Xmas gifts

girth · 12-26-2007, 11:25 AM

Okay so lets hear about the best Xmas gift someone got this year.
Also who's brave enough to say the worst for fear of it getting back to that great Aunt...etc... seen as TTP is so popular and all.

Mine easy... My wife and I adopted a 5 month old baby girl named Isabella and got to bring her home on December 13th. And forgot to mention baby Isabella goes under the "Best" gift

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Worst has to be the amount of HUGE baby toys we received. The thought was there but the room in the house isn't.

**Regs** · 12-26-2007, 12:01 PM

Congrats Girth, that is one awesome gift!

Top gift here was purchased online Christmas Eve - a Toshiba HD-DVD player... Futureshop had them for $99 but their site crapped out for 21 hours and by the time it was all sorted they were sold out

So over to Bestbuy.ca and picked it up for $199

**Yoda** · 12-26-2007, 01:28 PM

Congrats to you Girth. That's fabulous.
Best Wishes to you and your family for the new and many years to come.

I got spoiled this year. The wife and i don't normally buy much other than stocking stuffers for each other. Then I usually by 1 other gift for her.
This year she out did me.
It'll look great in the bar we're trying to finish.

**Yoda** · 12-26-2007, 01:30 PM

Also got a cool Wireless DJ system that lets me play my PC music through my home theatre system. Didn't know how i was going to do it without running alot of wiring a long distance.
This solved the problem.

Regs,
Isn't futureshop and bestbuy the same company? Why the big price difference?

**knvb** · 12-26-2007, 01:58 PM

Not much of a fan of Coors Light myself, but it's your bar...

**Yoda** · 12-26-2007, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by knvb

Not much of a fan of Coors Light myself, but it's your bar...

Nice One

TheRob · 12-26-2007, 02:15 PM

If it smells like beer and it's wet, you'd drink it. You know it and we all know it.

Nice picture D.

Congrats again Girth. That is really great news!

suburbanator · 12-26-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by girth

My wife and I adopted a 5 month old baby girl named Isabella and got to bring her home on December 13th. And forgot to mention baby Isabella goes under the "Best" gift

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Congrats and best wishes.

**Regs** · 12-26-2007, 03:56 PM

Yoda,

Is that a picture of TR? Nice one

They are the same company I think, no idea why the big price difference but I probably won't care once the thing gets delivered.

zenga · 12-26-2007, 04:24 PM

zenga is loving his new authentic Luongo home jersey!

**Captain Shamrock** · 12-26-2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Yoda

Congrats to you Girth. That's fabulous.
Best Wishes to you and your family for the new and many years to come.

I got spoiled this year. The wife and i don't normally buy much other than stocking stuffers for each other. Then I usually by 1 other gift for her.
This year she out did me.
It'll look great in the bar we're trying to finish.

To each his own.......personally I wouldn't have a painting of Vanilla Ice by a car but fair play to you.

TheRob · 12-26-2007, 07:37 PM

42" LCD HDTV and a brand new house.

Life is good.

**kjohnsob** · 12-26-2007, 11:36 PM

Got me an xbox 360, and a 21" LCD for my puter, got the gf a diamond ring...

oh what I have done...

girth · 12-26-2007, 11:58 PM

Congrats Kjohnsob!
That's awesome!
Too bad about the ring?

striker14 · 12-27-2007, 12:31 AM

Congrats Girth...that's wicked!!

I got diamond earrings from the hubby...I must have been a very good girl...plus, the fact that I gave birth to our son in July after 23 hours of labour must have helped my case a bit

Happy Holidays everyone and all the best in 2008!

striker14

**johnnybluenose** · 12-27-2007, 09:17 AM

I'm loving my new Minny Wild Jersey and new Espresso Machine.

Toys Toys Toys, my 5 month old girl got more toys and clothes for Xmas that I can no longer see my carpet for all the toys,

back to my cappucino

**italian_stallion21** · 12-27-2007, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnybluenose

I'm loving my new Minny Wild Jersey

Does it say Voros? I hope so if you're going to wear a Wild Jersey

Got an official Champions League match ball, very nice, I give it a month before the crackheads in Whalley pinch it when it goes over the fence

A bunch of snowboard gear to finally get my season started as well, a good haul this year I'd say. Ditto on not having any room anywhere for all the crap we have now.

Dude · 12-27-2007, 10:26 AM

Girth- congrats! Great to hear.

Yoda- that would look great in my recently finished bar.

Currently has an Eddie Jovonoski autographed framed photo, and awaiting more.

