What DIDN'T you get for christmas?

[Tereglith]

I didn't get Wreck Raider or the Hoth Rebel BP, because my darned and dratted local TRU didn't bother to put them on the shelves and there's no chance whatsoever of me getting into the stock room. However, I got an unexpected windfall form my stocking-stuffer scratch-off lottery ticket, so that's where that'll be going.

[Trexxen]

I didn't get the money for 10210...But I wasn't really expecting that, so I suppose that's alright. =D Overall I'm satisfied, in fact, I almost feel bad about how much I got - that's a first =P

~Trexxen

[Grimmy]

Oh how Ive wanted to get this out.

I know I really shouldn't be selfish but I am quite angry. I wanted a Ipod Touch 32GB for Christmas and...

I'm kind of glad to see someone besides me that is frustrated. You were obviously waiting to get that out and many times it is good to talk to someone and let things out so that you don't walk around angry ready to explode.

The only thing I got for Christmas that I wanted, was whatever I put under the tree myself. Which was a tip I got from another guy on the forum in the thread asking what you expect under the tree this year. Good thing I used his idea too! Otherwise all I would have is a few gift cards and underwear. (I hate gift cards too! Did you know that 15% of gift cards in the U.S. go unclaimed and accounts for a total of 5 billion dollars in the year! The gift card company USA Gift Cards makes it a point to tell clients that by selling gift cards, they will make tons of money on the unclaimed money alone! I'm the kind of person that rather have a low priced gift that is me then a high priced gift that is not me. I told my mother I'd be happy with a Lego Technic set and 5 boxes of the fruit oatmeal (it goes fast in this house and I never get to eat my fave flavor)

I have an Amazon.com wishlist no one ever makes use of. So some might say, "well it's the thought that counts" well what thought do you mean? From what I seen in my house and family it is more like, "I don't feel like driving anywhere to shop for someone so I'm going to get a gift card while I'm out wherever and that's it I'm done I don't care" or my mom who buys my 6 year old niece toys she will never play with while plenty of poor kids would love to have them. My niece got an insane amount of things. 90% of it she won't play with. She will use the Hannah Montanna accoustic guitar we both got her and my brother got her a Gameboy DS with a game! She's only 6 yrs old! Is that normal? I have heard 8 yrs olds have cell phones now so maybe it is. I say to my mom, "The guitar we got her is more then enough. Why did you buy 4 more presents she won't use? If you wanted to get more, why didn't you get her the Pixos Craft set she has been begging for instead? or a Lego set?" My mom says well if she don't like it, then too bad! My mom needs a new car bad but never has money. Buys my niece new clothes every week, full outfits. You can't buy love I tell her. I think it's too bad that a toy goes unused and money gets wasted. Their is a lot more but I'll spare you all. When I get people a gift, people who I have known all my life, I get them something that shows I know them. I go and do whatever is needed to give a good surprise gift they will enjoy! My mother could have easily drove 17min to the mall Lego store and bought any one of the sets she seen me pickup in there.

I wanted to make this comic using 2 Lego men. One Lego minifig has a bunch of presents in panel one. In Panel 2 you see he has opened them with a smile on his face he has a train and toy robot. He asks the 2nd Lego minifig, "So what did you get for Christmas?" and as he stands holding a small stack of gift cards he says, "They felt obligated to get something but couldn't be bothered. Looks like I'll have to get my gifts another day. Gift Cards...bah!"

My mother says to me, save those gift cards for someday when you go out and need them. On the bright side I did get some good chocolate in my stocking that I really like. I love Lindor and Ghirardelli bars. Expensive but good.

I'll post some pics in the received Christmas presents thread of what I got for myself on Christmas and put under the tree.

P/S Not to be making you more upset, but I have an iPhone 3Gs which is just like the iPod Touch but with phone functions, and I live by the thing! They are awesome because of the amount of apps available. An app for everything! I use it for so much stuff. Pocasts, games, music, appointments I never miss are due to this thing. Just save your money. The stuff you don't like and won't use, sell, or ask to return if possible to ask your mom without hurting her feelings. :)

Edited December 27, 2009 by Grimmy

[Seth]

Oh how Ive wanted to get this out.

