So what did ya get for Christmas?

[Clobbersaurus]

I have yet to see the "What did you get for Xmas" thread here today...

I have to admit that I always end up reading them just out of curiosity.

I'll start: I got quite a bit of cold hard cash. With I am turning into a fairly substantial order from the Ben Stoeger Pro Shop. My brother also got me a copy of this. Should be an interesting read.

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Five-Rings-Miyamoto-Musashi/dp/1590309847

[KeeFus]

Sometimes presents come from someone you never expect them from.

Monday I received a text from one of my cousins, essentially asking me to contact his older brother who has a terminal brain tumor. When I called him he told me that what he wanted and wanted me to come by. I left immediately. When I arrived at his home he gave me an old double-barrelled shotgun and a pocket watch.

The old shotgun belonged to my great-grandfather. My cousin had received it in the early 70's from our grandmother with the promise that he would pass it on. He took the shotgun, which had a broken stock, and ordered a blank stock. He them carved it down with a piece of glass.

The pocket watch was taken from a German soldier during WWII by his father who gave it to our grandfather upon his return home. Our grandfather kept it on him until his death. Our grandmother gave it to him with the promise that he would pass it on when it was time. I was very humbled to receive the gifts and they're worth more than any amount of money I could ever receive.

[Luke]

My wife let me buy:

2011 open gun
More 140mm mags
Alpha X holster
Belt
Mag pouches

[blues]

https://s30.postimg.org/8mw3ukc35/smith_Edited.jpg

https://s30.postimg.org/id0v2d4ch/smith3_Edited.jpg

...plus...

250 rounds of 124gr 9mm Speer Gold Dot & 500 rounds of 130gr .38 Spl American Eagle FMJ

AIWB 'J-Frame holster' from Tom / DSG ("soon")

[David S.]

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The wife's dog had better watch out.

[Lost River]

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I am currently getting my toes and fingers, as well as toenails and fingernails painted sparkly by a 3 year old PipSqueak....

[Poconnor]

My wife got me a milt sparks 55BN with shark trim for my colt commander!! She said she ordered it two months ago and told them it was for Christmas and they got it to her just in time. I'll post a pick later

[LittleLebowski]

I got myself a bigger chainsaw (https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?19411-LittleLebowski-s-big-gay-chainsaw-thread&p=531551&viewfull=1#post531551) (64CC) to compliment my 42CC Dolmar 421. A very good friend sent me a Beretta 1301 with the TDG shroud (http://taudevgroup.com/1301/) already installed, JV and I have some skeet shooting planned at the excellent nearby trap range. A few days ago, my children's grandfather visited (http://www.facebook.com/RockyChavez4CA/posts/730643433778046) (two sets of grandkids, not hard to figure out which ones are mine :D) and that was best of all.

My wife and I do not give each other gifts for any formal holiday anniversary/etc and I vastly prefer that. We do the customary gifts for the kids on the regular holidays.

[The Apprentice]

Px4cc mod 2 I just have to wait a little longer to unwrap and candy

[Gray222]

I got to work this morning.

Best present ever!

/s

[rd62]

Quarter Circle 10 Glock Small Frame Lower
WC Ultimate Action Tune Kit for my 92A1
New Range Bag
Morakniv Companion
Funds towards Mike Pannone's Covert Carry Course

[SecondsCount]

Mrs. SC bought me a Magpul Precision Hunter stock for my 223 remage build-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tightgroup/g/rifle/remage700a.jpg

Not sure on the scope just yet, and those rings are a little high.

[43Under]

12589

Under my tree

[breakingtime91]

G19 gen 4
Bunch of clothes
Being able to spend my first Christmas home in six years. Also got to wake up to my sons first Christmas with my entire family, great feeling.

[Kyle Reese]

Spent a wonderful Christmas with family, and got to see my daughter enjoy her gifts and time with her grandparents. Had some truly excellent Hungarian Christmas dishes as well.

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[Gray222]

12589

Under my tree

Good book, On Combat.

If you have not yet done so, make sure you follow up with On, Killing (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316040932/). While there are a few things that were posited which were disproved or widely believed to be not accurate, the core concepts are interesting.

