Wow that’s a bright young girl you’ve got.
I’d really like to do some charitable atuff like that around the holidays. A number of years ago a few of us on SON got together and picked up a crew of less fortunate kids and drove them to a CFL game game and back. They really enjoyed it.
received: tim hortons gift card, bulk barn gift card, candy, money, RODE NT1-A condenser mic for my recording set up, TWO blink-182 flags(4ftx6ft), blink182 tshirt, gift card for local music store, new era bluejays full back,
gave: walking dead season 2 dvd, $75 in best buy gift cards, $50 in kelseys gift cards, chocolate, and the lucky one dvd.
Spent more than i should have considering im out of work with next to no money to my name.
That is so wonderful to hear that there are so many kind people, and kids! That’s some great parenting right there.
Got: A bunch of Fiestaware, gift cards, Cards Against Humanity, a gorgeous pair of Puma First Round Super Eco’s, and a Kitchen-Aid hand mixer.
Gave: Got Mom a nice sweater she wanted, Dad got a gift card to Home Depot to go towards some DeWalt stuff, sister got a gift pack from Lush and a gift card to Barnes & Noble. Aaron has to wait to open his stuff.
This
Main attractions were
a few printed prints from local artists
a few originals from local artists
1800’s solid gold locket
antique diamond earrings
Good beer
I was given lots of cool stuff as well. Great day :tup:
Some decent people on here…
Small xmas, not many gifts given or received really. Not many of us left to gather…
i gave some pretty serious scottish and italian cashmere scarves to a number of my colleagues and their wives, a couple watch winders, some authentic Rolex polishing cloths, blu-ray players, garmin GPS’s and bought my wife a mini-van and gifted her car to my mother since hers was on the way out.
doesnt compare to that 6 year old girl though, that is some serious christmas spirit there.
I wish i could find an open timmy hoes around here right now to use my friggin gift card at!—> crack coffee withdrawls lol
The wife and I went all out as usual on the kid but agreed to keep it a very small xmas between us because we’d rather put the money toward our basement home theater/library remodel.
Our house has been full of good friends and family since Friday and that’s way better than a bunch of crap we don’t need anyway.
Got a couple things, bought my rents a new TV to replace their 15 year old CRT and made them toss their 80’s era console entertainment center monstrosity.
Wifey and I don’t exchange gifts, we like to take a vacation instead. :tup:
:tup: really cool. Don’t you mean your 6 year old granddaughter 
Gave the wife clothes. Wife gave me tickets to Lewis Black at the Seneca Niagara in January. Gave the father in law a logitech harmony universal remote because my mother in law is typically reduced to tears by trying to watch TV in her own house. My parents gave us cash that we used for a new lense for our SLR. The kid got some toys. Slide, crawling tunnel, kid-sized amish built table and chairs from my parents, etc.
Pretty typical Christmas. Nothing too heartwarming or exciting. Though this thread is inspring. The Christmas spirit has been fizzling on me the last few years. Doing a little more giving might fix my problem.
got mostly clothes and stuff like that…bought the g/f a telephoto lens for her nikon D3100 which pretty much blew her away. Got my uncle(we do secret santa) a verizon helicopter he can fly using his droid, he’s pretty excited about it lol.
I got a kick out of how the things I received as gifts now are pretty much the exact opposite of what I got when I was a kid, and I couldn’t be happier.
Received: Clothes, and kitchen supplies (silverware, crock pot, decent set of pots and pans) I’m looking to buy my first house so these things were all actually really awesome gifts.
Gave: Gave my brother a leatherman multi-tool, victorinox chef’s knife and sharpening iron. Gave my parents one of those sharper image massage chairs (http://www.amazon.com/The-Sharper-Image-MSG-C210C-Dual-Action/dp/B002LSI3JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356532224&sr=8-1&keywords=MSG-C210C).
Crock pots are awesome. Throw in big piece of meat, some veggies, wait till it’s good. If it’s not good just wait longer.
:word: I work from how I toss some stuff in around 11-12 and have dinner at 5.
Got houseware items. Cologne. Ugg Slippers and some game used NHL, autographed memorabilia.
Gave gift cards to pretty much everyone (too hard, seeing as I’m not very thoughtful and everyone has everything they need/want) and some stupid expensive limited edition Michael Koors watch that made me cringe when I bought it.
got my parents a kuerig. real big hit with them. i never thought id see my mom drink this much coffee in such a short time.
Kors.
Come on Beck, it’s not a beer…that’s what you are…
:oj:
Agreed, my personal favorite is tossing in a pork shoulder with some spices and a can of root beer before I go to work, delicious pulled pork ready when I get home.