What have you guys had for christmas?

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What did santa get you all ? Did you get what you wanted? What are your favourite presents?

Here's what I had:
1.Amazon kindle
2.A "viz" annual/book with various articles and comics in from 2008
3."Dave the funky shoulder monkey" this is my favourite present, my best friend gave it to me. It's a little remote control monkey puppet you sit on your shoulder.
4."Bad taste bears" figure. It's a jesus bear dragging a cross on wheels with "pilate's pizza" on it
5.Pyjamas
6.2 monkey and ape calendars
7.T-shirt with a gorilla on it, with an old 18th century mililary uniform photoshopped on. with "guerilla platoon 1788" written on.
8.2 tubs of flavoured hot chocolate with marshmellows
9.Address book
10.Wooden baboon figure
11.2 scarves
12.Looooooads of chocolate (I count that as 1 thing)
13.A tall colourful figure of a masai tribe woman
14.Another masai figure but of a mother and child
15.A beany babies toy mandril
16.Ceramic figure of an orangutan mother and baby
17.Face masks that you peel off
18.Bath set, only one this time. Last year I had mostly bath stuff.
19.Head massager
20.Bag of goodies including (I count this as 1 thing):
deodorant and spray
little rose things you put in the bath
sweets
face masks
pens for drawing with
hair spray type stuff
artist's mannequin (my third )

And last but not least, a year's subscription to viz magazine

I am pleased with them all. But my favourite is the "dave the funky shoulder monkey" it's so cute and it does lots of movements and noises. Next time I see my friend I'm going to squeeze him to death for being amazing.

I got :

1. A nice travel bag(which I will be needing)
2. Socks(which I do need)
3. Money(Which will be for travel)
4. A tool set and box
5. Avatar Airbender DVD(?????)
6. An Andy Williams CD(Which seemed more for my mom...)
7. GPS unit(Bit of a hand me down, but still useful)

1. Angles and Demons by Dan Brown
2. Digital coin bank
3. P.j.'s
4. Laptop carrying case
5. Camera

Socks
Gift cards
Candy
Chocolate Orange
Mittens
Cookies
A hoodie that seemed more for my mum.

A very nice wind-breaker
Homemade Ginger Snaps
Chocolate dipped Pretzels
Exotic Coffee Bean Collection
Hickory smoked Swiss cheese
A very Generous gift certificate
A crazy way too strong Flashlight
A large UPS (battery back-up) unit
Indoor/Outdoor weather station monitor
Twelve month supply of Assorted Chocolate
Oh Yeah...And a new FWB kind of sort a thingie

I have received:

a wooden block tower set called Jenga
A card with $50.00
Gift cards to Half-Price Books and Starbucks
A 2011 World Almanac
All three Toy Story movies on DVD
A computer scanner/printer
A new sweater
Printing paper
A calendar of Parisian cafe paintings
A whole bunch of coffee and hot chocolate flavor mixes
Alice in Wonderland (2010) on DVD

A gorgeous, complete, 8-volume edition of Shakespeare's works. It's my third, actually, but then I love Shakespeare.
Also, two volumes of H. P. Lovecraft's short stories,
The Alexandria Quartet, hardcover edition,
Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, all 5 parts, hardcover edition,
A new microwave oven, as the old one was knackered so I don't know whether to count it as a Christmas present.

Also, lots of socks. I needed them badly, actually.

That kindle is awesome, isn't it?

I don't do christmas presents (I do alternative giving), but I recently got a kindle to celebrate my new scholarship...

There are tons of great free/nearly free books for kindle (depending on your tastes).

A celebration of Pete Quaife's life.

My Christmas isn't quite over because my parents are divorced and I've yet to spend Christmas time with my mother. For now though I got:

Everything right here is for PS3
-PlayStation Move motion controller
-PlayStation Move navigation controller
-PlayStation Move charging station
-PlayStation Move shooting attachment (It makes the motion controller into a gun )
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector's Edition The Way of the Ninja (One of my favorite games in collectible form )
-Gran Turismo 5
-Time Crisis Razing Storm
-Heavy Rain
-Front Mission Evolved

For other stuff I got
-A blu ray movie called "The Expendables" (I don't know why people buy me movies... I don' watch em )
-A mix of candy items and uhm... dental stuff like a toothbrush and floss
-2 t-shirts
-Uh... clothes I don't know if I'd wear much... A white sweat jacket that says Fender (I'm a Gibson fan ) and a black beanie
-$75 in Best Buy gift cards
-A $25 game stop gift card
- And 80 monies

I think I already know what my mother is getting me, but I'm not sure so I wont list that yet

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-Nintendo Gamecube (2002)
-Nintendo DS (2004/2005?)
-Nintendo Wii (2007)
-Laptop (2008/2009? Can't remember, lol) (Which I'm using right now)

I'm sure there were other things that weren't electronics, just.... can't think of those things though.

Goodness, you kids today dont know you're born,
when I was a kid our presents where all in a little sock pinned above the hearth, we would get a lump of coal that we could burn and warm our hands on, and an orange, (if there wasnt a war on).

-Rc Helicopter from my step-grandmother
-A total of $320
--Dad: 100 $1 bills
--Mom: $100 Visa Gift Card
--Grandma (dads): $25 Meijer gift card, $25 subway gift card
--Grandma (moms): 1 $50 bill
--Aunt/Uncle (Moms): 1 $20 bill
-And one of my friends bought me the unreal deal pack on steam, which includes
--Unreal Gold
--Unreal 2: The Awakening
--Unreal Tournament 2004
--Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition
--Unreal Tournament: Game of the year edition.
and some T-Shirts from my dad

I feel pretty lucky.

A Pocket Watch
magic the gathering blister packs
a new hat
doll dress

My aunt gave me a matching set of gloves, a cap, and a scarf.