[JAD]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161225/4eab88ac91decdb1ccad83edaf91e311.jpg
Apparently it's time to get the led out.

https://youtu.be/9CPkWtGbWdU

[Lost River]

Mrs. SC bought me a Magpul Precision Hunter stock for my 223 remage build-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tightgroup/g/rifle/remage700a.jpg

Not sure on the scope just yet, and those rings are a little high.

That looks cool!

Did you screw on the Remage yourself? Who is the barrel maker? Didja have to do anything to the receiver?

BTW, that looks like an ideal candidate for an SWFA scope.

[SeriousStudent]

Hugs from my granddaughter.

A refresher with her in building Legos. Today's lesson: Bridges.

Homemade hot chocolate with aforementioned child.

More hugs. Repeat as necessary.

[MistWolf]

A set of snow tires for the Battlestar Victoria and a trip to Kansas to see my brother and his family for Thanksgiving. The tires got us through a Wyoming blizzard and home safely.

My son soloed.

My wife hugged me and wished me a Merry Christmas. The trip to Kansas pretty much ate up our Christmas present money, but it was worth it

[H&KFanNC]

Vortex Crossfire 2 6-18X44 scope, Nikon M-223 mount, Vortex scope cover and assorted t-shirts/sweatshirts.

Best of all, flew my son home from college for the holidays!!


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[MistWolf]

Oops! Double tap. So, I'll add the long, heartfelt conversation I had with an old and dear friend of mine

[CSW]

Armatus sheath for my Esse Izula, their vita EDC micro wallet, 2 mags for my P99, and some well needed sweatshirts.

[LOKNLOD]

Best present? This says it all:
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161225/5138f11837061f59ba453968f93bd1c5.jpg

For me,
Husky mats for the truck
ALS holster
A few small tools
Apple Watch
Couple pairs of boots

Mom made me a coconut cream pie, too.


12581


I was gifted a bottle of the Small Batch version... I'm not really a drinker but I'm gonna try it out :cool:

[Drang]

A couple of sweaters. A travel case for neckties, which I had added to my Amazon Wish List, with an eye to our 25th Anniversary Cruise coming up. (3, count 'em, 3 formal nights!) A pair of cuff links, she felt obligated after "accidentally" buying me dress shirts with french cuffs. (She still insists that it was an accident...)
Prohands grip master, also on wish list. Guess the wish list worked, hope the dingus does, at least to alleviate arthritis...

...And the look on her face when she opened the case with the Ethiopian Opal pendant in it. :cool:

[HCountyGuy]

Boba Fett iHome
New shoes
5.11 gun belt
SRT kit for my P229 (which was way more of a PITA to install than it should have been)
19# Wolff Hammer Spring for the P229

[JDM]

Five pairs of jeans, an Under Armor gift card, some gift certificates to my flight school, and an excellent watch.

[The Apprentice]

Just wait a couple more years my daughter turned 4 around thanksgiving so this was the first christmas where she really knew what was going on. So after a month of hyping it up to see her face this morning was truly priceless.

[RevolverRob]

Bought for myself 2xHK P30 LEMs in 9mm
Socks that say,, "Fuck those who block your way."
A couple of T-shirts from Neiman Marcus
A custom pen with a wooden insert made from a reclaimed stave of a whiskey barrel from the Jack Daniels distillery. Also a pen holder made from the same barrel.
A pair of Weber 34-ICT carburetors for my Sunbeam Alpine.
Iphone 7-Plus - Upgrade!

But the best gifts of all - To see my two oldest nephews, 7 and 5, open their presents, in Texas. A 70-degree partly sunny Christmas day. A dinner with my family, including my uncle who on this day last year was in a coma...A road trip with my wife. A visit with her family. And some time to sit and reflect on the wants and needs of myself and the many.

[Sadmin]

Best present? This says it all:
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161225/5138f11837061f59ba453968f93bd1c5.jpg

For me,
Husky mats for the truck
ALS holster
A few small tools
Apple Watch
Couple pairs of boots

Mom made me a coconut cream pie, too.



