmas, as that's what my family celebrates.  I received two CD's(Hellogoodbye and The Academy Is), books 6-9 of the Wheel of Time series, and the Diablo II Battle Chest.  In the sheer awesome department, I got a really big picture book called "The art of the Cthulhu Mythos.  I got a collection of short stories, "Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos", only two stories in it were by Lovecraft though...  I now have a hard copy of Mutants & Masterminds, 2nd edition too.

The sucktastic part of my Christmas is that I received an iPod nano, but due to my mad computer skillz[/sarcasm], I deleted all of my music.

[Xeviat]

Because the Wii came out in November, and Twilight Princess (the new Zelda) was its premire game (and Zelda is my favorite franchise), I got a ton of Zelda merchandise. Otherwise, I got my mom and siblings to come down, and my mom bought me "the things I've been living without" (namely a vaccume cleaner, spare towels, extra dishes ...). But in that sappy heartwarming way, just having my family together again was the best present.

Still sad I didn't get a D&D book, but I did buy my brother and sister the D&D basic game to get them started. Bwahahaha.

[Captain Obvious]

got some cd's; some movies (naked gun, and the complete invader zim); books including moby dick, and fragile things by neil gaiman (i have everything else by him already); some awesome slippers; some wicked t-shirts; chocolate; and a  pineapple.

[Johnny Wraith]

Lol, I want the people who give you all gifts to give me some, or at least advice my family on proper gift-giving :P I got generic gifts #1 and #2, money and clothes.

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Wacom Graphire4 Tablet, Pirates 2 DVD, Various books, some awesome t-shirts and pajama pants, some silver from our wedding registry

[brainface]

anansi boys

Wacom Graphire4 Tablet[/quote]incredibly happy[/i].

[Hibou]

Draconomicon, The DaVinci Code Special Edition, a Roland Micro Cube guitar amp, Stephen King's Cell and A Buick From 8, a guitar capo (bout time, I've been dying without one), towels, some sweet t-shirts, a pretty nice folder/book thing. The amp and the Draconomicon were the highlights, the amp because it's the best miniature amp I've ever seen, and the Draconomicon because I totally wasn't expecting it and hadn't even bought or mentioned new D&D books in a very long time.

[beejazz]

Uh... Clothes... Spam and Ramen... Stationary... Sketchbook... more clothes... a toothbrush... The Preacher... uh... and some stuff.

Oh, and colored sharpies! Not the best of art supplies, but always handy. Color-wise, bottled inks are more my thing.

[limetom]

I got a some high end earbuds from Philips, a 5.0 MP camera, The Other Side by Godsmack (excellent album), Whiskey on a Sunday by Flogging Molly, a used Thinkpad I traded for a used Toshiba laptop, generic gifts 1 & 2 (both of which I asked for), as well as an IOU for an expensive gift.

Pretty good haul, in all.

[Seraph]

I got a pocket watch, a robe, various preparation-for-college gifts (an extra loud alarm clock), 8 DVDs, and the CD of a pretty new musical called The Woman in White.

[Raelifin]

The Riddle of Steel!

[Matt Larkin (author)]

The Riddle of Steel!

The Phoenix approves.  ;)

[Túrin]

I got some clothes, some candy and a movie coupon (I'm not sure what you'd call these things in English, but I'm referring to the kind of thing that's a movie ticket but where you can pick a movie you like). Though me and some friends are haing a delayed Sinterklaas-party tonight (while normally Sinterklaas is around December 5) where I will presumably also get some kind of gift.

Túrin

[Kindling]

I got a bike (as in bicycle not motorbike) and a book on mythology and a couple of other things... Umm... A CD carrier thingy, a lighter (and I don't even smoke... bizzare), a book about cats, and I think that's about it. Oh wait a voucher for a music store. So I can choose my own CDs, because MY music taste is too good for anyone else to handle :P