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This can be the obligatory "What I got for Christmas" thread, but I think it would be even better if we didn't limit it to just presents. Feel free to share something special God did for you this Christmas season, or something you got to do with your family.

As for me I didn't really ask for anything this Christmas, but my parents did get me a netflix account (WHOO~ lotsa anime~) and some new boots and bindings for my snowboard, so that was AWESOME.
We also took a ski trip, which was great because no one broke any bones (both my brother and sister broke arms last year snowboarding, my sister doing hers over our christmas skiing trip).. so that was good. I had a good time snowboarding with a friend I don't get to see much anymore.
Also, my family just got done playing a fun game of Apples to Apples, a game my sister got. It was really fun because I haven't really done a "game time" with my family for awhile. I usually skip out on them.

So, there's my Christmas blessings so far this year!

some ravi zacharias books

100 dollars (i got 2 ds games with it from play.asia.com)
50 dollars from my cousin

and I don't know what my sister and brother-in-law are getting me. We have't opened yet ^^;;

We actually haven't finished all our family Christmas events, so I'll wait 'till the dust settles to say that. As for my material posessions:

A stocking full of Japanese snacks
An "Otaku" T-shirt
2 CDs (Yuki Kajiura's "Fiction" and the "End of Evangelion OST)
Dot Hack part 2 (FINALLY!)
and a subscription to Newtype USA

Actually, there is one cool thing to tell about. Thursday, me, my brother, and my sister's boyfriend help a family pick up a couch for their appartment. The father just transfered to the semonary where I go to school, and the family just moved in a few days ago. They're originally from Ethiopia, but have moved around a lot lately. Anyway, they had to get rid of a LOT of their stuff to make the move, so the appartment was pretty sparse, hence another family giving them the couch. Well, THAT family was in the process of moving out, so THEY unloaded bags upon pags of groceries and goodies and stuff that they couldn't take with THEM, thus helping out the first family quite a bit. It was really awsome, sort of reminded me just how cool God actually is.

I am only gonna mention two. I got other great smaller gifts..but the ones I was REALLY excited about...

1. My very own Pay as I go CELLY!!

2. Rurouni Kenshin 1st Season, WOOT!

i got a cell too!! ^^
and speakers for my ipod! *o*
and AWSOME japanese furniture that i addoorreee.
and a geisha figurine to go with my other'un.
and charcoal so i can draw with it. :3
and then other stuff that i cant remember right now... <.<

I got my State Alchemist uniform, which turned out AWESOME. The pants are a bit tight, and the coat needs a bit of tailor work (All going to be done tomorrow), but it's sooooo flippin' sweet!

I also got the complete Saber Marionette collection, all 16 DVD's of all the S.M. series. <3 Lime ^_^

I got a brand new pair of glasses, rimless, they're really nice. No nose pads either, the nose frame just rests on the bridge, VERY comfortable. Plus they're reflective silver, so they go great with my Hughes/State Alchy costume.

I got a load of Best Buy gift cards too, so come tomorrow I'll be snagging a few new DS/PSP games.

I got a lot of overshirts too...I'm an overshirt junkie.

I got great stuff though, very happy with everything I recieved ^_^

From my parents, I got bunches of clothes (wheeee I love new clothes!), some money, DDR for X-Box 360 and a foam dance pad, and two pairs of shoes. From Osaka, I got the latest Ted Dekker book, a purse, and. . . oh gosh! There's something else she got me, what was it. . . Well, I can't remember right now (doh!) but I'm sure I will later. Oh wait! That was quick, I remembered-- she got me the Hawk Nelson cd. Yus! Then I got Full Moon wo Sagashite 4 and two shirts from my little brother, and from my younger sister I got a shirt (it doesn't sound like much, but it was kind of expensive and she was saving for a drum set that she didn't know that she was already getting for X-mas .) But while presents to me are fun, I actually had more fun giving everyone the presents I bought, he he.

I got an FM Transmitter. Oh yes.

I received,
From Jeremy (my fiancé) a new coat, (it’s what I wanted) house shoes, and a whistling tea pot.
From the gift exchange in Jeremy’s family two snowman. I love snowmen.

And I gave Jeremy a drummers shirt, a new hat, a sweater, and a wooden box thing made for keeping papers organized.
And for the gift exchange a $25 gift card.

cloths, fire emblem path of radience, more cloths, $320, and a wolf quilt

Christmas this year was special because it was at our house (instead of my grandparent's) and it was my first Christmas to really come home too (since I now live 5 hours away during school).

I got photo albums, picture frames, glass statuary for my room, flannel pajamas (it gets REALLY cold up there), a gift card to Kohl's, a teddy bear and candle, a gift card to Amazon.com, and a leather bound journal. Perhaps best of all, though, was the set of REAL pearls (earrings, necklace, and bracelet) from my parents which made me squeal.

This year God blessed my parents with some very large returns on the investments they had made. For that reason, I got much more this Christmas than I could even begin to deserve or expect. I got a Noir box set from Yumie, three pairs of jeans, DNAngel v. 10, a polo shirt, a thick foam DDR pad (Yumie got one too), a DDR game, some perfume, and two pairs of shoes. Oh, and my sister who is not Yumie got me the first season of the TV show 24. I like TV dramas but I have no time to watch them, so my only option is to ask for them on DVD.

hmm I got two ds games (animal crossing +mario kart)

Two cds ( all american rejects and Weezer)

One hoodie (a jakc skellington one oh yah)

FMA manga #4 with the Alphonse figure ( i have the Ed one to so i have to of the fma manga #4 lol)

Art pencils

and uh oh yah Dot hack part 4!

and I am not even done yet I am getting more tomorrow and on new years eve! isnt life great!

