The What Did You Get for (Insert Holiday Here) Thread

by cubsfan2883 on Dec 25, 2006 10:28 AM CST

So I was bored and being it's christmas and I am listening to my brand new IPod(TM) nano. I figured I'd lead off with the question what did everyone get for their holiday of choice. With most of the holidays out of the way, I figure everyone's got most or all of their gifts opened.

So what did you get?

I got an Ipod. 2 GB

and a 6 pack of designer beer from my parents, from an upper class alchy store, Friar Tuck here in Springfield. Sarah probably knows all about that place right. wink.

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Asked for and received from my kids

the Sports Illustrated baseball book. Looks sweet. Can't wait to get into it.

by SonnyJ9 on Dec 25, 2006 11:13 AM CST reply actions

It is sweet...

I have it and it was a great read. ENJOY!

Dead Guy...duty!

by Sonofapitch on Dec 27, 2006 1:31 PM CST up reply actions

Got that from my mother-in-law

without asking! She just knows I am a baseball addict.

Glad to hear it is a good read.

"My uncle says you've got a screw loose." -- "Your uncle molests collies." Caddyshack

by jcub on Dec 27, 2006 4:44 PM CST up reply actions

(Insert Holiday=Hanukah)

I got a Nebraska coat and a check to help me on my trip to Dallas to see Nebraska take on #10 Auburn in the Cotton Bowl next week

...Go Huskers!

I also got a promise of Cubs tickets from my brother in the Chicago 'Burbs for whenever I come up next summer.

Go Nebraska Football!

by sanantonecub on Dec 25, 2006 12:15 PM CST reply actions

Have fun in Dallas!

We'll be watching here in Lincoln.

phat

by phatass on Dec 25, 2006 3:02 PM CST up reply actions

I haven't opened my presents.

I fell asleep, but I'll come back and share.

"I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." -Johan Santana

by sparkles721 on Dec 25, 2006 12:20 PM CST reply actions

I got

a relpica of Wrigley Field from my mom.

by Cub Fan in Card Country on Dec 25, 2006 12:37 PM CST reply actions

clothes

yay. parents are so original. A whole list of movies/books/colognes i gave them and instead of picking a few out, they paid roughly the same amount for clothes i didn't ask for because I didn't need them.

Oh well... thankful for what I got and all that, yada yada yada...

TOWEL DRILL!

by tyger1147 on Dec 25, 2006 12:37 PM CST reply actions

fonzy jersey!!!!

authentic!!!!

by tbizzle83 on Dec 25, 2006 1:00 PM CST reply actions

NO!

ha i asked for that, a road one, but i heard there werent any anywhere, and then i just figured that they hadnt started making them yet. Thats awesome though, home or road? Whats his number by the way?

DON'T TRADE PIE!

by kylejo on Dec 25, 2006 3:03 PM CST up reply actions

#12

n/t

by Al Yellon on Dec 25, 2006 3:09 PM CST up reply actions

i have a home one

and i love it!!

by tbizzle83 on Dec 25, 2006 8:50 PM CST up reply actions

xmas

i got lou pinella,alfonso soriano.kerry wood,ted lily,henry blanco,jason marquis,those were my presents this year.

by NOMAR on Dec 25, 2006 1:01 PM CST reply actions

i hope

you got a gift reciept for jason marquis :)

by luv4cubs2 on Dec 25, 2006 1:50 PM CST up reply actions

I am afraid his warrenty is only 30 days

and he would be a Hanukah present.
PS DeRossa & Cotts feel left out.

I love the ballpark. I love the city. I love the fans. Aside from how we've played this year, there's nothing not to like about Chicago." Greg Maddux 7/29/06

by jessica on Dec 25, 2006 2:18 PM CST up reply actions

Nothing at all

Don't feel bad. My Thanksgiving trip to London & Paris
was sort of my post season/ early holiday gift to myself.
My family is notoriously lax on Hanukah stuff and I have
not even sent mine to Chicago & Boise where they live.

