Yeah I know, Christmas is about Love and all that Jazz but Post your Haul here!

[dorktv]

I got the second season of Scrubs on DVD-which I happen to already have, a $70 gift card to borders and my best friend gave me Lewis Black Tickets.

What about you?

[LeftyMom]

1. I'm posting on my haul

New laptop. Well timed, 'cause my old one sleeps with the fishes as of last week.

Also, I got some new kitchen stuff from flvegan but it's backordered so it's not here yet.

[dorktv]

2. yay! I wish I could get computer equipment for holidays.

[LeftyMom]

3. Small family.

Well, huge extended family, but the immediate family is only three adults (Dad, Sis and me and LeftyKid.) Since Dad does pretty well for himself, and there's not a huge family to spread the gift budget over, we tend to get nice stuff.

[fizzgig]

4. i am going to sound like *such* a spoiled brat

i got a new coffee maker, an 12-piece cookware set, a 15-piece knife set, new jammies, new slippers, gift cards to target, barnes and noble, the grocery store, a coffee shop and victoria's secret, a copy of where the wild things are, windshield wiper blades and a book

and i'll be getting baked goods later this week :)

eta: and my honey gets here in the morning :)

[dorktv]

6. Sounds like my best friend without the honey.

[Redstone]

5. I got the pleasure of seeing Mrs R go nutsoid when she opened the package that

contained her new laptop computer.

And I got the pleasure of seeing the Little Guy go nutsoid when he opened the package containing his microscope.

That's what I wanted. And I got it.

Redstone

[LibraLiz1973]

7. The best gifts are never those you can unwrap-

it's always the memories!

What kind of laptop did you get Mrs. R? I'm betting an Apple- you've mentioned your an Apple guy.


Good work Redstone- she deserves to be spoiled and you do a great job!

[Redstone]

9. No, actually the first Windows computer that's ever been in this house...

she needs it to get her bookkeeping business expanded, because she uses QuickBooks.

Redstone

[LibraLiz1973]

8. My gifts

16 pairs of socks
4 new pillows
a Body pillow with a microsuede cover
The new James patterson book, the new Sue Grafton book, a Kabbalah book
a pair of ugg slip ons


This year was a practical Christmas. Everything I want, I normally buy myself before anyone can get it for me.
this year I made a list of stuff I needed/wanted and got everything on the list except Heroes on DVD.

[NNadir]

10. My oldest son bought me - picking it out himself - "Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney."

http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Chief-Justice-Taney-Presidents/dp/074325032X

My son is 13 years old, and I'm really proud of him for picking that book out. It's a gripping read, really. Taney is one of those guys in American history who you tend to see in black and white - no pun intended - as a really bad guy, the author of the Dred Scott decision. The book shows matters to be somewhat more complex, since it makes clear that Taney actually was more or less an opponent of slavery on some level. It was a real good pick.

For his mom he bought Steinbeck's "The Red Pony."

My youngest son, 8, gave me a notepad he bought at the school store.

While his brother was shopping in the bookstore, we went to the science section, and started poking around for books that might tell us a little about cosmic rays, because he's been kind of obsessed lately with the nature of radiation - like his old man. We kept looking in indexes, and then we pulled "Alpha and Omega" by Charles Seife and got to the page with the chart on neutrinos. I went to put the book on the shelf when it came time to go, and he said, "Can we buy this book?"

I said, "No. We can't buy every book we see in the store."

He said, "I'll spend my own money on it."

He was serious. I was going to try to talk him out of it, but I didn't push it too hard. I let him buy the book.

He's been reading it aloud to the family. I had no idea that his reading level was that good. I mean, he makes a real and fairly sophisticated effort to say "Aristolean cosmology." He is able to discuss what he is reading with fair sophistication, especially since he's only in the third grade. He gets confused about some stuff, but hell...

So that was a pretty good Christmas present for me. My youngest son just bought his first science book on his own.

Every parent has inflated views of their kid - and I'm no exception - but I think that this kid may seriously be something special. I mean, he's a regular 8 year old in most ways - he still believes in Santa - but on the other hand, he has a mind like a steel trap. He can discuss stuff you told him once or twice about physics and a hell of a lot of other subjects months ago. If you ask this kid what the mass of a photon is, he will tell you that it is equal to hf/c². (He will report the green letter "nu" where I write "f,")

(On the other hand, his third grade teacher just told my wife that he's not very good in math - but then again, she never asked him to convert numbers in base 10 to binary.)

My wife and I agreed not to buy anything for one another, since we already have too much "stuff."

The boys, though, got a Wii, some video games, and some other electronic stuff about which I know nothing. We bought them a little flip camera, and they've been running around taking silly pictures of each other.