I know I really shouldn't be selfish but I am quite angry. I wanted a Ipod Touch 32GB for Christmas and my mum said "No, Thats way too expensive" and I said "Come on mum, I know you have lots of money" Anywho, she said "Wait till you get your Christmas money, you can go in the sales" as usual. Then I went Sutton with my mum because she needed help. I saw alot of stuff I liked, I saw a nice Pierre Cardin Black long overcoat with a nice velvety interior. And it was £100, I understand my mum wouldn't buy that even if she was a millionaire, See, She was brought up by my nan to respect money, well thats her excuse. She's probably just scared of being poor, I don't know how losing £100 from a £50,000 income each year will bankrupt but anywho. I was angry, then we came back a week later and It was on sale...Down to £80. I said to my mum "Can you get it for Christmas?" and as expected "What? At that price? Wait till the sales it will be £50" "No it won't!" "You just see".

Then I saw a BB Gun in this shop, I wasn't gonna use the BB's but it would have been nice to have a P90 Toy gun to put on a shelf. But once again "Mum can I get it?" "It doesn't have a price tag, let me check" She asks and the bloke says "Its 34 quid, like all the others" I said "Can I then?" "No, you can get it cheaper online"... £34 POUNDS?!!!! I was steaming. I then went to ASDA's down the bottom of the highstreet to get some Christmas food and Wrapping paper. I said to my mum "Ill be in the toy section." "Ok, Im round here" I went there and saw some Star Wars sets, The Droid tank, Battle packs e.t.c and some Power Miners and the one set I was looking to eventually by, The 7685 Bulldozer. I really wanted to transform it into a Tank. And yet again "Can I get this? Its £20." "No your just buying it for the sake of buying it, I mean, you don't use City or construction stuff". I was so angry, I actualy thought of picking up a shovel in the garden section and....

That sounds horrible but It was a short outburst. It was £20...T-w-e-n-t-y pounds....

Eventually I brought some things from TK Max, A nice statue, a big book on WWII e.t.c. And my mum said "Put this away for Christmas yeah?" "If I have tooo...". Now I thought these were gonna be small presents and such, but they were the main presents...If you look at the video, you will see my strange fake laugh.

I eventually recieved, A MP3 Speaker, A star wars trivia DVD game, 2 rings (One was a cat, because I like cats but seriously mum, When am I gonna wear that?) and a Thick "King" ring. I also got a very nice Pocketwatch, some smithys (Dedorant/Hair wash/Colone e.t.c.) and a Remote control helicopter. When I opened my last present I said "So is there more in the back room?" "No?" "Oh...". At that moment my heart sank, I really thought my mum had tricked my and really secretly gotten me the coat and the Ipod but I misjudged completely the wrong way. One of the annoying things was, I really put thought into what I got her and my family. I bought my dad a framed Newspaper from 1966 just after the England World Cup win. I got my brother a "Alone in the Dark" special edition game pack. I got my mum some card making craft kit she wanted. What did I get that I wanted?

Im pretty sure my mum didn't bother to choose presents wisely although she states she did. I don't wear rings, I don't really like Remote control things and when am I gonna use a MP3 Speaker if I don't have a good MP3? Now, Im not being stupid and selfish and a whiny baby but come on?! No Lego? No Ipod? No designer overcoat?

Well I put on a brave face for the day although I really was quite bored out of my mind. I had nothing to play with, nothing to really use other than read the big book on the war when I was at my nans. We eventually watched Arsenic and Old Lace which as hilarious and once we got home, we split up and did our own things. I just wish I had gotten Lego or a game I could build or play with my family. And then remember how she said "Buy it with your own money after Christmas"? And how I wanted the Ipod Touch, Coat, BB Gun, Lego? I got £80 worth of money...That wouldn't even buy the coat...

Now Im making my Christmas sound terrible but It was good. I didn't feel very Christmasy, not because of the lack of presents I wanted, It was the feeling that it was too early. There wasn't that "warm" feeling you get...

