I got the full set of the History of Middle Earth books from my sister and parents, a plasma ball from my son, a LotR poster book, TTT calander, a crate of beer and some videos from my girlfriend. Oh, and not to forget loads of sweets from the people most likely to call me fat after Christmas.

LOL! My first response to your White Christmas, Chika, was "Oh wow, what a coincidence! So did we!" Then I remembered you live roughly 50 miles north of me so I guess it's not that much of a coinicidence after all The first White Christmas of my lifetime

Anyway, I got a kick-*** printer from my thoughtful and generous parents. It's an HP Photosmart 7350 and it just rocks! And a box of my most favorite (and outrageously expensive) chocolates- Godiva peanut butter meltaways

Three DVD's- Spiderman, Minority Report and Ghosts of Mars.

A bunch of books- The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson; Last Call, The Anubis Gates and Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers; I Am Legend by Richard Matheson; Swan Song, Gone South, The Night Boat, and They Thirst by Robert R. McCammon.

Now I just need to quit my job to find the time to read them all

I also got a cool black t-shirt with a white tiger and a dragon on the front and a new leather wallet (with $100 bill inside!!)from my "real" dad and his wife which came as an unbelievable shock as I've barely even spoken to them in a number of years. That was nice.

And I can't forget Eryan's generous gift of 777 adventures Thank you Eryan! That was very thoughtful

:wavingsanta;

Lemme see here...*rumages through a pack*

I got a funky microscope (the kind med students need to buy for school), a murder mystery party/game, new stereo, couple cd's, a model (one of those gundam wing things), and...a partridge in a pear tree!

I must be the only person who didn't get anything LOTR!!! *grumbles and swings the axe 'round about him*

Hey, we need to start a thread for all the LOTR stuff we have. See who has what, who has the most posters, and things like that.

Wow! You people sure get loads and loads of Christmas presents! I didn't get anything. *snif* Cause we quit that tradition this year, as it only costs heaps of money and we wanted the presents to be a surprise, so every year you got things you didn't want or need. So this year we decided to buy one present (like a game) for the whole family. And every year someone else buys it. Looking forward to New Year's Eve. That's when we get the presents.

Geez, you have a ton of LOTR stuff...I've only got the first movie. *sigh*

Of course my friend and I had seen the movie about 17 times in a week due to the fat that one of his friends had the screener copy of the movie and copied it for him, lol. But I got the actual store-bought one for my b-day back in September.

From my parents:
I got LOTR extended version DVD, the book, JRR Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator. A webcam and a plasma CD rack.
From my daughter:
A wonderful photo album with pictures of our Christmases past and a lot of snowmen that we have built over the years. Vanessa Carlton CD and a autographed Baleek vase.

From my son:
Well, it is in the mail.

I am quite spoiled.

It does sound like you have a great girlfriend Plastic.! Now we need to get your DVD collection built up.

It sounds like everyone got some really great gifts. Tommie, your gift idea of a game sounds great too. We also do that every year as well, but it is just the 3 of us that play usually.

Well, let's see what did I get:
From my mother in law: jewelery, bath stuff, glass paints to decorate some wine glasses she gave me.

From my sister in law: more bath stuff and gel pens

(I tend to take 2 hour baths and have lots of bubbles and candles)

From my husband: jewelery (a beautiful saphirre and pearl ring. which are my 2 favorite stones)

From my son: a little purple pillow that says Love on it. candles and pens of all kinds.

From my sister and her family: a christmas candle

From my mom: The LOTR all in one hard back illustrated by Alan Lee. Realms of Tolkien: Images of middle earth, and 4 of the Home series, which I already had, so I exchanged them for the BBC tape of the LOTR.

From my friend Stacie: I got a crystal candy dish

I am quite spoiled but, I think that is because everyone knows that I can't do anything or go anywhere so much of the time, that they feel sorry for me. So I tend to get a lot of gifts from everyone in my family.

Oh, and Matthew's Aunt and Uncle gave us a together gift of a bronze dragon with a crystal ball. It is about a foot tall and is absolutely gorgeous.


And how could I forget an email from Plastic, and a card from Grondy, and of course Eryan's island, and a new family here at PT.

[Edited on 30/12/2002 by MelliotSandybanks]

I didn't get anything for Christmas but that's just our tradition - we don't really celebrate it, we celebrate New Year's. So I'm hoping to get at least some presents tonight! Oh yeah, I forgot, I did get a guide to playing on the guitar from my dad. And of course before that I got a guitar so I'm really really happy!

I know that you shouldnt give to receive but I spent about £400 on presents and I received a £15 second hand very old printer, oh well, you live and learn.

well actually you all got a tons of presents...., that is very nice...., well i only got a great shirt that my wife give me, and a movie somebody else gave us....., sounds too few gifts but neither me nor my wife use to give things, we prefere to do things together, and that id the best gift of all....., well at least for me, it is

I got the Lord of the Rings collection, The Hobbit from my parents, the Two Towers from my brother, Mars Attacks (dvd) from my friend, many books and other stuff.

Einar: You can use the [Edit] button at the bottom of your previous posts to modify what you said in that post, which will make you look more knowledgable rather than absentminded like me.