Your Christmas List 2010 [Archive]

Kelegacy

10-19-2010, 08:40 AM

It might seem a little early since Halloween isn’t even here yet, but Christmas is fast approaching—and my wife is leaving on an early shopping trip this weekend—so I started wondering what I want for Christmas. And what YOU want for Christmas.

What are you asking for this holiday season? World Peace? A cure for your herpes? A Kindle? Abe Vigoda in a holly thong?

My preliminary list:

-Gamefly certificates
-A watch
-Cheap Blu-Ray/DVD player
-Studio Ghibli movies (I don’t think any but Ponyo are on BR though )
-New TV stand – my mother is buying this for us early
-A comfy pub chair or similar for gaming once I inherit the OLD tv stand.
-No clothes. Yes, I am telling people that. NO CLOTHES. Give me a gift card instead!

And I’m asking for some home and garden stuff that is boring and I won’t bother mentioning here.

Was thinking about a Kindle, but who knows. I’ll probably pass on that. I don’t really need much, just to see my son open his gifts on Xmas morning. It’s going to be so exciting!

What are YOU asking for?

Shjinta

10-19-2010, 08:45 AM

Ahhh the christmas list. Mine is the same as last year.

Absolutely nothing. I want nothing from anyone.

National Kato

10-19-2010, 08:52 AM

Nothing here as well. My girlfriend's family has a standing rule: if you're 18 or older you get nothing. I like that and wish my own family followed suit. Christmas is for Christians and children. I am neither.

Besides, I'll consider the charity money we raised this year to be my Xmas present. :)

Kelegacy

10-19-2010, 09:03 AM

To be frank, I don't want or need anything either. I have an issue with my wife buying me stuff because we share the same account and it's like buying myself a gift. And there is little I want/need since I can buy anything I want myself.

However...my in-laws always want a list. Last year I had no list and I got clothes...and more clothes, probably as a punishment. I wil not make that mistake again. My mother usually gives us money, but this year she's trying to buy us some bigger gifts instead because I think she's afraid my brother's druggy girlfriend will buy pills with it instead.

Now that I have a child, I don't care about getting anything. A warm cup of coffee, a toasty house, some Christmas specials, and the joy on the boy's face.

My wife and I will get into a spat later this week as I set ground rules for this year's budget. I don't want anything, she better limit the amount for her sisters, parents and nephews and whoever else she buys for, and if she spends too much money we'll have some serious problems. We have a child now, so others HAVE to suffer as a consequence.

TheKeck

10-19-2010, 09:31 AM

I have people who like a list as well. Christmas is basically when I stock up on games. I'm sort of at a loss this year, though. I've just been throwing out random ideas.

Sonic 4
Dead Space Extraction
Fallout New Vegas
Bioshock 2
Modern Warfare 2
Dead Rising 2

Any wild ideas about stuff I should be more excited about?

Troggles

10-19-2010, 09:37 AM

My Christmas list is mostly what I'll end up buying for myself with the money I receive.

-WoW: Cataclysm
-Donkey Kong Country Returns
-Kirby's Epic Yarn

Drayven

10-19-2010, 09:47 AM

I always struggle with the list because if it was cheap enough for me to ask someone to buy it for me and I wanted it, I'd have it already. I'm not too big a fan of receiving presents but I do enjoy giving them because I'm the cool uncle that gives the best presents :) My fiance and I exchange presents but we usually do it in like Feb. or March instead of around Christmas just to offset some of the cost.

As far as an actual list, that's tough. But I did just start playing Warhammer Fantasy so that opens up a whole slew of gift ideas I guess.

Ghostbear

10-19-2010, 09:49 AM

Nothing, I'm a grown man. I don't expect Christmas gifts.

Handmade.Mercury

10-19-2010, 10:27 AM

FIFA 11 [PS3] (If my friends don't get it for my birthday, first)
Z. Vex Fuzz Factory

Squidbot

10-19-2010, 10:49 AM

To spend Christmas with Mrs Squid, as we were in different countries last year.

Purple Santa

10-19-2010, 10:50 AM

Well avoiding the philosophical discussion about Xmas...

I mostly buy the stuff that I really want which drives ADDGirl crazy. I'll consider this more a wish list since what I am wishing for is but a pipe dream:

Xbox Slim w/Kinect
Mac laptop
gift cards/certificates to Newegg so I can start to build a PC
TV- 42" or bigger

National Kato

10-19-2010, 10:51 AM

We have a child now, so others HAVE to suffer as a consequence.

