What did you get for Christmas 2015?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

What ho chaps!
Tiz the season of jealously and taking, so what did you get in your lead lined stockings this Xmas?
I got some great books, including Mary Beard's 'A History of Rome' lots of socks, official sanction to keep my beard (electric beard trimmer), and...
An English Flodden starter pack, with add ons, Osprey 'Henry VIII's army' and the Imperial Fighter pack for Star Wars Armada!

In-laws gave me cash so that I might spend it at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry on Sunday, and yes, I am going to take Warband up to show everyone!

[paulr]

Well done that man

My main Christmas gift will arrive some time in January, the trenches that WeeWars designed and cut for me

Does this make him a Christmas elf

[Womble67]

I've been really lucky the wife bought me a dremel which I'm looking forward to trying out. Friends and family bought me various osprey titles.

Take care

Andy

[AndyT]

I got a boxed set of Biggles stories. Tally Ho !

[jambo1]

The usual socks and smellies, but also a very nice tankard from my daughter with the Heart of Miidlothian crest on it, missus got me the Baccus WSS boxed set which is brilliant and work starts on that today!!

[fsn]

Rail gun, plains war army pack, western buildings.

Book on "The Last Highlander"

Best of all a Dremmel Stand and flexible Dremmel extension.

[Leman]

As a social occasion it was one of the best Christmas days ever. In terms of wargaming I bought myself a lot of 1513 figures for the Italian Wars. My son bought me me a very large book on military history, which is a bit like a walk through a virtual museum. I was also given a copy of Michael Barthorpe's British infantry to go with my matching book on the cavalry. And my daughter bought me a copy of Mary Beard's History of Ancient Rome, so plenty to keep me going for the foreseeable.

[Roy]

Santa didn't bring me anything. I did receive some money off family, so that may end up being spent on the hobby in January.

I did receive two Secret Santa gifts (I entered two blog events).
1) £15 worth of stuff: I received four Peter Pig ACW Naval models.
2) £5 worth of stuff - but painted: I received a (Old West) pianist and piano model, which I'll use to part populate a 4Ground building for games of Dead Man's Hand.

Non-Hobby stuff:
Boxers.
T-Shirts.
Sweater top thing.

[Nosher]

All non hobby stuff. But I did get some blue suede dessies.

[Maenoferren]

A wood elf Warband army, Russian snipers, to become dinosaur hunters, dismounted raiders to fight my plains wars first nations and the Warband barbarian shamans, a tube of smarties. Some Peter pig 15mm colonial pack to be used as skirmish figures alongside my 10mm armies. Well an officer and gentleman has to account for himself when the square breaks. Oh and a PS4 from my in-laws, they got it free with their new car.

[Bodvoc]

I got a 15mm Carthaginian army pack from Forged in Battle, to be painted up for games of Impetus and To the Strongest.
Plus lots of socks and chocolate.

[FierceKitty]

A stroll around Urbino, followed by tagliatelle with wild boar sauce, excellent roast rabbit with truffles, chicory and potato salad, and a rather good semifreddo. In addition to having to finish the better half's duck, since she constantly fails to anticipate the size of Italian servings.

[Roy]

A stroll around Urbino, followed by tagliatelle with wild boar sauce, excellent roast rabbit with truffles, chicory and potato salad, and a rather good semifreddo. In addition to having to finish the better half's duck, since she constantly fails to anticipate the size of Italian servings.

Nice 

I had a beef sandwich. A biscuit. Packet of crisps, and a cup of tea.

I then went back to bed and read a book. It being persisting down outside.

Bah Humbug. 

[Techno]

It seems to have been 'persisting' here, almost continuously for the past 6 weeks.

Trouble is....When you moan about it ...(Mrs T and I do, all the time)......You end up feeling really, really guilty, because we're only getting gales and lashings of rain....Nothing even remotely as awful as the poor folk, who've had their homes flooded, elsewhere in the UK. 

For Christmas, I got the main thing that I really wanted....The box set of season 12 of NCIS. (I'd actually watched all the episodes before Christmas day. )

Today, out for a Boxing Day meal at a pub/hotel, with Mrs T, Mart and Mrs Mart.
Super time.

(Did feel a bit sorry for the pub tho'......They said it might be safer if we booked, as they could be really busy. Apart from a couple who came in and had a big sandwich & a drink, we four were the only ones eating.)

Cheers - Phil.

[Ithoriel]

The "Jetwash" add-on for the Firefly board game was my only gaming related present.

However lots of nice things to eat and a bottle of Hudson Baby Bourbon (a present from my younger son who is back from New York for a week) from friends and family. Also a sizeable contribution towards my new dining table and some cash from my parents.

Eight of us here for a belated Christmas lunch today. Just as well I have a new and larger table!

I've time shifted Christmas ever since my wife and I split.

Now doing dishes in short batches interspersed with tele watching, festive quizzes, snacks and drinks.

[Tawa]

All of the Star Wars things 

I now have about 12 of the die-cast display ships, a massive figure of Boba Fett, four out of the six "William Shakespeare's Star Wars" books(!), some new slippers - as my old ones can wander the house under their own power - a Darth Vader 3D mug off my nephew, a "Jedi" dressing gown, a Lego Millennium Falcon (off myself), a Lego Star Destroyer and many other SW related items.
My Mrs is awesome 
Oh, little man got me the SW Lego kit of "Rey's Speeder Bike" which he was kind enough to build and play with for me.....     


My mother got me a Yoda statuette and series 3 of Ripper Street on DVD.

All around, t'was a rather awesome day 

[Orcs]

I had a very special Christmas with my three girls . l I got to spend my first Chistmasy Day actualy on Dec 25th with them in 11 years.  partly due to shifts, but mainly due to my Ex making it difficult.

I got a painting of a spitfire from my youngest (17) that she had done herself.  It was very good. Various things to eat and Drink.

A funny T shirt and some smellies  from Mrs Orcs and a realy cool jigsaw of a diagram of a Lancaster Bomber. Our main present to each other is going to be a short break to Iceland.

No actual wargames related stuff this year.  To be fair I did not ask for much, as I have too many projects on at the moment. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Eldest daughter's birthday today, we went to the panto, then yummy tea at the in-laws!

[Roy]

These were the gifts I received as part of two blogging events.

Santa Clause - stipulation being, paint up a miniature(s) to the value of no more than £5. [hints can be given to aid gift choice]


Secret Santa - stipulation being, spend around £15 on hobby items. [hints can be given to aid gift choice]


As you can see, the two photographs bear the names of the respective blogging events they belong to. The 28mm Pianist and Piano will be used to help populate my Old West games, and the 1/600 ACW boats will help me to sort out games of Hammerin' Iron or Smoke on the Water.

Obviously, I don't know who were my Secret Santas. Whomever you are, Thank You. I very much appreciate these two gifts.

[Fenton]

Got a few Amazon vouchers . Need to have a good look about.Was going to pick up BBB if Amazon sold it but I don't think they do