Favorite gift, 2008

[joe]

What's your favorite gift you got this year? For me, obviously my healthy, beautiful daughter.

But otherwise, it's two books: "The Best American Sports Writing of the Century" and David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster." I can't wait to dive into both.

Joe

 

[User 1019]

Best: The trip to NYC the Mrs. and I have been saving for.

Worst: $50 gift certificate to Olive Garden from my brother, of all people.

 

[Songbird]

Haven't gotten anything.

Edit: Moddy's holiday CD (though it's the only thing I got).

 

[mustangj17]

Finally got Rosenberg's book, War as They Knew it. Tied with my Buffalo Wild Wings gift card as best gift of '08

 

[Moderator1]

My best Christmas ever in terms of gifts. Each member of my family came up major aces. Details to come.

 

[forever_town]

Knowing that I'm still alive and I have great family and wonderful friends.

Plus, the memories of good times this year help mitigate the difficult times so many of us are living in.

 

[luckyducky]

Definitely the autographed hats by my two favorite NASCAR drivers from my darling secret santa. Thanks again, SS!

 

[imjustagirl]

Man, ducky, that SS must be a peach.


Mine is either the scent sampler from Sephora (10 perfume samples, 1 ounce each, and a certificate for a free full-sized one) or the great tourmaline hair straightener my dad got me. Well, he kind of got it for me.

 

[HC]

After finally giving up on asking for what I really wanted, I got it ... a Leafs jersey! I love you, JR.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Best: The trip to NYC the Mrs. and I have been saving for.

Worst: $50 gift certificate to Olive Garden from JR, of all people.

Best was actually from the daughter: two nights at a casino hotel and a little gambling money.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Best: Five $20 bills in an envelope.

Worst: Really, there are no bad Christmas presents.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Since I bought an iPhone for myself last week, I'll go with the "Yard of Beef."

It's, um, a girthy hunk of summer sausage that's something like 5,500 calories if I ate the thing in one sitting.

No lie. Then again, I suppose you can't go wrong with any food product that doubles as a gag holiday gift/lethal weapon.

 

[luckyducky]

Man, ducky, that SS must be a peach.

The gift must be awesome, since it even landed its own facebook photo.

 

[spnited]

A magnificient limited edition lithograph of Ebbets Field, signed, numbered and beautifully framed that my brother in law and nephew spent time tracking down after they noticed how much Brooklyn Dodgers crap I was buying on our trip to Cooperstown last July.


And a bonus, unscheduled gift from my B-I-L, a high-level techie at ABC who happened to make a bunch of DVDs of the ESPN doc on The Greatest Game Ever Played...which I did not see because I was working. He was talking about how good it was when I mentioned I didn't see it. He hopped up, went into his computer room and came out with one of his "extra" copies.

Damn good stuff.

 

[JBHawkEye]

The Ebbets Field lithograph sounds cool.

Good gift: New winter coat, which I desperately needed.

Best gift: A better than expected diagnosis for my ill father. He won't have to undergo major surgery as was first thought.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

A honeymoon.

Lord, I can't wait.

 

[JakeandElwood]

I'm typing on my best gift.

 

[BigSleeper]

Call it cheesy or lame, but the best gift I can ever receive is the appreciation of something I give. This year, I gave my wife an iPod Nano (Yes, we're poor and several years behind the techno-gadget curve) loaded with about 1,500-2,000 (I lost count several weeks ago) songs from her mammoth CD collection. She's really into music, and I think she started to tear up when I explained all the possibilities of the thing.

As for me, the best thing I received was a copy of "Bigfoot: I Not Dead" by Graham Roumieu, a delightfully offbeat illustrated book. Great stuff.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

My laptop.

 

[cougargirl]

A purple digital camera from Mr. Cougar (I can finally stop using disposable cameras!) and a Louis Vuitton Murakami handbag. Love. It.