I got a scythe
Wow:cool:.
Totally metal 145cm handle and 85cm blade. With adjustable blade angle and handle positions. Sharp an hell too. I have been coveting this sucker for months.
Thankyou mum and dad.
Forgot to add:
Any dopers have a gift you would describe as awesome - please share.
Mwhahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
The world trembles at your unwrapping.
I was going to ask for one of these hiking pole-spear-bo staff-personal defense system thingies, but I think your scythe beats it! Just by a bit, though.
just curious… why did you want a scythe? what do you plan to do with it?
I got a 6" stainless steel chef’s knife. It’s not a top of the range knife, but it’s solid and a bit chunky and the balance is absolutely perfect. Not to mention the edge is stellar. I feel like a cooking ninja when I’m chopping with it.
I love my husband.
Not my gift, but I got my niece and nephew a Wii… The look on their faces was priceless. 
My best gift was rather mundane, a nice new winter coat, with a removable liner that is actually quite handsome on its own.
Now she’ll come knocking on your door just after you had the salmon mousse.
His name is Bob and I saw him on CraigsList and just had to give him to myself for Christmas in honor of me and all my Doper friends who play World of Warcraft and have been so helpful to me with all my dumb questions. Thank you!!!
Here he is again in Christmas regalia:
Quasi
A handmade quilt from my mom. One side is a recycled comforter with a B. Kliban print she got from my granddad years ago; the other side is a collection of family photographs (scanned and printed on cloth) centered around a cross-stitch I remember from my early youth that my great-grandmother made.
I got this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beedle-Collectors-Offered-Exclusively-Amazon/dp/0956010903
from my brother. Unexpected and very cool.
To separate peoples souls from their bodies.
Serious answer: I collect old tools and this one is a beauty. I may use it to mow my lawn but mostly (I suspect) I will use it to frighten house guests.
An old, worn bear in a dirty, ragged pullover.
My sister haunted ebay for ages until she found the same brand bear that I used to have as a kid. I slept with that guy every night until I was 12 years old. He was my “Velveteen Rabbit”. When I got too old for bears I gave him to my sister. I don’t know what happened to him after I moved away from home to go to college.
He looks just like I remember too. (Except that the head fell off of my original bear and I sewed it back on-sorta like Frankenstein’s monster.)
There are so many cool gifts here. I don’t think I could own that scythe without giving it a try on some marsh straw. I’m so klutzy now it’s probably a good thing I don’t own one.
I got from skullsunlimited.com a lovely pound or so bag of miscellaneous natural animal toe bones. Some are big, some are tiny, some have significant old-aged-animal damage… They sold out quite a while ago; my mother kept this stored for 6 months to give to me!
My chihuahua really, really couldn’t wait for me to open it up, and is disappointed he cannot have them.
Yes, that is awesome.
I went to the skullsunlimited site, Oslo.
Still exploring it, but just had to tell you I love the centaur skeleton!
COOL!
Quasi
I think you should keep it by the front door. When you get door-to-door salespeople, THAT’S what you pull out.
Or take it with you next time you go to the movies. I’m willing to bet that NOBODY talks over the movie.
A few Sundays before Xmas TheKid went to the Mall of America wiith the youth group to buy presents. She asked me to write down a wish list and off she went with money I gave her.
She proceeded to spend all of the money on Xmas presents for her friends. sigh (I suppose I should have been happy - last year she spent it all on herself)
So I was not expecting anything from her.
Yesterday I found a big box with my name on it from her under the tree. She had worked her butt off for my sister to earn money and bought me a gorgeous terry robe. It’s long, thick, and scrumptuous.
I got all sniffly.
I got shit-all.
We had a Credit Crunch Christmas - Secret Santa style, maximum value ÂŁ5, from a charity shop.
I got an ice cream scoop in the shape of a pig, a garlic scraper, and a bookmark.
Never mind, I already have everything I want (that costs less than ÂŁ20,000).
Seriously, my most awesome Christmas present was having all my daughters under one roof again playing Rock Band. Truly awesome for me. (I don’t have them all in one place that often any more).