I was gifted a bottle of the Small Batch version... I'm not really a drinker but I'm gonna try it out :cool:
Put that dream house together last year...
"Some assembly required" sheesh.. took over an hour.

Merry Christmas!

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[Rex G]

I got Christmas Eve and Christmas morning to be during my weekend, and, thankfully, New Year's Eve will also fall on one of my regular nights off from work. I work night shift police patrol, and find Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve to be particularly long, hard nights to be on duty.

I bought a Nikon Df camera recently, which could be construed to be a Christmas gift to myself.

The family presented me with some minor things, a box of candy, and some fancy honey; I use honey to sweeten my tea and coffee.

My first grandbaby is due on New Year's Eve, so my best Christmas gift was to hear that all is still going very well.

It has been a good weekend. I will suit-up for night shift patrol in about three hours, to close the evening with a night shift, until almost dawn. Tomorrow being a holiday for many folks, things could be really stupid. Sigh.

[peterb]

A set of JIS screwdrivers, because Phillips aren't the same, and Shimano bike stuff has lots of tiny screws.
Tool tray for the work stand
Electronic earmuffs
Sweater

I got to make breakfast for my mom.
I got a lot of smiles from my wife.

[imp1295]

The family really surprised me with this today!http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161226/cb136021fa3d14002154fc0d9bd6a64b.jpg


Sent from my brain housing group.

[backtrail540]

A DSG claw aiwb in toxic green with both the soft loops and the clip

A Southern Grind jackal pup in black with jade scales, which will eventually go to Tom for some sheaths

[11B10]

Sometimes presents come from someone you never expect them from.

Monday I received a text from one of my cousins, essentially asking me to contact his older brother who has a terminal brain tumor. When I called him he told me that what he wanted and wanted me to come by. I left immediately. When I arrived at his home he gave me an old double-barrelled shotgun and a pocket watch.

The old shotgun belonged to my great-grandfather. My cousin had received it in the early 70's from our grandmother with the promise that he would pass it on. He took the shotgun, which had a broken stock, and ordered a blank stock. He them carved it down with a piece of glass.

The pocket watch was taken from a German soldier during WWII by his father who gave it to our grandfather upon his return home. Our grandfather kept it on him until his death. Our grandmother gave it to him with the promise that he would pass it on when it was time. I was very humbled to receive the gifts and they're worth more than any amount of money I could ever receive.



"Carved it down with a piece of glass?" Do you think there was some heart and soul in that one? KeeFus - great stuff, thanks for sharing.

[11B10]

Best present? This says it all:
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161225/5138f11837061f59ba453968f93bd1c5.jpg

For me,
Husky mats for the truck
ALS holster
A few small tools
Apple Watch
Couple pairs of boots

Mom made me a coconut cream pie, too.



I was gifted a bottle of the Small Batch version... I'm not really a drinker but I'm gonna try it out :cool:




LOKNLOD - you certainly made MY Christmas better. Due to scheduling beyond my control, I don't see my almost two year old granddaughter until tomorrow, but seeing your picture sure gave me a nice preview. Thanks!

[Poconnor]

A pair for retirement. A stainless colt Wiley clapp combat commander for shooting and a lightweight Wiley clapp commander with crimson trace for carry. A milt sparks IWB and my wife's gift; milt sparks 55BN.

[FrankinCA]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161225/4eab88ac91decdb1ccad83edaf91e311.jpg
Apparently it's time to get the led out.

https://youtu.be/9CPkWtGbWdU

My Man, you have good taste. I downloaded that on I tunes.

[Colt191145lover]

My 5 year old daughter picked this shirt out for me. She knows my favorite Captains! 12602

[Paul D]

1. A very complex origami object made by my son.
2. A mug with a painted picture a giraffe (her fav animal) done by my daughter.
3. A tabletop breakfast sandwich griller/maker from my wife.
4. A PTR 91 GI R from Santa.

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[orionz06]

Anova Wifi Sous Vide
Olympic plate rack
Xbox One S and Ride (motorcycle game that has my bike in it)
A mini gnome terrarium
Steelers gnomes
And a Steelers victory.


