The Annual SW-Fans Christmas Loot Thread!

[Dasquian Belargic]

I know I'm a day early but...

To quote myself, circa 2005: "What wonderful/woeful (delete as applicable) gifts did you receive this festive season? I know a lot of us are too 'old' to get the sweet, sweet hauls of years gone by, but I'm sure we all still get some pretty neat stuff. Come and bask in the warm glow of consumerism!"

[Regan Valdis]

The folks bought me Star Trek: The Next Generation 20th Anniversary Complete Series boxset. That's approximately 7,850 minutes of maximum warp fun and frolics. Also got Season 2 of Star Trek: TOS to complete the set, as well as a book - Buzz Aldrin - Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Shuttle and Beyond.

My girlfriend's family got me an assortment of t-shirts, Lynx/Gilette gift sets. Her mum and dad got me a model of the Enterprise (Original series). And my girlfriend got me Spaced on DVD, Ross Noble: Fizzy Logic on DVD, Alien vs Predator: Requiem for the PSP and a ultra-cool model bust of the T-800 from T2: Judgement Day...

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Still have one or two more gifts to come.

[Dasquian Belargic]

'Artoo Potatoo' and 'Darth Tater' potato heads :D
Buffy Season 1 and 2 DVD boxsets
The Chronicles of Narnia
Making Money (new Discworld book)
Jelly Bean machine
Ridiculously nerdy World of Warcraft t-shirt
Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness comic
Complete Sushi making kit

I can't remember what else, still more to come though. I feel like such a geek :mneh

[Khendon Sevon]

Shhhhwaaag:
- Black Diamond crampons & bag
- Koflach mountaineering boots
- Pantagonia R1 hoody
- Buncha' shirts
- Planet Earth (DVD)
- Megadeth Warchest (DVD)
- AC/DC Plug me in (DVD)
- The Witcher
- An Inconvenient Truth (paperback)
- Assassin's Creed
- The Wadi Rum Expedition (DVD)
- Various other junk that I don't wanna enumerate

:) Good haul.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

1 Pair Khakis for work.
1 Pair blue slacks for work.
2 Polo shirts for work.
1 Nike Polo shirt for work.
1 Pair mesh basketball shorts.
$$$
$30 gift card to B&N
Orcs and Elves for DS
10 disc changer for the car. (might exchange in for sound system+equalizer/main stereo system for car ...usb front input = 10 disc then some.)

[General Dan]

1. Magellan Crossover GPS unit (YES!!!)
2. Plantronics bluetooth headset
3. Awesome scarf to match the jacket I got for my birthday
4. Emo-ish sweater thing with a two headed imperial eagle
5. Long-sleeve collared shirt
6. Ralph Lauren sweater
7. Boxers
8. Silicone bread-baking pan
9. Silicone rolling pin
10. Mechanix gloves
11. Sealable kitchen jars
12. Black tea and ground cardamom (for said jars!)
13. Totally awesome tea brewing kettle
14. Chronicles of Imperial Rome, by Tacitus (YES!!!)
15. Ancient Rome and her Enemies
16. James Bond Encyclopedia
17. Book about cubicle monkeys for appropriate work reading
18. Egg nog flavored coffee mix
19. Bunch of Playmobil roman soldiers & barbarians for my cubicle (YAY)
20. Pair of salt & pepper shakers
21. Calendar
22. Candy including orange slices, orange tic-tacs, air heads, and pistachios!
23. Reading lamp
24. Bore snakes (9mm, .40 s&w, .22, and 12 gauge)
25. Digital earmuffs (amplify ambient noise, and muffle loud gunshots)
26. G96 CLP compound for gun cleaning
27. Box of 25 Hornady TAP 9mm JHP bullets
28. Universal remote to replace broken one
29. Cedar & Balsam candle
30. Stuffed Charley doll (Thanks Mandi!)
31. Terrible B movie DVD's (Thanks again Mandi!)