[GirlinContempt]

21. Sounds like a great kid

and a good Christmas :)

[nomorenomore08]

11. I guess I got a pretty good haul from parents, relatives, older cousin...

$150 cash
$100 check
$50 in Best Buy gift cards (already spent on-line)
$25 Barnes and Noble gift card
P.G. Wodehouse book
"Far Side" wall calendar
12-volt cooler/warmer (plugs into car outlet)
'The Book of Common Ignorance' (think that's the title)

All told, probably my best Christmas in a few years at least.

[dorktv]

13. wow...that is over $300 in monetary gifts alone!

[SeattleGirl]

12. An iPod Nano (yippee!!!!), $100 cash, a $25 VISA gift card,

a blender, some really nice face cream I love, a $100 gift certificate to one of my favorite restaurants, the new Ultimate Santana CD, a Mucha 2008 calendar, and (I love this!) a CSI Fingerprint Kit. Yeah, it's primarily a kid's thing, but I love CSI, so I thought it was pretty cool. Oh yeah, and a Thai cookbook!

:bounce: :bounce:

[krispos42]

14. I did pretty well... and yet, not so well

250 GB external hard drive
$100 in cash, $150 in check
Socks :thumbsup:
"Thinking Points" by George Lakoff
Couple of nice button-down shirts and a pullover
A toenail clipper.
A 5-pack of Slim-Jims and a flashlight (tradition) :-)
Soduku books, a pair of gloves, and a baklava (sp?)
And at some point I'm getting an almost-brand-new, Navy-surplus peacoat, which cost a pretty penny.

My parents, however, made sure that they got Sam (my son) a lot of battery-powered noisy toys to play with. They are evil. They smile at me and say "what goes around, comes around" and "well, we thought about a drum set, but decided against it. This year".

:rofl:

Looks like I need to steal some earplugs from work...

[Akoto]

15. Very happy with my gifts.

Two PC games (Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, and Elder Scrolls Oblivion: Shivering Isles)

A Lord of the Rings extended version movie set

A cool dragon T-shirt

A nice sterling silver chain

About $100 in spending cash

My family knows that I'm a nerd and shops accordingly, fortunately. :)

[dorktv]

20. Someone is going to be verra busy!

[TheMightyFavog]

16. Season 3 of House

The Dirty Dozen (Damn fine move. Why can't they make 'em like that anymore?), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (Which I have to take back to B&N because the disc keeps causing the DVD player on my iMac to conk out with a dirty or scratched disc error despite the fact that upon inspection there's nothing wrong with the disc.) The soundtrack to Monty Python's Spamalot, A nice Sweater, some underwear, Socks, A Monty Python Talking Black Knight doll whith limbs you can rip off, and some Gunsmith Cats manga.

[KitchenWitch]

17. ...

A Sweater
A Minnesota Wild Sweatshirt
A long sleeved T-Shirt
The Truman Show DVD
Beaty Shop DVD
4 pair of costume jewelry type earrings
And a bunch of gift cards.

[seemunkee]

18. Winter cycling jersey

so I don't freeze my nips off.
A nice dress shirt, an urban vinyl figure and some good beer from my son.

[GirlinContempt]

19. I'd rather post what I gave

I didn't get very much, and that's just fine with me. What I gave:

My Mums stocking:
A murano glass magnifying glass
A hand painted ceramic Art Nouveau nightlight
A leather bound notebook embossed with a replica of a 17th century silk pattern
Thrills chewing gum, the gum that tastes like soap!
A leopard print eyeglass cleaning cloth
Blown glass shoe and purse shaped ornaments
A mini cribbage board, foldable for easy transportation
Some funky cocktail napkins
A cute silver and enamel necklace in the shape of an eye mask
a purse hook ( http://www.cwdesignllc.com/servlet/StoreFront?gclid=CJ6EjsOuwJACFQ2nGgodTCH8Wg )
Some cranberry tea
A carved pen with a pirate on it
A really cute magnetic notepad for lists
Bejeweled pens from the Bombay company
A set of funky bookmarks and reusable stickers for marking pages
Some fun printed purse tissues
A teal purse mirror with a glass mosaic pattern on the back
A little slim flashlight printed with a 1920s woman
A pot of organic cinnamon honey
A tiny purse sized retractable tape measure with a pretty design on it.

Also for my Mum:
A set of coffee mugs that I addressed to her from the four cats

A new York Times handheld sudoku game
A gift certificate for us to go get manicures and pedicures

For my dad:
An mp3 player with an FM radio that I pre-loaded with every Gilbert and Sullivan opera in existence
Some things for his stocking like licorice babies and some nice skin care stuff

For my Grandma:
A lavender scarf that can also be worn as a shawl or.. I dunno something else.. it's very versatile, some matching gloves, and some lavender sachets

For my brother:
Some blue and brown throw pillows for his bed. My parents got him a new duvet and sheet set, so these matched perfectly.