I love the ballpark. I love the city. I love the fans. Aside from how we've played this year, there's nothing not to like about Chicago." Greg Maddux 7/29/06

by jessica on Dec 25, 2006 1:02 PM CST reply actions

Ice

And not the kind that goes in the freezer, the kind that hangs around my neck. :)

Supposedly from my children, but I think my husband might have had something to do with it. . .

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 25, 2006 1:13 PM CST reply actions

Did you also get

one of the hands of the Angolan child who worked in the diamond mine where yours originated?

by 275 on Dec 25, 2006 7:38 PM CST up reply actions

These ain't conflict diamonds,

Is they Jacob, don't lie to me man."

Just some offerings from one K. West

I very excite about this upcoming season! Jenqui!

by nextyearcub on Dec 25, 2006 9:44 PM CST up reply actions

Nice

FYI, I don't buy diamonds from certain companies, like DeBeers, for exactly that reason. They are diamond companies out there that mine their diamonds humanely, and those are the companies my family buys from. But thanks for being an ass on Christmas.

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 25, 2006 10:30 PM CST up reply actions

Oh my goodness

Did I offend? So sorry. Were it not for the name-calling, I would have omitted the following:

If you want to believe that the Clean Diamond Trade Act doesn't have huge loopholes and that the industry "regulated" Kimberley Process Certification Scheme works, that's your perogative.

But the fact is that anyone who buys a diamond is helping to perpetuate a market that is built on slave labor. Present day slave labor at that.

Now we all draw lines as consumers. I'm wearing sneakers right now that were likely built by child workers and/or people working in working conditions that would make most Americans shudder.

But if you're going to go on record as being okay with jokes about virtually anything, you are in no position to get in a snit about someone mocking you for bragging about your shiny new diamond.

Happy Holidays.

by 275 on Dec 25, 2006 11:29 PM CST up reply actions

Look

Having worked at the UN and working with the DePaul Centre for Human Rights, I am well aware of the situation with the exploitation of both adults and children in diamond mining (in fact, the last bit of research I did for the Centre was regarding child labor, including diamond mining). And yes, I am also aware that the Kimberly Clean Diamond certification is frought with difficulties and loopholes. I'm not suffering any delusions about that. But, as you said, I could say the same for probably just about every item of clothing most of us are wearing, as the OAS Child Labor Act suffers from the same deficiencies. And yes, we do draw lines, and I've chosen NOT to draw one over a gift I received from my 4 and 5-year olds.

The bottom line, however, is that I was not "bragging" about my shiny new diamond, I was posting about what I got for Xmas, as was everyone else on this thread. You for some reason, chose to come after me for a gift I received that you deem not politically correct, even though, as I said, probably 50% of the items on this thread were made by 4-year olds in Thailand.

Normally, I'm all for political discussions, but this debate would have been more appropriate on DKos or another site, rather than as an attack on someone stating what they got for Xmas. Were I in your position, I would have thought it more polite to simply keep my mouth shut, rather than post something so volatile to someone I don't even know. But, that's me.

If you feel so strongly about the diamond trade, I really hope you are doing more than simply criticizing people who buy/receive diamonds. Your passion for the cause is definitely needed in that movement.

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 26, 2006 10:27 AM CST up reply actions

Nope. I saw some kids at the jewelry store just

the other day. Must have been yours.

"My uncle says you've got a screw loose." -- "Your uncle molests collies." Caddyshack

by jcub on Dec 27, 2006 4:46 PM CST up reply actions

I got

A Robbie Gould jersey, a Chicago Bulls shirt, Arbonne bath and body stuff, a purse, shoes, a gift certificate and some other stuff too. My family is very good to me.

COTTS!!!

by sue369 on Dec 25, 2006 1:28 PM CST reply actions

A kicker's jersey?

"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -Homer J. Simpson

by Whitebacon on Dec 26, 2006 12:59 AM CST up reply actions

You

sound like my son. lol

COTTS!!!

by sue369 on Dec 26, 2006 10:18 AM CST up reply actions

OK..

giftcards! From lots of places, and one of them specifically so I can get something Johan-related.

And of course, I got a very pretty baseball on a stadium seat. It's so cute.

