What Was Under Your Tree Yesterday?

[Jason Dunn]

So what gifts did yesterday bring? It doesn't even have to be Pocket PC related, or &lt;gasp> technology related! Of course, I know not everyone celebrates Christmas, so share the festivities and gifts (mostly gifts!) you enjoyed on your particular holiday. Or did you give someone else a particularly special gift? Stories welcome!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2003/20031225-santa.gif" />

[T-Will]

I got a couple computer/electronic related presents:

- Pandigital 7" Digital Picture Frame
- Visual Basic 6.0 Deluxe Learning Edition

It's my mom's 50th b-day this year so my dad bought her a car (I helped shop for it). :lol: My dad snuck and swapped out her old car for the new car while she was in church, and when she walked out there was the new one with a bow on the hood. :lol:

[ntractv]

I had a wonderful Christmas. Santa was very good to me this year.

Samsung 40" Flat Panel LCD HDTV
Panasonic HDMIA DVD Player with Surround Sound Stereo System
HealthoMeter Heated Massaging Chair
Complete DVD Family Guy Series

A lot of other personal gifts, but those were the biggies.

[Rod3]

Zen Vision M (which I love!) and money to get a Wii when it is in stock. :) :D

[SteveHoward999]

My wife realises that tech toys are my thing. Gifts included an 8Gb CF card for my aging PDA, and eBooks :-)

[TMAN]

I got my fiance an 8GB iPod Nano. and I got the Sony LocationFree Player for Pocket PC from Pocket Gear for my 6700.

[hamishmacdonald]

I got cards for donations to local charities, and others got Oxfam gifts from me. My family finally went along with my wish that we not respond to external pressure to overspend, but instead focus on being with each other and try to make things a little better for someone else.

Of course we all cheated, but the gifts we bought were little tokens.

I feel better about the holiday this year than I have in a long time.

[masaki]

:mrgreen:

Samsung 42" Plasma
New headlights for Jetta
New parts to upgrade my MCE with
EVGA Ge-Force 7900GTX
Motorola 27Km range walkie talkies
Xbox HD DVD drive
Lots of chocolate
A shirt and a tie
Starbucks gift cards

For my family...I got my mom crystals decorations. My mom grew out of Beanie Babies and absolutely love those tiny crystal creatures now. For my dad, I got a warning not to buy him anything lol. My dad'd rather have me save money than buy him stuff. I got him his favorite TV animal documentary series on DVD though. I just put them on the DVD shelf as if they had already been there :) For my dog, I got him lots of treats that's enough to last about 3 months also some squeaky toys. 3am this morning I was woken up by his toy's squeakiness as he was playing with one in his tent in my room. For my brother and sister, it was a mutual agreement that we don't spend on each other but a Christmas card. Still, they might just find some unopened DVDs on the shelf. For my 4-year-old nephew, I got him a robot dino toy. He absolutely loves it and as soon as he opened it, he forgot who I was. He looked at me trying to say "Thank you &lt;blank>......" LOL For my goddaughter, I got her an iPod and accessories which I succeeded in fooling her into thinking she wasn't getting one. I swear I've never seen her that surprised when she unwrapped the lasso ties and the tens of layers of paper I had skillfully duct taped her presents with haha.. it was fun. At work, we were able to raise more than $8000 for a family in adopt-a-family this Christmas. Now that was cool.

[Steve Jordan]

We were supposed to be having a light Xmas this year, not a lot of gifts. So what did we do? Give each other one expensive gift each! But my expensive item was a leather coat, no electronics this year (unless you count the Chronicles of Narnia DVD).

That's okay... my gifts to myself were extending my wireless plan and getting a free RAZR phone... and a battery back-up for my Toshiba PPC, to extend my remote e-book reading time.

[blazingwolf]

I got a new Zune. Black. :) :D :mrgreen:

[WorksForTurkeys]

I got a rock. :wink:

[Joelacrane]

I asked for an Xbox 360 Premium, a couple of cheap PDA techs items, and a cheap Microsoft or Logitech optical usb mouse. I received... a nice electric razor, a thermos, ANOTHER plastic toolbox, and some clothes that I will probably never wear. I really wanted that 360...

Sigh*

Also, my dad backed into the door of my Echo, this morning our fish tank heater fried all of my fish, and my parents ordered that I dismantle my wireless network, because it was being overused and abused by my siblings. Now I'm stuck using a single computer, shared with everyone, in the livingroom. I have about 150 dollars worth of wifi cards and wireless equipment sitting on my desk. Help!

Not such a wonderful christmas for me.

[stllhogan]

this year as in past years, i had little on my x-mas list. the months before i got my cingular 8525 (htc hermes) and a wii. so i just asked for wii stuff.

got a keychain from turkey
wii glove
wii backpack
red steel (for the wii)
classic controler (for the wii)
nun chuck (for the wii)
a gift card for bestbuy to buy a wii remote
and a gift card to a motorcycle shop for a new pinion gear and parts to a headlight

it was pretty fun, but i didnt get into the spirit this year, which made me sad.

