What did Santa bring you?

[Daveycandlish]

Well for a comics forum there's not much chat on this topic!
Come on, what did you get for Christmas?

I blagged myself a copy of Toppi:Japan
brand new collection of the UFO comic strips from Countdown
the fan publication of Blakes 7 Annual 1982 (just released via lulu.com)
and, of course, the PARAGON annual (which I just happen to publish)

And you? What did you get?

[Funt Solo]

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, in which he makes essentially the same argument as Alan Moore as regards the magic inherent in our ability to imagine.

In a media currently overflowing with people who use imagination almost entirely in place of reason, it's refreshing to read a text from someone who has taken the time to study their topic well.

[Tiplodocus]

Ray Harryhousen Movie posters book. It's awesome!

[The Legendary Shark]

Socks.

hmph

[Jade Falcon]

A 1/600 scale Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier kit.

I bought a close friend a Charles Rennie Mackintosh brooch, she likes scottish jewellery and I try to be thoughtful when getting her something.  So I got that and a nice card.  In return, no card and socks.  To be honest I'm kinda miffed.  Socks seems almost thoughtless and I think I would have preferred a reasonable card and no present, that just seems...I don't know how to put it.

Otherwise, shit christmas and I predict the new year will be the same.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Speaking as a man who lost pretty much all his possessions in a fire last August, everything was welcome. My folks bought me a telly, which was particularly generous. Got a bird feeder from my sister and a security light from my brother, for the new place I'll be moving into soon, and I was delighted.

Jade, yeah, socks is a bit shit as a present considering what you bought, but not everyone is good at buying presents.  A mate of mine used to buy us decent presents after he'd done something to really piss us off, but most of us agreed we'd have forgone the presents if he'd just stop doing shitty things, which he did. Which is a longwinded way of saying that for me at least, good friendship beats good presents every time.

[Dandontdare]

I got a bottle of Jack Daniels, a larger bottle of Jack Daniels and a smaller bottle of Jack Daniels.

Oh and some chocolates

I think my family know me too well ...

[IndigoPrime]

JayzusB.Christ: Sorry to hear about the fire. I must have missed that on the board. I hope you’re on the mend, life-wise.

As for Santa, I won’t list everything, but I did get four comics: Aster of Pan, Through the Words, The Tom Paterson HC and Stray Dogs. And my wife lied about not getting me any Lego this year, because I have a Lego Strat to put together!

[Trooper McFad]

A bottle of Bunnahabhain, Highland Park and Port Askaig all single malts but the only reading material I got was the complete Cam Kennedy’s HC. So I’ll have to purchase some more material in the new year to see me through those malts 😁

Oh and socks!

[JayzusB.Christ]

JayzusB.Christ: Sorry to hear about the fire. I must have missed that on the board. I hope you’re on the mend, life-wise.

No bother. Total shite show at the time but things have worked out very well in the meantime.

[Jim_Campbell]

No bother. Total shite show at the time but things have worked out very well in the meantime.

That cool scar working with the chicks, then…? ;-)

[Rara Avis]

This was maybe my best present :



Also the collected Fleabag scripts, a nice candle and a Viking style necklace.

@ Jade, I also spent more on gifts than I received. When I start to feel bitter I remind myself I bought those nice gifts because that's who I am.

[Jade Falcon]

It's not so much that I spent more, its just that in my opinion socks are the stereotypical lazy gift.  She might not have had much money but as I say I would rather have had nothing with a nice card, it's hard to explain.

Well, actually from some friends online I got a gift copy of Cyberpunk 2077 on PC, and some doublloons for a permanent camo for a ship in World of Warships from someone else.

One friend has his Christmas and Birthday close together so as he, like me is a Space 1999 fan I bought him the newly printed Tech manual from the Anderson store.  Got my brother (who is in a similiar situation), as they've just started doing model car kits, the Revell Dodge Charger from Fast and the Furious and some paints.  A former colleague from Oxfam got a local history book among other things.

[JayzusB.Christ]

No bother. Total shite show at the time but things have worked out very well in the meantime.

That cool scar working with the chicks, then…? ;-)

I wish... 

[Richard]

I bought my sister cashmere gloves for £35. In return she got me a box of Liquorice Allsorts, not even Bassett's, and practically inedible, for probably £3 or something, and some beef jerky. Fffff.....