I also got some stuff that will be taken from me by Christin and used by her:
1. Sesame & garlic baking oil
2. Terracotta garlic clove baking thing
3. Box o' green tea!
4. Another jar o' green tea!

EDIT: I knew I forgot something - I also got a live rosemary bush because I love putting fresh rosemary in stuff that I cook, thanks mom!!!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Good God, Charley, give to charity or something. :mneh

[General Dan]

Good God, Charley, give to charity or something. :mneh

I gave two huge bags of clothes to my uncle and other relatives, so yeah I'm making room ;)

[Morgan Evanar]

I got a nice polo shirt and jeans
Piloti Monza driving shoes :o
A nail care kit with clippers and stuff
SCCA membership renewal
Barnes and Noble gift cards :cool:

[Ilias Nytrau]

My Christmas was warm, fuzzy, snuggly and at least partially cotton. I recieved:

- Fleecy pyjamas: White with blue reindeer on them:

- Fuzzy new robe (Purple! :D)

- Nintendo t-shirt: has Mario and Yoshi on it. A nod to my years and years of video-game playing, ha ha.

- 25th anniversary Care Bear with a dvd of a 'lost episode': the very first episode, which has rarely been seen since the first airing...

- A Hello Kitty stuffed animal: I'm STILL going to go to the Build-A-Bear workshop before the Hello Kitty choice becomes exclusive to Hawaii.

-Candy: Nice, big box of Smarties..Stocking isn't complete without Smarties. A few candy canes, oranges and Lindt chocolate balls.


Absolutely no books or art supplies this year. I'm truly astonished, especially since I really do love such things. The bonus is...NO CANDLES!...I swear, I have enough of them, already! But really, I WAS eyeing up the 25th Anniversary Care Bear when I went present shopping for my kid. :p

[Denarr Sepphist]

I got:
- A small care-package of Cadbury chocolates from back home
- Some $$
- A beautiful deck of Tarots
- Dinner and movie date
- An Australian flag! WEWT. Now I have a cape for Australia Day!

[Dae Jinn]

- pjs
- black hoodie for ninja attacks
- a robe
- new slippers
- art supplies, including 2 new sketchbooks (which I really needed!)
- perfume
- body lotion and spray; blueberry and vanilla :yum
- stationary set
- anime dvd
- lots of make-up stuff, like brushes and things
- A stuffed panda from Zeke :love
- socks
- how to draw manga book (which I now own 3 of, lol)
plus other assorted odds and ends in my stocking.

Oh! And I got 3!! Little People for my collection :D Yay!

[Kraehe Branwen]

-Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix Gift Set(With the bookmarks)
-Pink Greenbay Packers zip up hoodie
-Bath and body products that I'm going to have to exchange because the scents are a bit strong for me(stronger scents give me major migraines, I avoid the perfumey stuff and go for either fruity or candy smells)
-A small glass angel that sits on a mirror. It's about an inch and a half high.
-A pink dream catcher with an arrow head in the center
-A pink sweater that says "The good(the packers symbol) The bad(the bears symbol) and the ugly(the vikings symbol)"
-A pink polo sweater
-A green knit sweater
-A pair of black jeans
-Some bras
-Some panties and socks
-A buddha statue and sake cups with pouring thingie
-A pizza cooker(it spins the frozen pizza so it cooks evenly)
-Two Christmas ornaments, one thats for my daughter's first christmas and one that says "I'm the big brother" for my son. Each has their name on it and one has my daughter's bday.
-The book Beowulf
-Toe socks
-Some headbands and barretts
-A $20 gift card to Old Navy
-A pair of Happy Bunny PJs
-Two canvases(forgot what size, they're a good size though. Can't wait to paint on 'em!)

I think thats it. Being that its my birthday in two days and my parents were only here for a short time and my inlaws weren't sure if they'd see me, some of this was for my birthday. o.O

Oh yeah, my husband also took me a week or so ago to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and considers that one of my gifts too.

