Went to a work Christmas party last night. Watched my drunk co-workers and had a couple of drinks myself. Had an alright dinner (it was catered and fancy, the cook just wasn't very good). And didn't win a single prize. :( But it was nice that my work does that for us.
My wife works on Christmas, so we did Christmas early for the 2 of us. And I scored! What I got: -Batman: Arkham Origins (XBox 360) -WWE 2K14 (XBox 360) -Xenogears (PS1) (VGCollect.com Secret Santa) -Megadeth: Rust In Peace: Remastered (CD) (VGCollect.com Secret Santa) -Metallica: Kill 'Em All (CD) -Disarmonia Mundi: The Isolation Game (CD) -Man of Steel (DVD) -Star Trek: Into Darkness (Blu-Ray & DVD) -$10 Wal-Mart Gift Card (Work Secret Santa) -Two awesome old school gaming t-shirts! One an NES controller t-shirt, and the other a 8-bit Super Mario Bros. t-shirt. -And "The Chillow". A pillow that stays cool.
I still have 3 different family get-togethers to go to, though, between my dad's side of the family, my mom's side of the family (split family), and the in-laws. Busy, but I'm definitely thankful for a large and loving family.
So, what is everyone else's plan this year? What did you get?
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: burningdoom on December 21, 2013, 03:56:00 pm
Just realized I should have put this in the Off-Topic Forum. Sorry, guys. Feel free to move it.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: foxhack on December 22, 2013, 12:07:02 pm
Moved as requested.
Now we need some people posting here. :p
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: MJMaranan on December 22, 2013, 06:31:39 pm
As far as Christmas gift-unwrapping goes, my family basically waits then gathers until New Year. Glad to know you'll be happily listening to some Megadeth and/or Metallica on the holidays while watching Man Of Steel lying on your Chillow. ;D
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: matt on December 24, 2013, 10:49:43 am
Opened a few gifts with the girlfriend this morning and am heading to her families house in a bit for their family dinner. Probably won't be online much for the next few days so I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone!
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: foxhack on December 24, 2013, 11:10:52 am
I don't get any gifts from my family (I never ask for anything, I'd rather see them give stuff to my nieces and new nephew). But as our family tradition states, we're making tamales today. Nom.
You can have some, just drive down to my house. :P
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: matt on December 24, 2013, 11:17:48 am
I don't get any gifts from my family (I never ask for anything, I'd rather see them give stuff to my nieces and new nephew). But as our family tradition states, we're making tamales today. Nom.
You can have some, just drive down to my house. :P
Yum. I'm on my way.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: scott on December 24, 2013, 12:32:38 pm
Merry Christmas! Like Matt I prolly won't be on a lot, but I'll have my phone on me and will check in occasionally.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: jobocan on December 24, 2013, 05:41:28 pm
Merry Christmas to all!
We just unwrapped our presents here (only time we could really do it due to my sister). Got that cool D-arts Megaman figure (http://www.tomopop.com/ul/26843-00%20Head.jpg), Memoir 44, Formula D and Shadows Over Camelot... and a bunch of random stuff (candy, chocolate, Army of Darkness the card game (what?) and such). Quite nice, and everyone else here was happy about their gifts too.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: foxhack on December 25, 2013, 03:16:33 am
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Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: jcalder8 on December 25, 2013, 10:01:56 am
Merry Christmas all!
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: soera on December 25, 2013, 10:48:15 am
Not sure if any of you guys follow Nintendo Age but they also had a secret Santa thread. I signed up and went about business as usual. Meanwhile this was going on : http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=116215. Heh turns out I was the person he was buying for. Lol I was totally shocked when I got my package first off cause the box was the size of a microwave. I couldnt figure out wtf ... then I saw the address and the name (I know him and have spent a night at his house) and started laughing. He sent me a real gift as well (Jimmy Connor's tennis and Tecmo cup soccer NES carts and a NES game carrying case) and then at the bottom of the box was the portrait. Its now hanging in my game room. I posted a shot of me holding it on page 2 of the NA Santa reveal thread : http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=21&catid=7&threadid=117361
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: bobster on December 25, 2013, 12:05:08 pm
Not sure if any of you guys follow Nintendo Age but they also had a secret Santa thread. I signed up and went about business as usual. Meanwhile this was going on : http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=116215. Heh turns out I was the person he was buying for. Lol I was totally shocked when I got my package first off cause the box was the size of a microwave. I couldnt figure out wtf ... then I saw the address and the name (I know him and have spent a night at his house) and started laughing. He sent me a real gift as well (Jimmy Connor's tennis and Tecmo cup soccer NES carts and a NES game carrying case) and then at the bottom of the box was the portrait. Its now hanging in my game room. I posted a shot of me holding it on page 2 of the NA Santa reveal thread : http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=21&catid=7&threadid=117361
That's super funny. Congrats on your creepy portrait of another family lol.