When my brother had a child, both he and his wife just put stuff for the kid on both of their lists. That's a good way of satisfying the in-laws and taking care of child necessities at the same time.

Kelegacy

10-19-2010, 10:57 AM

Nothing, I'm a grown man. I don't expect Christmas gifts.

Well, we have grown men here who LARP and play with action figures and other toys. So I don't think it's that far fetched at all. Hell, we all play videogames!

Giving a list of demands to someone without provocation is one thing. But if someone asks you what you want for Christmas, well...you must want SOMETHING. Everyone wants something, right? Even if it's something small?

civil

10-19-2010, 10:58 AM

Ahhh the christmas list. Mine is the same as last year.

Absolutely nothing. I want nothing from anyone.
Ditto. Same thing goes for birthdays. In fact the whole gift bonanza has made Christmas one of my least favorite holidays, despite being a...

Nothing here as well. My girlfriend's family has a standing rule: if you're 18 or older you get nothing. I like that and wish my own family followed suit. Christmas is for Christians and children. I am neither.
Kato, not all of us Bible Thumpers are into the season, man. Personally Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday - food and family you choose is perfection.

Also, culturally the idea of a Christmas list has always freaked me the fuck out. In Mexican culture you were lucky to get a rock and a battery charger, much less asking for anything. I never understood that particular piece of Anglo Pie.

Kelegacy

10-19-2010, 11:04 AM

When my brother had a child, both he and his wife just put stuff for the kid on both of their lists. That's a good way of satisfying the in-laws and taking care of child necessities at the same time.

That's actually a really good idea!

Historically, I've always enjoyed asking for one gift I can "play with" on Xmas morning. Whether it be a game, a piece of tech, a book etc. Doesn't have to be expensive. It makes Christmas that much more enjoyable if I'm really excited for what's under the tree. Doesn't matter if I can buy it for myself or not, I just love the anticipation.

I'll be 30 next month and I still get excited for Christmas and I hope it never changes. It doesn't have anything to do with gifts, I just enjoy the season. And I'm agnostic. It all stems from my warm and fuzzy childhood.

Ghostbear

10-19-2010, 11:11 AM

I suppose I should clarify. Holidays were never a big deal growing up. I got presents and stuff, but it wasn't some weirdo happy fuzzy time. We liked each other all year round and didn't save it for a few days a year. The concept of Thanksgiving or Christmas being more special than August 5th or Arbor day is foreign to me.

Also, I want a pony.

pronounconnoun

10-19-2010, 12:06 PM

I want a new job for Christmas.

Also, culturally the idea of a Christmas list has always freaked me the fuck out. In Mexican culture you were lucky to get a rock and a battery charger, much less asking for anything. I never understood that particular piece of Anglo Pie.

Mexican Christmas story time! I'll have to set the stage, so bare with me. In a Mexican Christmas, you leave your Christmas list in your shoes. This stems from the idea that the three wise men rode camels and if you wanted them to stop by and leave you presents, you had to put hay in your shoes (don't ask me why. I guess camels have shoe fetishes). Later the three wise men were replaced by Santa, I guess, but you still had to put your list in your shoes. Flash forward: my grandfather (abuelito) used to tell us a story of one Christmas he left his list in his shoes and put them outside. The next morning he jumped out of bed and looked outside. Santa came! But he stole my grandfather's shoes and forgot to leave presents.

civil

10-19-2010, 12:13 PM

I think you're confusing Dia de los Reyes with Navidad, compadre. Dia de los Reyes was in January, and you'd leave your shoes outside of your door and you'd get candy and some treats (for me it was usually palomitas - Mexican firecrackers) in them. I never heard of no list!

Are you confusing your Japanese side with your Mexican one? For example, in other stories did Santa get beheaded by a sword or was Rudolph forced to kill himself?

pronounconnoun

10-19-2010, 12:39 PM

Listen, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I told that story to my Spanish teacher in high school and he said that it sounded like that thing you said. It was probably just a bastardization of that. But yeah, Santa stole my grandfather's shoes.

johnperkins21

10-19-2010, 01:04 PM

What's wrong with you people who don't like receiving/giving gifts? It's so much fun. Sitting around the tree opening presents is just a good time. Sure as we get older we can (hopefully) afford to buy stuff that we want, but I enjoy the whole process of wrapping, giving and receiving gifts. You people are taking crazy pills.

As far as a list goes, I always keep my Amazon wishlist filled with stuff that I want and point people there if they request it. It's almost entirely video games and accessories with a few movies, books and other miscellany thrown in for good measure.

