Did you like your Christmas present

SwiftFox
SwiftFox Online Community Member Posts: 174 Empowering

Did you like what you got for Christmas or have you already dumped it๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ˜‚

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  • jsjswood
    jsjswood Online Community Member Posts: 22 Contributor

    Most of my Christmas presents were food, Christmas pudding, panettone, foxes biscuits & a box of Maltesers. I enjoy my food. My brother & sister in law know what food to buy me for Christmas

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 4,487 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I feel really grateful this Christmas. I got a new silly calendar for next year from my best friend. My brother got me a cooling dock for my PlayStation which lights up - it's really neat.

    Did you like yours @SwiftFox?

  • Littlefatfriend
    Littlefatfriend Online Community Member Posts: 404 Pioneering

    I received a splendid drone for Xmas this year. I've almost finished charging the batteries etc. I'll sell or recycle it if I get bored with it.

    For a while I've been considering getting a 4K one and the DJI Mini now has a range of 10km! I'm both grateful and very pleased that I chose to get myself one of them. I also got myself a range of good food and alcohol.

    Xmas can be hard work, that (and my current mobility issues) is why my closest family (sister, niece, nephew, stepdad) and I had our Xmas meal (and games) here on the evening of the 23rd. That way it was much easier to relax for a few hours on Xmas afternoon (when my sister's partner also joined us) and enjoy some fun and games.

    In my opinion Xmas is for children. It's mostly cold and dark here at this time of year and (like New Year's Eve for some adults) Xmas can be an entertaining distraction from that. Everyone else knows how much it all costs and often these days how complicated it can get. Families are now spread so far and wide by divorce, separation, etc etcโ€ฆ It's often difficult to include everyone.

    I'm interested to know if the sense of guilt implied by the tone of your question was prompted by your own trip to the bin shed SwiftFox?

    ๐Ÿค”

  • kitsmum
    kitsmum Online Community Member Posts: 135 Empowering

    I loved the gifts I got for Christmas. They were thoughtful gifts and best of all we spent Christmas with my parents. I am very grateful to my family and friends.

  • SwiftFox
    SwiftFox Online Community Member Posts: 174 Empowering

    Yes, every one of them Holly. I do seem to get a lot of diabetic biscuits though from people๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Anglocath
    Anglocath Scope Member Posts: 8 Connected

    I was happy with most of my presents. They were mainly useful, some not so much but the thought was there. I'm most happy with pair of speedo goggles my friend got me but I'm wondering about the presents that were surprises. It sometimes says something about how well they know you. My best mate got me a soup maker that was really cool. The only present I see as a dud was Belgium chocolate flakes to sprinkle on Late's I put coco powder on mine and the person that bought it said it would be better with these flakes, then she gives me them for Christmas lol. She drinks a lot of latte and capaccino at mine. One can not help wondering if this was a self serving present lol.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,375 Championing

    "or have you already dumped it?"

    I was extremely grateful for my presents and loved them thoroughly but, yes, lots of them have been flushed down the toilet by now

    Sorry for the 7 year old mentality ๐Ÿ˜

  • MrHappy
    MrHappy Online Community Member Posts: 163 Empowering

    @Littlefatfriend Fantastic you received a drone - i'm so jealous (in a nice way)!

    True Story:

    Many years ago when drone's first became a thing i purchased one as a gift for myself. I took it down to the bottom of the garden for its maiden flight and i was amazed as it rose to about 35ft in the air. It then turned in a north-westerly direction and flew off at speed.

    That was the last time i ever saw it.

  • Littlefatfriend
    Littlefatfriend Online Community Member Posts: 404 Pioneering

    Thanks Mrhappy,

    Sorry to read of your mishap, they can also be surprisingly easy to crash in unreachable trees!

    I've had a few of them. They can certainly sometimes be a law unto themselves.

    The link below is to footage from my last one. If you know Sunderland the rectangular folly at the top of the hill at 3:00 and 5:00 is Penshaw monument.

    At this time of year it's dark by the time I get mobile, but that may change in the fullness of timeโ€ฆ

    ๐Ÿค“

    https://youtu.be/LlqLUQEZ1zY?feature=shared

  • BooKitty
    BooKitty Online Community Member Posts: 15 Connected

    I liked my presents! Mainly food and perfume, everything else I buy myself. I got Nomination charms with initials of loved ones so I was happy with them too! I very much enjoyed an advent calendar at the start of December from M&S - very tasty!

    Happy Christmas all โค๏ธ

  • Luchia
    Luchia Online Community Member Posts: 627 Empowering

    Loved my Christmas Presents!

    My partner always buys me lots of lovely presents(some I got early).

    He got me Nintendo Switch 2(With pro controller and games), Asus Gaming Laptop, PS Portal and a few other goodies.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,375 Championing

    @Luchia

    I'm glad to see you posting. ๐Ÿ™‚ I haven't been on here much in the last year but popped in occasionally and missed seeing any posts from you, though admittedly didn't look around too much

  • SwiftFox
    SwiftFox Online Community Member Posts: 174 Empowering
    edited January 7

    I had some Ps4 games to play at Christmas, but the only thing is, my Ps4, it keeps losing connection with my Hisense 40" 4K tv. When I start it up it goes black and then comes back, not much good when you're playing football. There's a lot of people with Hisense complaining at the moment. Cleaned both HDMI ends and even changed the cables to no avail.