I got:

The Book of Tapas Cookbook
The Essential New York Times Cookbook
The Bastianich Italy Sampler (including 4 cookbooks) and a Pannetone from Eataly
3 pretty sweet ties from Chipp 2 (pics of the best one to come)
2 awesome pairs of slacks for work/pimpin
A pair of hush puppies chukka boots in this suede/rust color
The re-released Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones and Stones in Exile DVDs

To spend Christmas with my inlaws and my mom, and a peaceful visit/lunch from dad and his wife.

A ton if stuff for the baby, and some cool stuff for FemGAR (including our trip to NYC).

Definitely more than I have earned or deserve.

I got a "World's Best Dad" magnet from my little guy.
Some nice new nonstick Calphalon frying pans from my parents.
And, that's about it.

Superbenriner Mandolin
Dress shirt, ties, etc. (really a bunch of shit that I'm returning).
$500
Leather band Victorinox watch
Overcoat that was originally meant for my sister-in-law's boyfriend but they broke up two days before xmas.

But the girls were the true winners in this year's christmas free for all. More toys and crap than our house can store.

Pics, please!

LooGAR- looks like you'll be cooking a hella-lot of good food!
Kingfish- color me envious on the mandolin!

my haul:

3 pairs of pants, socks, and a pair of winter gloves
pajamas
Despicable Me on blu-ray
A wine-serving kit, complete with opener, stopper, spout, and drip-ring
$35 in gift-cards to the grocery store (Weis)
$25 in gift-card to Barnes & Noble
The Collected Short Stories by Roald Dahl
Hot Sauce (Valentina Salsa Picante extra-hot)
Bacon lip-balm (haha... I laughed)
A photo of Roy Halladay pitching his no-hitter
An empty film-reel in which my sister put pictures of herself and I. It looks really neat and might be my favorite gift of the year.

The put-on modesty of Obners is legendary.

N.B.: Anybody, anywhere, who says "bro, I really out-kicked my coverage" is lying &/or means precisely the opposite of his presumed intent.

fortune cookie paperweight
snowman peeps (pack of three)
small candy cane christmas tree (about 3-4 inches high)

yep, that's it

a duck

Ehh, some of us understand the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and have sown the wind and reaper the whirlwind of defeat and victory. Victory is better, but you can certainly understand you've won some kind of cosmic lottery with the type of year or 3 I've had recently.

AKA - Go fuck yourself if you ever think you know what the fuck is really going through my mind.

I was brought up to believe "put-on modesty" was a part of being well-mannered. Social graces and such.

OHG YOUG INGDIGNANGTG.

Some work clothes and this beautiful fucking bike:

I love that bike kyle. What kind is it?

Some work clothes and this beautiful fucking poster (now nicely framed and hanging on my hall wall)

A boatload of cash.

with which I bought:
Spiewak Humboldt jacket

Mishka Die By My Hand t-shirt

Enstrumental Always Remembering t-shirt

The Wire Complete Series dvd
a lot of beer
Weed

Family Guy: It's a Trad DVD
The Office: Digital Shorts Collection DVD
Cash
Wireless Headphones (so I can watch TV in bed and actually hear it, while the Mrs. and baby sleep)
The Story of Merge Records (Book)
Don Mattingly Dodgers Jersey
Chipotle Gift Card
Massage Envy Gift Card
Red Mango Gift Card

Trek Belleville. Integrated 3 speed rear hub (no gears to get dirty!), integrated generator in the front hub to run the front and rear lights (no batteries to replace!), chain guard (no rolling my right pants leg!), baskets as far as the eye can see (beer run!), ... everything you need in the city to lug groceries and babies and shit. And it's still spotless, sadly, because we got blizzarded on like a motherfucker the day after, and shit's still all mucked up and icey out there.

Was this a gag gift?

- ipod nano 8gb
- some socks
- a replacement strap for a leather case I bought in Florence about 6 years ago
- 25 dollar Amazon gift card
- white dress shirt
- cufflinks
- undershirts
- some meat rub for my grill
- some random shit from my mother that makes no sense (sweat pants 2 sizes too big, book of presidential quotations, hand held electronic game of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, mini charleston chews (which I hate))

Wii
Blu-Ray player
Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me..."
CDs
new slowcooker
single egg frying pan in the shape of a pig head
a robot made out of old wrenches holding a pot for a plant
first 3 seasons of Mad Men
the indie rock coloring book
money

nope I asked for it....

#8

I have no problem supporting a National League team, which is in no direct competition to the Yanks...

Should they meet in the WS, then Donnie Baseball must be humbled....Until that point, go Dodgers!

MacBook Pro
Springsteen Darkness/Promise blu-ray box
Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook

I purchased a lovely Barbour Chesterhope jacket today as well, with my xmas work bonus.

Combined Birfday/Christmas -mostly cash which was converted into:

New Ipod Classic to replace the one that crapped out a week before Christmas
Android X phone
A Henkel Chef's Knife with Sharpener and Blade Safe
A Burr Grinder
Hand Blender
Food Mill
A Shirt

Before My Ipod Crapped out on me I was thinking about signing up for Guitar Lessons and buying an Acoustic Guitar with some of the cash. I still may do this but now it would be mostly on my nickel as opposed to mostly on gifted cash.

I bought this for myself and my mother-in-law for xmas.