given: "the fart party" graphic novel. a japanese good luck cat charm for good luck. gorilla biscuits 7 inch. doestoyevsky's short stories collection. my love.

got: money (for my new bike i'm going to get next month). lee ranaldo's newest record on colored etched vinyl. a samurai side sword (for some reason)

Received:
Books, shirt, money, head.

Given
Books, cd's, head.

What I got:

a flannel shirt
a western cut shirt
a t-shirt with the image of a tape recorder on it
a bunch of socks
a pair of boxer shorts with chainsaws on them
caramels
Scottish shortbread
a copy of Phillip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle"
a Daniel Clowes book of comic strips
a knit Pittsburgh Penguins beanie
a guitar pedal from a secret santa
something I haven't got yet from another secret santa
100 bucks from Grandparents
and I'm getting taken to see the new 35mm print of Slap Shot

what I gave:
a poseable wooden artist's figure
a glass butterdish with a Hen on top
a silly porcelain cow
a rabbit planter
a Steelers shirt
a 2 string 3/4 scale custom guitar for my nephew
a box of torrone
a bar set with bakelite handles- mixer, bottle opener, and some kind of stirrer
Megaman 15th anniversary for X-box
an instrument I made to a Secret Santee
a guitar pedal to a Secret Santee
and I'm making my Dad a website

Yr daughter has a hope chest?

That's adorable. It's like yr living in the 50's.

Got:

Eraserhead on DVD
Santo and the Wax Museum DVD
Vanishing Point DVD
Hipflask
Chocolate
£30 HMV gift voucher
Faber book of Reportage
Novelty beers

Given:

Monica Boxley handbag
Burts Bees cosmetics
Heroes season1
Per una scarf
Bottle of Jim Beam (brother)
Sheila Hancock autobiography (mum)
Transformer (nephew)
Dumbo DVD + soft toy (niece)
Bill Bailey DVD (brother in law)
Bottle of Absolut Vanillia (sister in law)

I got a sweater

gave: Pj's

I got a pretty good haul

A total of $340 in gift cards and cash from all relatives
2 Animal Collective tickets for the Troubadour show
2 Silver Jews CDs (Tanglewood Numbers & The Natural Bridge)
Actual Air - David Berman
Howl - Allen Ginsberg
Who I Am And What I Want - David Shrigley
A nice electric shaver
A sweater

That's about it...

I gave

$20 to Target (Sister)
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Dad)
Milk Frother (Mom)
Crayola craft thing (Lil' Sis)
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (friend)
Silent Spring - Rachel Carson (other friend)

I gave shitload of stuff (for my dad, girlfriend, brother, his wife and his three kids), spent really a lot of money on that. But who cares, it's Christmas.

I got great headphones (Koss Porta Pro) and a dressing gown from my girlfriend, some money from my dad and a bottle of Ballantine's (yuck, the most terrible whisky ever produced) as well as some book vouchers (valued around 70$) from my brother

i got a bad cold which i have probably given to lots of other people

got a printer and a mini food processor amongst socks and other assorted goods

i gave my folks a blu ray dvd player
and my brother a remote control helicopter
and for my sister i paid for her canvas to be put on to stretcher bars and i stretched it

i got a vinyl player + velvet underground live lp, wine, whisky, a book with jokes, clothes.

i gave a digital camera, wine, clothes, chocolats, a weekend voucher, and lots of fun to some kids cause this year was my turn to dress the santa's clothe.

Which VU live lp did you get?

i got some money from my dad. haen't given or gotten anything yet, since we won't open our presents before the 31st (my stepsisters and stepbrother weren't around on christmas)

but yesterday my niece wholives in canada came over, she had a baby about two months ago ad it was good to see them all again.

My girlfrined: rubik's cube, boogiepop phantom, how bluegrass music destroyed my life, sapporo, gitaroo man. I gave a bass guitar.


Everyone else gave me money.

i got a nice warm coat and another raincoat with a hood and some socks from my mother, "Heavier than Heaven" from my girlfriend.
i gave a pair of awesome socks with floral motives (sp?) to my gf. sent a CD and bunch of other stuff to a boardie.

Received: a bmx
South Park season 11
candy cane

Gave: The Pixies book
Rodrigo y Gabriela cd
Box of bball cards
coffee beans from PNG
licorice tea
Cobain unseen book
surfing magazine
and a lot more

I received:
albums
a mandolin
a book
headphones

gave:
plenty of chocolate truffles from work
kitchenware
wii mote rechargeable battery set
30 rock on dvd

received:
gift certificates
games for xbox
cd by women
strained eye sight
insomnia

CD's:
John Lennon - Imagine
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Sonic Youth/va - Demonlover sndtrk

DVD's:
Alf season 1
How I Met Your Mother season 2
Saw

PS2 games:
Bully
Buzz Mega Quiz
NBA 2k09

etc:
The Empty Page book
Celtics beer mug
and a bunch of other stuff I dont remember at the moment

Gave:
Silver earrings
Spy novel
Yo La Tengo Hanukkah Night 8 ticket

Got:
Many books
Sweaters, shirts
Noise-cancelling headphones
Bluetooth mouse