A Sea Of Red

As it is Christmas day once again (and the Mayans like everyone else before were proven gloriously incorrect in their prediction of the end of the world), Its time for the annual discussion of what everybody found under the tree for them this year. I already got my first couple gifts from my wife before we headed to my parents house last Thursday and that was cologne and the first season of Big Bang Theory on DVD. Also got

Cookbook- "No More Takeout"
Book- "What To Expect When Youre Wife is Expanding" (Humorous parody of the best seller "What To Expect When Youre Expecting"
New Wallet
New Razor
Ties and handkerchiefs so I can broadcast in style when I get the chance to
Two bottles of cologne

For both me and the wife

A wide assortment of baby gear
baby book
memory book from my mom which she will fill in

my present was not under a tree, it was the ability to spend Christmas at home with family. This is the first time I was able to spend christmas home in 7 years.

Well, after CajunFlame's gift, we're all gonna sound like a bunch of pansies ( ), but here goes:

19" flatscreen DVD combo for the kitchen
New putter (since the PGA has made my extra-long putter illegal)
New wok set (actually on the way, since the kitchen store closed)

With all due respect to Cajun Flame, I think I can do him one better: this Christmas I have a cancer-free Mrs. Cider!

And as far as material presents go, Mrs. Cider came down with a bad cold on Christmas Eve, which is our traditional day to go Christmas shopping together, so instead we are going to hit up the stores tomorrow for all their after-Christmas sales.

iPhone 5
Armband to hold the phone while working out
Hoodie/t-shirt/sweats
New razor
Kickboxing bag/gloves
Underwear
Carolina tumbler
Shoes
Duck Dynasty DVD
Cash/gift cards

+1 to cider Jim. That is awesome, God certainly is good.

Great to hear Dr. Nutter. SJ, is that 6th gift for her or you ?

I got a pair of Sennheiser Bluetooth headphones for my audio work (great for live sound mixing),Vizio soundbar for my plasma, a digital picture frame for my office at Liberty, a new Kenneth Cole wallet and grooming set, Otterbox for my iPad, and a Liberty Turvis tumbler. Most of all we got to celebrate Christmas as a family this year. Missed our parents but not the running around or gas fill ups.

Cajun wins. Cider 2nd. Being cancer free with only 1 paralyzed vocal chord wins me 3rd! Besides this I got 3 shirts, Movie Gift Certificates and a Subaru Outback

Purple, the Mrs. bought you a CAR for Christmas? WOW!

3 DAYS OFF TO SPEND WITH MY FAMILY (including Christmas Day)
LU long sleeve t with cool fighting eagle logo
LU license plate frame
5-11 tactical rigid belt
hat
gift card
camo knife/compass set
toothache and diarrhea from all the junk food I've been eating

Cider Jim wrote:Purple, the Mrs. bought you a CAR for Christmas? WOW!

No. We bought it this summer for work and she then declared it my Christmas present......in June!

Closet full of suits (Love the Jos A. Bank buy 1 get 3 free sale)
Sweater
Solar landscape lights
Portable mobile phone charger (my favorite for my life in airports)
Way too much homemade toffee & tamales

God blessed us all way more than we deserve.

Sly Fox wrote:Closet full of suits (Love the Jos A. Bank buy 1 get 3 free sale)
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I'm glad you clarified what type of suits.....

The wife and I 'gave' each other an ASUS laptop a few weeks back. Outside of that a couple of ties and sweaters, and a new Braun razor (replacing the same model I had been using since my last year at GW, 1993!, just couldn't find heads for it anymore).

Plenty of good vittles today as well, topped off by my mother-in-law top shelf sweet potato pie.

Of course, as mentioned by many above, the Lord blesses me, my wife, and extended family way too much than we ever deserve.

This year, I'm spending the winter with the family in a small village in the mountains of Costa Rica. The kids each got a couple of small gifts, but nothing super exciting. My wife and I are going to go to the city tomorrow to watch the Hobbit with some local friends as our gift to each other. This year, our family gift has been time with each other. It's more valuable than anything that I could have purchased.

Funny quote from last night - We went to a Christmas Eve dinner with some new friends and took a Happy Birthday Jesus (Feliz Cumpleaños Jesucristo) cake to share. This is not part of the local Catholic tradition, but is a family tradition. When the hosts served it, they mentioned that it was a cake to celebrate Jesus' birthday, and one of the adults replied, "Which Jesus?"

• Larry Bird Tshirt-Shirt and Celtics Hat
• NE Patriots Long Sleeve Shirt and Hat
• Kentucky Wildcats long sleeve Shirt and Hat
• Two Pairs of Khakis
• Snow Boots
• One Pair of Basketball Warm Up Type Pants
• Backscratcher
• Picture Frame for an autographed poster I got a while back
• Watch Case
• Kentucky Canvas Print
• DVDs/Blurays - headliner would be the "nWo: the revolution" bluray
• Blender - top part is removable and able to be used as a travel mug. My first attempt to make a milkshake was a disaster
• Large Cooking Pot so now I can actually make spaghetti and chick parm
• Money
• Candy
• Flashlight/Lantern combo
• Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse
• Getting to watch our three cats "explore" their new pet bed and getting to spend time with my family and cats!

My parents obviously like to spoil me and my brother some now, it's their way of making up for not being able to provide much in the way of presents.

I didn't get anything under the tree but my wife is letting me go to South Africa on a week long hunting trip. I leave on Friday!

Board Games:
Kingsburg - Very good game
Bang! - EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE THIS GAME. WILL HAVE YOU YELLING ALL NIGHT
Flash Point Fire Rescue
Mystery Express

Hard Luggage so the board games dont get trashed at the airport.

Great punch line, SumItUp! I'm glad you still remember some Ingles through your immersion.

SeoulFlame - Upon return from said trip ...

walther pk380 and mossberg 500. lol that was pretty much my Christmas.

seahawks hat
(consider it a christmas present that the seahawks crushed the 49ers as well)
patriots hat
new wallet
several new shirts
a few moleskin notebooks
itunes giftcards
soap
whiskey stones
beer glasses
and my wife and I got ourselves a nice bluetooth speaker for our kitchen

best present was celebrating with our 6 week old son.

Cash from my parents and a week-long Caribbean cruise from the in-laws (they went too).

adam42381 wrote:Cash from my parents and a week-long Caribbean cruise from the in-laws (they went too).

But did they come BACK from the cruise? I love cruises!

rueful wrote:seahawks hat
(consider it a christmas present that the seahawks crushed the 49ers as well)
patriots hat
new wallet
several new shirts
a few moleskin notebooks
itunes giftcards
soap
whiskey stones
beer glasses
and my wife and I got ourselves a nice bluetooth speaker for our kitchen

best present was celebrating with our 6 week old son.

congrats on the baby! and the whiskey stones. I got myself and my father-in-law some

Lots of Lowes/Home Depot gift cards (are there some things around the house I'm supposed to get done?)
Books:
Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves
The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders by Gregg Frazer
Soccernomics by Simon Kuper
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

New fridge and stove/oven for the house.
As an early 10-year anniversary gift, a 7-day cruise from my in-laws. Just have to decide when and where.