The big things I'm looking forward to this year are probably:
Dead Rising 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Enslaved
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (been on my list for a while)

I'll also be looking forward to a few XBL Point Cards since I pre-ordered Rock Band 3 and can always use the points for DLC music.

Drayven

10-19-2010, 01:11 PM

The Christmas season is probably my favorite time of the year. I love the weather and the picking out presents.

wyeast

10-19-2010, 01:21 PM

[Santa steals abuelito's shoes]
Man, that's cold. :(

What do I want for Christmas? For all you bastids to come to PAX next year. I missed you guys this year. :(

... and also to win the lottery. :p

... and a hug from DangerChan :o *runs* :D

(^---- because I haven't had Riley come onto Live! lately and give me crap for stalking DangerChan, so I must be slacking)

fitbabits

10-19-2010, 01:45 PM

My two front teeth.

Failing that, just health and happiness with my to-be, please.

rein

10-19-2010, 01:47 PM

KillerMcDead

10-19-2010, 01:53 PM

One thing on my list this year.

Monies for PAX East. We have a "No money for Christmas" rule in our household, but I refuse to ask for anything else. I'm moving out in the next few weeks and I'm gonna need some extra cash if I'm going to make it.

Kelegacy

10-19-2010, 02:43 PM

For me

Cataclysm
WoW sub cards
Kindle

I've been wrecking my brain trying to figure out what to get Tay and Hai for their big Christmas gift. I finally decided I need to get them a TV. My daughter will not have one when she moves out and if I get her one now maybe it will serve a dual purpose. She will watch TV and movies in her room on her shiny new TV and I get control of my old 32" Toshiba for now and I won't have to buy her a new one when she moves.

This year will be fun to watch your grandaughter, but next year will be much much better, when she's older. Holden will be 17 months at that point, which is a decent age to watch open gifts and enjoy the season. And see Santa. :)

fitbabits

10-19-2010, 03:05 PM

Camel

10-19-2010, 03:35 PM

I don't know! Maybe a new messenger bag.

I absolutely love buying people presents, even more than getting them myself. Christmas has only gotten better for me since I actually make money now and can get people awesome presents. From Halloween to Christmas is my absolute favorite time of year. I am surprised by the number of Scrooges in this thread! Completely in agreement with what JP21 said earlier.

What's wrong with you people who don't like receiving/giving gifts? It's so much fun. Sitting around the tree opening presents is just a good time. Sure as we get older we can (hopefully) afford to buy stuff that we want, but I enjoy the whole process of wrapping, giving and receiving gifts. You people are taking crazy pills.

Zecon

10-19-2010, 04:46 PM

Cataclysm
Clothes, because I never buy any for myself.:o
And my son, Michael. (dues date is Dec. 29th)

rein

10-19-2010, 05:09 PM

This year will be fun to watch your grandaughter, but next year will be much much better, when she's older. Holden will be 17 months at that point, which is a decent age to watch open gifts and enjoy the season. And see Santa. :)When Tay was young I always went well above the recommended age for toys and gadgets so she always enjoyed her toys after they were old. I'm trying to keep in in perspective with Hai. I figure this will be a good time to get her set up with a TV and movies since those are things she is already starting to enjoy.

Emphasis mine...

New names, perhaps. ;) I had no say so in either name. I can't help it that their short names rhyme. I've tried to come up with a new nickname for Hailyn but aside from calling her Tink now and then Hai (pronouncing it hay, not hi, but I figure you realize that. ;)) is pretty much sticking. It sucks too because it completely removes hey from your vocabulary when talking to her. :)

Grifter

10-19-2010, 05:13 PM

I'll be buying myself everything I want in the next month or two so nothing on my Christmas list this year.

OldJadedGamer

10-19-2010, 07:05 PM

Count me in with the group who only buys presents for kids. I hate hearing people bitch about credit card debt this time of year and it annoys me to see people spending money on something stupid for people they don't even want and will return it anyway. I would rather them spend that money on themselves then waste it on me. I only buy for kids.

My new GF this year wants to give presents so we put a cap at $200 each and she told me her entire list of what she wanted to that I responded with "just email it to me" but when she asked me... I just stared blankly. I'm the type of person that just buys things I need/want when I need/want them regardless of the time of year. I seriously didn't have a single thing to tell her and I'm still racking my mind.

To be quite honest, if she just spent an entire day cooking me the exact meal I wanted with desert and everything... while topless, that would be a perfect gift. I guess to me, the gifts I want you can't buy with money.

