What did you get and what did you give for Christmas?

Remove all ads!

What a crazy day. After falling asleep around 5am on Xmas morning, we woke up around 10am, and went to breakfast with Jessica's Mom and her boyfriend. After that, we exchanged some gifts with them.

Once they left, we went over to my cousin's house where my aunt, uncle, and 2 other cousins were spending Xmas. We ended up having dinner there before exchanging more gifts. After that, we went home and took a nap...only to wake up to my phone receiving a txt message saying that my best friend and his wife were too tired to drive up to our place tonight.

I got to talk to my parents for awhile, which was nice. Also, my favorite bother who lives in California called...and then a few minutes later, my sister who lives several states away in the opposite direction called. Neither of my brothers that I don't really like called...but that's ok, I didn't really feel like talking to them. I probably should have called my grandma, but my parents and the afore mentioned favorite brother were all going to her house to spend Xmas dinner with her...and I'm sure my mom will give our love to her.

As of right now, the wife is still napping on the couch, and I'm waiting to see if our other friends who were supposed to come over are going to flake out on us...which they probably will since it's past 11pm. Oh well...at least the rest of Xmas this year was awesome!

 

Gave:

Wife an IPhone, which she likes a lot and a few gift certificates.
The kids got toys, toys and more toys; a new 20" TV with built-in DVD for their room. (they each have their own rooms, but they sleep together, since Madeline's room has bunk beds). DVD movies: Peter Pan and Star Wars.

Received:

22" Widescreen Viewsonic Monitor
DVD: Robben Ford Live in Paris - New Morning
Game: NWN2: MotB
CD: The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Book: Ken Follett - World Without End

 

Update: Added to the Give list:

Some cheap joke T-shirts (of a surprisingly good quality for the price) for my Brother's gf
and a couple stuffed toys (one for each of my buddy's kids), and a Jeff Foxworthy page a day calendar for a family White elephant.

Received:

A t-shirt
A box of Turtles (Chocolate-caramel-pecan candies)
A subscription to the Hockey News
A box of Lindor chocolates
The Hockey Night in Canada DVD Trivia Game
Cash for the boxing day sales, which bought:
A 4 Gb flash drive
A USB wireless adapter and half a wireless router (That's a story, but I'll save that for RBP)
A movie (Just a cheap one)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, GotY edition.

Still to come:

A miscelaneous gift bag from my mother's side of the family
Something from a white elephant exchange.

 

I gave to

My father: a Turkish hand knotted carpet that I bought during my vacation in Turkey
My Brother: Super Mario Galaxy and a Wustoff Breadknife/Cutting Board
My Mom: A pair of Bionic(TM) garden gloves and a fancy Cuisinart brand popcorn popper
My Uncle and my cousins - an assortment of DVDs
My Grandmother - A scarf, a blouse, and some high end bubble bath
My Grandfather - a bottle of Mount Gay Extra Old Rum and a bunch of the special socks that he needs to wear
My Mom and Dad's dog - a selection of chewy bones and three fisbees

I received

The UK version of Witcher
New Balance black leather running shoes
A pair of foot tall wooden nutcracker figures
A deluge of DVDs
A bunch of books
and a present that I have not actually received yet because my Mom hid it and then forgot about it until late last night.

 

Ha! That's my mom most years. Probably would have happened this year if she was actually here.

Also, I forgot to mention that I also got another mini glass sword.