Actually, that's really it. Everyone else is getting gifts from me late this year as I've been unable to really shop for anything with my bum knee.

All I got was a McNally Robinson book store gift certificate from my brother, $30 from grandma, some PJs, a robe, and my stocking stuff which was pretty unmentionable (socks, combs, travel sized whatevers, bizarre pens, kind of lame this year).

My mum and I are going out for lunch and to a fancy bra store to get me some new expensive bras as I'm having trouble in that area for fit recently, so I know I *am* getting it, just not yet. And I've not seen very many people to get much else.

[Tektonik]

22. Just what I wanted

Cash, dinner at a couple of restaurants, a couple sweaters, and a track top two sizes too big :crazy:

[TrogL]

23. The original Batman movie

...and I bought myself a new amp.

[UrbScotty]

24. The Best of The Colbert Report on DVD

Also, a few books and a 16-month Bush calendar.

[Guava Jelly]

25. lemme see

A Garmin gps
jammies
2 pairs of Jeans
3 nice shirts 3 t shirts
gf certificate to Ipod store/Footlocker/world market
2 bottles of wine
a wine refrigerator (holds 8 bottles)
a coffee cup
a hat
3 cd's and one DVD (Bourne ultimatum)
bubblebath
And from a friend Some Candles and a 3 cd Bob Dylan set..Love it!
I did pretty good

[EstimatedProphet]

26. Visual representation right here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7281517

[Beer Snob-50]

27. a red sox jacket

some slippers, a pillow, pound of coffee, and (this person doesn't know me very well) john mccains memoirs.

[Marrah_G]

29. Maybe they thought you would like a good comedy?

(actually, you never know, it might be a good read)

[Beer Snob-50]

30. it has very big letters so it will be an easy read nt

[Marrah_G]

28. Here is my list

Bag of Bath and body footcare items and unlimited pedicures by a reflexologist (who is also my guy), new dean Koontz book, chocolate (lindt coconut white chocolate), lots of candles, a bottle of my favorite desert champagne, tickets to blue man group and a case of Mike's hard lime w/a bottle of Parrot Bay.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. new digital camera

tonnes of make up (seriously, you have no idea how much and how exciting it is)

some kitchen stuff (yay!)

And 250 dollars! (go grandmom)

warm socks

cookbooks

[billyskank]

32. I got a book and some cufflinks and a teapot and some glass tumblers.

I gave a bag and an expanded memory card to my mother for her camera and a fancy glass mousemat to my brother.

[malta blue]

33. way too much - really

two bracelets
heated slippers
a full length heated massage mat
wooly crocs
sweater
mp3 player w/ headphones
two cds
4 or 5 dvds
crock pot


Aw hell, I don't even remember it all - it was a haze of wrapping paper in my house :blush:

[SacredCow]

34. Let's see.....

In no particular order: Bottle of 10 Cane, Bottle of Ketel One, 6-bottle wine refrigerator, a silver iPod shuffle (for the gym), a new pickup for a guitar I bought last month, iTunes gift card, electric razor, shirts, a pullover, and finally.... my semi-significant other (LONG story) shocked the hell out of me with an emerald ring of his that I'd always admired. He's had it for probably 30 years. We're still in negotiations as to whether I can accept that, or not. He's making it so hard for me to break up.....

[DarkTirade]

35. My brother got me this weird lookin' guitar.

It's kinda big, and the strings are really thick and they're tuned really low. And there are only four of 'em. :P

[ProfessorGAC]

39. You Got Cheated

You only got 2/3rds of a guitar. I'd complain!
The Professor

[DarkTirade]

54. Eh, I'll take what I can get. :)

Seriously though, I've been wanting a bass for a while. I've played guitar for years, but EVERYBODY plays guitar. Whereas bass players are a bit more in demand.

[ThomCat]

36. I got some awesome books from a DUer.

:)

I'm exchanging gifts with another DUer tomorrow. So I'm getting, I believe, a couple of small gifts. She's also getting two small gifts from me.

And my ex-gf sent me a carepackage full of wonderful edible stuff. :9

(I absolutely love that my ex and I are still very close friends. She's an awesome person.) :)

[bicentennial_baby]

37. Wow, where to begin...Between Sniffa and myself, we got:

3 cookbooks
Insulated baking pans
Immersion Blender
Food Processor
Meat Thermometer
Gift cards to Old Navy, Victoria's Secret, Barnes and Noble, and Ebay
A subscription to Food and Wine
An Our First Christmas tree ornament
7 pc bakeware set
6 pc mixing bowl set
24 jar revolving spice rack with spices
Salad Spinner
Measuring Cups and Spoons
Hooded sweatshirts
2 books
Sand Wedge
Golf Balls
Golf Glove
Socks
Candy

:D

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Nothing

I really mean that. With my wife sick until just before Christmas, she didn't get out to get me anything. And, the extra super-duper special couch i ordered for her IN SEPTEMBER, came in defective. So, we had to reject it and wait until late January.

