# What did Santa bring you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276 "2017-12-25T17:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/21 "2017-12-26T16:19:25Z")
American Dads Dvd Collection #13! Because STAN! And Hayley. And Roger. And Francine. And, I guess Steve. But no Klaus. **NEVER KLAUS!** NEEEVVVERRRRRR! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/22 "2017-12-26T16:22:04Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Which model did you get? I got a Hesh 2 last summer that are easily the best wireless headphones I’ve ever owned, and they’re not even the top-of-the-line model. That’s the model I got! It took two seconds to set up the Bluetooth, the sound is just about perfect and they are comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/23 "2017-12-26T17:12:32Z")
Several plaid lumberjack shirts, a couple of collections of my favourite comic strips, some DVDs, a bottle of local distillery rum, and tickets to see the Rocky Horror Show when it come to the Centrepointe theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/24 "2017-12-26T18:28:20Z")
The credit card bill. (I hate Christmas). I also got a white chocolate Reeces Pieces buttercup, a box of Mike and Ike candy, a chocolate Santa, and a $100 gift card. (Did I mention that I hate Christmas?) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/25 "2017-12-26T18:41:50Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171225/8e6691ffbe93cd85f397b56ee514d8de.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171225/8e6691ffbe93cd85f397b56ee514d8de.jpg) Is this the one where “Apocalypse Now” is “A Crock Of Sh#$ Now!”? Maybe that was Cracked. My favorite Mad parody was probably from the early 80’s, the one about Conan The Barbarian (“Conehead The Barbiturate”). ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/26 "2017-12-26T18:43:52Z")
Boron. Calcium. Phosphorus. Iodine. And a spinthariscope with a piece of thorium ore in it. Guess what I collect? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/27 "2017-12-26T18:44:06Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Santa brought me a load of irritation. I don’t celebrate Christmas as I’m an atheist. Some family insist on giving me gifts anyway. But one of my sisters has this passive-aggressive thing where if you don’t fall all over yourself thanking her and make a big show of using her gift immediately, you’re insulting her (which is hilarious because she regularly insults family members to their faces under the guise of “just being honest.”). > > So she brings a gift to my house and demands to know when I’ll use it because if I’m not going to she’ll give it to someone else. I politely tell her that if she feels that way, just don’t give me anything - “you know, like I’ve asked you to for the last five Christmases to avoid conversations like this.” So she demands to see the bathrobe she got me two years ago, which is still unused on a closet shelf and asks for that back along with this years gift. I hand it over, no problem. She storms off to her car and calls everyone else demanding they give me nothing as I’ve ruined her Christmas. She’s in her 50s, how is she still like this? Pardon the expression, but Jesus Christ. That would drive me bonkers too. ---
**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, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/28 "2017-12-26T18:46:26Z")
I have to say, I’m liking the new slippers. My right great toe is paralysed on top from a skiing injury in high school, so I have to bend down to fit my heel into my old slippers. The new ones, I don’t have to bend over to put the right one on. (The downside is that they’re not as sucre as the old ones when I walk across the lawn. Better than zoris, though!) And the sweater is great. It’s warmer than my _Nightmare Before Christmas_ zip-front hoodie. Being a pullover, it’s not as easy to take off or put on. And it lacks pockets. But it’s warm and looks good, and is a size too big so it’s comfy. I think I may go to Trader Joe’s today to buy some pizza dough and other things, and use the new pizza stone. Hm… I guess I’d better wash my peel. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/29 "2017-12-26T19:15:55Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Is this the one where “Apocalypse Now” is “A Crock Of Sh#$ Now!”? Good recollection! [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171226/da208267b9b46c6c420aae2efd103208.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171226/da208267b9b46c6c420aae2efd103208.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/30 "2017-12-26T21:17:12Z")
A shiney new laptop!!! Along with some new slippers, a Pittsburgh Penguins pull-over, a box of candy, and warm, fuzzy socks. ---
**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, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/31 "2017-12-26T21:39:26Z")
We just did a $10 goofy gift exchange and I ended up with a can of cashews. Yum!! I expect my mom will give us a check, but we mostly don’t bother with gifts any longer. ---
**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, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/32 "2017-12-26T22:30:44Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > We just did a $10 goofy gift exchange and I ended up with a can of cashews. That’s nuts! ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/33 "2017-12-26T23:02:21Z")
Lincoln Logs, cordless drill / impact/ worklight set, Green Bay Packers stocking cap and baseball hat, $1200 repair bill for rebuilding the braking system on my pickup. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/34 "2017-12-27T00:40:35Z")
I got 2 Echo Dots, an ankle length flannel nightgown with little Scottie dogs all over it, the box set of Bloom County, a Tanzanite necklace, and merino boot socks! I also made a few dozen rum balls that my family insists I share with them. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/35 "2017-12-27T01:43:35Z")
My two major scores were gift certificates: one for a dinner for two at El Agave in Old Town San Diego and a $100 credit on [Hotels.com](http://Hotels.com). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/36 "2017-12-27T02:13:33Z")
Among other things a December 1926 Amazing in excellent condition (and not expensive,) a 3,000 piece Star Trek puzzle, and my son-in-law made me a poster sized checklist of all MST3K episodes (up to and not including the Netflix version.) Everyone who celebrates at our house is an atheist, but we understand the real reason for the season - commerce! As Tom Lehrer said Angels we have heard on high Tell us to go out and buy ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/37 "2017-12-27T03:58:48Z")
Not a thing. Which is what I wanted! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/38 "2017-12-27T04:06:13Z")
Bifocals. I could barely contain my excitement. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/39 "2017-12-27T04:07:12Z")
My daughter and her fiancee, from across the continent. They made my house be Christmas. It wasn’t before. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276/40 "2017-12-27T04:08:01Z")
Primarily socks (why am I always given socks? I need underwear more than I need socks!) and art supplies (THAT is good. I’ve been meaning to pick up a pencil again after several months). Also some candy, an ~1l mug, and I’ve been promised money, though I’m still waiting on that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-santa-bring-you/805276.md?page=3)