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So Christmas is winding down, turkeys are being digested, people are relaxing after a hectic couple of months. Christmas is a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and I can respect that. This thread, however, is all about the loot. Whether you got a new-to-you GT40 intake or an LSX-into-fox swap kit (that oughta rile up a few), tell us what Santa brought you.

Me first. I will start out by saying that this is gonna look like a lot of stuff, but a lot of this stuff is from me, to me - a reward to myself after starving myself $2500 richer:

I collect comic strip books, so I got a bunch of those:

For Better or For Worse treasuries Vol. 3 and 4
The Complete Far Side (best. gift. ever.)
Garfield Fat Cat 3 Pack Vol. 17
Zits: Chillax
Zits: Shredded
Zits: Peace, Love & Wi-Fi
Sherman's Lagoon: Lunch Wore a Speedo

Tools:
Ball-joint/U-joint service kit
5-lb slide hammer puller kit
120-piece Impact socket set
12V Lithium-ion drill & 1/4" impact driver kit
1400-amp booster pack
digital inspection camera
5-piece Vice Grip set

From work: A $200 Home Depot gift card - this will help me build a bigger, better solar heater for the pool. Also that $2500 fat  cheque.

For the truck, all new stereo gear. I've been wanting to upgrade the stereo in the truck because it doesn't have Bluetooth or an Aux jack, and the CD player skips. The Delco/Bose stereo in it sounds awful (no highs, no lows, gotta be Bose). I'm not trying to build a sound-off competition vehicle, I just want it to sound better than it does and have modern functionality:

New "Oaku" (very, very Chinese) head unit with GPS, Bluetooth, DVD, iPod control, backup camera (which should help when connecting trailers), etc (bought on eBay - did I mention it's Chinese?)
Four new "Boss" 6.5" speakers
New "Boss" 100 watt per channel 4-channel amp
Installation kit with interface for GM class II data (to retain warning chimes, etc)
Used 500-watt Kicker amp, 12" sub, Stinger 1-farad cap (I removed it all from the Sonata, which I will be trading in in the springtime)

That about sums it up. I'm also doing some other upgrades on the truck over the holidays - double batteries, hard wiring the plow light, etc.

So, let's hear what you all got!

I bought myself a blast cabinet to aide the resto on several cars. I bought my wife a two-man antique saw, and our boys got 110cc ATV's.

I wish those small ATV's existed when I was a kid. I wouldn't have gotten one, of course, but it'd have been something to wish for...

I got a heat gun, mechanic gloves, and an Alpine stereo for the Bird, and a new stet of Craftsman screwdrivers . My daughter made out pretty well this year( her favorite gift is a pink acoustic guitar ...she begins lessons in Jan)

I got a RockAuto gift certificate, which I already used to order parts to redo the front brakes on the Mustang.  Also several movies and shirts, a couple of games, a renew of my AAA membership, and gift cards.  Also got this framed Thunderbird license plate from my sister-in-law, which I thought was pretty neat.

(http://i.imgur.com/N4HWV27l.jpg)

Brian, the license plate is pretty cool :cool:

Had they existed when I was a kid, I probably wouldn't be here lol.

New furniture :)

I got my daughter  a 110 4 wheeler( Chinese knock-off) a couple years ago...Best $$ I ever spent. She loves it. I had to turn the throttle down because she isn't afraid of it at all. Actually flipped it twice. I hope to step her up to the next size soon. Maybe a Honda.

I got a red ryder bb gun with a compass in the stock

You'll put your eye out with that...