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[YVK]

An all day pass for a snow shoeing in a waist deep snow at about 8000 feet. I lasted about an hour.

[KeeFus]

"Carved it down with a piece of glass?" Do you think there was some heart and soul in that one? KeeFus

Yup! They were dirt poor. His dad, who brought back the pocket watch, was severely wounded and almost died but his buddy wouldn't leave him. When he got straightened out he was on permanent disability and being that it was the 40's the benefits probably weren't that great. Anyway, my cousin learned how to work wood with his hands. The house he lives in he built himself over the course of a year.

[Lon]

An Apple Watch and a new Keurig.

[Kanati]

First and foremost, both kids are home on leave; one from Ft Carson, the other from Grand Forks AFB. That's the Christmas win right there. Gen 4 G19's played a major role in the "stuff" category; I gave one to my son, and will be getting a second for me from me this week. Also on the stuff side, I got an Amazon Echo, a new Lazboy executive chair for my office / mess room, and a shot timer (CED7000).

[LittleLebowski]

Mrs. SC bought me a Magpul Precision Hunter stock for my 223 remage build-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tightgroup/g/rifle/remage700a.jpg

Not sure on the scope just yet, and those rings are a little high.

Slick build. Is there a thread on it?

[Hambo]

My wife was scheduled to work but got the day off, which was the best thing. One standout gift was The History of Modern US Military Small Arms Ammunition Vol. I. Most people wouldn't dig it, but I'm a geek for technical and historical stuff like that.

[Cory]

My son's first Christmas. Time with family, dinner.

It was a great Christmas. Possibly the greatest one i've ever had.

-Cory

[okie john]

My kid is home from college and we got to hang out, which was priceless. My fiancee had her left hip replaced ten days ago (after having had the right one replaced in August), so her daughter and the daughter's fiance showed up at the house with an incredible Christmas dinner and left a boatload of leftovers behind, both of which were also priceless.

Tangible loot included a new daypack for hunting trips, a thermos, a copy of Relentless Strike, and some particularly useful clothing items.

After years of disappointment and/or incorrect thread sizes, I have learned to buy my own Christmas presents all year long. This year, that included a mess of 30-06 and 338 WM factory ammo, a right proper set of gunsmith's screwdrivers, and a Wheeler torque wrench.


Okie John

[backtrail540]

The goods


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[cosine]

My son's first Christmas. Time with family, dinner.

It was a great Christmas. Possibly the greatest one i've ever had.

-Cory

This. All this.

It was my daughter's first. She's 11.5 months old. All her aunts, uncles, grandparents, and most of her great-grandparents were over at our house for the day. It was priceless.

[MolonLabe416]

Kelly and I headed to Mississippi for the family Christmas. It was her first time there. About 30 family members on scene. Got to spend time with my dad, son, and grandsons.

I received a DW Valor stainless commander and a couple of bottles of very good wine along with a few baubles.

The trip was the best as time and distance conspire to keep me from seeing my family but once or twice year.

Here's to a health and prosperous new year to all of us and confusing to our enemies.

Cheers!

[orionz06]

The goods


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Those Southern Grind knives are pretty cool. Not sure how much you follow but Kyle Defoor got to go backstage with ZB and had a few posts indicating that Zac is into a lot of what we are. I had a customer send one in a while back and regret not buying one sooner.

[backtrail540]

I'll have mine coming your way soon. I do recall the post, both yours with the jp and the one from d4 where zac gave him the folder. I wanted one the day they dropped but knowing Zac is a cool dude who is into our world makes it even better. I like it a lot so far as well as the holster.

[Matt O]

This was my daughter's second Christmas, but now that she's (just a couple days shy of) 17 months old, it was a ton of fun. She makes my world go 'round.

12634

I was happiest just to spend time among family, but I did get a few gifts I was pretty tickled about. I got another (more comfortable) treestand which my ass should appreciate on those long rut hunts, along with a surprise matching set of Realtree sweatshirts for my daughter and I that my impending brother-in-law gave us. My wife and I are also expecting a son in a little less than 6 months, so I'm looking forward to passing on the sweatshirts and hunt tradition to both son and daughter in the coming years.

