So are the presents open yet?

Mike got me a Black & Decker Home Cafe- great coffee in an instant! I was at least able to surprise him this morning with a new flannel shirt from Land's End and a new pair of slippers.
He is resting now, thank God for pain pills that actually work!

So share your Christmas here- what did you get?

I got the "royal" AOK to get a necklace that I have been wanting for a long while - doing research now on eBay. Then it is off to compare prices at local stores.... I just LOVE shopping/looking a jewelry!

I got hubby a new computer from Dell.

Awesome! I got a landscape design cd-rom for the computer, which I have been wanting so I can design our front and backyard. I adore designing, especially landscaping. I also got a set of bath gels that each smell like baked goods! (Smell yummy and they are calorie free! ) I got 9 pairs of chandelier earings, a cd I have been wanting, and in my stocking I got a crest spin brush, cinnamon crest toothpaste, and some m&m's with holiday greetings. I also got a cat that is very umm...risque. It is a new collection at wicks in sticks, some look like flapper girls, and all are cats. Very cute, I will take a picture when I find that dang camera!

Well...I got 8-9 inches of snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I got a new black leather jacket, new purse, jeans, sweater from American Eagle, new pj's, Lite Brite Cube, the 5oth Edition of the Guiness Book of World Records, Sensa pen (pink) with matching pink cz earrings, pictionary, The 90's trivia game, heart tag bracelet, 8th Season of Friends.....the list goes on......I still have to have Christmas with my mother's family this evening!

I am in complete shock that we actually have snow--we are about 40 minutes from the Gulf--I am exhausted from playing in it all night!

Brendan and I just opened gifts. I got Brendan a docking station for his XM radio so he can listen to it anywhere, not just in his car.

For me -- I got the digital camera and printer bundle I had been eyeing at Target!!! Here are a few pics I have already taken this morning:

Brendan and I after opening gifts (please excuse the disheveled appearace as neither one showered because we could not wait to open presents!)


Ebony trying to figure out what all that paper is doing on the floor


MERRY CHRISTMAS from us!!!

Oh yeah, this is what I got mom:
A cd deck for her car (it doesn't have a cd player in it), a lemon verbena candle that she had been wanting, a cooking cd-rom where you can hold 2 billion of your own recipes, and it also includes lots of recipes, some new wine glasses, a concert ticket to Montgomery Gentry and Trace Adkins, along with lots of other stuff. Oh and the new dvd for the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, we are watching it as I type! They are hilarious!

Originally posted by caprice
I am in complete shock that we actually have snow--we are about 40 minutes from the Gulf--I am exhausted from playing in it all night!

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That is soooo weird, especially since you got 8-9 inches of snow! Here is southern Minnesota, where I live, we only have a very light dusting of snow, like maybe 1/8 of an inch covering the ground.

I got a new cookbook, jeans, a pretty Christmas sweater, a nice warm sweatshirt, a book of Christmas stories, a new coffee maker, and 14K white gold earrings.

i got from my mum 100 euros and i spent it on a new desk for the new house im moving into.
Then today i opened the presents that Sar sent me.
My dad hasnt given me anything and he still hasnt opened his present and its 8 pm

IM going to bring my mum her present now because they celebrate it on xmas eve and we got the car fixed today.
I didnt get anything from my bf yet because he is getting payed next week
this was my xmas

No presents here to open No Christmas Dinner. I guess I'll go to Dennys and get Turkey and dressing dinner if I can. It's a very Blue Christmas for me.

Originally Posted by HopeHacker

No presents here to open

No Christmas Dinner. I guess I'll go to Dennys and get Turkey and dressing dinner if I can. It's a very Blue Christmas for me.

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Aww..I'm so sorry that it's so blue!

We haven't even celebrated Christmas yet! We had a huge storm in Toronto on Thursday which dumped some snow in Toronto, but also dumped a huge amount north of here. My mother and stepfather were going to come down Christmas Eve but he is very sick right now after trying to dig out from the storm. He had over 4 feet of snow to dig out from and now he may have pneumonia. I just called my mom and they are taking him to the ER to get checked.

It took all day Thursday for him to clear the snow and my mom kept warning him to slow down and not do so much in one day. But of course he didn't listen.

Rob and I will drive up tomorrow & see how he is doing. I'm really hoping everything will turn out ok.

We just finished, lets just say I was blown away and quite spoiled...gifts "from" the squirrels and Flickers I feed, from the crows who haunt my property and seem to follow me up the street sometimes

Partial list, I have some new Harmony Kingdom pieces, a new piece of All-Clad and a new 3 ply Cephalon stir-fry pan, new software modules for my store (sweet DH), collectable (imo) ceramics from a local artist/friend, soup bowls for my china set from my mom (plus a check!), books, lotions and potions, and my first mandolin slicer.