Please don't think I'm ungrateful, I just really don't want to tell my mum my hidden feelings because she will feel really bad. And I woke up moody this morning, I couldn't hide the anger in me, But I had too, I eventually held the anger. Its just, I brought her a Craft set she wanted, she brought my nothing I wanted, Nothing I really use or will eventually use alot...It just makes me sad. But I'm a idiot thinking that. Its Christmas, Time to enjoy! I can't believe this is my longest post. I rambled on!

Dude don't be greedy dude it's just an iPod and a jacket

[Joey Lock]

Dude don't be greedy dude it's just an iPod and a jacket

Im sorry, Did you not read any of that, Dude?

"Please don't think I'm ungrateful"

I said I was sorry for sounding ungrateful, so you really don't have to repeat what I just said to myself, Do you? Because from what I realise, I was the one who said it. I actually spent that 10 minutes writing that myself.

Anyway, Christmas is over, Ill have to find a way to buy them all myself. And just for the record, I know I am greedy, we all are sometimes. Haven't had that one Christmas? Like on Everybody Loves Raymond when Robert buys Raymond a big P-51 Mustang Remote Control Plane and all Ray buys Robert is some Golf Balls? And if you knew my mum, You'd understand what I'm talking about. Because it's not just presents with her, It's anything! She guilts you into doing what she wants. She is exactly like Marie from Everybody Loves Raymond. In future when I come visit I bet its gonna be like "Oh, I have a shelf I want putting up, Can you do it?" "Really mum, I've got to get going" "Ok deary, Leave it to you old weak mother." And she will start "fake" limping to emphasize it. "Ok mum, Ill put it up..." "Oh thank you deary. Ill be upstairs" "Oh, I see your foots better? Healed enough to get up the stairs! Amazing!..."

Come on, Be truthful, You have or will in future have that one Christmas.

EDIT: Plus you don't have to quote the whole post, just snippets.

Edited December 27, 2009 by Joey Lock

[Big Cam]

quote snipped

I don't want to sound like your Mom here but you do not understand the concept of money, you just want things now, adn don't realize what it takes to earn moeny and all the other things money needs to go towards first. I hope you figure this out before your on your own, or you'll have shelves full of LEGO's you ond't play with, gun's you don't shoot, and a jacket you didn't need, all while living in the crummiest apartment you can think of because you're product poor.

GO give your mom a hug and thank her for trying to teach you values, you'll understand when you get older.

I didn't get any LEGO's at all and all my gifts added up from everyone total less than $300, but I'm thankful I got to spend time with my wife and her Mom, as her husband recently died and she needed comfort from other peopel, it's a really good feeling. I can always buy LEGO's later, but moments like that can't be replicated.

[The Crazy One]

I don't want to sound like your Mom here but you do not understand the concept of money, you just want things now, and don't realize what it takes to earn moeny and all the other things money needs to go towards first. I hope you figure this out before your on your own, or you'll have shelves full of LEGO's you don't play with, gun's you don't shoot, and a jacket you didn't need, all while living in the crummiest apartment you can think of because you're product poor.

GO give your mom a hug and thank her for trying to teach you values, you'll understand when you get older.

I didn't get any LEGO's at all and all my gifts added up from everyone total less than $300, but I'm thankful I got to spend time with my wife and her Mom, as her husband recently died and she needed comfort from other people, it's a really good feeling. I can always buy LEGO's later, but moments like that can't be replicated.

Exactly. Christmas is for family and good times. So what if you didn't get what you exactly wanted? You should be thankful to spend this time with your family. Christmas wasn't designed to give out presents.

Anyway, I was pleased with everything I got this Christmas. I only hinted at some shirts as presents, but all the rest were great surprises. And I finally saw my cousin come back from Japan after five years!

[Ratbat]

The only things I can think of would be the Corporate Alliance Tank Droid, Echo Base, and Boulder Blaster, but I can get those my self. Otherwise, I got tons of stuff, and am pretty happy.

[Joey Lock]

I hope you figure this out before your on your own, or you'll have shelves full of LEGO's you ond't play with, gun's you don't shoot, and a jacket you didn't need, all while living in the crummiest apartment you can think of because you're product poor.