[Grey]

No gifts this year, just white elephant silliness and a bunch of stuff for nieces and nephews, family donates to a charity rather than giving each other stuff.

[DMF13]

#1 by a long shot: Watching the kids talk to Santa on Christmas Eve (with a big thank you to the mall Santa who pretended to understand the kid with a speech problem), and then watching each kid play with the one special gift "Santa" brought that they really, really, really wanted.

Much less important, but very nice, a new range bag, a new red pouch to clip to the aforementioned bag (to hold my range trauma kit), and a Kindle Fire HD8 (to replace the old original HD8.9 I had).

[LockedBreech]

I paid off a credit card *blows kazoo*




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[TGS]

I got a bunch of cool stuff.

I also got a knockoff Oculus VR headset thingie. I played a game for 5 minutes in it and got so fucking insanely motion sick that I was down for 2 hours afterwards.

I haven't found a game that is as fun as the real Oculus, either.

[rauchman]

Aside from good health for my family and friends (2 friends had their fathers die in the past week and another's is really close to death), best present I got was awareness and inspiration....

I play guitar and write music and have been in a rut lately. Getting ready for Christmas Eve, was waiting for the wife to get ready. Was on Youtube and plugged in "great acoustic guitar".

If you are at all into some great guitar playing, check out the following.

Andy McKee - Drifting
Estas Tonne - Song of the Golden Dragon
Ewan Dobson - Time 2
Tobias Rausch - Still Awake
....and a ton of others

Really opened my eyes to some new techniques that are evolving for the acoustic. Really brought home.....I need to practice A LOT more and embrace, incorporate and rauchmanify some of the newness out there. I'll get there...

Thanks Youtube Claus....

[John Hearne]

My contention for the most adult of Christmas presents:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51s5qOpziPL._SY355_.jpg

Fitbit Aria

[Sadmin]

We are a single income house; so I dont let my wife buy me things since I will just treat myself. She still gets me a couple things like the annual LL Bean house shoe re-up, robe, etc.
I did treat myself to new computer crap since I am a 37 yo dork still pwning noobs on BF4 once a week. I also got some new Steyr M9 mags, an auto knife, and flashlight...cause I need a flashlight every 6 months apparently.

One of the random things we got as a gift that is pretty cool is this: (its a portable steamer...) It actually works really well.
https://www.amazon.com/Rowenta-Compact-Garment-Operated-1550-Watt/dp/B00J1ZGYR8/ref=sr_1_14?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1482855801&sr=1-14&keywords=rowenta&refinements=p_89%3ARowenta

But like the other dads.. all I need is these 2 knuckleheads and to keep them smiling and safe. Took them on the Polar Express again.

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Hope everyones best of 2016 is the worst of 2017! Im looking forward to next year, I am finally going to enroll in a local BJJ gym and my oldest may join as well...we are gaging her interest with YT videos.

[LockedBreech]

I did treat myself to new computer crap since I am a 37 yo dork still pwning noobs on BF4 once a week.

I am 28, almost 29, and did a $2,000 build last year. My first since I was 13. Even a year and a half later, it still absolutely kicks ass, most games at high-ultra settings, even the intense ones at medium-high, all which blow my Xbox One (which I still enjoy for some shooters) out of the water with liquid 60-120 FPS.

PC gaming for LIFE.

[Sadmin]

I am 28, almost 29, and did a $2,000 build last year. My first since I was 13. Even a year and a half later, it still absolutely kicks ass, most games at high-ultra settings, even the intense ones at medium-high, all which blow my Xbox One (which I still enjoy for some shooters) out of the water with liquid 60-120 FPS.

PC gaming for LIFE.

Awesome! yea, I went with a 6600k build and a gtx1070.. I think Ill give BF1 a shot.

[Maple Syrup Actual]

We traditionally do small gift exchanges although what usually ends up happening is I participate in the small gift exchange but shower my wife with big money presents for her birthday.

