What was your Christmas haul?

[Kingdom]

Lady in the Water
The Flash
Other things, but since all I wanted were the two DVDs above, that's all I care about right now.

[missionhockey21]

Mission, Did you get the 20 gig or 60 gig?

60 gig. I was actually one of the few lucky enough to reserve a system a month or two in advance, a 20 gig, and while I knew the demand would be pretty intense, I never knew it would be at what it was. So once the launch happened, I saw a golden opportunity to recoup a large chunk of that large sum of change if I was able to pick up another one to keep. After two or three days of very limited sleep (I was studying for exams and hitting F5 on a few shopping forums with threads on PS3 availability, I finally had an order go through for a 60 gig by itself from Sony Style. We were able to sell the 20 gig for over $350 more than we paid for it, which was a happy tradeoff as it allowed me and the brother I was going in on the gift with to actually have more than a gift or two under the tree. Heh.

[redsrbetter]

For me:

Cincinnati Reds Jacket
Baby Blue Cincinnati Reds Hat
Cincinnati Reds Hoodie
Quiksilver Jacket
Sideout Hoodie
2 other plain hoodies
Tool Box
a new football
Griffey on Griffey book
Athlon Sports baseball magazine (with Griffey on the cover)
2005 College World Series DVD
Two pairs of Jordans
Cool Texas Hold 'em sign with my last name for the basement
Tools
10 plain black T-shirts (have to wear them under my uniform at work)
Anchor Blue Sweatshirt
Popcorn bowl
$25 gift card to Sears

And best of all, a backyard fire pit. I have been wanting one of those for a while.

What I gave:

Wife:
Opal ring (her birthstone)
2 purses
2 pairs of Nike running shoes
2 games for her Nintendo DS
Bath and Body Works lotions, sprays, and soaps
Robe
Gilmore Girls Season 2
Grey's Anatomy Season 2
Hinder CD
Hurley Sweater

Dad:
2 pearl snap long sleeve shirts

Mom:
Precious Moment figurine (I get her these every Holiday reflecting stages in my life)

Sister:
Food Dehydrator

Bro-In-Law:
Anchor Blue T's

5 Nieces:
Insane Barbies and Polly Pocket and Nintendo Ds stuff

Brother:
2 pairs of Quiksilver Jeans

Step-mom:
Purse

Step-Bros:
X-Box games

Wife's mom:
opal and tanzanite necklace

Wife's mom's boyfriend:
New Jacket and a new drill

Wife's dad:
personalized KC Chiefs Jersey

Wife's step-mom:
Jacket and socks

Wife's gma and gpa:
Outback gift certificate for $50

Wife's brother:
PSP

Wife's sister-in-law:
tanzanite necklace and jacket

We went a little crazy on her side of the family this year because we did the same for my side last year. All in all, a very Merry Christmas.

[Lynch]

Being the spoiled rotten brat that I am....

Good grief man, "spoiled rotten" doesn't really cover it, does it?!



I usually get a couple of lumps of coal in my stocking. This year, I got the whole bag plus a note for 1 Free Refill.

[Kingdom]

You gave your wife the Hinder CD?
Now I know your wife has a wild side for sure.

[Porter]

I got some socks, some shorts, some boxers, a 1993 Ponitac Bonnivelle SE...nothing too much.

I gave my daugher a jogging stroller, my girlfirend a shadow box with a personalized name place with the words mother on it. My bro got a headset for his computer and my mom got a crystal heart with mom on it.

[Fishercat]

Good grief man, "spoiled rotten" doesn't really cover it, does it?!

Yeah, it was a damn big year, I'm not particularly sure of the reason. Possibly extra available funds since college turned out to be cheaper than HS, possibly because I threw in my fair share for the rest of the family. It was absurd, I know. At least I admit it.

[mntwinsfan]

Lets see

1. George Foreman Grill.. The bigest they have made.
2. Miami Vice DVD season 1 and 2
3. Pulsar Watch
4. Clothes like always
5. Bowling Bag and new Ball
6. San Diego Chargers Hat and Rivers Jersey
7, Plane Tickets for a week in Las Vegas.
8. Most inportant I recieved a picture of my kid in Minnesota, She turned 16 Christmas Eve.

