What did you GIVE this xmas?

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There have been some threads about what santa gave to you, but what did you give this year?

i gave:
mum and dad: a picture i took of them at a wedding, put into a custom frame to match there new dining room
sister: a top
sisters bloke: a itunes voucher for his ipod touch
grandad: a CD he likes....but he got it earlier on in the day :lol:

the girlfriend:
a handbag
head massager
a scarf, that has hand pockets in (she always gets cold hands)
a callendar (marked the 1st feb on it)...
...tickets to a show she will like on the first of feb.

her parents: a card
her sisters: choclate...cant go wrong

just hope she likes them, am going down to her house today :)
 
Sisters five kids (it`s either cold, or the telly`s crap in Norfolk....:lol:) A Wii, games and assorted Lego

Sister was cash
Mum - DVB Radio
BiL - Racing game for the Wii
 
As part of their present my brother, sister, and 3 neices, are having one of Dee Gregory's Charity calendars.

3 neighbours and 11 workmates are getting one as well and I have one for myself.


John :)
 
Eldest Son: CD player for his car, WRC team Ford Focus overalls as a fun pressie. Couple of games for XBox 360.
Youngest son: Updated module for his electric drum kit, 4 games for PS3, DS game.
Wife: External Hard drive for her laptop, all in one printer, cookery book she'd asked for and a game for DS.
 
Youngest stepdaughter - a designer pair of shoes (I have no idea on the cost as my mrs has been sneaky)
Middle stepdaughter and her boyfriend - clothes and uk stuff they miss as they live in Iceland.
Eldest stepdaughter - clothes
Her Hubby - books and a couple of Homer T-shirts
My nephew - vouchers for HMV

My mrs - A pampering on our holiday (she's booked me a scuba dive with Dolphins)
 
brother 1: jeans he bought, i payed
sister: cash as requested for horsey stuff
brother 2: can't remember
brother 3+wife: Vissler calender, all images not as nice dogs as theres, bit of a crap pressie also. stuff for their london house

mum: huuuge photo frame for our new cottage, with me doing a montage of loads of images, the original garage, being knocked down, and said cottage through the build process

mum + dad: flights, hotel and seated tickets to wales ireland at croke park, dad's a former welsh player and ref and has said he'd love to go to croke

me: tamron 17-50 2.8 (if the fella on the fs thread accepts my offer), canon 40d, cards and batteries, nice polo shirt and jumper, jeans and tyres for my car

ex: taking her shopping at bicester village outlet, bit odd but hmmm, it's complicated!!!
 
best thing I gave was a zenit 12 to my niece she keeps playing with it and I hope it gets her into photography
 
c_robinson said:
. . . and tyres for my car
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:thinking: :suspect: Well, when it comes to presents, it couldn't get any more unusual than that. Were they gift wrapped? I can imagine them taking up a lot of room around the Christmas tree. :lol: :help: :naughty:
 
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it was something i needed, and no they weren't wrapped!
 
Mum - £70 Molton Brown gift box
Dad - Base Layer, Fleace & gloves
Brother - 5in1 Reflector & T4 DVD
Sister £35 Molton Brown gift box
Auntie - Gold Troll bead
Sister Fiance - CD
Brother's wife - Smellies
Sisters baby - 2 Outfits
Brothers Baby - 2 Outfits
Girlfriend - Coat, jeans, Snowboots, Build a bear[snowbaording monkey]
Myself - Canon EOS 5DmarkII :)
 
kiteninja said:
Mum - £70 Molton Brown gift box
Dad - Base Layer, Fleace & gloves
Brother - 5in1 Reflector & T4 DVD
Sister £35 Molton Brown gift box
Auntie - Gold Troll bead
Sister Fiance - CD
Brother's wife - Smellies
Sisters baby - 2 Outfits
Brothers Baby - 2 Outfits
Girlfriend - Coat, jeans, Snowboots, Build a bear[snowbaording monkey]
Myself - Canon EOS 5DmarkII :)
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sig changing time :D
 
You've just reminded me! I usually give a few pounds to St. Dunstans, but they haven't sent a reminder for some reason. Must send it asap.
 
