Is it to soon to talk about this year's odd Christmas gifts?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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One of my kids gave me a CD – Aha Shake Heartbreak by the Kings of Leon. It came directly from Amazon, where my Wish List leans toward Rodney Crowell and Robert Cray.

I listened to it. I tried to like it. I can’t understand the lyrics. The lead singer sounds like Eddie Murphy doing Buh-wheat. I like the music, but the singer won’t shut up and let me hear it.

I’m wondering if Amazon goofed, or if this is something my son thought I’d like, or if it’s something he likes and he wants to share.

Whatever the reason for the choice, there will be profuse thanks, and I’ll keep listening. Maybe it’ll grow on me.

Have you opened anything odd yet?

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It’s not Christmas yet.

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My mom says she’s going to buy me a pair of motorcycle chaps. I’m not sure if that counts as odd, but she wouldn’t have thought it a week ago.

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[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane]
It’s not Christmas yet.
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It’s Christmas here. Has been for more than 11 hours now. :smiley:

The wife got the 160GB iPod Classic that she wanted. I got a nice bottle of Bombay gin.

Merry Christmas from the future! (And the other side of the world.)

EDIT: Of course, these gifts are not odd, but it’s what we got. :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane]
It’s not Christmas yet.
[/QUOTE]

Good point. Some folks open gifts on Christmas Eve though. And some Dopers are sitting at home, bored, and hitting refresh every 120 seconds looking for new posts. :stuck_out_tongue:

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[QUOTE=AuntiePam]
Good point. Some folks open gifts on Christmas Eve though. And some Dopers are sitting at home, bored, and hitting refresh every 120 seconds looking for new posts. :stuck_out_tongue:
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Aaaah! Are you spying on me?!

(I don’t know what weird presents I got yet. I still have like 10 hours to go.

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When I was growing up, we would always open one gift on Christmas Eve. But nowadays, the wife and I keep it simple. If I opened my gift on Christmas Eve, I’d have nothing left for Christmas Day.

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That’s how it is here too. We’ve asked the kids and grandkids not to get us anything, and they’ve been complying. For once in their lives. :wink:

(I’m actually waiting for someone to pop in, tell me that the Kings of Leon are the hot new group and accuse me of fogy-ness.)

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I’ve never heard of the Kings of Leon. But then, I’m not hip. :frowning:

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I got some pajamas…

haven’t worn them since '72…1972 for you smart alecks…

Slept in them last night …mmmm pj,s…

tsfr

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My son (8) genuinely couldn’t think of anything he wanted for Christmas. (There are a LOT of plastic toys in our house).

He later allowed as how he would like Glue Dots and some Duct tape. He’s getting lots.

DD (11) had her Amazon wish list posted the day after Thanksgiving, but it’s all mainstream for her cohort.

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I got a rucksack and a pen from my employer. That, in itself doesn’t sound too odd.

The fact that he managed to send it to the wrong oil rig … :smack:

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[QUOTE=AuntiePam]
One of my kids gave me a CD – Aha Shake Heartbreak by the Kings of Leon. It came directly from Amazon, where my Wish List leans toward Rodney Crowell and Robert Cray.

I listened to it. I tried to like it. I can’t understand the lyrics. The lead singer sounds like Eddie Murphy doing Buh-wheat. I like the music, but the singer won’t shut up and let me hear it.

I’m wondering if Amazon goofed, or if this is something my son thought I’d like, or if it’s something he likes and he wants to share.

Whatever the reason for the choice, there will be profuse thanks, and I’ll keep listening. Maybe it’ll grow on me.

Have you opened anything odd yet?
[/QUOTE]

Similar thing happened with my daughter when she was about 9 or 10. Only it was a book. I asked her about it. It was one of those early-teen horror stories that were popular back then, and she wanted me to tell what I thought about the story.
I read it, didn’t really care for it, but we had some really good talk about it. She thought it was okay. :smiley:
Damn, I wish I could remember that book series.
How old is your boy?
Peace,
mangeorge

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
I’ve never heard of the Kings of Leon. But then, I’m not hip. :frowning:
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I’ve never heard of them or the other two artists mentioned in the OP, so I have no idea why that’s a strange gift.

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[QUOTE=parsnip]
My son (8) genuinely couldn’t think of anything he wanted for Christmas. (There are a LOT of plastic toys in our house).

He later allowed as how he would like Glue Dots and some Duct tape. He’s getting lots.
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Must be an 8-year-old boy thing. My friend’s son asked for electrical tape. <sigh>

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[QUOTE=mangeorge]
Damn, I wish I could remember that book series.
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Goosebumps.

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[QUOTE=Ruby]
Must be an 8-year-old boy thing. My friend’s son asked for electrical tape. <sigh>
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They are plotting revolution. Beware.

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Not sure how odd you want to consider it, but mrAru and I got ourselves Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Anthology of American Folk Music

6 CD, 84 songs … phenomenal. Has a facsimile of the original documentation and an additional book with even more info. I have wanted it for a while, and we just decided to get it=)

I originally heard about the Folkways albums from a series of podcasts that someone hooked me up with. If you have any interest at all in musical history, Moses Asch is definitely worth listening to.

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[QUOTE=GuanoLad]
Goosebumps.
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That’s it, I’m sure. But wiki says the books only go back to 1992.
At any rate, the stories were definitely pretty scary.
Thanks.

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Kings of Leon is (I think) a band from Boston. They get a lot of play on the local alternative station and open for bigger bands.

That being said, I got two elephants thus far. A pink stone one and a blue stuffed one. Not really sure why …