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I scored a pair of slippers that are replica Converse sneakers! lazing in style! a pair of PJ's with a Labrador dad slogan (thanks Osc!) the DC Comics ultimate character guide! Sooooo good to catch up on all the old ones I used to read as kid! a zip up hoodie with a design that appears to have a samoyed in the middle! (where Nerdwench finds these I don't know!) and two pairs of Muppet socks, Gonzo & Kermit! :-)

and that was just from my 3 Dogs and the Nerdwench! Boxing day will be even more when we go to my parents place for lunch! it's like a double Christmas!

Some undies, a pair of awesome sweat pants, a new airbrush, a storm raven, a wraithknight, a couple gift certificates to various places like Home Depot, the movies and dinner, and 200$ for more warhammer stuff(possibly FW dunno yet).

It was a pretty spectacular Xmas so far and I still have to go to my wife's parents later today.

Usual clothing, a wonderful knife, (plane and NFL) tickets, a bit of money, some nice books, and nothing Hobby as usual. But hey, saving up for Nids!

Hobby Wise:
-Stormraven
-Aegis Defense Line
-Dreadknight
-New brushes
-New brush cleaner (masters) and a new jar to clean them in.
-Chessex Dice


Non-Hobby:
Gran Turismo 6
New Cologne
Plenty of Clothes

Well all I got so far was a old Predator from me Brother. But there's and Aunt/Uncle comin' up on Friday. Should get some moar loot then. Also got $100 cash, and a $50 Walmart card.
So far, so good

I got a book on Medieval History, Pratchett's newest book, and some socks and underwear.

I've given-
Space Marine (for my brother on X Box 360)
1 Direction DVD for my youngest niece
A book on Minecraft for my oldest niece
A locket for my girlfriend.

We've been cutting back on the presents for the last few years because of the recession. I don't mind it at all, I'm pretty happy with a couple of books to read!

Not sure, my family hasn't opened our gifts just yet.

I got a gift cert for my FLGS for 50 bucks!! yeah!! And a little radio for my painting area!! WOO HOO!!! Both from the Wife :-)
I did a commision work for my oldest son - His Firehawk Sternguard. And a gift cert to the same FLGS to one of my co workers so his kids can get some comics -- theyre 7 and 5..
Pretty nice haul!!

My family just opened our stuff up. I got a Star Wars t-shirt, a set of Yoda X-mas lights, $400.00 in cash, and a couple of gift certificates.

I don't deserve any of it, though.

Hobby stuff:

Deadzone mega-deal (pretty much everything available)
A new set of brushes.
A 3.3/4" Radagast the Brown figure, a cheap toy (£1.99) I'm painting up as a display piece. It's taking the paint rather well and working on something not 28mm is liberating.

Other stuff:
2 Clone Wars DVD box sets (I now have all 5 series)
Dr Who Series 7 box set.
A Bowler hat,
A set of Dad's Army cufflinks.

Not a bad haul at all, plenty there to keep me occupied.

I told my folks to get creative and surprise me instead of me telling them what I want, since (IMO) the point of christmas is to show someone you care by giving them something you think they would like rather than simply buying stuff off a list. They know I'm a big tabletop wargamer, comic/pop culture enthusiast, I have my eye on a PS4, I'm a huge Jersey Devils fan, etc. (amongst numerous other things), so its not like it woulda taken much thought to figure out SOMETHING.

They got me a beard trimmer, a sega genesis plug and play emulator, and some cash...

I bought my dad a $150 leather case containing 2 martini glasses, a shaker and some assorted bar tools. He was over the moon about it (he used to have something similar in the 70s). I bought my stepdad a $280 12 gallon nanocube aquarium with an advanced light setup so he could keep some coral... he was excited as all hell about it. I bought my mom about $140 in jewelry which she's already wearing and showing off to everyone who cares to notice...

and I got a beard trimmer, a sega genesis plug and play emulator, and some cash (less than $200). I feel so loved and understood... yet another year of bitter dissapointment and being let down. I mean... is it so much to ask for some Devils tickets? Or maybe a new Devils jersey (they know who my favorite players are, come on)? A straight razor shaving kit (instead of a bear trimmer)? Maybe some Batman comics or related memorobilia? *SIGH* Every year I more or less put myself into debt to try to get amazing gifts for my family and friends, gifts I know they'll enjoy and appreciate, and shows that I put serious thought and care into, and they basically give me whatever they find on the shelf of the clearance aisle at walmart or something. I don't even really care whether or not I 'break even' on gifts, I don't expect to, but at least put some thought and effort into it, meanwhile I went halfsies with my parents to get my little bro a Wii U (dunno why he wanted that hunk of junk) and he made out like a bandit, Wii U, some games, some nice t-shirts, etc. Like, really?