The best gift for me must of been to get in contact with a friend I haven't seen in months =^.^=

my sister and brother-in-law got me some speakers for my ipod

Yotsuba&! Vol. 3 and The Nightmare Before Chritmas DVD.
No Last Exile boxset. Oh well, maybe next year ^_^

I got a rock.

no, everyone's out of town so we're doing everything on New Years day.

I got...
Pajamas
Ubersoft bath robe
Couple'a shirts
Basket full of Bath and Body Works stuff (brown sugar and fig. SCORE)
Jingly watch :B
Stocking full of random stuff
Gift cards
Bicycle, rofl
DDR EXTREME 2 8D
RED OCTANE IGNITION PAD 8D

I have a lot of family. o.o/ Also, it's a fun thing to give gifts and watch people go "WOW I LOVE IT!" I get a real kick out of that.

This year I decided not to tell anyone what I wanted.
...
That really threw them for a whirl. XD

I ended up getting:
The new Rst.J CD,
Several incredibly stupid songs stuck in my head (none of which came from the afore mentioned CD),
An electric shaver (my track record with a blade is not so good... and my parents have a sense of humor),
A lot closer to my yankee relatives,
PhotoMaster (no manual- am going to spend a good deal of time trying to figure it out),
Poetic abilities I didn't know existed,
A fob (sp) for my Dad's car (the one I drive the most, and will probably inherit when it is replaced),
A renewed dread of Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve, and
A little silver cross on a chain (not too girly, I like it).

I got...

Christmas dinner and a great time at my parents' house with my family.

Both my husband and I, as well as my parents, have fallen on hard times over the last couple months, so none of us had money for gifts, so we all mutually agreed that gifts weren't important this year.

I got...

A PSP
Lumines
Dirty Harry
Batman
Batman Begins
A Bath Robe
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4
Aqua Teen Hunger Force shirt.
Pajamas
T-shirts
Socks
Undershirts
A Braun Electric Shaver
Giftcards
The Spy Who Loved Me

Ummm...that might be it.

I'd just like to say, first of all: Merry Christmas, Happy Chanuka, Jolly quanzo, and a joyful alternate religious holiday of your preference everyone! ^^

Ok what I got, um hmm, gee, I got a karate outfit and some sweet bokkens and I ran around the neighborhood yelling made up japanese and swinging my sword. Um.. samurai jack season 2 (>o</) and some other cool odds and ends. OH! And my friend gave me his Xbox, which is sweet, and me and my bro have been playing it all day. Now THAT'S quality time with the fam.

Merry Christmas to all the great people on this site! And a special one to the mods for keeping us all safe!

Anyway for me I got:

Misc small gifts
$230 in money and gift cards (Hastings, Walmart, Best Buy, and a Visa giftcard)
Appleseed the movie (the new one)

I am going to pick me up a DS tommorow and mabye a game or two. The fun thing for me was getting gifts for my family. (My mom and me got a DS for my little brother)

Merry Christmas again.

I Would Like To Wish Everyone A Very Merry Christmas!

dis is what I got for christmas

$70
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix For XBox
Oriental style blanket (And Pillow case)my mother hand made for me(Im SO keeping this for the rest of my life)
Naruto Shirt from HotTopic(I have to return it tho..-_- theres a hole it it...but I will get another one!)
Snow clothes (gloves beanie and scarf)
And lots of time to spend with my family!! ^_^ thats the important thing!

Yojimbo wrote:I got...

A PSP
Lumines
Dirty Harry
Batman
Batman Begins
A Bath Robe
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4
Aqua Teen Hunger Force shirt.
Pajamas
T-shirts
Socks
Undershirts
A Braun Electric Shaver
Giftcards
The Spy Who Loved Me

Ummm...that might be it.

and the REAL batman! under your tree! XD
right, right?

Sync wrote:I got a rock.

really? so did i!

also, though, i got advance wars DS, cargo pants, a custom sweatshirt whenever i have time to design it, rechargeable batteries, a ton of writing utinsels (i'm always losing mine, and it gets prety expensive when i'm buying the really nice mechanical pencils), misc. cds, mints, and money. i'm happy. i think i'm going to buy some swords with my money.

This year...
I got to spend Christmas with my boyfriend's family....so I wasn't alone. YAY!!!
and it was a lot of fun...

from my grandma and grandpa I got a printer
from my mom, dad, and sister I got the $$ to take the CSET and a cool mug set...
from Steve's parents I got a trash can (which I REALLY needed!) and new flatware
from Steve I got a flat iron and a beautiful ring!
and....
from Steve's aunt, uncle and cousin who were hosting the Christmas get together I got a pretty little crystal bowl

=)

i got....
prince of persia, the two thrones(ps2)
soul caliber III
animal crossing wild world
mario kart ds
the rat pack live at the sands(CD)
starwars: clone wars, volume 2
a star wars novel, and star wars the ultimate visual guide
and i got some books about astralia(im going there this summer with a group of people...not my family and its a big deal and such...)
an awesome a naruto hoodie
two full metal alchemist shirts
and these cool binoculars that take pictures
and...thats it...lots of cool stuff
oh yeah, and about $70 worth of gist cards to borders/barnes and nobles...from various people