Title: What Did You Get for Christmas?
Post by: htimreimer on December 25, 2013, 03:32:37 pm
what did you get for christmas?
so far i got
samsung galaxy tab 3 $25 prepaid card
Title: Re: What Did You Get for Christmas?
Post by: foxhack on December 25, 2013, 03:49:33 pm
We already have a thread so I'm merging this to it.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: htimreimer on December 25, 2013, 03:51:29 pm
sorry for that
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: stethebubble on December 25, 2013, 05:51:01 pm
ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGG i ate too much.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: turf on December 25, 2013, 09:32:37 pm
Merry Christmas. I had a long exhausting day. If you've never had a Christmas with a 4 year old, you have no idea the amount of energy they have when presents are involved. I was up until 3 a.m. Then, The Boy got up at 8, ready to go. It's been nonstop of unwrapping, opening, putting together, and playing. Rinse and Repeat. I'm beat. I finally got him to sit still and watch a movie. I just want to go to bed.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: tpugmire on December 25, 2013, 11:27:05 pm
I got to sleep in this morning. Having lazy teenagers is great sometimes. I'm exhausted from working 13-14 hour days for the past 3 weeks. Being a FedEx driver is no fun this time of year. I have to go in early tomorrow morning and Friday to help dig us out of the mountains of undelivered freight we have that we just couldn't get to. We got most of the residential stuff done, but lots of commercial stuff got left behind. Hopefully by Saturday, we will be caught up.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: pacpix on December 26, 2013, 01:55:57 pm
For Christmas I received the awesome Zelda 3DS bundle! The only bad thing is it is download only and the servers have been so busy I have not been able to download Link Between Worlds :(.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: turf on December 26, 2013, 02:01:42 pm
Merry Christmas to all if you. I'm going to show all my loot, so feel free to scroll down. My wife coordinated with about everyone that gets me a gift. I ended up with too much stuff. Now, keep on mind a lot of this is The Boy's, so it not all mine. I did get my white whale given to me: Snow Bros. It's finally mine.
My wife got this custom job off of a Faceworld yard sale site. (http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj573/turf1218/Christmas%20Loot%202013/F5181FF4-530C-4801-B605-A6A59C3F51B9_zps4vi5btlf.jpg)
DS and 3DS Goodness (http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj573/turf1218/Christmas%20Loot%202013/2586434B-F939-4885-A251-39B99BD4D0DF_zpsvrmlu4ow.jpg)
The Next 2 are modern stuff (http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj573/turf1218/Christmas%20Loot%202013/A084139F-A766-4DD4-9065-3B8E0BB4551D_zpsc6dhltdo.jpg)
Not pictured: Super Mario RPG, Super Mario 3D World, Sonic Lost World
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: soera on December 26, 2013, 02:43:10 pm
Nice SMS score. Im still looking for 2 of those games myself. And congrats on Snow Bros. I was hoping I would find that game for you.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: burningdoom on December 26, 2013, 02:44:24 pm
I had a fantastic Christmas with a very loving family, and I made out like a bandit. I seriously don't know what I did to make the in-laws so happy, but I got almost $200 cash from them! I was floored! So a 3DS is definitely in my future!
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: jobocan on December 27, 2013, 12:33:37 am
My wife got this custom job off of a Faceworld yard sale site. (http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj573/turf1218/Christmas%20Loot%202013/F5181FF4-530C-4801-B605-A6A59C3F51B9_zps4vi5btlf.jpg)
*explodes*
I must have this...
