What did you get for Christmas 2015?

Started by Duke Speedy of Leighton, 26 December 2015, 12:27:40 AM

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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! :D

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! ;)
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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 ;) ;D
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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.

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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"

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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.
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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.
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Nosher

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

Quote from: FierceKitty on 26 December 2015, 04:03:33 PM
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  8->

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.  m/
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Rimmer: "Well, we didn't use it all, Lister. Who did?"

Lister: "Rimmer, aliens used our bog roll?"

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.  X_X

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. :-bd

(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.
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