That's just some of the things I recieved.

Hope all had a great christmas!

[DiamondDave]

1) 1985 Porsche 944
2) 37" LCD TV
3) Wii (mainly for the kids, but for Daddy too )

And to top it all off..... lost the reverse gear in my main car last night... so driving around without reverse.,.... and the Porsche needs 2 repairs before she can be tagged... ugh

[OrioleMagic]

She turned 16 Christmas Eve.

I had absolutely NO idea that you were a middle aged gentleman...


Can I get a PM on our trade expansion back?

[OrioleMagic]

60 gig. I was actually one of the few lucky enough to reserve a system a month or two in advance, a 20 gig, and while I knew the demand would be pretty intense, I never knew it would be at what it was. So once the launch happened, I saw a golden opportunity to recoup a large chunk of that large sum of change if I was able to pick up another one to keep. After two or three days of very limited sleep (I was studying for exams and hitting F5 on a few shopping forums with threads on PS3 availability, I finally had an order go through for a 60 gig by itself from Sony Style. We were able to sell the 20 gig for over $350 more than we paid for it, which was a happy tradeoff as it allowed me and the brother I was going in on the gift with to actually have more than a gift or two under the tree. Heh.

LMK how much difference the 60 gig is... I have a brand new unopened PS3 20 gig sitting here in my office... We lost about 40 bucks on three auctions on EBay. My wife set the reserve too high on the first one. The other two... nobody bid on... I am thinking about keeping it, but will probably have my wife take it back and say her husband only wanted a 60 gig...

[General]

A bag for my laptop, a shirt, and 50 bucks.

[Molina00]

To my wife:

A Sony home theatre system to hook up to our 52" Sony... (it rocks, can't wait to watch Top Gun!!!)

Are you sure that was really for the wife?

My haul wasn't near as big as some of you guys's but I'm quite pleased with it.
Rocky Anthology boxed set (all 5 original Rocky movies)
Movie theater gift card
Michael Young jersey (by Majestic)
Texas Rangers clubhouse jacket (by Majestic)
Photoshop Elements 5.0
Various Michael Young game used, autographed, and rookie cards
A replica of Aragorn's dagger from the Lord of the Rings movies

[Dry1313]

Tony Romo Jersey
Notre Dame Sweatshirt
Yankee Sweatshirt
A ton of sweatpants and shit.
Nice Bathrobe, I look like a pimp.
A nice green Yankee Hat.

Guitar Hero 1 + 2.
Guitar Controller.
Splinter Cell, Double Agent.
Call of Duty 3.
$175 from aunts and uncles.

Needless to say, it was a great Christmas, and Guitar hero is ****ing addicting...

[missionhockey21]

LMK how much difference the 60 gig is... I have a brand new unopened PS3 20 gig sitting here in my office... We lost about 40 bucks on three auctions on EBay. My wife set the reserve too high on the first one. The other two... nobody bid on... I am thinking about keeping it, but will probably have my wife take it back and say her husband only wanted a 60 gig...

Rough luck on the auctions man. I was scouting them and since I missed out on getting an auction first up after launch (as we didn't have the second one secured yet), I waited a bit for the market to go down with the number of PS3's available and got a bit lucky.

With the 20 gig vs the 60 gig though, the differences aren't huge, outside of the disk space. The 60 gig comes equipped out of the box to connect to wi-fi and has the ability to read various memory cards for digital cameras and such (from what I understand at least, as I don't have the equipment, I didn't research it too much.) But both of those are either upgradeable now or will be in the future based on what I read. The hd is also upgradeable (supposedly some have upgraded to a 120 gig hd for a $100 with relative ease.) I was personally fine with getting the 20 gig one since the only difference that is of any importance to me is the difference in space, which I could upgrade to something better for the cost once the warranty is expired. But with the nice profits from the auction, I figured why not. If you have wi-fi, or plan to get it in the future, I would go with the 60 gig as I don't know how easy that will be to upgrade.