Get Anything Cool for Christmas?

[Taro T]

So, what'd ya get that really stands out?

Wifey got me the Blu-ray/CD of the Rush R40 Live from a few years back.  Just about through the 1st set & that was an awesome concert.  Alex & Neil are/were such absolute masters of their craft & Geddy Lee fit them so well.

Sucks that the Professor is gone.

Hope all are having an excellent Christmas & that those that don't celebrate that holiday have a wonderful Holiday themselves.

[steveoath]

My 8 Yr old knitted me some Sabres decorations for the tree.  That was a nice surprise. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

I got the Oculus, excited to try that. A kitchenaid professional series mixer. 

 

.... And rogaine for the thinning hair in the back of my head 😂😂😂

[Norcal]

Merry Christmas All. Kids got all the cool stuff.

I got to spend time with my new granddaughter which was exquisite. 

Also, got a gift card towards my Tuch Heritage Classic jersey. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

A kayak.  

While we technically don't celebrate Christmas we still have some traditions that we enjoy.  Last night we had nice Turkish coffee in a very relaxed setting with traditional (non religious) Christmas songs playing.  We had a nice dinner last night.  We will be talking with the only family we are still in touch with (by design) at 5:00 PM this evening.  They are my cousins in Calgary.  After that we will be taking our traditional Christmas Day walk after dark to look at the moon and stars.

I had taken up kayaking late in the fall this year and really like it.  We have had a string on large expenses lately, but my beautiful wife insisted that she buy me a kayak.  She even said it was for Christmas.  So, there you go.

After over 30 years I would marry her all over again in a hot second.

[GoPre]

Wife surprised me with the PlayStation 5 Christmas morning. 😊  

Edited December 27, 2021 by GoPre

[Dreams Burn Down]

I received a good complement of Sabres and Bills swag including a soft blanket for my nightly TV snooze.

[Dreams Burn Down]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

So, what'd ya get that really stands out?

Wifey got me the Blu-ray/CD of the Rush R40 Live from a few years back.  Just about through the 1st set & that was an awesome concert.  Alex & Neil are/were such absolute masters of their craft & Geddy Lee fit them so well.

Sucks that the Professor is gone.

Hope all are having an excellent Christmas & that those that don't celebrate that holiday have a wonderful Holiday themselves.

I was at that show and, I have to say, when Ben Mink came out to perform Losing It, I very nearly did.

[North Buffalo]

Kids got a lot of things, got wife a Peleton... me a new pair of skates, sabres t shirt... and some sleep oh and a new wok

[nfreeman]

[PromoTheRobot]

A log splitter. When I bought my last cord of wood, a lot of pieces were too big and needed additional splitting.

[pastajoe]

My son got me a pair of the new Bauer Ultra Sonic hockey gloves. My old 15 year old gloves had duct tape covering the holes in the palms.

[Broken Ankles]

6 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

I got the Oculus, excited to try that. A kitchenaid professional series mixer. 

 

.... And rogaine for the thinning hair in the back of my head 😂😂😂

I smell Szarlotka in your future. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

11 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:

I smell Szarlotka in your future. 

I mean I did read that thread and it moved a little. 

[Broken Ankles]

We bought our oldest a Karaoke machine. He is 15 and challenged with language due to autism. Seeing him sing, reading the lyrics from the display and his enthusiasm was priceless. His music selection ran the spectrum from Disney classics to Tom Jones “It’s not unusual” and the Go-go’s “We got the beat”. 

[JoeSchmoe]

9 hours ago, Taro T said:

So, what'd ya get that really stands out?

Wifey got me the Blu-ray/CD of the Rush R40 Live from a few years back.  Just about through the 1st set & that was an awesome concert.  Alex & Neil are/were such absolute masters of their craft & Geddy Lee fit them so well.

Sucks that the Professor is gone.

Hope all are having an excellent Christmas & that those that don't celebrate that holiday have a wonderful Holiday themselves.

It's too bad for sure. They were / are one of my top 3 favourites. In my younger days I was good friends with the professor's nephew, but I couldn't care less about Rush then. In my late teens onwards, I caught the bug, but never got to meet the band. 

I think I've listened to Hemispheres 7 or 8 times in the last 2 weeks, with some live All the World's a Stage mixed in there.

After Geddy's voice went though I lost my taste for them live. I don't like that weird falsetto sound he does to help hit the notes he could easily hit in the younger years. Most of the songs I like best are almost fully out of his range now.

Edited December 26, 2021 by JoeSchmoe

[GASabresIUFAN]

Do tickets for Elton John and Tears for Fears count? 

[Doohicksie]

My son and his wife made an absurd amount of food for 6 people. Among the nicest surprise in all of it was they made Gołąbki (Polish stuffed cabbage). I was shocked, and it was pretty good!

[SABRES 0311]

Got the XBOX Series X.  

[Claude Balls]

Wait, yesterday was Christmas? My kids are all over 18 and live all over the place. 

19 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

A kitchenaid professional series mixer. 

When the hell do you have time to cook??

[Stoner]

Read the headlines on SabreSpace.

Nope.

[Wyldnwoody44]

52 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

Wait, yesterday was Christmas? My kids are all over 18 and live all over the place. 

When the hell do you have time to cook??

I cook whenever I'm not at work or out of the US 😂😂

[Stoner]

1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

Read the headlines on SabreSpace.

Nope.

I didn't get a new owner.

[kas23]

Got the scooter attachment for our hoverboard for me, I mean, my son. Turns it into a mini go-cart. 

[Thwomp!]

10 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Do tickets for Elton John and Tears for Fears count? 

Also got Elton John tickets for the lady.  Was a big hit.