GO give your mom a hug and thank her for trying to teach you values, you'll understand when you get older.

I can always buy LEGO's later, but moments like that can't be replicated.

Yeah, I understand what you say but your acting as if you actually know me.

How do you know that my family doesn't have lots of money, how do you know whether I might not eventually play with the gun, How do you know If I did need a coat, Which I did. And I don't buy loads of Lego sets actually, If you knew me, You would know that. And I won't buy a "Apartment" because I live in England. All the Flats are full, Also, If you knew me and my family, My mother doesn't want me to move far away, We have a big annex extension on the side of our house, Like a small flat, She said I can live in there. Now I know your gonna say "Then you should give your mum a hug..." I do, This is 1, Count 'em, 1 Day in the year I was unhappy with her. Some people never ever speak to their mothers, Do not randomly guess that, that will be my future please.

Also, If you really were here in my house on that day, I didn't hate my mum, I sat down and ate chocolates with her whilst watching her favorite movie Hearts and Souls.

I'm sorry for shouting but I hate it when people jump down your throat, speakig down to you because there "Elders" without hearing the whole story or even asking.

[The Crazy One]

snippy snippy snippy

He wasn't speaking as if he knew you. He was acting on the tone your post.

[prateek]

Everything.

[Grimmy]

Heya Joey Lock. I think I understand what you mean. I saw that episode of Everybody Knows Raymond. My mother would sometimes get you what she wanted you to look like or wear or be and many times be dismissive and not listen to me. Well, the best advice I can give you is to try and stay positive. Look on the bright side of things because you don't want to walk around upset. It's tough to put away the negative thoughts but you have opened up and talked about how you felt so it should be easier now to deal with.

If you got some things you did like, try and be happy for that. Hey I got gift cards and some underwear in a box! That means I got nothing for Christmas (except the Lego sets I put under the tree myself) and my presents will have to be bought some other day and one of the cards is Dunkin Donuts. But you know what I did, swallowed my pride, and said, "thanks for the V-neck under shirts I needed some, as well as the socks and boxer shorts." I did need those V neck shirts for when I wear my V neck pull overs my under shirt won't show. And most of my socks had holes in them and mysteriously disappear.

One thing I've learned when I was younger is that if I walked around upset, it didn't matter what the reason was, people would see me as a cranky scrooge. After reading a bunch of selfhelp guides, it helped me try to be positive. Remember, someone is always a lot worse off then me or you (and I had a horrible rough childhood believe me). So as tough as it is, hang in there and try to keep positive. You don't want to be visited by 3 ghosts do you?

Now for at least 5min try doing this: Go open that phography book and look trough it. Look at the art and see if it inspires you to build something. See what good things you can get out of it. I used to do photography and was actually hoping to get a Cannon Rebel T1 for myself but I didn't. I'll get it eventually. I'm guessing the remote control helicopter you got was one o those mini IR ones that aren't very controllable in what direction they go. They are still fun though at least for a little bit. Make the best out of what you got.

Goodluck Joey

[prateek]

Actually, I don't think I've ever asked for a present!

Same, except when I was really little. Now when I get asked what I want I usually say, "I dunno..."

[Joey Lock]

Heya Joey Lock. I think I understand what you mean. I saw that episode of Everybody Knows Raymond. My mother would sometimes get you what she wanted you to look like or wear or be and many times be dismissive and not listen to me.

You don't want to be visited by 3 ghosts do you?

I'm guessing the remote control helicopter you got was one o those mini IR ones that aren't very controllable in what direction they go. They are still fun though at least for a little bit. Make the best out of what you got.

Goodluck Joey

Yeah, My mum can be Nice and Evil. Like all Mothers. I just overreact and I get raged quickly.

Well I wouldn't mind, Me and my mum are very superstitious about Spirits and Ghosts. I believe we have had many messages from my Grandfather because of some weird things happen. Like on my Christmas Album, The second song is "The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole" and my Grandfather loved Nat King Cole and randomly, The song started playing out of nowhere. The CD Player was on but It wasn't playing. And it's the second track which is strange...

