Christmas loot

[abradley]

My daughter bought me 3 books (Kindle) I'd requested,

Amazon Legion, having read Kratman's rant against using women in combat, wanted to see how he proposed using them in combat.


The Glory of the Crusades, wanted a Catholic read of the Crusades.


In Defense of Internment: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror, long ago on another forum there was an interesting back and forth about the WW2 internment and relocation, I'd collected information about the subject on my computer, then it crashed, info was lost, and now the internet is flooded with anti rants and little else, no real info.

Ning the merciless gave me a fruitcake, I love fruit cake.

Merry Christmas.

 

[Daw]

Isn't loot supposed to be looted, i.e. stolen or taken by force or from the dead bodies?

I was expecting to see some action story here...

 

[Synobun]

I didn't die, so that was pretty cool of life I guess.

In all seriousness, though, I spent Christmas in Seattle, got a couple pairs of pants, saw Star Wars, and got 642 Things To Write About. The best holiday I've ever had... also the first, but the best!

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Isn't loot supposed to be looted, i.e. stolen or taken by force or from the dead bodies?

I was expecting to see some action story here...

Thankfully, I daresay none of us are the sort to apply the KTAATTS rule to RL Christmas presents.

My "loot" received from a friend consists of an adult coloring book (flower garden-type pictures), some Christmas chocolates, and a stuffed animal (I think it's a donkey wearing a Santa hat; not 100% sure on that). Since she's also into coloring (had books but nothing to color with), I gave her a nice set of pencil crayons and an Egyptian-themed ACEO art card.

The "loot" I decided to give myself consists of a few books, some Big Fish games, a movie, and a refurbished XP computer so I can play my older Civ (and other) games again. Turns out the person I got it from is into gaming, so who knows - maybe he'll join CFC some day.

 

[Arwon]

My fiance and I got a hammock and a barbecue so we're officially old now

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I don't do Christmas gifts. Anything I want, I have, so by process of elimination anything I could be given is something I don't want that just intrudes on my "traveling light." If I run across something that seems like it would really be perfect for someone I know I might get it for them, but I don't accumulate such things and wait for Christmas (that too intrudes on traveling light). I just give it to them as soon as possible.

 

[warpus]

So far the only thing I got for Christmas was a bottle of vodka and a scratch card from my parents. No, we're not white trash, we're just Polish, and we're doing our actual gift exchange when my sister arrives from the U.S. and we can all gather together, I think on the 1st. And my 3 year old niece is now finally old enough to start understanding concepts like Christmas, and my other sister didn't want her to think that she's the only one getting presents. So my parents bought everyone vodka and scratch cards. I won $20!

My sister also got me a late birthday present, via my other sister, the gift has been sitting at her house for a month. Anyway, it's a set of 6 hot sauces from South Carolina and I loved hot sauces when I was down there, so it's an awesome gift, not really a Christmas gift, but I opened it on Christmas Eve, so I say it counts.

My secret santa gift (that's what we do to save money and give a middle finger to materialism) is probably going to be the last 2 novels of the Hyperion Cantos, an Iceland lonely planet guide, and possibly a cast iron skillet, and.. probably some other stuff like chocolates. I asked for Norwegian brown Gjetost cheese too, but I doubt I'll get any.

I also bought myself 26 steam games (so far, for super cheap, only going for 80%+ deals for now) and oh yeah my roommate got me 3 Innis & Gunn oak aged beers too.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I asked for Norwegian brown Gjetost cheese too, but I doubt I'll get any.

Even regular cheese is pricey, but Gjetost is way out of my budget. It's been almost 20 years since I had any; we splurged a little on a brick of it during the last SCA feast I autocratted, back in the '90s.

 

[gay_Aleks]

I got a Kindle 4! Yes!

 

[warpus]

If I ever become a millionaire I will buy a month's supply of Gjetost to any regular here who wants it. But only on Christmas.

 

[Zkribbler]

Ning the merciless gave me a fruitcake, I love fruit cake.

For God's sake, don't eat it! There's only been one fruitcake in the entire history of humanity. It is forever being regifted and circles the globe in a kind of Yuletide perpetual motion. If you eat that fruitcake, the whole Christmas system will break down!

 

[Evie]

I got a copy of Risk Star Wars (which seems like an interesting variation that has little in common with typical Risk other than being named Risk), a replica One Ring, a refillable fountain pen, a Star Wars drawing book, and the Lego Doctor Who set.

