# What did you get for Christmas this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983 "2020-12-26T20:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/1 "2020-12-26T20:43:10Z")
What I got that’s noteworthy enough to mention: 1. 8 theatre boxes (yes, _8_) of Bottle Caps candy. 2. Hoodies. _Lots_ of hoodies. 3. Gift cards to restaurants like Five Guys and Culvers. 4. Mostly money, as family members didn’t want to feel like they got me a crappy gift (at least that’s how they said it). So, what did _you_ get for Christmas this year? ---
**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, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/2 "2020-12-26T21:00:46Z")
Videohound’s _Golden Movie Retriever_ (2021), a 2100 page guide to movies Sugar-Free Aplets and Cotlets _Dirty Jokes And Beer_ by Drew Carey A bottle of Tullamore D.E.W. A six-pack of Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale Two pairs of slippers _The Best Of Me_ by David Sedaris Silly socks A subscription to _Skeptic_ Magazine ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/3 "2020-12-26T21:32:07Z")
Delicious spicy peanuts A professional book on grief A Garth Nix novel $ toward Audible Wool socks An immersion blender with a metal blade (not plastic) The game Dialect Marzipan Other stuff ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/4 "2020-12-26T21:51:03Z")
We’ve been married for so long, we don’t do gifts anymore. Already have just about everything and not much room to keep more. So we take the money we would have spent and buy us a nice dinner. Although I did get the wife a sort-of Christmas present when I paid for her [Peanuts Aloha shirt](https://www.reynspooner.com/collections/peanuts-x-reyn-spooner?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjNGdkdDs7QIVMQPnCh13fQvMEAAYASAAEgJK_vD_BwE) (and mask) earlier this month. But that was just a coincidence on the timing. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/5 "2020-12-26T22:03:51Z")
I got a number of good things, but my personal highlight is [this hat](https://fireflies.milbstore.com/products/black-chicharrones-47-clean-up). I’m a KC Royals fan, and they got a new Single A team this off-season in Columbia, SC. They’re the Fireflies, but they have a Hispanic night when they become the Chicharrones, and this is their alternate uniform hat. As a Royals and BBQ fan, I friggin love it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/6 "2020-12-26T22:18:51Z")
I got the perfect gifts for our times. 1. Sweatpants! 2. A € 100 amazon gift card. With this, I feel like a child in a toy store. 3. The books [1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die](https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1844038807/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=1001+Songs%3A+You+Must+Hear+Before+You+Die&qid=1609020613&sr=8-3) and [Over The Edge Of The World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe](https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0018ND8B6/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=Over+the+Edge+of+the+World&qid=1609020707&sr=8-1) for my Kindle 4. [The Who At The Fillmore East 1968](https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B079NBWT35/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=3NB8AHE0XBS4Z&dchild=1&keywords=the+who+live+at+the+fillmore+east+1968&qid=1609021170&sprefix=the+who+live+a%2Caps%2C350&sr=8-1) on CD. I haven’t bought or received many CDs in the last ten years, because I’ve switched to streaming, but that’s an album I can’t find nowhere online, and I’ve wanted to have it for a long time. ---
**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, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/7 "2020-12-26T22:38:42Z")
My mom gave us a check and a big platter of homemade cookies, as usual. One sister gave us these weird things she got at the dollar store, as usual. That’s all. We don’t exchange with each other and our daughter and SIL are broke. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/8 "2020-12-27T01:13:05Z")
**Two** Princess Leia dolls. Repeat: _ **two** _ Princess Leia dolls. Star Wars, what I believe was not yet called A New Hope, came out when I was seven. Leia was the first female heroine I’d ever seen\*. I wanted her action figure _so bad_ I never got one. Maybe my mom didn’t take the hint seriously. (“There’s only one woman in the whole thing!” “But mom, **what** a woman!”) Or maybe she tried but couldn’t get one; it wasn’t easy, believe me. Anyway, I didn’t get one then, and by the time Empire came out, I no longer wanted one. (\*See, in the ‘70s, IIRC and I think I do, movies were still narrowly targeted. Kids’ movies were saccharine and for kids only. Teen movies were raunchy and dumb and for teens only. Grown-ups’ (not “adult”!) movies had little to no appeal for kids and teens. Another reason, among the many, that SW77 was such a huge hit was that it appealed to, and was appropriate for, all ages. Point is, I hadn’t seen too many female leads before, and I’d say Veruca Salt and the girl from Mary Poppins were not role models.) Anyway, fast forward to last year. I asked a mutual friend to drop a hint to Mr. Rilch that that’s what I’d like. December 24th, Mr. Rilch gets a text: “Hey, did you get Leia doll for Rilchie?” His first time mentioning it, mind you. 