All the cats have dined on Active Life, Felidae and PetGuard, and are now lounging happily cleaning off whiskers and faces

and I'm off to make only the second ribeye roast of my life, and a from scratch stromboli

Aww, Hope Sorry you're having such a "blue" day. Treat yourself to something you really like!
I got perfume (his usual gift, though he varies the scents) from my husband, "Hero" and "Hardboiled" (an old Tony Leung/Chow Yun Fat film) on DVD from Jamie (he must've had some help there), a huge fruitcake and cinchona coffee from my mom, a very generous gift of money from my in-laws (have to figure out what I really want - maybe a leather desk chair?), and two Avril Lavigne CDs from my niece and nephew.
The kids really liked their presents, though Erik was a bit overwhelmed by all the words he didn't recognize while leafing through his Webster's dictionary. Nasty person that I am, I told him he should memorize a really obscure term every day and spring it on his English teacher, whom I don't think much of.

I hope everyone can find a bit of happiness on this Christmas Day.

I got a new wet/dry shaver thingie that I asked for, and a new purse that I desperately needed. Then I got the fun stuff. Earl got me a copy of Tommyland, the autobiography by Tommy Lee of Motley Crue that is autographed by both Tommy and his co-author! He also got me an autographed 8x10 of Motley Crue signed by all 4 members, from the Girls Girls Girls era (which is when they all looked the best IMO). And the coup de gras was an autographed photo of my own demi-god Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)! I about swooned!

Earl got quite a haul too. I hadn't realized that I got him so much stuff! LOL In addition to another 7 or so movies on DVD, he got a new DVD player and wall mount for the big TV for the computer room. He's such a huge movie buff that the little 10" TV in here wasn't going to cut it, and we have an extra 19" collecting dust. Oh yeah, and Antonio Banderas Spirit since he wanted that cologne. Right now he's happily watching the Tribute to Freddie Mercury DVD.

And the kitties are quite sure this whole day is just for them! They haven't even gotten all the toys from their stocking (which was STUFFED), and are totally tired out from playing all morning. Makes me one happy Mommy!

I got scared to death earlier. The phone rang, and i picked it up and all I could hear was someone sobbing! I said hello several times, and all I could hear was this intense sobbing. I am freaking here, mom is 97 years old, I thought it might be mike's sister telling us mom finally passed on. So finally after saying hello for the fifth time and begging the caller to talk to me (no we don't have caller ID) I hear Mike's daughter sobbing on the phone thanking us for her scrapbook! We put together for all the kids this year, memory books with photos of their childhood and Mike included a personal letter to each of his kids. Donna was crying over the gift! I was flattered she liked it so much, but geez talk about giving me a heart attack! LOL

What a very meaningful gift for you to give each of the kids, MA. Donna was obviously extremely moved. I'm sure you could have done without that shock, though!

Sierra gave me my favorite pj's from Victoria's Secret. Because we have an angel card, we also received an assortment of their Signature Scents! Thank you, baby girl, it was so sweet of you to get me something you know I'll enjoy so much!

Well... my mom didnt get to finish her shopping bcuz of the snow.. so we are going tomorrow.. and going to catch some sales!

i picked out all my stuff. and...
i got a pink sweater, a purple long sleeve shirt... uhm, a white 3/4 sleeve shirt from Abercrombie and a pink i love moose shirt from there also..*they were on sale, only reason i got them* uhm.. som really cute jeans from buckle.. a little makeup kit from VS.. that was on sale for $10... a long sleeve cowgirl shirt.. that is flowered and blue.. and whatever i get tomorrow..

also, from Josh i got a nintendo ds...

from his grandma i got.... http://www.coach.com/shop/product_no...=1&easyask_id=

she gave me the reciept.. and, i think i am goin to exchange it for a bigger one.. thats a dooney & bourke... because i cant fit anything in the one she got me.. she told me that it might be too small thats y she gave me the reciept

Hissy,
It sounds like a really wonderful, thoughtful gift...but I agree, that was the last way you needed a phone call to begin!

Besides the new engine in the van, I gave Mom a microbead neck pillow with massager (she's been using it today )and she gave me a book about Scottish tartans.

Sis dropped off a couple of gifts yesterday (she has a 4-wheel drive SUV) including a DVD-VCR unit and tapes and DVDs, some chocolate , fuzzy house socks, and I got some puzzle books (which I usually keep in the van while Mom is shopping or in appointments).

The rest of the gifts will be next weekend when we gather at niece's house. Our family can celebrate Christmas whenever we can!

Gosh, reading what everyone got is much more fun than explaining it all from our house!! Hey Steph, can ya take of pic of the Victoria's Secret PJ's and hold Sierra? Now that is what should be on their catalog! My Dad sent a tribal necklace from Namibia, of all places, for Eric to go with the tribal bracelet that he sent from the Congo last year. He and his wife travel a lot. I just hope the tribal decorations are compatible and we haven't created bad voodoo by having Eric wear them together WITH the cartoon flannel PJ's all his little neices and nephews sent to him. Can't wait to post a pic of that one. I got a beautiful kitty from Mexico and will post later so Rigel can see it, and a kitty book and and another book and some wonderful homemade trinkets that mean the world to me. The biggest gift, however, is in a separate thread.