[bkerrins]

Joelacrane
Why don't you hook up your wifi system again and just enable the encryption. Don't tell your siblings the code and you should be back up and running without having to share a single source.

[Down8]

I got:
19" LCD;
Lexmark X2470 All-In-One.

I gave:
HTPC (to girlfriend);
MP3/video player (to girlfriend);
complete PC (to family);
headphones (to myself :)).

Yup, I'ma techie,
-bZj

[crispeto]

Tmo Dash
Nokia E61
Motorola HT 820 BT Stereo Headphones
42" Plasma TV

But it really all actually pales in comparison to celebrating Jesus' birthday with my family.

[Ed Hansberry]

Billy Idol CDs!! :rock on dude!:

[Mitch D]

Magellan eXplorist 500 GPS, NCIS season 2 &amp; a Wolf statue to add to my collection.

[Joelacrane]

Well, I would have, and it would have been very easy, but my parents had to make it fair for everyone.

[Mark Kenepp]

...a Wolf statue to add to my collection.

Collection of...

Wolf statues?
Things that resemble wolves?
Statues?

I like to collect anything that my partner doesn't make me throw out after a time but unfortunately, that means that I can't really collect anything.

My Christmas was dominated by cookware with a couple of books, shirts and DVDs thrown in.

[Mark Kenepp]

Well, I would have, and it would have been very easy, but my parents had to make it fair for everyone.

Oh yeah... the "it's better that you are all equally miserable than to have some of you happier than others" school of parenting. I think that my folks did that too. I'd like to think that I turned out better for it. Maybe that is why I don't go home for Christmas 0X

[Mitch D]

Wolf statues?
Things that resemble wolves?
Statues?


stat·ue - noun
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.

:D

[griph]

Well, I would have, and it would have been very easy, but my parents had to make it fair for everyone.
That is ridiculous!!! 8O
Your Parents need to learn about individual responsibility and punish those who abuse it. By preventing you from having the WiFi network they are punishing you too for the mis-deeds of your sibblings - how can that be classed as fair!
The previous suggestion of encrypting the network and not giving your sibblings the code is an excellent way to force the issue. Each time they start abusing the system, the code gets changed and they have to earn the right to be given the new code - the use of punishment and reward would work. I have done it myself in the past to my own sons, who are now 29 and 24! If I were you I'd discuss this with your parents again!

[deemota]

I got a new Zune. Black. :) :D :mrgreen:

You poor thing. I really feel for you. With all the negative reviews I have read and heard of the Zune, they might as well have given you an 8 Track player.....lol

[ctmagnus]

I got to take the dog for a nice walk in the untouched snow. And some other stuff: some of it nice, some it useful, some of it not much of either. But I liked that first thing best.

[Pdaholic]

PDA related: Sierra Bluetooth keyboard! Yeah! And a second 2GB MiniSD for movie playing! Oh YEAH!

Non PDA Related: pico z remote controlled helicopter (lots o fun, highly recommended), book on wines, shoes, shirt, knife, and a couple of Star Wars figures. Yep, I'm a geek-nerd-dork. Happy Holidays!

[ricksfiona]

A 13-pc cooking set from Mom! I guess she heard me talking about being a Food Network addict ;-)

Oh, I did buy myself a car a couple of weeks ago ;-) I'd been wanting a Saab for 20 years (to the year AND month), and I finally got one. :clap: It kinda feels like going back in time and making out with that person you had a major crush on back in school.... :lol:

[Ilium Software]

Santa stopped by our office and surprised everyone, but Kevin was quick enough to get a picture with one of his dozen or so handhelds, and put it up at:
http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=91

[Darius Wey]

I got a new Zune. Black. :) :D :mrgreen:

You poor thing. I really feel for you. With all the negative reviews I have read and heard of the Zune, they might as well have given you an 8 Track player.....lol

You're kidding, right? It's actually a decent package, even more so with the latest firmware and software updates.

And no, I'm not one-sided in my assessment (I have an iPod and a Zune). ;)

[Jon Westfall]

I got a Sony PSP, however due to a dyslexic at Amazon, it hasn't arrived yet :(

My in-laws gave my wife and I a very nice globe to put in our gameroom / office / study / everything room. I just unwrapped it while the Misses is working this morning, so when she arrives home, she'll be able to enjoy looking at it.

for about 3 seconds...

before she goes into a mad cleaning frenzy (I'm in one myself as well). Our annual New Years party is fast approaching, and the house needs to get itself into shape!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and a prosperous 2007 for everyone!

&lt;runs and hides from Darius, promising to catch up on news posts > :mrgreen:

[stylus king]

Archos 604 wifi :lol: Now all i have to do is get it to work :cry: need a dvr station too :roll:

[Peter Traugot]

Well, my wife is completely non-geek and she's so practicle, she'd reuse ice cubes if she could.

