We hope that when you awoke today and made your bleary-eyed trip to the tree, you ended up unwrapping some of the fine, fine gadgets that we're always showing off. Sure, you're happy to be spending time with your family, and you're just enjoying the season of giving for it's totally non-commercial, traditional reasons -- but we'd like to know if you made out like a bandit or not. Tell us what you did (or didn't) get in the comments below, and one more time... enjoy those 50 kids freaking the hell out over getting a Wii.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 12)
youngstunna @ Dec 25th 2008 11:49AM
amazon gift certs. the best gift ever.
zioncat @ Dec 25th 2008 12:08PM
I got a 2009 Porsche Cayenne, wait that's what I dreamed about never mind :-(
Aguiluz @ Dec 25th 2008 12:15PM
My best gift ever:
"Self-Inflating Whoopee Cushion"
It's a Whoopee Cushion that makes a farting sound when someone sits on it and it magically re-inflates itself. I'm totally happy about it. XD
Brian @ Dec 25th 2008 12:23PM
@ieye
Yeah, I got a 4gb iphone.
And on the trolling, if you're really somebody who likes to piss people off, is the reason you do it over the internet because if you did it in real life somebody would kick your ass, or that your just a lazy asshole?
Flashpoint @ Dec 25th 2008 12:56PM
I got 4 pairs of dress socks, $200 in gift certificates to Lord and Taylor, a Nokia 2600 (I already have an iphone so that piece of shit is going in my closet) , Fallout 3, and a blowjob.
Its only 12:55 so when I go to my parent's house and the rest of the family comes over, things should get better.
DWells55 @ Dec 25th 2008 1:02PM
2.4 GHz 15.4" MacBook Pro. Best Christmas evar.
connor @ Dec 25th 2008 1:24PM
i got an acer aspire one (YES!!!!) and a 30 inch computer monitor, its freakin amazing and im so happy...now for intel to come out with the graphics cards for netbooks...then ill be one happy kid,
Matttoska @ Dec 25th 2008 1:34PM
A gameboy advanced and a ps2 wen they first came out......but his year i got $ underarmor for sports gears of war 2 wrath of the lich king n like 3 years of xbox live
yokken @ Dec 25th 2008 1:32PM
I got a 2.4ghz 15.4" MacBook Pro as well. Loving it. Indeed, best Christmas evar.
iEngadget @ Dec 25th 2008 1:39PM
I woke up, peed, realized my toilet was clogged, plunged it.
Merry Christmas.
Knee to the Groin @ Dec 25th 2008 1:57PM
@Flashpoint
"And a blowjob.... I'm going to my parents and things will get even better"
This...explains, so... much...
STINK @ Dec 25th 2008 2:39PM
@Flashpoint
Fallout 3? Words of advice: Hold off completing the main quest as long as you can.
Hi Kenneth @ Dec 25th 2008 2:43PM
I got coal :(
Mr. B @ Dec 25th 2008 3:32PM
@ STINK
...wish I'd known that about two weeks ago.
whiskey @ Dec 25th 2008 3:59PM
Acid Storm! yaaaay!
DBrim @ Dec 25th 2008 5:02PM
What's with all you people with rich parents? Geez. Economic downturn much?
My biggest gift was being with my family. Quality time indeed. :)
Californian @ Dec 25th 2008 7:08PM
I got a 320 GB 64mb/s actual transfer hard drive, among other (mostly PS3 and clothes related) things, like a PS3 keypad and gift certificates.
But what I am most happy to have gotten was MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO MIT!!! That was an early one, though, on the 15th. I can't wait to go!
kwon @ Dec 25th 2008 7:25PM
I got a Casio EX-F1!!!
Maxwell @ Dec 25th 2008 7:54PM
Helvetica Neue 25 Ultra Light! :D
Kevin @ Dec 25th 2008 10:05PM
A Canon XS kit with a 75-300 lens, and a Craftsman Drill.
Flashpoint @ Dec 25th 2008 11:15PM
I just got home from my parents house.
They got my girlfriend a gift card to Macy's. They got me a gift card to Casual Male - I'm like 6'7 and I shop there.
My sister bought me some Mercedes Benz accessories for my S550 - like I asked for.
I screwed up a gift label and my mom gave a $15 Lego Star wars PS2 game to one of my cousins it wasn't suppossed to go to.
jedimasterhayden @ Dec 25th 2008 11:35PM
Xbox 360, Halo 3, and a new computer. Nothing too fancy, Pentium Dual Core, 3 GB RAM, Vista Home Premium.
