i think they have done this in other years, so why not this year too??? what'd you get for xmas? you can list all or just favorites, or whatever.

my favs: Bose headphones, cellphone

i suppose you could call me if you want, but you gotta figure out the number :P

Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers - amazing bass :D

$40 in iTunes money

1 year subscription to Wired and Mac | Life

A few books

Lots of candy

+ other stuff

Xbox 360

Call of Duty 3 (Wii)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Wii)
3 Wiimotes
1 Nunchuk
2GB SDcard
4000 Wii Shopping Points
and socks. lots of socks.

so you might say; i had a "mehWii Christmas"

although santa didnt bring me a 72" plasma like i told him i wanted... damn mall-santas not relaying the message.

I got a Emergency Car Safety Kit!
And socks, too.

Nothing. Because my parents want to "preserve the sanctity of Christ's birth". Last i checked, Christmas was mostly secular anyway.

WTF Moldy? For real?

If they REALLY wanted to maintain the sanctity of Christ's birth, they'd celebrate it in late September. That's when experts agree his birth would most likely have been, based on background details provided in various texts mentioning Christs birth.

In fact, I would argue that the placement of the holiday on December 25th is a deliberate attempt to obscure existing "pagan" holidays associated with the Winter Soltice - and altogether disrespectful. Much of the Christmas symbology is directly from the Druids, Norse mythology, and so on.

I think they should apologize, pony up with the gifts, and pray for forgiveness.

I forgot to mention my stuff gets delayed till New year's. >_>

You are, in fact, kinda correct, Whistler. The date for Christ's birth was approximated to coincide with the already-existing winter solstice, partially because it was just easier to "take over" an existing holiday, partially because they wanted to take the Pagan out of everything, and partially because Charlemagne was crowned on Christmas day and wanted it so.

Hey, at least the Pagans still have Halloween, right? >:P

Actually, All Soul's Day and All Saint's Day (the day... after Halloween?) are Christian holidays too. Go go Paganism.

Sorry for the double post but in the end, it all comes down to this:

http://makchuga.tejat.net/uploads/Christ%20Returns%20To%20NBA.mp3

The Pagans still celebrate Yuletide, regardless of what the Christians, the Jews and the Muslims are doing around this date. Since they take their holidays seriously, as sacred days rather than commercial endeavours, they don't mind that Yuletide isn't on the media spotlight, so to speak, at all.

Back on topic, I got Need for Speed Most Wanted for PS2. That's right, I'm still in the stone age of not Wii, and nothing with a 3 in it. Although, the Wii is cool enough that my wife actually wants one, so the future looks bright when we have money. Anyway, been playing Most Wanted almost nonstop for two days....

Got '01, '71 and '89 d'Yquems, and a nice new shiny axe.

I got booty.

Koss QuietZone Pro noise-cancelling around-ear headphones
$50 in iTunes gift cards (this'll be interesting, I doubt there's even $30 worth of music on that store that I'd even listen to... seriously)
$50 in cash.

GP2X (which was a bit of a suprise, sheer Linux geekyness, in a portable!)
Cellphone with a camera and mp3 player that I will never use. (I have an iPod, and a phone that works as a phone already!)
£50 worth of J2ME 3D games for said phone, have to say, Ridge Racer on my phone is kinda neat.
6 bottles of JD (people I know really must think of me as a drunk ;) )
And various smelly stuffs and socks.

All in all, a neat time over the season too, must have been on the nice list this year :). Roll on 07! Me and my booze is coming for ye!

I got shirts, LOTS OF SHIRTS!

Six, count 'em, SIX pairs of socks.

(edit) Oh, and I get to use the Jabra bt620 I bought for my daughter because her Mac hates it.