I took the wife to the canaries for some winter sun, all the rest of the gifts for others is her job.
 
Hmmm, where to begin.......
Wife - Pair of boots, a top, perfume, fluffy tiger slippers and choccys
Daughter (age 3) - VTECH camera, dolls, lots of dolls accesories, clothes, books, jigsaws, teddies, toy doggy thing and on and on...........
Mum - Jumper, scarf, socks
Dad - Jumper and socks
Outlaws - same as my own parents
Granny - slippers, choccy
youngest nephew - hot wheels stuff
two other nephews - X rocker gaming chair to share
another nephew - Smellies
niece - smellies
another niece - another toy doggy thing
3 godkids - big pile of next gear each
Great auntie - semllies and choccys
assorted other bits as well for a few unmentioneds.
 
My Parents

Digital photo frame between them both.
Dad a Jackie Stewart Autobiography.
Mum a Olay gift set

Husband

Media Player
Boxers and Socks
Hand held megadrive game thingy
Dubstep CD
The complete Storyteller collection on DVD (proceeds to charity)
Hoodie

Various Friends Presents

Sanctuary Gift Set
Ihat - its a hat which you connect to your MP3 player which has inbuilt headphones
Inflatable Cock Fighting
Toilettries

I'm sure there are others can't actually remember tham all!
 
The best present I gave was a Zippo lighter to Pete which was a big surprise to him as we said we wouldnt give each other presents this year due to the car trouble etc. but I love giving and seeing everyone happy,which he was.
 
erm...I can't remember most of them, LOL

Hubby - a game, clothes, chocolate (alot of chocolate), vodka (still in the freezer!), trainers, smellies
Bro - camcorder, smellies, chocolate, pictures
Dad - clothes, drill, smellies, cocolate, a funky flourecent green hat (joke btwn hubby and Dad)
Mam - slippers, perfume, smellies
Mam & Dad (between them) didgital photoframe, photo album and a couple of photos for the wall (Gran got the photoframes)
Gran - towel cake, scarf, photos
Little miss B (4 yr old) - necklace and a huge bag full of toys and books
Father-in-law - digital photo frame, whiskey, calander, photos
Nephews - football top and smellies
Nieces - toys/watch/smellies/Hannah Montanah stuffs/electric toothbrush
Best friends - clothes/game/smellies/candles/photo
 
Girlfriend got, New handbag, perfume, underwear, clothes, DVD's, CD's but main present is the new flat we're living in now.
Parents got the usual book tokens & bottle of red wine!
 
I gave the mother of my son a ‘Happy Christmas’ on the phone ...which caught her out and she actually said thank you quite quickly, then remembered it was me and grumbled something unfathomable then shouted up the stares to my son instead. "Danny its your dad on the phone!"

:lol: ;)

I got Danny a Bass guitar amp and a mega bar of fruit and nut Toblerone because he's always liked the look of the fancy box.

My friends and family all got my company and I managed to visit five of them at considerable distances...and for a single sad man this Christmas I'm quite pleased with myself for putting the effort in and I have a whole pile of presses as a result. :D
 
Wife - Wii game
Mum - DS Game, some avon smelly stuff
Dad - Book about fishing
Sister - Amazon vouchers
Dog - Squeaky plush turtle and a couple of bags of treats
 
I'll probably weep when I read this back !!

Whiff got:

Samsung Genio Touch
Samsung webbook
Radley Brolly
Fabulously Wills Hoody
Bombay Duck parasol
Channel No 5
Tube of smarties
Ironing board

Step kids got:

New bikes
Starwars Lego
Wii games
DVD's
Clothes
Sweeties
Board Games
Books

(I need a drink now)
 
Daughter a bike
Son a Laptop
Me n Mrs Pumpy dont bother buyin each other owt these days, we'll probably buy each other summat in the sales.

Apart from that i honestly don't know what we bought anybody else, Mrs Pumpy does all the xmas shopping....she's awesome.
 