For God's sake, don't eat it! There's only been one fruitcake in the entire history of humanity. It is forever being regifted and circles the globe in a kind of Yuletide perpetual motion. If you eat that fruitcake, the whole Christmas system will break down!

Anglo-American lies. The sheer amount of fruitcake eaten in the history of my family demonstrate the impossibility of this claim.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

For God's sake, don't eat it! There's only been one fruitcake in the entire history of humanity. It is forever being regifted and circles the globe in a kind of Yuletide perpetual motion. If you eat that fruitcake, the whole Christmas system will break down!

Funny thing a few years ago on the Cheezburger site: TPTB had a Collectible program where every time you visited (logged into your account) you'd get a collectible image of some sort. They could be gifted to other members if they were on your friends list, and some of us were very active in that - lots of wheeling/dealing/trading going on.

Some of these collectibles were rarer than others... and the Fruitcake was one of them. You never saw so many people plaintively asking, "I can has Fruitcake"?

Lego Doctor Who set.

All the Doctors, or just the nuDoctors?

 

[BenitoChavez]

As usual I asked people not to buy stuff for me. As usual people felt obligated to get me stuff anyways. So I got a new winter hat, a biography on the Wright brothers, and a couple of t shirts with silly sayings on them like "If you fall I'll be there - Floor". As far as stuff goes I guess it wasn't that bad.

Besides that I spent most of the day cooking lamb, eating lamb, and helping my mother set up her modem/router box she got from Comcast a month ago but didn't bother with for whatever reason. All in all a typical Christmas for me.

 

[Zkribbler]

Two gifts have made me extraordinarily happy.

When folks come to my house, they invariably want to place their backs against the seawall to have their pictures taken. Unfortunately, the glare off the sea turns them into silhouettes. I've now received a fill-light, so I can shine additional light on people's fronts and their pictures will come out.

Every since I came to the Phils, I've been told there are no soft bath towels here; forget about it; they don't exist; everything here is cheapo-cheapo. The one towel I brought with me has long been in tatters. I've been contemplating shipping over some more towels from the U.S. However, for Xmas I received a really soft and luxurious towel. It comes from Island City Mall, and for me, is an unexpected as being given a unicorn.

 

[ZeletDude]

A new ski jacket D) some Boise State gear, and money. I was pretty happy to say the least!

 

[classical_hero]

I got some money for Christmas and from a secret Santa that we did at my cousins place I got a folding camper chair. Not too bad.

 

[shadowplay]

chocolate, steam gift card, chocolate, blue jays christmas sweater, chocolate, blue jays long sleeve shirt, chocolate, several books (The War for Late Night, The Pot Book, Beyond Buds, and a book on meditation whose name I currently forget,) chocolate, gift card for a Thai restaurant I go to a lot, chocolate, 2 t-shirts i don't think i'll look good in, chocolate, depeche mode black celebration t-shirt, chocolate, 4 CDs, chocolate, socks, chocolate, Mortal Kombat X for PS4, chocolate, money, chocolate, chocolate money, chocolate.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I got:

A $25 Target gift card

A $20 Amazon gift card

A pair of house shoes

4 pairs of pants:
Green slacks with a special zipper pocket (which look good on me despite being slightly too long)
Black chinos (which fit and look great)
Black jeans (which are fine but perhaps too similar to some I already had, so I may return them)
Blue jeans (which mom says look unflattering from behind, and which are a shade that seems to clash with most of my other clothes, so I'll probably return them)

A brown V-neck sweater that makes me look fat (which I plan to return)

A blue fleece quarter-zip pullover that is much too big (which I plan to return)

A suit purchased cheap from Groupon, which I hope can be returned. It is a little too tight in the waist but too baggy everywhere else. Mom said she ordered it in grey, but what they sent looks navy blue (similar to but less attractive than the color of the suit that fits me best). It came with a free watch, which is also unattractive.



I also got these presents almost a month early:

A cheap Android smartphone plus some prepaid minutes/text/data for it.

A green fleece quarter-zip pullover (which fits well and looks good)

A pair of khaki pants (which fit and looked good but were damaged in that circular saw accident which required 13 stitches in my leg. The blood washed out easily, but there is still a hole a few inches above the knee)

 

[Evie]

Just new Doctors (sorry!) - eleventh and twelfth. Along with She Who Shall Not Be Named (in your presence anyway), a Weeping Angel and two Daleks.