More like Christmas highlights this year...

We had a couple of parties at the new bar here over Christmas, and as part we did a little toy drive at each one. People were very generous (especially my teammates from the LUFC Athletics- thanks boys). What made me most proud is that the kids would look in the box, and see some pretty cool presents, comment on them, but did not even consider trying to take them out and play with them. I expect this much from my son- now 8, and having done this before. But, being 5, my daughter is just starting to understand the concept of charity. Mini Dude proudly took ½ the toys down to the Langley Christmas Toy Drive, while Mini Dudette brought here down to Langley Memorial Hospital pediatric ward for sick kids. Often these kids are quite ill, and their parents have quit either one or both jobs to focus on their child’s recovery. So, every year the hospital calls for unwrapped donations, and they have a Santa give out the gifts.

Anyhow, Mini Dudette brought the gifts down (w/ parent’s help), and she gave the box to the nurse. The nurse put the toys aside and thanked her. We saw Mini Dudettte start to cry, and we thought, “Oh boy, here we go…”. But, when we asked why she was upset, she told us that she wanted to give the gifts to the sick kids herself!

So, yeah…pretty cool.

Other highlights:

~Mini Dude following me down a black diamond run at Cypress yesterday, and getting air off a kicker that his Dad has lost the bottle for. Pretty damn cool.

~Wooden hockey stick with “Dad #8” written on the shaft- present from Mini Dude, for road hockey.

~Mini Dudette receiving her custom pink full face helmet, and then asking if she could go down to the BMX track to try it out.

**Yoda** · 12-27-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude

Yoda- that would look great in my recently finished bar.

Currently has an Eddie Jovonoski autographed framed photo, and awaiting more.

Mine will go nice with the Nash, Weir, Morrison framed pics.
Still need more local athletes to round out the rest of the wall space.

**johnnybluenose** · 12-27-2007, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by italian_stallion21

Does it say Voros? I hope so if you're going to wear a Wild Jersey

Yes it does, he sent it along with all the Christmas presents for his family from St. Paul.

It is sure nice, the new fabrics are weird...but it is a cool uni.

I have never owned a full authentic Jersy before, always the replicas...cool to have a fighting strap that bothers me when I am wearing it out and bothers me when I'm on the ice with it.

I say do away with the Fighting strap and the instigator! let's see blood!

12-26-2007, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
girth Member Joined: Nov 2001 Location: In the 18 Posts: 1,526 TTP Friends: (2)	Xmas gifts Okay so lets hear about the best Xmas gift someone got this year. Also who's brave enough to say the worst for fear of it getting back to that great Aunt...etc... seen as TTP is so popular and all. Mine easy... My wife and I adopted a 5 month old baby girl named Isabella and got to bring her home on December 13th. And forgot to mention baby Isabella goes under the "Best" gift. Worst has to be the amount of HUGE baby toys we received. The thought was there but the room in the house isn't.

12-26-2007, 12:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Regs Respect & Honour A Total Bastard Joined: Jun 2001 Location: TTP Headquarters Posts: 12,049 Blog Entries: 1 Images: 233 TTP Friends: (12)	Re: Xmas gifts Congrats Girth, that is one awesome gift! Top gift here was purchased online Christmas Eve - a Toshiba HD-DVD player... Futureshop had them for $99 but their site crapped out for 21 hours and by the time it was all sorted they were sold out So over to Bestbuy.ca and picked it up for $199 __________________ Take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.'

12-26-2007, 01:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Yoda Premium Member A Better Bastard Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Neither here nor there Posts: 4,481 Images: 21 TTP Friends: (7)	Re: Xmas gifts Congrats to you Girth. That's fabulous. Best Wishes to you and your family for the new and many years to come. I got spoiled this year. The wife and i don't normally buy much other than stocking stuffers for each other. Then I usually by 1 other gift for her. This year she out did me. It'll look great in the bar we're trying to finish. Last edited by Yoda; 01-20-2008 at 06:06 PM.

12-26-2007, 01:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Yoda Premium Member A Better Bastard Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Neither here nor there Posts: 4,481 Images: 21 TTP Friends: (7)	Re: Xmas gifts Also got a cool Wireless DJ system that lets me play my PC music through my home theatre system. Didn't know how i was going to do it without running alot of wiring a long distance. This solved the problem. Regs, Isn't futureshop and bestbuy the same company? Why the big price difference?

12-26-2007, 01:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
knvb Kick'n it old school... A Total Bastard Joined: Aug 2001 Location: Langley Posts: 10,574 Images: 229 TTP Friends: (6)	Re: Xmas gifts Not much of a fan of Coors Light myself, but it's your bar...

