Show us your presents.

[Jordan]

I believe it is some type of body armour for a Far-Eastern self-defence sport.

I would think so from the look of it. Personaly I think its very scary looking and would be worried if i saw someone coming down the street towards me with it

I got a nice Jacket and waistcoat from my mum which i will try to post pics of tommorow

[rdjmchris]

No pictures yet, but my wife got me a handcrafted sgain with the assistance of someone on this board. As soon as I get a chance, I'll get a picture uploaded.

[BEEDEE]

I got very spoiled
[IMG]

It is a samurai armor from Japan. I presume it is a reproduction as originals are extremely expensive.

Brian

[kiltedwolfman]

LOL It is a reproduction of Nobunaga Oda's armour made by Paul Chen. The nice thing is that it is still very wearable which will come in handy as some of the techniques I teach deal with being in armour. This will help me explain things much better to my students.
Here is how it is dsiplayed at present
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[Hamish]

Not wishing to cast a dampener on this thread I'll just say that I receive no Christmas gifts, nor do I give them. Quite a number of years ago, we decided to notify everyone with whom we exchanged presents that we would, from that date, stop giving them and would instead make donations to nominated charities to the value that we might have spent on our family and friends - and hoped that they would do the same.

This was enthusiastically taken up by all concerned and, since being alone, I have continued this practice each year. Not only do the charities benefit, but we individuals are spared the endless heartache of trying to find gifts to suit and which would not be tucked away unusued at the back of drawers/wardrobes for years afterwards!

I would urge others to take similar steps which also go some way towards reducing the obscene over-commercialism of the Festival.

Oooops! That comes across as being a bit soap-boxy - but I mean what I say!

That stated, I trust everyone enjoyed their Christmas Day, hopefully with family or friends, and that we can all look forward to a brilliant Hogmanay and 2010.

Take care,
Ham.

[DougC]

So--Hamish, what was your chairty of choice? My wife and I like Kiva and have had a donation given in our name (and given for others) for the last couple of years. Nice to see them at the top of the page here--not preachy/soap boxy at all...Merry Christmas!

[skauwt]

my other half got me a few surprises ,a metal detector a gem/rock tumbler the must have christmas jumpers ,house coats and winter wear and some world war 2 games for the wii and one of the gifts i find will work perfectly with my kilt accessories is a leather cufflink box


i also got my partner a wee sewing machine so heres hoping she`ll be good enough one day to make me a kilt

[piperdbh]

I agree with Hamish 100%. I enjoy gifts as much as anyone, but there's nothing that I really need and most of my wants are satisfied, plus we're running out of space to put stuff. The donation idea is a good one, or go somewhere with a person who would be alone on Christmas, or cook a bunch of food and invite some folks over.
That being said, here's my present to myself:

[Tatonka]

My wife said I had been good this year. I still can't believe it is mine.

[kiltedwolfman]

Nice!