[Bandage]

Stuff:

1.Several 4xl long sleeve shirts that eat my hands.
2. Jeans for work.
3. Jean shorts.
4. Brahma Swat-style, steel-toed work boots. For work and play.
5. A shirt that says "Non-Employee of the Month" and a stick-figure gaming on it.
6. "Black" for PS2.
7. Several bottles of Cologne from "Santa."
8. Symphony bar from "Santa."
9. MP3 player.

Maybe more stuff to come.

[Kyle Krogen]

1. Candy
2. Candy
3. Candy
4. Yet more candy (Getting ready to go into a sugar coma)
5. Snarky t-shirts
6. Gift cards (Guitar Center, Fred Meyers, iTunes)
7. Gloves
8. Oatmeal (for reals)

[Miranda Tarkin]

1. 2 gift cards to the place I work... ze grocery store
2. A Jelly loaf of numminess
3. Getting my class ring resized
4. Skechers boots
5. Godiva chocolates
5. Gift card to Best Buy
6. Visa Gift Card
7. Coin collection minted in the year I was born
8. Gift card to Barnes and Noble
9. gold coins and 2 dollar bills (I collect can you tell?)
10. Lotions and bubble bath
11. Hot Chocolate
12. Christmas socks
13. Hand made ornament
14. T-shirt from Chasing Amy (the one with the picture of Santa and the Easter Bunny, etc ;))

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Scarf and matching gloves
Hot cocoa gift set
Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard I've been drooling over for months and months (thank you brother!)
fuzzy sleep socks
The Closer, season 1
Babylon 5, season 1 and 2
Rayman's Raving Rabbids 2 (wii!)
Wii controller covers
Wii controller recharging station (hooray for the end of batteries!)
picture of my sister's family
picture of my other sister's family
Money from mom and dad, money from Grandma
Gift card to the mall from brother in law (I have to share this with Ty)
$100 in Regal Cinema's gift cards from my mother in law (again to share with Ty)
Border's gift card :D
Stardust DVD
adorable Star Wars themed onsies for the baby!! (One says"Who's Your Daddy", featuring Darth Vader's mask, with Star Wars printed on the butt, and the other one says "Change me, I smell like a Wookiee" with Chewie on it :eee)
candyAll in all, an impressive haul.

[Mitch]

Christmas was kinda odd this year, but I got:

-Perry Ellis khaki dress shirt
-Cologne I'll probably never wear
-Matt Hasselbeck Seahawks away game jersey (YES!)
-4 GB USB junp drive
-Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii
-The Muppet Show season II on DVD
-Starbucks gift set thing (But.... I don't drink coffee...)
-Money from my grandma (Aww, how sweet! Too bad I have bills...)
-Awesome tee shirt that says "Caution: Beware of the Mongoose" (Bwa ha ha!)

And I got the "Manga Claus" graphic novel, and Soul Plane on DVD as White Elephant gifts.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The main thing I got this year was money, really. About £210 ($400) all together. Handy, with all the bills and whatnot!

[Natia Telcontar]

Ok, again I got thoroughly spoiled, though my son got more spoiled then I did.

-Enterprise gift set, all four season (On route here still)
-A Plasma Dragon
-Cineplex giftcard
-a Crockpot so Leten and I can get our dinners going in the morning when we both have to work
-Bootlegger gift certificate
-Stargate Atlantis season 3
-a Jewelery Box
-an Umbrella
-a small teddy bear
-$$$
-4400 Season 3
-an All-in-one Printer (joint gift to Leten and myself)
-4 mugs (joint gift to Leten and myself)
-Pot of Gold chocolates (joint gift to Leten and myself)

Oddly enough, I didn't get any books again this year. This is very very odd.


Some of the toys which will become annoying (in case you don't know, these are noise making toys) to Leten and myself which our son got is:
a Laugh and Learn toy phone
a Press and Go toy train
a Musical Octopus
a Go Go Splashin Fun Ferry

[Park Kraken]

- Dell Laptop Computer (is still in the box, haven't taken it out yet)
- Box of assorted Manga books
- Railroad Book
- WWE Wrestling Magazine
- Boxer Underwear
- Margarita Mixer set
- Jane's Tank Recognition guide
- a few gift cards here and there

And I think that was about it.