Mum - Clarins moisturising gift set
Dad - Hat and a posh silk tie
Sister - Perfume
Sister's OH - Scarf
Nephew - Postman Pat Special Delivery Helicopter
Neice #1 - Bath kit for her first doll
Brother - HMV Vouchers
Sister in Law - Slanket
Neice #2 - Spining Top
Uncle & Aunt - Scarf & Gloves
Great Aunt - Nature photography book
Grandad - Nice olives
Dogs - Treats & Rope pull toy
Cats - Treats and a laser pointer thing to chase (Spike went mad for it!)

...and my lovely OH got:
Blu Ray Player
Platinum Ring
Lost - entire first series
X-Box Games and Microsoft points
Fat Face hooded top
3 nice hardback books
One Day International cricket top
Slouchy PJ type clothes
I Tunes voucher
and other bits & bobs - I really can't remember what :thinking:

:)
 
dh got another set of led fish tank lights socks pants choccy sudoko alarm clock
ds 1 lappy
ds 2 lego lego and more lgo
dd1 playmobil and a ton of other stuff
dd3 playmobil playmobil and more playmobil
mum and mil m and s voucher
nan a hamper
 
Daysleeper40 said:
Mum - Clarins moisturising gift set
Dad - Hat and a posh silk tie
Sister - Perfume
Sister's OH - Scarf
Nephew - Postman Pat Special Delivery Helicopter
Neice #1 - Bath kit for her first doll
Brother - HMV Vouchers
Sister in Law - Slanket
Neice #2 - Spining Top
Uncle & Aunt - Scarf & Gloves
Great Aunt - Nature photography book
Grandad - Nice olives
Dogs - Treats & Rope pull toy
Cats - Treats and a laser pointer thing to chase (Spike went mad for it!)

...and my lovely OH got:
Blu Ray Player
Platinum Ring
Lost - entire first series
X-Box Games and Microsoft points
Fat Face hooded top
3 nice hardback books
One Day International cricket top
Slouchy PJ type clothes
I Tunes voucher
and other bits & bobs - I really can't remember what :thinking:

:)
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What on earth is a "Slanket" :)
 
Daysleeper40 said:
Blanket of the gods...

http://www.theslanket.com/
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:) Oh, it seems to be the "original blanket with sleeves", weve got something similar in out house, its called a big coat. ;)
Why not save money though and just cut some holes in a duvet for your head and arms, then when your ready for bed just lay down on the mattress :lol:
 
MrPumpy said:
:) Oh, it seems to be the "original blanket with sleeves", weve got something similar in out house, its called a big coat. ;)
Why not save money though and just cut some holes in a duvet for your head and arms, then when your ready for bed just lay down on the mattress :lol:
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Because then it wouldn't have sleeves... or be a blanket. Which are the two main features of a slanket. Don't knock it till you've tried it - I've got one and I love it.
 
Wife:
Tiffany's Pearl earrings
Box of Thorntons Continentals (from the kids)
Carry On Mug that shows a scene from one of the films when you put something hot in it
Bottle of Sunflowers Eau de Toilet stuff (from the kids)
Vicar of Dibley complete box set DVD

Daughter No 1:
ipod Nano in Pink
Wife does a sack with stuff in it as well, like clothes, and stuff....

Daughter No 2:
ipod Nano in Red
Wife does a sack with stuff in it as well, like clothes, and stuff....

My Mum:
Tiffanys silver earrings
Sunflowers eau de toilet
Box of thorntons conti choccies
Wife bought a few clothing type thingies as well....I have no idea...

My Dad:
The West Wing complete Series box set DVD
Box Thorntons Licquorice Toffee (teeth puller!)
Box of Lic Allsorts
Tin of Choc Orange choccies
Wife bought him some socks an' that...

My Mother in Law:
Public Enemies DVD
Bedtime Stories DVD
Wife bought her some other stuff...

My Father in Law:
Bottle of Drambuie
Wife bought him some other stuff...

Ho Ho Ho.
 
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