What Did You Get For Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Etc. ?????

[ter1413]

Post pics here.........Good stuff and shitty stuff.....

 

[ter1413]

Post what you got after you get it, dummy.

 

[Russell Street]

We all get this each year.

Spoiler: not socks

 

[Russell Street]

Also I don't believe gifts are exchanged at Kwanzaa, so that doesn't belong here.

Whitey, chillins and young'uns get gifts. Not good ones like y'all, but gifts.

Gifts are given mainly to children, but must always include a book and a heritage symbol. The book is to emphasize the African value and tradition of learning stressed since ancient Egypt, and the heritage symbol to reaffirm and reinforce the African commitment to tradition and history.

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/greetings_and.shtml#go to gifts

 

[ter1413]

I might be the first to post....as I pretty much opened most of my stuff. Will be running around tomorrow.

 

[Russell Street]

I mentioned my enthusiasm for the striped shoelaces that AE sells to my brother and he somehow took this as a hint to get me three pair. Otherwise, I try to exchange the gift of not having to shop.

 

[Thruth]

This year for Christmas, as all years, I got the same thing: a big sucking chest wound in my wallet.

 

[Fwiffo]

I can't post a photograph of my gift. I received notice that a duck and a vegetable plant was sent on my behalf to a third world country. I asked the gift giver whether I should expect eggs, confit and some produce in the post.

Apparently I missed the point.

 

[OfficePants]

Could be the greatest xmas gift I've ever gotten.

 

[Russell Street]

I received notice that a duck and a vegetable plant was sent on my behalf to a third world country.

I made a charitable donation in my brother's name, but only because he'll be able to use the itemize it on taxes and I won't.
I was mericifully spared from any unwanted crap beyond a pair of green and yellow shoelaces..

 

[fxh]

I can't post a photograph of my gift. I received notice that a duck and a vegetable plant was sent on my behalf to a third world country. I asked the gift giver whether I should expect eggs, confit and some produce in the post.
Apparently I missed the point.

Last year one of my sisters gave a goat to an african village on my behalf. This year I gave her a Goat Curry I made myself.

 

[Fwiffo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa

I thought it was African - until now I realized other people have converted all the Africans to Christianity or Islam.

 

[walker]

a vintage watch

 

[ter1413]

a vintage watch

Pics?

 

[OfficePants]

'86 Seiko doesn't count.

 

[walker]

Pics?

upon arrival in about a week. bought it myself. was relisted yesterday for half the price. strike.

its a certina waterking 215 on a metal rallye bracelet. can't remember seeing such a bracelet the last 25 years in the wild. very happy.

edit: bracelet will be similar to this. http://www.uhrenarmband-versand.de/Uhrenbandversand-p15410h64s927-Metallarmband-Edelst.html

 

[walker]

'86 Seiko doesn't count.

this was the second option. more or less ...

 

[Thruth]

upon arrival in about a week. bought it myself. was relisted yesterday for half the price. strike.

its a certina waterking 215 on a metal rallye bracelet. can't remember seeing such a bracelet the last 25 years in the wild. very happy.

edit: bracelet will be similar to this. http://www.uhrenarmband-versand.de/Uhrenbandversand-p15410h64s927-Metallarmband-Edelst.html

Certina's were solid watches. Date/no date? Two tone dial?

 

[walker]

Certina's were solid watches. Date/no date? Two tone dial?

date on 3. no two tone dial but two tone indexes. silver dial, silver case. there's also a gold version.

google pic: https://www.google.at/search?q=cert...QDKH8ywPerIK4Cw&ved=0CCMQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=689

first row, second pic with the lumberjack shirt. metal bracelet(see above).

 

[Thruth]

date on 3. no two tone dial but two tone indexes. silver dial, silver case. there's also a gold version.

google pic: https://www.google.at/search?q=certina waterking 215&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=T5WgVO_QDKH8ywPerIK4Cw&ved=0CCMQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=689

first row, second pic with the lumberjack shirt. metal bracelet(see above).

Nice. Very tasteful

 

[walker]

Nice. Very tasteful

you're welcome. very happy with the score.

 

[Allez Allez]

I received marzipan for Kwanzaa

is that a traditional Kwanzaa food?

 

[OfficePants]

is that a traditional Kwanzaa food?

Don't think we have enough brothers here yet to confirm it for certain.

 

[doghouse]

Wifey got me a Royal Doulton bulldog for xmas which I am very stoked with.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Is that a bobble head doll? A piggybank? A paperweight?

 

[doghouse]

Is that a bobble head doll? A piggybank? A paperweight?

It could be used as a paperweight I guess. It's mostly just to sit there. They originated in WWII as a sort of morale booster for the Brits.

 

[Grand Potentate]

It could be used as a paperweight I guess. It's mostly just to sit there. They originated in WWII as a sort of morale booster for the Brits.

Neat

 

[Russell Street]

Update: An Allen Edmonds merino scarf with neato reversability.

So ridiculously long. I'll have to chop it a bit.

 

[ter1413]

Update: An Allen Edmonds merino scarf with neato reversability.

So ridiculously long. I'll have to chop it a bit.

Or use it to tie people up with.....

 

[Russell Street]

I'm more likely to pull an Isadora Duncan and accidentally strangle myself.

 

[Thruth]

Wasn't there a serial killer in like the '70s who would tie people up with scarves and choke them to death?

I stopped doing that in '81

 

[Thruth]

Update: An Allen Edmonds merino scarf with neato reversability.

So ridiculously long. I'll have to chop it a bit.

I really like the plaid and the reversomatic function is nice and practical too