KamaItachi

10-19-2010, 07:51 PM

I'm not asking for anything, but the missus and I agreed that I shall be getting a 3DS as a belated Christmas/early birthday present when it comes out.

We normally don't get each other anything anyway.. or at least we tell each other we're not getting presents for each other, then do anyway.

BigJonno

10-19-2010, 08:13 PM

For the first time in my entire life, I'm not looking forward to Christmas this year. Christmas has always been a big deal in my family and I've always loved that time of year. We obviously don't have Thanksgiving in the UK, so Christmas is our catch-all let's be thankful for friends and family and all that jazz celebration. The idea of people not making big thing about Christmas is pretty alien to me.

This year, I have no idea what I'll be doing for Christmas. My mum has invited me over, but I'm not sure that it's where I want to be. It'd mean being with my brother and youngest sister, but I'd have to see a certain other relative that I don't even want to be in the same room as, let alone have to make nice with.

I'd love to see my son, but I think it's his biological father's turn to have him for Christmas this year. I'd be quite happy spending Christmas with my ex, a large part of our separation was because we do care about each other and wanted to remain friends and not end up with rowing, resentment and hatred. However the subject hasn't come up and I'm not at all comfortable broaching it.

My housemates and I had discussed having a Christmas of our own, all having kinda screwed up family situations, but one has patched things up with their family and wants to spend Christmas with them and I get the feeling the other one will be spending it with their new partner.

So at the moment, I'm looking at either spending it alone, or going to my mum's and pretending to get along so it doesn't get fucked up for everyone else.

Kelegacy

10-19-2010, 08:19 PM

Well Jonno, I hope whatever you do it winds up being a good holiday. Plus, you still have 2 months to figure it all out. You never know.

I have no idea what I'll buy my wife for Xmas, and her family is big on gifts. It's more about the giving, but everyone gives so you know you'll receive some great presents. So my wife likes getting and receiving nice presents. Our 1 year anniversary is a month before Xmas, but it's our first so I should get out of it fairly cheap. I hope to get out of it cheap for Xmas too, as we have a nice cushion in our bank account right now and I don't want to sabotage that. My wife is the one I worry about. We don't rack up debt, but I hate seeing her spend so much money and the people she buys for wind up forgetting what they get a day after Xmas. My foot has come down this year however, so she'll be reined in.

rein

10-19-2010, 09:21 PM

My foot has come down this year however, so she'll be reined in. You seem to do a lot of foot coming down. Does that work? I can't get it to work with any of the women in my life past, present, and I am sure future.

Jonno, I will echo what Kel said. Regardless of where you spend your holiday I hope you have a great time.

My Thanksgiving is going to be odd this year. Everyone on my ex's side of the family is going to PA to spend Thanksgiving with my ex. I think Tay and Hai were originally going but now that my daughter has the new job they can't go. That means I get them both all to myself for Thanksgiving. How great is that? It's been years since I have cooked a turkey and I no longer have my mother a phone call away to walk me through it. I'm not above ordering one of those pre-cooked Turkeys from Kroger or a restaurant if things go south.

johnperkins21

10-19-2010, 09:21 PM

To be quite honest, if she just spent an entire day cooking me the exact meal I wanted with desert and everything... while topless, that would be a perfect gift. I guess to me, the gifts I want you can't buy with money.

Actually, that sounds like exactly the thing you can buy with money.

Karmakin

10-19-2010, 09:52 PM

roboninja

10-20-2010, 06:18 AM

I am surprised by the number of Scrooges in this thread! Completely in agreement with what JP21 said earlier.

Same here. I am as atheist as it gets, and I love Xmas. I have problems thinking of what to ask for gifts, but I love giving them.

Narradisall

10-20-2010, 06:33 AM

To spend Christmas with Mrs Squid, as we were in different countries last year.

To spend Christmas with Mrs Squid, since last year was amazing.

Kelegacy

10-20-2010, 06:35 AM

Me and my wife go shopping together.

The emphasis is on the together part. Although probably not this year, as we'll just be picking up Cataclysm for a Christmas gift. My parents/grandparents don't bother with Xmas that much as it all goes to the nephew, something that I'm PERFECTLY fine with. (We already have his Xmas gift, we're getting him a room star projector).

Although we're all going up there for Christmas this year. So might be some other plans or something.

I told my wife that I don't want her buying all of our son's gifts this weekend while she's on her shopping trip. I want to go with her and pick out gifts together.

