Stupid humidity - A tale of Christmas Memories

[Anne]

Yerp, not a bad haul!









Starting off, this is my dad's present. He got me the Beauty and the Beast DVD and art book. The cat is from a Fair Trade craft faire they have here a few times a year. It was silkscreened and made in India, and may well be one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Lastly, I also got an Art voucher, which I will be spending on brushes and water colours.



Noodle <33 He got me a Lego Advent Calendar, which I'm using to count down to uni. Its the medieval one and I am indescribably stoked about having this xD Also featured are Turkish delight and a wooden Trojan horse, both of which are amazing. I love the horse especially.



Close up of the horse <3



Jo! <3 She gave me one of the greatest gifts of all: men prancing around in kilts. I love the Edinburgh Tattoos way too much. The candlestick is amazing. It's perfectly weighted and I can't wait to get a candle that will fit in it (I only have tea lights). Her cards, as always, were hilarious, and I got some more neat bandaids to add to my collection, as well as a pretty pebbly rock thing with flowers.



Close up of the pebble-y rock thing and candlestick.



From my brother I got a large hamper of chocolates and what-not. Since I don't drink booze and everyone else got expensive booze in their hampers, I instead received: Mario Galaxy 2 (a game spawned in hell), a mini canvas, and the stationary you see in that picture. Ninjas <3



From mum. I picked every single one of these but I don't really care, because I love them too. I don't think I've ever loved a pen as much as I do that fountain pen, and that's the first cross I've ever liked and I'm glad for it.



Beloved pen <33



Cross



From my aunt and cousins. That book is amazing, and if you've ever wanted to do celtic knots I'd recommend it in a heartbeat. They word on grids and the like, so even if you're no good at freehand, you'd totally be able to do this.



My cousin, Jacob, picked these hair clips especially for me xD I have very long hair and his mother and grandmother don't, so he always remembers my hair. My aunt said he wanted a basket full, but she limited him to three and these are the ones he chose. I plan to wear them to uni, because its just the sweetest thing xD



Grandparents xD Boring, really, but the voucher will combine with the other to make AN ULTIMATE BUYING EXPERIENCE. Actually, with the price of brushes, with these combined I'll be lucky if I get 2 for the price of these things x.x



The bracelet is actually a watch I was all 'WOAH'



Moo <3 There's nothing about this gift that isn't awesome. I have to say, I have enjoyed having a very Lego-y Christmas this year. And a very art book-y christmas.



A closeup of the bookmark she got me. So pretty.



Mel <3 I love the stationary she sends, because they're always in 'Engrish'. These ones have a recipe on the bottom, which is pretty neat. The little figures are adorable, and are apparently characters from a popular opera. They all die. Which is fortunate, because three of their heads came off in transit xD Easy to glue back on, but still amusing



Closeup of the pretty chopsticks.



Closeup of the pretty figures.



My sister's gift. When I saw the bag I was sure it was going to wind up going to my brother and have booze in it or something. Nope! It is mine and I love it. The feather sticking out of it is a fake pheasant feather. She got me tickets to a play called Donka, because I always say Danke instead of thank you, a tote bag with an old press on it, 'steampunk tissues' and chocolate xD Oh, and a bunch of perfume samples, that little purse and lip gloss.



That's the tote bag.



And this is the combined monitary efforts of my great granddad and my sister's BF. I can't watch any of the DVDs until I'm able to crack my DVDs multiregion zone. But sims Late Night is proving fun.



My aunt and uncle... who are actually my mother's cousins, got me these We have an orchard down the back now, so preserving gear is helpful.

And THAT is my Christmas fallout thread. Not pictured are small things like chocolates or other such that has been eaten or something else xD

[Jo]

A very good haul <3

[Sorie]

AVATAR934G8UBIGBSLJFDC.
I also want Sims more every time you mention it.
I personally love all the stickers you got.

You get so many things from every party. Makes me feel like we're just a selfish lot over here, and we don't actually know each other that well. Which is partly true. Insert sadness here.

But yippee to all your gifties. (:
Maybe I'll take a picture of mine. Someday. Perhaps. Meh. I'm not even sure where half my stuff is. Maybe I can do a birthday one or somesort.

[Anne]

I do like sims <3 Though my laptop doesn't want to charge again, which puts the kybosh on sims playing.


Well my sister is really good at gift giving, as am I, and my brother really loves Christmas so while we don't generally get huge massive things like wiis often (though I have to say, my brother did buy me my wii), we do generally get things that we wanted, or suited our tastes or whatever. I think it helps that we don't have a giant extended family, so the inner family does get good shtoof. And you know, awesome friends.

We will know your gifts, Sorie. KNOW THEM WELL.