"I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." -Johan Santana

by sparkles721 on Dec 25, 2006 1:30 PM CST reply actions

decisions

I got money to pick out an MP3 player, but now I have to decide which one

any thoughts?

keeping mediocrity at bay

by flyball on Dec 25, 2006 1:50 PM CST reply actions

Depends on how much $ you have...

... and what you want.

I just got a video iPod, which has more storage than I'll likely ever need and can store movies too. The price wasn't unreasonable. You can find them below retail on eBay.

by Al Yellon on Dec 25, 2006 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

mp3 players

I'm definitely leaning towards a hard drive player but I'm still hesitant to give my music ife to ipod and tunes, and I keep thinking about going all ot for a multimeda player with a larger screen, but with my spotty record with electronics I'm not sure its a good idea

keeping mediocrity at bay

by flyball on Dec 25, 2006 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

Depending...

... on what you're eventually going to think about doing with your music collection, there are worse things than iTunes. It's worked out fine for me.

YMMV, etc etc.

by Al Yellon on Dec 25, 2006 5:19 PM CST up reply actions

Try a refurbished iPod

from the Apple store (apple.com). Got a 30GB video iPod for my wife, it seems to be brand new and it cost a little more than half of a new one.

Plus, my brother thinks it is a 2006 iPod and I have no reason to doubt him - he keeps up with this stuff more than I do.

by tcjhawk on Dec 25, 2006 8:09 PM CST up reply actions

what kind of warranties

do the refurbished ones come with?

by 275 on Dec 25, 2006 8:46 PM CST up reply actions

Books,

Clothes, season 2 of Arrested Development. At this time love giving gifts to my kids and my wife.

Throw out your Gold Teeth and see how they Roll

by Johnny Callison was a Cub on Dec 25, 2006 2:14 PM CST reply actions

stuff

An I-Cubs hat, CD's by Great Big Sea (concert DVD), Enter the Haggis and Weird Al Yankovic, "The Knucklebook", the Muppet Show Season I and "The Case Against Intellegent Design," and photos of my late grandparents.

All in all, a good day.

Have a great Christmas, everybody.

Throw Jacque Jones down the well, so the Cubs will be free...

by Ross on Dec 25, 2006 2:50 PM CST reply actions

I got a copy of

"Shakey," a biography of Neil Young.

And Lou Reed "Transformer" on vinyl.

And "Something Else" by The Kinks.

phat

by phatass on Dec 25, 2006 3:04 PM CST reply actions

My haul

Clothes, new home theater system and gift cards. Oh, and Talladega Nights. All in all, good times.

I very excite about this upcoming season! Jenqui!

by nextyearcub on Dec 25, 2006 4:36 PM CST reply actions

Presents

My brother got me this wooden baseball w/ a Cubs logo on it, part of the Cooperstown Collection. I also got a Wisconsin fleece jacket and a few other small gifts, including a gag gift Dr. Laura action figure that talks down to you.

My Birthday is on Saturday so I don't tend to get a lot of Hanukkah presents.

DmL

by dmlichte on Dec 25, 2006 5:08 PM CST reply actions

Baseball movies and good stuff

I got "Bull Durham" and "A League of Their Own", two of my favorite baseball movies, and the first two volumes of the annotated Sherlock Holmes. (Oddly, I received the third volume--the novels--last year.) Hope everyone is enjoying themselves; eat, drink and be merry, for next week come the New Year's resolutions.

Hoping to goodness is not theologically sound. --Linus

by moldyfolky on Dec 25, 2006 6:58 PM CST reply actions

RE:

i got a big ol box of jack squat. same as last year.

by hrothgar on Dec 25, 2006 7:28 PM CST reply actions

Early miracle gift

on Christmas eve when the Broncos beat the Bengals. I got a coach & macy giftcard and a treadmill. So I really have no excuse to exercise....LOL.

by FLCubsFan on Dec 25, 2006 8:54 PM CST reply actions

*no excuse not to exercise

by FLCubsFan on Dec 25, 2006 8:55 PM CST up reply actions

I got

a replica 1934 Cubs Hat, a Cubs Hawaiian shirt, a cashmere sweater, and an XBOX 360.

