# The gifts of the season. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716 "2018-12-26T05:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/1 "2018-12-26T05:44:16Z")
What did you get for Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/2 "2018-12-26T05:48:04Z")
Mostly booze. My relatives always tell me “you are so hard to buy for!” I tell them if they believe that, they must never have been inside a liquor store. It is finally starting to sink in. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/3 "2018-12-26T06:01:52Z")
For some reason, wind chimes. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/4 "2018-12-26T06:07:53Z")
Three pounds of coffees, two mystery books, one big chocolate-covered marzipan bar, one pair of gloves, and one folding non-disposable travel straw. And a nice bonus from work. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/5 "2018-12-26T06:09:10Z")
I got new towels. And woolly shawls. And chocolate. My old towels are still perfectly good thankyew. The shawls you gave me LAST Christmas went to the Goodwill store. I ate the chocolate, thanks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/6 "2018-12-26T06:14:33Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > For some reason, wind chimes. That is oddly appropriate, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/7 "2018-12-26T06:58:32Z")
The Complete Far Side - three volume boxed set. Includes little snippets from Larson himself, including the angst he went through over the cover of “Valley of the Far Side”. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/9 "2018-12-26T11:13:22Z")
1. New VHF radio for my boat. 2. One of those comfortable, pull-to-inflate life vests. Also for the boat. 3. A new pocket knife. I lost my old one by dropping it over the side of… well you can guess I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/10 "2018-12-26T15:05:04Z")
I got a pair of haircutting scissors, a book I was unable to source from the library, some underwear, and an Emperor’s New Groove T-shirt. I am pleased. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/11 "2018-12-26T15:36:13Z")
We just do a goofy gift exchange/steal/swap game. I ended up with a bin of 72 nail clippers when my cousin stole the chocolates I’d stolen from my niece. Anybody need some nail clippers? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/12 "2018-12-26T15:46:42Z")
For my December 25th Birthday, my sister sent me some clothes (including a Charlie Brown Christmas Tshirt) and three Celtic Holiday CDS. The store gae me a gift bag with socks, hat and soap, and a holiday bonus check. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/13 "2018-12-26T15:52:30Z")
My wife knows me too well; she gave me [these](https://goo.gl/images/m2iGUB): I almost pulled something getting [them](https://goo.gl/images/inrtG3) into the Xmas light display toot sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/14 "2018-12-26T16:11:48Z")
Ah, the soft glow of electric sex. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/15 "2018-12-26T16:34:46Z")
Mrs. L.A. gave me a burgundy pullover sweater. I’m wearing it now. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/16 "2018-12-26T16:37:45Z")
Bronchitis. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/17 "2018-12-26T17:39:39Z")
Everything I got was edible. Harry & David pears, lots of chocolates, wine, cheeses, some weird cake from my cousin in Boston, and a huge thing of jelly bellies. Not sure what that says about me… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/18 "2018-12-26T17:59:25Z")
I’m crazy, you know. I love, love paper. It’s my little artist heart. I got a ream of Japanese rice paper. And a cool ( I mean super cool) roll of real birch bark paper. I also snagged some neat remnants of wrapping paper at different places. “No, wait, don’t crumple that, don’t throw that away.” I cannot be helped. It’s my cross to bear. ( don’t call me a hoarder, it’s not nice) ETA Fairly Chat Mom, I would love a box of nail clippers, that’s a cool gift. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/19 "2018-12-26T18:07:53Z")
My two front teeth. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/20 "2018-12-26T19:32:25Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Ah, the soft glow of electric sex. 😃 It’s electric–Boogie, woogie, woogie! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716/21 "2018-12-26T19:39:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > ETA Fairly Chat Mom, I would love a box of nail clippers, that’s a cool gift. But 72 of them?? Seems a tad much. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gifts-of-the-season/826716.md?page=2)