The 2008 "Christmas is about giving" thread
 

To hell with what you greedy fucks got, what did you give?

Bought my mom a Nintendo DS Brain Age bundle and a $50 gift card to Christopher & Banks
$50 gift card to Applebee's for my dad
$50 gift card to Wal-Mart for my cousin and her husband (they have 6 kids...)
Baileys Irish Cream gift pack for my aunt and uncle
Two $20 gift cards for my two cousins for Bath & Body Works
Giving an ATI video card I wasn't using to my cousin so he can play games again

Also have been dropping money in the Salvation Army red kettles every time I walk past one. No coins? I'll put in a dollar.

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The biggest gift I bought was I ordered, picked up, and installed new custom order counter tops for my mom since her old ones were way out of date and she wanted new ones but could not afford it at the time.

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Two bottles of fine wine for my parents, went half in on some bath body stuff and a gift card for my grandparents with my younger bro. AMC gift card for my older brother and his wife. Gift card to build-a-bear for my two nieces. My younger brother and I choose not to exchange gifts to make things easier. lol

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OOOHHhhh, big spender!

I didn't give shit. Just being in my presence is enough of a gift.

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I love giving gifts and this year I think I did a good job...the look on my moms face when she saw my gift is priceless..
I got my mom a large print of a photo of me (one in hottie thread LOL)
my dad I got some misc items a book about airplanes, and model airplane, a magnet grabber tool with a light on it and a ornament which I left at home :(.
my sister I gave her a bracelet and a necklace.
My cousin got a heart shaped locket necklace and fuzzy dice (still need to find some fuzzy dice and then mail the gift to atlanta)
my best friend got a orchid
and my rommie got exactly what he needed and wanted new tuppawear and a laundry basket. that way he wont steal mine).

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Your supposed to GIVE gifts on christmas?

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LOL @ this thread!

I gave my mom a nice fleece from REI
dad a bunch of cash for their upcoming hawaii trip
Anna a bunch of stuff from the puma store, a sweater from macy's, subscription to Cosmo, and some slippers.
Sent my bro some money for his bike.
Gave my cousin a cool gift, $50 gift card for Target (she's saving up for a DS), but it doubles as a digital camera! She loved it....
Oh, and Hughes & MattD about a billion shots/drinks at the bar last weekend :D :D :D

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Funny that in the spirit of Christmas you put down the dollar amounts for almost every thing you gave.

The best thing I gave for Christmas, was a person got a flat tire outside of my house so changed their tire for them in our garage to help them on their way.

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My uncle doesn't have any windows in his office, so I bought a picture of a mountain view and made a window/picture frame for it. He works in colorado so this is most likely what he would see.

I also got mini LED flashlights for everybody. Oriely's auto parts has sweet LED flashlights 2 for $5 btw!

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Janelle: Diamond necklace, Eibach Prokit lowering springs for her WRX, and a bunch of other little misc. stuff.

My parents: Giftcard to Manny's Steakhouse.

My sister: Kenneth Cole wallet and an iPod cable to hook up to her car stereo.

Janelle's brother: Kenneth Cole socks.

Janelle's mom: 3 new wiper blades (her's wore out 3 years ago and she still hasn't replace them!).

Janelle's dad: Two containers of cashews.

My grandpa: A big George Forman grill

Scheides: Beatrush rear diff bushings

Zac: Beatrush license plate bracket and a 10-piece screwdriver set

I also bought Matt D. breakfast for his birthday last weekend so we'll call that a combined Christmas gift ;)

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Real nice Matt. Greedy Fucks? Thanks for your uninformed judgment...

I gave:

General giving:
- 2 gifts to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots foundation as I do every year. (1 girl gift, 1 boy gift)
- Begin Volunteering at the Animal Humane Society a few times a month.
- Who knows how much I put in the bucket of the bell ringers...

Girlfriend:
- diamond necklace
- new garage garbage can
- Hancock on Blue-Ray
- Programmable Thermostat\
- Mixing Bowl
- Cheese Grater
- Golf Clubs, Tee's, and Balls
- Bad-ass wine bottle opener
- Board game
- Stir-Fry pan
- CD

Girlfriends Parents:
- Restaurant GC
- T-Shirts
- GC for a new Prop for their boat.

My best Friends:
- Custom made long sleeve T-Shirts with the JKODIS Enterprises logo, and their initials on the back.

Mom & her b/f:
- Golf balls
- Austad's GC
- Windshield Washer De-Icer fluid
- 2 zero-gravity lounging chairs
- Restaurant GC.

Dad & step mom:
- 1 years supply of his favorite car air freshener that are extremely difficult to find. (Spice scent)
- Same bad-ass wine opener I got my g/f
- Book on outdoor wood working projects
- Cat-toy
- Windshield Washer De-Icer fluid
- Creosote removing fire log
- Shower Squegee

Aunts/Uncles:
- Golf Balls, Austad's GC's, Michaels GC's.


There's a couple things on there that I forgot, my memory sucks.

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Gave a couple of CD players and some CDs to the toy chest (some for boys and some for girls).

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I bought the better half a house.. We close monday nuff said..

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I got Alyssa a brown coach purse (go 25% off coupon!)

I got my Aunt:
Under Armour insulated winter socks
New Clive Cussler book
New Patricia Cronwell book
$20 gift card for AMC theaters
Columbia neck warmer thing
1000 peice puzzle

So far I got my brother-in-law:
Red Ducati kick-stand pad for his 999R
Some golf balls
Some Christmas coloured golf tees in a candy cane thing
And I just need to find some more things for him by 3 January...

I got Kracka those nifty coveralls for working on his car as well as a tool bag (so he doesn't have to carry his shit around in a paper bag!) and the bag come with some gloves.

And I got Scheides a gift card for Sears since I couldn't find any metric deep-well sockets at both of the Sears I went to.

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Gave the wife some booties and a neck/shoulder wrap. On you microwave first so it's nice and warm. Keeping it simple this year.

Sister a few photo and jewelry items.

My parents a few gift cards, Cubs items, and a grilling cookbook.

Jana's parents got an digital photo frame.

We don't do gifts with Jana's sister, just a nice xmas dinner out every year.

The best part was our nieces getting gifts. Books, movies, all sorts of misc toys, they had a blast.

General giving was done to the Crisis Nursery this year, for all the kids who have nothing. Giving gifts and money for meals with people from work.

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Good call on the Toys for Tots. I think I gave ~$40 and a Rihanna CD.

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Oh yeah...I also banned Spaz for a week. The greatest gift of all.

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My dad got a $50 gift card to Gander Mountain, My mom got a $50 gift card to Target, and my bro got a gallon of egg nog. I can't stand it, but he loves the stuff. My only grandma got a handheld vaccuum cleaner. And Titan got a new doggie bed.

I also did one boy gift, and one girl gift for toys for tots.

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flat screen tv--mom
cell phone, back and foot massager---wife
wii ass. pack ---little one
peterson jersey---big one
neice nephew cousins---50 gift cards
me---dvd player, lap top case(little streachy one)

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Awesome!!! I love the Toys for Tots program.