Yes it is, Its one of those Plastic ones that when you press the up button like I did, It flew up to the ceiling, hit it, span into the Christmas decorations and nearly ripped the decorations to the ground.

Thanks. I'm over it. I had those feelings yesterday, I was angry yesterday once I thought about the short amount of time I have till I have to go back to school and revise for the GCSE big exams coming up in July and how I really wanted that coat to show my friends in school and show them a brand new Ipod. But ten I thought all I have to show them, That I can bring in school, Is the rings (I don't want to look like a pansy, So why would I show them those?), the Pocket Watch and the Speaker for a MP3. I was really hoping to have the Ipod to show and use all year and a nice Coat to wear in the cold wind coming up in January, But I guess Ill have to scrap the money together to buy them myself...

[Big Cam]

Yeah, I understand what you say but your acting as if you actually know me.

How do you know that my family doesn't have lots of money, how do you know whether I might not eventually play with the gun, How do you know If I did need a coat, Which I did. And I don't buy loads of Lego sets actually, If you knew me, You would know that. And I won't buy a "Apartment" because I live in England. All the Flats are full, Also, If you knew me and my family, My mother doesn't want me to move far away, We have a big annex extension on the side of our house, Like a small flat, She said I can live in there. Now I know your gonna say "Then you should give your mum a hug..." I do, This is 1, Count 'em, 1 Day in the year I was unhappy with her. Some people never ever speak to their mothers, Do not randomly guess that, that will be my future please.

Also, If you really were here in my house on that day, I didn't hate my mum, I sat down and ate chocolates with her whilst watching her favorite movie Hearts and Souls.

I'm sorry for shouting but I hate it when people jump down your throat, speakig down to you because there "Elders" without hearing the whole story or even asking.

You are missing the point of my post, I'm not claiming that you are going to move out or that you hate your mom. I was using examples of poor money managment and greed.

If you need a coat, that's fine, but do you need one that's 100 pounds? And it doesn't matter if your family has money or not, it's the point that you shouldn't expect things like the ones you listed.

You didn't get what I was trying to say and so I'm going to stop. It's not my place, I just shared my thoguhts on how you acted in your post. Sorry for intruding on your life, keep doing everything how you are currently are, you'll be fine.

He wasn't speaking as if he knew you. He was acting on the tone your post.

Thank you, that's all I was doing, I did not mean to jusge you personally(Joey), just that one psot.

[Joey Lock]

If you need a coat, that's fine, but do you need one that's 100 pounds?

Thank you, that's all I was doing, I did not mean to jusge you personally(Joey), just that one psot.

Ok, Im sorry for getting angry. Im over it now. It was just the initial shock of getting nothing near what I wanted. But I guess Ill just have to get the money to buy it.

Well with the coat thing, I know she would pay £100 if it was a coat she wanted. And we are going Sutton this week to check if the coat is in the sales and it will hopefully have gone down from £80 to £50 or £40, Well those are my mothers optimistic estimations.

[Rapseflaps]

Lego.

Then again, everyone got small presents and I already own pretty much all the small city sets I want that are currently available.

[Natman8000]

I didnt most of the things that I wanted, mainly because I wouldnt ask for them. I don't expect gifts, and the fact that you get gifts is something you should be thankful for. I'm very happy with the things I got.

[prateek]

I didnt most of the things that I wanted, mainly because I wouldnt ask for them. I don't expect gifts, and the fact that you get gifts is something you should be thankful for. I'm very happy with the things I got.

Like your Gameboy case?

[Lego Person]

I didn't get the mon calarmi home one cruiser but that's about it.

Oh and don't worry if you didn't get echo base (the tauntaun so smaller than i thought)

[Seth]

Why don't you get a job Joey like the other people in the world who actually work for things not mooch of their parents

[Joey Lock]

Why don't you get a job Joey like the other people in the world who actually work for things (?) not mooch of(?) their parents

Well if you had been on here before and searched, You would have used your mind and realised, I'm only 15.

So, the reason I "mooch off" my parents is because its all I can do. Before you left home and got a so called "Actor" job and a Dodge car, I thought you would have learnt punctuation and spelling...Do your research before insulting please. Thank you.