[Zeke]

I got a pile of Wii games. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn are the two that specifically are mine. Spider-Man totally rules. It's fun, it uses the Wiimote and Nunchuk in a fun, simple manner, and it has the Black Cat. Instant win. Fire Emblem is hard as crap. I'm still getting used to managing the system and making good use of my units.

While we're talking discs, I got Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1, Transformers, and Spider-Man 3. My mother of all the people got me the Burning Crusade for Warcrack (suprising since she hates the stupid game) and I'm totally hooked on the Draenei I made. Luckily, it's not stealing my soul, and I'm still spending lots of time on my family, friends, and other gifts. I got a set of music CDs which I have yet to actually listen to, but tonight they're going into my iTunes library and tomorrow they'll make it out to my car, where I'll listen to them 10 times over the next week and get sick of them.

On the intellectual end of the spectrum, I got some books, puzzles, and LEGOs. Naturally, the books aren't TOO smart; mostly it's a bunch of Marvel-related stuff. The Ultimate Guide to Spider-Man and Marvel Vault are fairly informative references regarding Spider-Man and the history of Marvel comics. The Vault one actually is fairly cool in an "informative without being nerdy" kind of way. Like...it's useful stuff, not just comic trivia. I could use it as a reference to track the success of a business or write a report. Yeah, it's got that kinda detail.

The put-together stuff is more Spidey and assorted geekery. Is anyone surprised? Spidey features as the first 3D puzzle I ever built. The LEGOs were a Y-Wing from Star Wars and a siege engine in the latest line of medieval sets. Altogether, it comes to about 2 hours of dinking around with tiny building blocks. I'm totally not satisfied. My brothers got LEGOs too and I wanna put them together for the hell of it.

And...that about wraps it up.

[Dasquian Belargic]

^ I love Spiderman Friend or Foe. I've been playing it on the 360. I could just spend all day webbing Phantoms and throwing them around like ragdolls :D

[Aurelias Kazaar]

iPod Nano
Gift cards
'Legacy of Ashes: the History of the CIA' book
Dallas Stars gift certificate
My college diploma (finally) framed
Three Fuente Fuente Opus X cigars circa 1992
My dad and my sister surprising me by bringing me home-made breakfast while I was working. This was the best gift I could've gotten. Seriously

[Zeke]

^ I love Spiderman Friend or Foe. I've been playing it on the 360. I could just spend all day webbing Phantoms and throwing them around like ragdolls :D Oh yes. :dance I like all the banter, too.

[Fiona Devlin]

- Starbuck's gift cards from all the people I know (Total Value: $75)
- PotC: At World's End DVD (2 disc limited edition)
- PotC: At World's End Movie Poster (framed & linen backed)
- PotC: At World's End Soundtrack CD
- PotC: At World's End T-shirt
- A bottle of Captain Morgan's Private Stock
- A Leather Jacket
- Robin of Sherwood DVD box sets 1 & 2 (the complete series)
- A bottle of Chaucer's Honey Mead
- A box of English Toffee Caramels

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I don't remember much of the evening of the 24th and 25th. For serious. Although I do know that moving couches while sauced up on wine and whiskey isn't a stellar idea. I do seem to remember Mitch calling, and then Rachel getting a hold of my phone somehow and making calls to people in my address book. And then Arie the youngest got suckered into doing whiskey shots.

Christmas morning I woke up still drunk (after crashing in the living room), Rachel woke up not quite as drunk, and Arie woke up with a hangover and still puking.

Those two days were the best Christmas presents I could've ever gotten :D

[Figrin D'an]

Skipping over the full list, which would have some boring stuff on it, the highlights were:

- iPod Touch from the parents
- Guitar Hero III for Wii from the girlfriend
- a large super soft fleece blanket that matches my couch from the brother


I was pleased with what I got. The iPod Touch was huge surprise, and is quite cool.