But most importantly, I got to watch my 2 year old son have a blast opening his presents incuding the yellow Tonka road grader he asked Santa to bring. We also got to put together his train table as well. Priceless.

D-LEE!

by airweino on Dec 25, 2006 9:46 PM CST reply actions

Oh yeah,

forgot about getting season 1 of the Office as well! I am hooked.

D-LEE!

by airweino on Dec 25, 2006 9:47 PM CST up reply actions

Among other things...

...my significant other got me an advanced copy of Crazy '08, a book about "The Greatest Year in Baseball History". It looks really interesting!

Jason Marquis makes me :-d~o~o~o~

by gravedigger on Dec 25, 2006 10:52 PM CST reply actions

List

My list every year is the same thing:

I ask for socks and underwear every for christmas, and let my folks decide what else I want. They seem to do a good job. I got a nice pair of shoes.

Also got a Fujifilm 4.1 MP FinePix A400 digital camera. 3x optical, 3.6x Digital zoom. 1.8 inch display. It's got 128 MB internal card plus I got a 1 GB card extra.

Also got gift-cers to Roots, and a rechargeable battery set. 4 AA's and 4 AAA's plus the charger with wall mount and a car charger.

Los Cachorros!

by Laven on Dec 25, 2006 11:04 PM CST reply actions

Cigars

And a couple of books, one about Julius Caesar. And some gift cards. Not a bad Christmas, if you ask me.

ROTHSCHILD!

by Perkins on Dec 26, 2006 12:12 AM CST reply actions

19 inch widescreen LCD Monitor, Talladega nights,

socks and undies, a new flannel shirt, the Hogan Anthology, Wrestlemania box set vol. 4, that Nike Mark Grace throwbackish jersey, and sweet, sweet cash, that I'll probably end up buying DVD's and video games with. Oh, and in an amusing miscommunication with my aunt, I got an actual Transformer, instead of the 20th anniversary edition DVD. All in all, a pretty good day.

"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -Homer J. Simpson

by Whitebacon on Dec 26, 2006 1:14 AM CST reply actions

I got

a sweetMoonlight Graham Cubs pit jacket. Totally kicks ass. My girlfriend rocks.

by JodyDavis on Dec 26, 2006 10:43 AM CST reply actions

among other things...

I got a Peoria Chiefs hat, Guitar Hero 2 and new speakers for my PC.

AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Dec 26, 2006 11:06 AM CST reply actions

I got...

a Chad Pennington jersey (New York Jets), a DVD recorder, clothes from the wife. I wanted an XBOX 360, but I'd rather have the week off work to be with the wife and boys. She's really excited about the camcorder I got her. Great to finally tape the kids at christmas.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY! Be safe!

All right, Hendry!! Time to sign Zambrano to an extension!!

by fuzzycubfan on Dec 26, 2006 12:59 PM CST reply actions

blown away

I got a 1929 game program from a Cubs-Philadelphia Athletics game

autographed by Babe Ruth

by DartmouthCubsFan on Dec 26, 2006 2:46 PM CST reply actions

Seriously?

The program alone without the autograph would run $250.

With that autograph? Someone must really love you a lot.

by Al Yellon on Dec 26, 2006 2:53 PM CST up reply actions

seriously

i was blown away

apparently its something that had been kept in the family for years but i had no idea about it

now its been passed down to me

by DartmouthCubsFan on Dec 27, 2006 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

That's a really wonderful gift...

... I know you'll cherish it.

by Al Yellon on Dec 27, 2006 10:24 AM CST up reply actions

Not to be cynical

But why would Ruth autograph a program for a Cubs/
Athletics game?

I love the ballpark. I love the city. I love the fans. Aside from how we've played this year, there's nothing not to like about Chicago." Greg Maddux 7/29/06

by jessica on Dec 26, 2006 6:26 PM CST up reply actions

I see it was a WS game

Maybe Babe was hanging around and drinking some
beers.

I love the ballpark. I love the city. I love the fans. Aside from how we've played this year, there's nothing not to like about Chicago." Greg Maddux 7/29/06

by jessica on Dec 26, 2006 6:32 PM CST up reply actions