I'm a great gift giver, so I always hit a homerun with people, but I'm more excited to buy toys for my boy because I'm a big kid myself. I can see us playing with action figures together someday. People will look at us and say, "aww, what a great dad, spending time with his boy," but what really is going on is that I'm using him as my playmate, not entertaining him as a father. :)

He is a great excuse to buy some awesome toys for myself...err, I mean for him. I haven't played with toys for years of course, but I have a feeling I'm going to vicariously relive my childhood through him. My childhood was so damn awesome and I hope heaven feels that same way. With an 80s theme of course. :)

Pale Ale

10-20-2010, 07:14 AM

It's not even Halloween yet!!!! Fuck it we should have a June/July Christmas too

Well if must pick something...

Vanguard

[QUOTE=BigJonno;680512]We obviously don't have Thanksgiving in the UK, /QUOTE]

Do have a Fuck Off Puritan Day at least?

BigJonno

10-20-2010, 07:39 AM

Do have a Fuck Off Puritan Day at least?

Nah, but we do have Burn the Catholic Terrorist Night.

MrBibbz

10-20-2010, 07:40 AM

My Christmas list will be pretty simple:

- Laptop for multimedia purposes

Yeah .. this I'll probably pick up on my Exodus or my town leave and take to my AIT.

Vasanni

10-20-2010, 08:12 AM

My plan for Christmas is find a comfy seat by a roaring fire and try my damnedest to ignore the family drama all while sipping on a bottle of scotch that's as old as I am.

OldJadedGamer

10-20-2010, 06:00 PM

I've concluded that I'm just going to start an Amazon wishlist of random things I want and then give it to the girlfriend. That way she can buy whatever she wants for me if she insists on getting me something.

Same here. I am as atheist as it gets, and I love Xmas. I have problems thinking of what to ask for gifts, but I love giving them.

I don't mind it as long as:

No one goes into any debt at all buying gifts
They have bought everything they need for themselves first before buying for others
They are able to provide for everyone equally
Everyone is happy with what they got and no one bitches or returns anything

Those things will NEVER happen so it's better to just not do it. Like I said, I'm not a scrooge, I love buying presents for children but Adults should be buying what they need themselves. And as others said, when you are married your S.O. isn't buying you anything... you're buying it for yourself as it's just your own money.

I would rather do something nice for someone and give of myself personally than buy something for them. I think that is way better and more in line with the spirit of Xmas. For instance my best friend is a carpenter and he is building me shelves in my laundry room as an Xmas gift even though I'm buying all the wood. Now THAT is a quality present.

Kelegacy

10-20-2010, 06:02 PM

Yeah, returning feels icky. That's why I don't want clothing. Because I usually have to return it for sizing or something, and I hate asking for receipts. So sometimes I just throw the clothes in the closet and don't bother. That's a waste of money, though. If I return them I usually just keep the cash and buy something else.

Dorkandproudofit

10-20-2010, 06:12 PM

1. Pre-order for Dragon Age 2.

2. The Final Frontier (Iron Maiden's latest album)

3. My Uncle Flo to stop being a drunken asshole.

4. NO. GODDAMN. CLOTHES.

wyeast

10-21-2010, 10:20 AM

4. NO. GODDAMN. CLOTHES.
I was not informed of the memo of 2011 being the Year of Nudism[tm]. :eek:

See you guys at WNBR! :D

johnperkins21

10-21-2010, 11:02 AM

Those things will NEVER happen so it's better to just not do it. Like I said, I'm not a scrooge, I love buying presents for children but Adults should be buying what they need themselves. And as others said, when you are married your S.O. isn't buying you anything... you're buying it for yourself as it's just your own money.

First off, I disagree that those things will never happen. They may not happen for you, or people that you know, but that's pretty much how things work for my family and me.

Secondly, not all married couples combine their accounts. My wife and I have been married for 7 years and we have separate accounts. Our savings account is shared, but for the most part, the money we make is our own. There are some bills that she pays, and some that I pay. So when she buys me something, she's taking it from money she would usually use for herself. You could argue that I could just buy my own presents, and she could buy her own, but that kind of misses the point. Again, a big part of the fun (for me at least) is Christmas morning when you all sit around the tree opening gifts.

I can appreciate your points, but they simply don't apply in my case.

wyeast

10-21-2010, 02:07 PM

Even if it is "your" money, there's still the thought that went into going out (spending their own time, if nothing else) to get you something that they think you will like.

Yes, it may be diluted somewhat if they're shopping off a "list" that you've provided them, but we don't generally do that.