#firstworldproblems

/rant

chaos0xomega wrote:
I told my folks to get creative and surprise me instead of me telling them what I want, since (IMO) the point of christmas is to show someone you care by giving them something you think they would like rather than simply buying stuff off a list. They know I'm a big tabletop wargamer, comic/pop culture enthusiast, I have my eye on a PS4, I'm a huge Jersey Devils fan, etc. (amongst numerous other things), so its not like it woulda taken much thought to figure out SOMETHING.

They got me a beard trimmer, a sega genesis plug and play emulator, and some cash...

I bought my dad a $150 leather case containing 2 martini glasses, a shaker and some assorted bar tools. He was over the moon about it (he used to have something similar in the 70s). I bought my stepdad a $280 12 gallon nanocube aquarium with an advanced light setup so he could keep some coral... he was excited as all hell about it. I bought my mom about $140 in jewelry which she's already wearing and showing off to everyone who cares to notice...

and I got a beard trimmer, a sega genesis plug and play emulator, and some cash (less than $200). I feel so loved and understood... yet another year of bitter dissapointment and being let down. I mean... is it so much to ask for some Devils tickets? Or maybe a new Devils jersey (they know who my favorite players are, come on)? A straight razor shaving kit (instead of a bear trimmer)? Maybe some Batman comics or related memorobilia? *SIGH* Every year I more or less put myself into debt to try to get amazing gifts for my family and friends, gifts I know they'll enjoy and appreciate, and shows that I put serious thought and care into, and they basically give me whatever they find on the shelf of the clearance aisle at walmart or something. I don't even really care whether or not I 'break even' on gifts, I don't expect to, but at least put some thought and effort into it, meanwhile I went halfsies with my parents to get my little bro a Wii U (dunno why he wanted that hunk of junk) and he made out like a bandit, Wii U, some games, some nice t-shirts, etc. Like, really?

#firstworldproblems

/rant

Maybe next year write a list? I know thats the biggest jerk response in the books, but maybe they aren't as observant as you would like them to be. I would never expect my family to know where to even start along the lines of wargaming gifts. Regardless, you can always use that cash to get devils tickets or a jersey, or better yet wait until the Detroit Red Wings come to town and see them whoop some Jersey butts... jk. We suck this year and half our team is hurt.

Clearly they aren't. but I'm really not the type to tell people what to get me, etc. I dunno I have my peculiarities and beliefs, and I don't really expect my parents to know what to get me in regards to wargaming either, but they know my friends and how to contact them, they can get creative.

Seriously way to bring the thread down buddy... Why don't you spend the money they gave you on tickets to a terrible hockey teams game.

I just won 10$ on a scratch ticket from my father in law! My mother in law won 50$. Today has been great!

Chancetragedy wrote:
Seriously way to bring the thread down buddy... Why don't you spend the money they gave you on tickets to a terrible hockey teams game.

Terrible? We've been one of the best teams in the NHL for two decades, just because we're having a rocky season doesn't mean we aren't still one of the most successful in the league.

Tau Barracuda (with Taros Campaign book), Battlefoam Pack GO, ambidextrous safety for my 1911 (horrible being a left handed person with that gun unless you get one), and a high-lift jack. Good times.

Gave out a socket wrench set and coffee mug to my dad and a nice music cd to my mom. What can I say, they didn't want much.

Gameswise:

Hellions x 2, Wyches x 1, Warriors x 1 for my DE

GUO for my daemons

non-games-wise

A bestiary of mythological beasties
A nerf pistol for keeping the kids in line
A huge box of chocolates from said kids
A warm fuzzy blanket to keep me toasty while i paint.
A bottle of scotch (same reason )

Man I wouldve loved a bestiary of mythological beasts... how is it?

 Ascalam wrote:


A nerf pistol for keeping the kids in line

I think this may be what I get with some of my Xmas money thanks for the great idea ;p

As far as hobby goes I got a 40k Tempestus Firebase and the Stronghold Assault book, so I'm a happy chappy. =)

Hobby wise my Cygnar received a buff :-
Stormstrider
Stormguard
Storm Knights + UA
Kara Sloane
Nemo
N3mo
Rangers
Cygnar Army Book

Non Hobby :-
Thanos statue
The Thing statue
Dr Doom, Captain America, Mystique, Venom Marvel Select
Some DB cologne
Marvel iPad case
Minecraft pick axe
Chew TPB 1
The Walking Dead TPB 11-15
Swamp Thing TPB 2-4
Festival tickets

Very very posi xmas

I celebrated an amazing new career move this year by giving big. I sent my parents on a luxury cruise (with full alcoholic beverage package) for a week, bought my kid brother and sister each a laptop, bankrolled a friend's power armor cosplay project, got another friend's car out of impound, and then a bunch of other smaller things. Most of that was wanting to show everyone that no, I was not broke anymore. I got my best bro two Ravenwing battleforces since he's been wanting to do a SM bike army for years.