12-26-2007, 02:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
TheRob Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: The Flemish Cap Posts: 5,743 Images: 51 TTP Friends: (2)	Re: Xmas gifts If it smells like beer and it's wet, you'd drink it. You know it and we all know it. Nice picture D. Congrats again Girth. That is really great news!

12-26-2007, 03:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
Regs Respect & Honour A Total Bastard Joined: Jun 2001 Location: TTP Headquarters Posts: 12,049 Blog Entries: 1 Images: 233 TTP Friends: (12)	Re: Xmas gifts Yoda, Is that a picture of TR? Nice one They are the same company I think, no idea why the big price difference but I probably won't care once the thing gets delivered. __________________ Take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.'

12-26-2007, 04:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
zenga Member Joined: Dec 2001 Location: Out and about! Posts: 1,451 Images: 1 TTP Friends: (0)	Re: Xmas gifts zenga is loving his new authentic Luongo home jersey!

12-26-2007, 07:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
TheRob Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: The Flemish Cap Posts: 5,743 Images: 51 TTP Friends: (2)	Re: Xmas gifts 42" LCD HDTV and a brand new house. Life is good.

12-26-2007, 11:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
kjohnsob Jesus of Slidetackling A Better Bastard Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Beer Cooler Posts: 971 Images: 5 TTP Friends: (10)	Re: Xmas gifts Got me an xbox 360, and a 21" LCD for my puter, got the gf a diamond ring... oh what I have done...

12-26-2007, 11:58 PM	#14 (permalink)
girth Member Joined: Nov 2001 Location: In the 18 Posts: 1,526 TTP Friends: (2)	Re: Xmas gifts Congrats Kjohnsob! That's awesome! Too bad about the ring?

12-27-2007, 12:31 AM	#15 (permalink)
striker14 Member Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Langley Posts: 1,187 Images: 19 TTP Friends: (0)	Re: Xmas gifts Congrats Girth...that's wicked!! I got diamond earrings from the hubby...I must have been a very good girl...plus, the fact that I gave birth to our son in July after 23 hours of labour must have helped my case a bit Happy Holidays everyone and all the best in 2008! striker14

12-27-2007, 09:17 AM	#16 (permalink)
johnnybluenose Sad Bastard A Better Bastard Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Cloverdale Posts: 3,371 Blog Entries: 2 TTP Friends: (16)	Re: Xmas gifts I'm loving my new Minny Wild Jersey and new Espresso Machine. Toys Toys Toys, my 5 month old girl got more toys and clothes for Xmas that I can no longer see my carpet for all the toys, back to my cappucino

12-27-2007, 10:26 AM	#18 (permalink)
Dude Member Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Where my kids are Posts: 8,241 Images: 66 TTP Friends: (3)	Re: Xmas gifts Girth- congrats! Great to hear. Yoda- that would look great in my recently finished bar. Currently has an Eddie Jovonoski autographed framed photo, and awaiting more. More like Christmas highlights this year... We had a couple of parties at the new bar here over Christmas, and as part we did a little toy drive at each one. People were very generous (especially my teammates from the LUFC Athletics- thanks boys). What made me most proud is that the kids would look in the box, and see some pretty cool presents, comment on them, but did not even consider trying to take them out and play with them. I expect this much from my son- now 8, and having done this before. But, being 5, my daughter is just starting to understand the concept of charity. Mini Dude proudly took ½ the toys down to the Langley Christmas Toy Drive, while Mini Dudette brought here down to Langley Memorial Hospital pediatric ward for sick kids. Often these kids are quite ill, and their parents have quit either one or both jobs to focus on their child’s recovery. So, every year the hospital calls for unwrapped donations, and they have a Santa give out the gifts. Anyhow, Mini Dudette brought the gifts down (w/ parent’s help), and she gave the box to the nurse. The nurse put the toys aside and thanked her. We saw Mini Dudettte start to cry, and we thought, “Oh boy, here we go…”. But, when we asked why she was upset, she told us that she wanted to give the gifts to the sick kids herself! So, yeah…pretty cool. Other highlights: ~Mini Dude following me down a black diamond run at Cypress yesterday, and getting air off a kicker that his Dad has lost the bottle for. Pretty damn cool. ~Wooden hockey stick with “Dad #8” written on the shaft- present from Mini Dude, for road hockey. ~Mini Dudette receiving her custom pink full face helmet, and then asking if she could go down to the BMX track to try it out. Attached Thumbnails

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