Holiday Gift Thread

[Nyokou]

Pre-ordered for myself.



I'm more excited for my family to open the presents I got for them.

[Kraezymann]

Originally Posted by Nyokou

I'm more excited for my family to open the presents I got for them.

Basically this. I usually do my best to be creative or be as thoughtful as I can when it comes to gift buying.

guess i value praise more then anything else amirite

[danny53x]

Got my dad chocolates, mom and step-dad a snowglobe with a cardinal in it, got my older sister a hard copy of Humans of New York, burnt a CD of some recent stuff I've been listening for my youngest brother, and my second youngest brother I got Arboreal by The Flashbulb.

And so far I've received from a Secret Santa exchange on a Tetris forum an old Tetris handheld:

[RE_Alioth2]

Originally Posted by reuben_tate

@RE_Alioth2: Getting money is a double-edged sword for Christmas. On one hand, you can get whatever you want. On the other hand, I feel like Christmas is the only time of year I get things that I would have otherwise not gotten myself.

Yeah it's easier for me to just get money on the holidays since I can pretty much get what I would use, but I wouldn't mind receiving an actual gift

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by RE_Alioth2

Yeah it's easier for me to just get money on the holidays since I can pretty much get what I would use, but I wouldn't mind receiving an actual gift

Usually we get mostly money/giftcards but this year I figured maybe actually ask for a few things because I always just end up using the money for bills lol.

We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve at my grandma's house, now we have like 3 Christmas things to do today. I'm already tired.

[Izzy]

Pajamas, Socks, A case to put bathroom items in, Gloves, 2 shirts, 2 pants. Work sent me 2 large packs of bacon and pancake mix. Got myself a 750 GTX ti for my Mini itx htpc computer thing. Replaced a 560 gtx that was getting to 85 celcius.

Bought a 760 gtx, i3 cpu, harddrive and powersupply and built a computer with this girl I know.
Edit: It was for her if that wasn't implied.

[RE_Alioth2]

@Izzy - Nice nice~ Glad to hear you're having a good holiday :P

@psychoangel - Yessss I know...that's how we have to do it in NY/NJ Although Christmas Eve is like...3 dinners and 2 deserts XD

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by RE_Alioth2

@Izzy - Nice nice~ Glad to hear you're having a good holiday :P

@psychoangel - Yessss I know...that's how we have to do it in NY/NJ Although Christmas Eve is like...3 dinners and 2 deserts XD

Yep, Jersey born and raised here. Always been this way for me haha.

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by XelNya

What color switches is this? (I have the numberpad-less version of this one.) Love it to pieces mostly.

Blue switches.

Originally Posted by Kraezymann

Basically this. I usually do my best to be creative or be as thoughtful as I can when it comes to gift buying.

guess i value praise more then anything else amirite

I think it would be quite natural to want people to enjoy what you got them -- it doesn't have to be praise, though!

EDIT:

Originally Posted by AlexDest

Got a CRT television, video capture card, and RCA splitters to get off the emulator for speedrunnin'. B)

Ordered myself Spyro: A Hero's Tail and Crash Bandicoot: Warped.

PLATINUM RELIC BUDDIES GO

can't wait to see your 105% CB3 runs!

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Kraezymann

Basically this. I usually do my best to be creative or be as thoughtful as I can when it comes to gift buying.

guess i value praise more then anything else amirite

I'm more excited about giving things to people, ask AJ. But nothing wrong with enjoying the things we get as well. I manage to shock AJ every year with what I get him XD

[gold stinger]

I got chocolate for christmas.

2 poor 4 xmas sorry if you were expecting something amazing :L

[rayword45]

Christmas haul thus far:

Ripley's Believe It Or Not: Download The Weird
Reverb Clip-On Tuner
$100 Amazon Gift Card
Hohner 32-Key Instructor Melodica
ZOOM G1XNext Pedal
Hardwire DL-8 Delay/Looper Pedal (That I bought myself and my mom thinks she bought)
Probably another pedal that my mom actually bought that didn't come yet
Some foods and cash

What I gave to my sister that I'm proud of

A $20 Whole Foods Gift Card wrapped in tape, wrapped in paper, wrapped in more tape, wrapped in more paper, wrapped in more tape, shoved into a DVD case, taped more, wrapped in paper and then taped, shoved into a box, wrapped and taped, shoved into a bigger box, seams taped, shoved into one more box, seams taped, and then wrapped like a regular gift.

Originally Posted by danny53x

And so far I've received from a Secret Santa exchange on a Tetris forum an old Tetris handheld:

Holy shit my mom was obsessed with that exact thing like a decade ago.

[Deidara837]

Yooo no more slaving away on a laptop kb

Came with blue switches, also the SteelSeries mouse is dope. Typing on this thing is gonna take some getting used to haha.

[choof]

prozac
that's pretty much it

[RE_Alioth2]

Wanted to share this with everyone...this is what I worked on for choof. I know it's not much...but Merry Christmas.

[Poison-]

My brother got me a 3DS with Smash Bros. and Super Mario 3D Land. What a guy.

[drizzleRomanceGirl]

i hope you feel much better, choof

[Mahou]

I just opened presents and I am pretty happy with what I got so far for Christmas.
- custom made mug with a giraffe drawn on it (from the gf)
- a jar of peanut butter (from the gf) (i also love peanut butter)
- 20$ visa prepaid card
- 30$ itunes gift card
- New thermal top for working out
- New pair of asics running shoes
- New pair of workout sweats
- New pair of dress socks (about 3-4 pairs)
- 4x4x4 rubix cube
- a bottle of tequila
- New leather jacket
- fancy shaving kit (i hate having facial hair and constantly shave)
- bottle of cologne


I still have to spend Christmas with my gf's parents soon, and from what I've heard, I'm supposed to be getting more gifts (this is probably the most gifts I have ever received during Christmas. I hope everyone is having a great time for their Christmas. Much love~

[Mahou]

Originally Posted by rayword45

A $20 Whole Foods Gift Card wrapped in tape, wrapped in paper, wrapped in more tape, wrapped in more paper, wrapped in more tape, shoved into a DVD case, taped more, wrapped in paper and then taped, shoved into a box, wrapped and taped, shoved into a bigger box, seams taped, shoved into one more box, seams taped, and then wrapped like a regular gift.

Hahaha, this is good! I wrapped my sister's gift in duct tape this year. ;D

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

Blue switches.

oooo

You're gonna wreck shit. Blue switches are awesome.

Just a heads up the chord that plugs the keyboard in is a little uh, finicky at times. Mine likes to turn on screen lock and then spam keys for no reason when it's moved too much. I don't actually know why it does that though. I mean I've taken pretty good care of this keyboard (cleaning it constantly taking good care of the chord as best I can when I do decide to take it with me somewhere ect.)