What did I get? Umm...mostly just "thank yous". I think after this first year of big spending I won't be going quite so all-out again since frankly nobody seemed to care. My buddy gave me a Riptide, though, which will be an awesome addition to the Dubstep cadre. And I guess if you count presents to yourself, I laid siege to an arab electronics store with my whole security crew to secure a couple of PS4 consoles. But they didn't get any games in so we're currently waiting on Amazon for those lol.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Man I wouldve loved a bestiary of mythological beasts... how is it?

Pretty good. It's a combination of bestiary and artists notes on how the pictures were put together called Dracopedia: The bestiary . - an artist's guide to creatibg mythical creatures (by william o'connor)




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Chancetragedy wrote:

 Ascalam wrote:


A nerf pistol for keeping the kids in line

I think this may be what I get with some of my Xmas money thanks for the great idea ;p

You're welcome.

Beware of kidly mutiny though. I was held at nerf-point, until ransomed by wife with a bag of jelly beans .

All in all, this year was my favorite Christmas. My family were more relaxed. I drank from 8am to 10pm on Christmas Eve(hey, had to break in my parents new margarita machine right?) Finished off a nice bottle of wine, Jack Daniels, and the icing of it all, home made moonshine. It was all really peaceful.

Hobbywise I got:
Storm Raven
Storm Talon
Scout sniper team
Space marine Captain
good camera for macro shots of my minis

Non Hobby:
Pokemon Y(im 26, but who cares, i love games)
Few Geek t-shirts
Pants
Vibram socks

i got a

'you don't have to go to the in-laws pass' *best gift eva!*
a replica of Gimli's Battle Axe from LoTR
a backpack that is in Boba Fett's colors
75$ gift card for LGS for minis / paint
cast iron cook pots for the kitchen
and a basket filled with different kinds of sausage and cheese (every year thing heh)

oh and the obligatory 'we know you like some science fiction show but we could care less to try to figure out which one so here are some Star Trek drinking glasses we picked up over the last year from fast food joints now take your damn gift and be happy' from the in-laws ... *see above*

Hobby:

Modeling tweezers
Miniature drill bits
A nice cutting board
Miniature Pick tools
New Sprue Cutters
Weathering powder
Micron Pens
Brush Holder
Various Flock types
Roll of Cork
Clamps with base to hold minis

A nice £30 in vouchers.

Got a SW battleforce, another 5 man sniper box, njal stormcaller, and another dev squad box to kitbash to long fangs! That's not including my wifes presents which I have been puttin togeather already lol (ST, LR, wolf lord on thunderwolf). Been a good christmas! And my birthday is in 5 days lol.. Merry christmas to everyone!

chaos0xomega wrote:
Clearly they aren't. but I'm really not the type to tell people what to get me, etc. I dunno I have my peculiarities and beliefs, and I don't really expect my parents to know what to get me in regards to wargaming either, but they know my friends and how to contact them, they can get creative.

If you were my family member and you did not give me a list of things that you might enjoy to receive, then you get the Alfndrate standard of socks and underwear. The few times I've had to use this standard has meant that the following year I get a list, and a I get a gosh dang good one. Also I at least put forth the effort in giving you underwear and socks of the appropriate size, while it's not a 'thoughtful' gift. I've made it known to family members far and wide I am terrible at getting people gifts, and a list makes my job easier and also ensures that you're going to get a gift of something that you want/need. And besides! Who doesn't always need a fresh pair of socks and new underwear to go with it?!

As for what you should do, you should check out stubhub (conviently linked to a game on Jan 21, 2014 with tickets hovering about 25 dollars), and then put the rest of the money towards a Devils jersey. And when you go to said game and the relatives/parents/etc... see you in your new duds, tell them, "Hey, thanks for that cash for Christmas, I was able to get myself a jersey for my favorite hockey team." Then give them a hug, and tell them thanks.

 Alfndrate wrote:

As for what you should do, you should check out stubhub (conviently linked to a game on Jan 21, 2014 with tickets hovering about 25 dollars), and then put the rest of the money towards a Devils jersey. And when you go to said game and the relatives/parents/etc... see you in your new duds, tell them, "Hey, thanks for that cash for Christmas, I was able to get myself a jersey for my favorite hockey team." Then give them a hug, and tell them thanks.

I think this is the best way to handle that.