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: scott on December 27, 2013, 02:05:00 pm
As far as video gaming goes, I only got:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
As far as other things go:
Infra-Red Fireplace style heater Shirt.woot Pandemonium Hoodie (http://shirt.woot.com/offers/pandemonium) POP Vinyl EVE figure (Wall-e) POP Vinyl Bicycle Girl Zombie figure (Walking Dead) $25 Amazon gift card- Used it to buy the Millennium Falcon and Slave I figures for Star Wars: X-Wing B&N's Hardcover Classics Aesop's Fables LEGO TMNT Shellraiser Street Chase set
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: insektmute on December 27, 2013, 03:07:29 pm
We had a pretty relaxing, lowkey Xmas. Not an excessive amount of gifts, and only my mom, my aunt, and myself, but good food, and a nice respite from the day-to-day. Plus, I'm on vacation all week... albeit unpaid :/
I got: - Beyond: Two Souls on PS3 - The Hobbit: Extended Edition Blu-ray - Elektrolux Ecorapido vacuum - Tons of Gold Toe socks - Renters Insurance (seriously!) - Huge pack of Soniccare toothbrush heads - Doc Martens 1914 boots
Lots of very practical stuff, but I think my Mom has realized that I'll happily spend hundreds on new video games and records before I drop even 20 bucks on stuff like socks :p Those of you who are under 30, enjoy it while you can because eventually, you too will be excited to receive a new vacuum, lol
Speaking of which, I gifted myself some records: - Ladytron "Gravity the Seducer" LP - Phantogram "Eyelid Movies" LP - Phantogram "Nightlife" LP - Portishead "Third" 2xLP
Hah!
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: desocietas on December 27, 2013, 03:10:01 pm
We had a pretty relaxing, lowkey Xmas. Not an excessive amount of gifts, and only my mom, my aunt, and myself, but good food, and a nice respite from the day-to-day. Plus, I'm on vacation all week... albeit unpaid :/
I got: - Beyond: Two Souls on PS3 - The Hobbit: Extended Edition Blu-ray - Elektrolux Ecorapido vacuum - Tons of Gold Toe socks - Renters Insurance (seriously!) - Huge pack of Soniccare toothbrush heads - Doc Martens 1914 boots
Lots of very practical stuff, but I think my Mom has realized that I'll happily spend hundreds on new video games and records before I drop even 20 bucks on stuff like socks :p Those of you who are under 30, enjoy it while you can because eventually, you too will be excited to receive a new vacuum, lol
Speaking of which, I gifted myself some records: - Ladytron "Gravity the Seducer" LP - Phantogram "Eyelid Movies" LP - Phantogram "Nightlife" LP - Portishead "Third" 2xLP
Hah!
Haha, the renters insurance is some nice peace of mind! I got some after I bought my first bike and realized that it will come in handy in case anything tragic ever happens to my videogame collection...
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: insektmute on December 27, 2013, 03:13:31 pm
Yeah, it's one of those things I reallllly should've taken care of a couple years ago when I moved, and my ex and I always had it, but guhh... responsible adult stuff argh blargh.
I realized how important it is somewhere over this last year though; our upstairs neighbor left his dishwasher running while he was out, spilling water through the ceiling fan in our place... and all over one of my synths. It still works, but has exhibited some weird behavior ever since, and the knobs on it (which were kind of rubberized) feel a bit sticky and weirdly malleable :/
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: madmax on December 28, 2013, 06:26:11 am
Girlfriend got me the PS4 (Which I got early since we did the preorder this summer) I got these awesome socks, they feel like clouds Umm little tidbits, money, movie tickets.
I got myself a new computer case, nice quality one that's silent and has good wire managements stuff.
Title: Re: The Christmas Thread
Post by: PushStart on December 28, 2013, 07:56:29 pm
I had a nice relaxing Christmas with the family. One of the best Christmas's in a while as far as presents go from various family members
- Assassin's Creed 4 (PS4) - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Akira 25th anniversary edition (Blu-ray) - $50 Nintendo E'shop card - Playstation Plus 3 month membership card - Lego Back to the Future DeLorean set - 2 pairs of shoes - stainless steel coffee travel mug - The Joker Death of the Family hc - Batman Death of the Family hc - Deadpool Classic vol.3, 4, 5 - X Men Age of Apocalypse omnibus - Uncanny X Men vol.1 omnibus - The Amazing Spider-Man vol.1 omnibus - $10 Subway gift card - $15 Taco Bell gift card - $25 Amazon gift card - $50 Best Buy gift card