So, for myself, I finished installing the 75 in diagonal projection system in our master bedroom. Got a Marantz SR5001 and three nice elan directional ceiling mounted speakers, a nice Sub, and the trimmings. Shouls be up by the weekend!

[mmidgley]

4GB SD card for my JAMin
Remote control for Pentax Optio cameras
LG CU500 phone (512 microSD) for wife (one of the very few a2dp capable flip phones)
Telescope
ultrasonic tape measure
a few movies, books, clothes

Ed Hansberry wrote:
> Billy Idol CDs!!

I've been thinking about getting a best-of or something by billy. That's cool.

m.

[MitchellO]

It's my mom's 50th b-day this year so my dad bought her a car (I helped shop for it). :lol: My dad snuck and swapped out her old car for the new car while she was in church, and when she walked out there was the new one with a bow on the hood. :lol:

Thats fantastic!!

For this year I just got money from my family. I just bought a MacBook Pro for college next year and they all gave me money towards it.

For my mum I got the Fawlty Towers series on DVD, and for my dad I got the 7th season of The West Wing on DVD. They were both very happy :D

[Ed Hansberry]

Ed Hansberry wrote:
> Billy Idol CDs!!

I've been thinking about getting a best-of or something by billy. That's cool.
There is a best of CD and I got thet sometime last year. it is what made me eventually realize how much cool stuff was missing. :)

[kiwi]

I got a family christmas at my girlfriends place... very nice.. I've been away from Home (NZ) for a few years so havent had a nice "traditional" family sit down christmas..

I got the following:


* Cast Iron Frying Pan
* Light attachment for my BBQ
* BBQ Sauces..

* A BIG chunk of Marinated Lamb :D

heh heh - You think I like a good BBQ?? lol!

Gadget toys... - I have a HTC TYTN on the way - my present to myself!

:)

[Magellan]

I got a New 30 gig iPod, replacing my old 3g that died in November. My daughter got a CSI DNA labratory, so I am geeked about that if she lets me play with it.

[k1darkknight]

Well, my wife is completely non-geek and she's so practical, she'd reuse ice cubes if she could.

I can't think what they're called, but I KNOW I've seen where someone makes these little ice-cube sized plastic things that are filled with some kind of liquid or gel or something, that you freeze, put in your drinks, then put back in the freezer... :google: it, ya might find 'em...

Anyway, I didn't really get any tech-related presents this year (except what I bought for myself...lol), but I got a back massager (ok, it takes batteries, I guess that makes it 'tech'...), that is small enough that you really need someone else to hold it for you. :mecry: Some cash ($50! :clap: ) and Jeff Foxworthy's "Redneck Dictionary II" :rotfl:
Oh yeah! I DID get something tech-related, kinda...a CompUSA gift card! :mrgreen:

Well, good luck finding those reusable ice cubes, Peter, and Happy New Year, everyone!

[MG]

Billy Idol, that's funny, I spent Christmas Eve dinner listening to Billy's new Christmas CD courtesy of my brother-in-law. Also the Twisted Sister Christmas CD.... Also from same brother-in-law. We got a 32 in LCD TV for the house and a TON of toys for the boys! However Charter is out of HD boxes until January!!!!! Who did the demand forecast for the holidays, Scrooge? That's it, but I have my eye on the Samsung i760..... Stay tuned.....

Mark

[bdonovan]

I got the usual clothing, grog and Bunning's vouchers :D as well as a MediaGate 350HD (with included 250GB HDD!!)

www.anyware.com.au -> link shold be on front page.

Connected to 36" Sharp Aquos LCD via Sony Receiver/AMP and Teac HD Tuner. Wireless connection to my media centre PC in study allows me to move any video or image format files between systems. Wife and I re-watched our wedding video in the comfortable lounge as well as videos from my brother and his family in London! Yuletide joy - not to mention keepiong her out of the study means not getting nagged to 'clean it up' :roll:

Also got US/Canada maps for my iMate &amp; Navman for my trip to the US this month (Jan) - now just need to get to Bunnings to buy me a snow shovel ! :mrgreen:

[aheald]

I asked for a Wii...

My three older boys got the Wii for christmas (the wife decided if we're getting one, may as well get brownie points with the kids), as well as Nintendo GB DS' each from the grandparents. I got the Wii Zelda game (awesome), as well as the extra controller (Wii play) and nunchuck. It was a tech heaven christmas, with the boys uncles and other grandparents buying games for their DS'. I also got them a Pokemon Game Cube game and a wireless GC controller to play it with. Yes, they were very spoilt but also very appreciative (good kids!).

And although it didn't arrive in time for Christmas, Rayman Raving Rabbids (for the Wii) showed up today, so more fun to be had!!!