So, got nothin'! She got nothin!

Ooops.
The Professor

[Blue Diadem]

40. Dh and I received

gift cards. We're in need of a new freezer(one that doesn't suck electricity like it's water) so a couple cards will be used toward a smaller one we've had our eye on. The other cards will be used towards our badly needed roof for our old chicken coop turned garden shed.

[lost-in-nj]

41. I got

a gift card for Macy's
a Swarovski crystal shell

a decorative towel from my daughter that says
Home is where your MOM is (sniff)
and a book titled
Why a Daughter Needs a Mother

and a beautiful jacket from my son....
cookies
and 2 shirts

lost

[GenDem]

42. My gifts

Miracle fragrance gift set
Brandy Carlile CD
3 sweaters
Vera Bradley hand bag and wallet
framed cross stitch
George Bush - End of an Error T-shirt
set of dishes
Pot Holders & dish towels
Gold Toe socks
Target gift card

[lost-in-nj]

45. OMG Gold Toe Sox......

THey are the best....
especially putting on a brand new pair.....

I have to order on line.....

but I LOVE THEM


lost

[GenDem]

57. I love them!

My feet must be comfortable. A bad sock means a bad day, for me. By far my most practical gift!

Target was carrying a line of Gold Toe under a different name, but my kids couldn't find them for me this year there.

:hi:

[Bombero1956]

43. for me

a Kodak Z812 IS 8.1 MP digital camera and a 4GB memory card, a Hitachi DVD Camcorder with 4GB memory card, an HP dvd1040e 20x Super Multi DVD Writer, with LightScribe.

[SoxFan]

44. The haul

Wasabi-coated roast peas (yes, really)
Red Sox World Series champs t-shirt in Gaelic (we're weird up here).
NH Fisher Cats baseball cap
Richmond Braves cap (my sister lives in Virginia and I love minor league swag)
The Waterboys "Book of Lightning" cd/dvd
Bruce Springsteen Seeger Sessions Live in Dubln dvd
A couple of sweaters, a dress shirt and tie from Mom and Dad

Oh, my brother and his gf gave us a bowl of catnip for the two critters.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

46. I did better than I deserved, as usual..........

My folks got me one of these (even though I asked them not to spend the $$):


Although mine is the Pro model w/ the mixing-bowl lift, as opposed to the carousel. Same color though.

And some of these:


Emerilware Stainless by All-Clad

[Blue_In_AK]

47. I got photography stuff

a sling backpack for carrying, a Gorilla pod when I don't want to carry a tripod and this which blew me away. (I am so spoiled.)



Also some new knives, sheepskin slippers, a coffee mug with my grandsons' picture on it, a Maxfield Parrish calendar, and best of all, all my kids together for the holiday.

[gmoney]

48. I got a rock...

...which I refused. Literally, my dad tried to give me a rock with a plaque on it saying it came from the demolition of the old Ohio State Penitentiary. But I passed... it was about as big as a bowling ball.

I got three used books and a sweater I'll never ever wear.

Whoopee.

Maybe this is why I hate the commercialization of Christmas... I haven't gotten a decent, thoughtful gift in 30 years.

[AwakeAtLast]

49. Good grief! That sounds like Charlie Brown on Halloween!

I can't send you anything but this : :hug:

I hope that will do!

[AwakeAtLast]

50. Posted in wrong spot

[gmoney]

56. I thought that zig-zag pattern looked familar...

Thanks for the hug. It's a start. :) :hug:

[AwakeAtLast]

51. Mr. WMU got me some diamond earrings

They are very pretty! He also gave me some perfume (putting WMU Jr.'s name on the tag).

Mom and Dad got me a mini fridge to put in my classroom. Now I can have cold filtered water from my Brita pitcher anytime I want.

Also got lots of body wash, Gold Toe socks, a really nice fleece blanket, fleece slippers, and a tea for one set.

[Initech]

52. I'm getting my windows on my new car tinted.

Then I got a bunch of Best Buy gift cards which I'm putting toward getting an XBOX 360. My bros gave me an Amoeba Music gift certificate, and I also got the Die Hard Quadrilogy DVD set.

[derby378]

53. Nothing spectacular, but some good stuff

I got a Big Bobber floating cooler (looks like a giant fishing bob), a digital pedometer, some hot chocolate mix from Starbucks, new pajamas, a blue sweater, some antique medicine bottles, and some great winter gloves.

ginbarn got a stone from her family's ancestral castle in Scotland and some pictures of the castle ruins and adjoining farmhouse. Wow.

[tigereye]

55. Celtic jewelry, a great blue and purple Celtic shawl, and an Albert Ayler CD

and I bought myself some mysteries to read while I'm on vacation!