🙄 Sometime between then and fall of this year, the message got through. So I unwrapped a Kenner re-issue, which is more like a Barbie: about 14" tall, clothing and hair are real. And I also got one from Sideshow (a division of Weta, Peter Jackson’s company). The Kenner was not small, but this is even bigger, closer to American Girl/Our Generation size. And she comes with accessories! Two guns, and that flash drive thingy she puts in R2D2. So I’m pretty much one with the force. And since I already have Dorothy from the WofO and Rose from Titanic, I’m going to have to start a gallery of movie heroines. Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Harley Quinn, and at least one of the women from LOTR… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/9 "2020-12-27T01:45:11Z")
Disneyland house robe that makes me look like Father Christmas. A very cool wolf walking stick. Some very good port. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/10 "2020-12-27T01:49:47Z")
1._Solutions and Other Problems_ by cartoonist Allie Brosh (hilarious book.) 2. A Teto the squirrel fox plush toy from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki film.) 3. An octopus sweatshirt 4. Steak 5. An enormous amount of chocolate I am content. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/11 "2020-12-27T01:54:15Z")
I received a rice steamer (rice is my kryptonite), a small food processor, a multi-tier bird feeding station, _so_ much chocolate, a variety pack of K cups and a lovely dragonfly mug, old school Tupperware fridge magnets, and a little cash. And, best of all, almost four days with the kid and her fiancé. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/12 "2020-12-27T02:01:33Z")
My younger sister, who was the last living family member I still exchanged gifts with, passed away in November, so that’s the end of that. I got a box of chocolate truffles and a $20 Whataburger gift card from my boss at the museum where I work. Given the parlous financial state of the place, I didn’t really expect even that much. My not-a-girl friend will be taking my out for a nice lunch next week as a reward for looking after her cat while she was out of town the week before Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/13 "2020-12-27T02:10:49Z")
A 70cl bottle of Ardbeg single malt. Three books – an SF novel and two history books (one about female soldiers in the USCW and one about female soldiers in Afghanistan) from my Amazon wishlist. ---
**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, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/14 "2020-12-27T02:14:02Z")
A new Kindle (not yet arrived) Dipping oils - or a paper with a picture of them, since UPS destroyed them in transit. A cookbook - One Pot meals 3 jigsaw puzzles 5 shirts from thrift stores A computer solitaire game Fudge A set of small yellow pads to write my to do lists on A book of Daily Telegraph (London) cryptic puzzles So pretty good. I haven’t finished some of the books from last year and two years ago. At the moment I’m working on reducing the backlog. Food gifts are good, they go away. ---
**Author:** ![PB\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@PB\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PB_J)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/15 "2020-12-27T02:37:29Z")
two mosaic lamps (one bedside and one swan neck) beautiful. [Amazon.com : mosaic lamp](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mosaic+lamp&crid=1H0YYFXZF1XTO&sprefix=mosaic+%2Caps%2C211&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_7) one jigsaw puzzle A Comfy Amazon gift card. All good and welcome ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/16 "2020-12-27T02:55:03Z")
> [@PB\_J](#): > > [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) : mosaic lamp Lovely! ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/17 "2020-12-27T05:35:02Z")
Shearling slippers and lamb skin gloves. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/18 "2020-12-27T22:02:00Z")
Mosaic lamps: bee-yoo-tee-ful! What was the jigsaw puzzle? ---
**Author:** ![PB\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@PB\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PB_J)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/19 "2020-12-27T22:21:48Z")
Thank you! The lamps really are stunning. My son & daughter-in-law have great taste. The Jig saw puzzle is a winter scene, with a cabin, snow on the ground, snow covered trees, 2 deer, and some cardinals. It’s very nice! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983/20 "2020-12-27T22:29:44Z")
Cool! I also got a jigsaw puzzle, with a TV theme. And I gave someone a 2020-themed puzzle. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-for-christmas-this-year/928983.md?page=2)