MoJo @ Dec 26th 2008 2:40AM
Abt Flashpoint.. Can i report this comment?
XIYL @ Dec 26th 2008 2:43AM
Seagate 1.5TB 7200rp/m 32MB cache SATA hard drive. Let the mass piracy begin. The sad thing is that my computers power supply doesn't have SATA power on it so I can't use it till tomorrow. but when I get it set up I'm giving away my old ass IDE hard drives.
Arkenklo @ Dec 26th 2008 8:14AM
I'm not telling you what I got, but I posted a reply to the first post so that you will read my post before everyone's else.
Dave B @ Dec 26th 2008 8:48AM
@Maxwell
"Helvetica Neue 25 Ultra Light! :D"
Damn, that's like getting an Atari, OK, an Atari that upgrades itself every time a new game system comes out, but still :)
Veer has some nice fresh typefaces… jus' sayin'
Mike @ Dec 26th 2008 10:48PM
I got a 2009 Honda Accord, bunch of games, a sennheiser wireless headset, sony cybershot H50, and cash
Not a bad year!!!
brian @ Dec 27th 2008 3:25AM
@ DBrim.
I concur. Except the only family I was able to spend Christmas with is my sister, and that's because she lives a block and a half away. Neither of us were able to make it back home to see the rest of the family.
In answer to the material things I got: Arrested Development all three seasons from that great amazon deal, a portable go set from yellow mountain imports, a nat geo book (actually picked that one out when my sister and I went to the warehouse sale at the armory and did our Christmas shopping for family), and then a few cards from relatives with a combined total of $75 in cash.
who? @ Dec 25th 2008 11:50AM
TImes iControl watch and a J10 Fuji camera. Next!
who? @ Dec 25th 2008 11:50AM
*TImes---->Timex
Samboini @ Dec 25th 2008 12:39PM
I loev proofreadign.
Knee to the Groin @ Dec 25th 2008 3:07PM
I got the latest TI graphing calculator. Best gift ever!
lejupp @ Dec 25th 2008 5:10PM
Knee, you are a nerd!
Big Ed @ Dec 25th 2008 11:51AM
A switchblade comb. Name one gift better than that, I dare you.
RioRyan @ Dec 25th 2008 11:55AM
Pistols for pandas.
Timmy P. @ Dec 25th 2008 12:38PM
Ryan Wins.
Samboini @ Dec 25th 2008 12:54PM
Switchblade comb? Are you a wop?!
scott @ Dec 25th 2008 1:01PM
i used to get that as a prize at the cheap arcade...
kyle allen @ Dec 25th 2008 8:27PM
i got a pen that records sound and than circut bends it. i think thats at least as awesome as a switchblade comb
Knee to the Groin @ Dec 25th 2008 8:34PM
Better than a switchblade comb!?
http://www.bladehq.com/item--1998-Microtech-Halo-OTF--2930
How about a switchblade?
Thought the Halo is a serious favorite, I settled for the more economical Ultratech...
Geek45 @ Dec 28th 2008 5:38PM
Beat a titanium spork. I dare you.
Nickocosmic @ Dec 25th 2008 11:52AM
i got a 26' westinghouse lcd t.v. that i really do not foresee using too much.
freehunter @ Dec 25th 2008 1:17PM
I got a 42" 1080p TV that will only ever see use as my primary monitor to my htpc/gaming rig. I used to think my 17" was a decent sized primary monitor. 42" monitor is borderline too big.
Quicksilver4648 @ Dec 25th 2008 12:42PM
I'll take it. After all, this be the season for giving.
BJ is Gooder @ Dec 25th 2008 12:42PM
How you can't find a use for a 26 foot LCD amazes me. Regift my way!!
good PR @ Dec 25th 2008 7:20PM
I got a 42" Panasonic Plasma, it's pretty awesome
Zeth Ethereal @ Dec 25th 2008 11:52AM
I gots me a Zune 4gig and Dark Knight Bluray! woot! and a Nintendo SIXTYFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUR!!
Ryan @ Dec 25th 2008 12:47PM
Zune = Awesome
N64 = Awesome
Dark Knight = Never seen it
p.s. i just got running stuff (clothes and shoes)
Ed @ Dec 25th 2008 12:59PM
Dark Knight and Firefly on Blu-Ray, woohoo! Plus tons of gift cards.
Abuzar Baloach @ Dec 25th 2008 4:41PM
OK, now get the HELL off this blog and go watch the Dark Knight. :D