So far my favourite is this:

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My wife designed it to replace the factory logos on my boat, which is built buy a local company called Double Eagle. Their factory logos are just kind of boring.

And then a friend with a machine shop asked if I wanted some billet aluminum badging for the thing because he can cut the design easily. So, the boat should be getting a lot cooler in 2017.


Downside: Now I want it tattooed on my neck, anchors on my throat and wings reaching up under my ears. But I really should not do that.

[orionz06]

My contention for the most adult of Christmas presents:

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Fitbit Aria
I got the Withings one a few weeks back and they're pretty awesome.


We traditionally do small gift exchanges although what usually ends up happening is I participate in the small gift exchange but shower my wife with big money presents for her birthday.

So far my favourite is this:

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My wife designed it to replace the factory logos on my boat, which is built buy a local company called Double Eagle. Their factory logos are just kind of boring.

And then a friend with a machine shop asked if I wanted some billet aluminum badging for the thing because he can cut the design easily. So, the boat should be getting a lot cooler in 2017.


Downside: Now I want it tattooed on my neck, anchors on my throat and wings reaching up under my ears. But I really should not do that.


First thing I thought was tattoo. Without having met you it screams to be a tattoo that you'd have.

[98z28]

I got to watch my kids take in their first Disney World experience. They are 12, 9, and 6. Given their ages, we went all in on the cheese. It was totally worth it. We did the whole "surprise reveal" thing. They each got to open a present early: a new suitcase. Yay, right? Inside each suitcase was a stuffed Mickey Mouse (Minnie for the little girl) wearing a t-shirt that said "I'm gong to Disney World!" and a magic band. Each suitcase also had a Delta boarding pass inside. The flight was for the following morning.

Here they are looking at the suitcases and thinking, "This is cool, but what the heck is going on?":

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Here's when they figure it out:

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First day in the parks. I told you we went full on with the cheese - matching shirts and everything. Don't judge. It was for the kids ;)

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Desert party on Tomorrowland Terrace where we took in the "Wishes" fireworks show. So Awesome.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/stelks98z28/Post/IMG_20161221_212218_zpsjv4dhrip.jpg (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/stelks98z28/media/Post/IMG_20161221_212218_zpsjv4dhrip.jpg.html)

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/stelks98z28/Post/SJS_001816%201_zpseff84jbz.jpg (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/stelks98z28/media/Post/SJS_001816%201_zpseff84jbz.jpg.html)

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd128/stelks98z28/Post/SJS_001738_zps5nmsowpz.jpg (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/stelks98z28/media/Post/SJS_001738_zps5nmsowpz.jpg.html)


My oldest doing his best Atlas Shrugged with Spaceship Earth:

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Middle son being his crazy self:

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My little girl got to meet every princess, including her current favorite, Elena. The kids' amazement throughout the trip was fantastic. Minds were blown several times over.

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Last day in the parks. We went for six days and hit it hard. We were up at 6am for breakfast and in the parks until 9:30pm or later for six days straight. We were beat, but we got to see everything the kids wanted to see. Next time around we can be a bit more selective. I'm glad we can say we did Disney World over Christmas, but we will never do it again. WAY too many people, but we knew that going in and planned accordingly. Lots of breaks throughout the day.

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[LOKNLOD]

well-done Disney stuff

Nice work. We did a similar trip a couple years back (summer, not Christmas) - it seems stupid but it is a blast. T-shirts and all. We have a similar pic when our littlest met her fav (Cinderella) and they had a special moment. She still talks about "remember when Cinderella kissed me on the nose!". I'm a grump about travel but the whole place is pretty magical.

[LockedBreech]

Man, you guys did Disney right. You can't take a trip like that acting too cool for it. Gotta go nuts or not at all.


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[98z28]

Thanks guys. I went in skeptical, but it really was a blast. Glad we did it.

Had some gadgets waiting on me when we got back, so this was officially the best Christmas ever. :cool:

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[drjaydvm]

Two new rifles, and a nice Oris watch that was a surprise http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161230/7c16024fb95ae10435d9d0805128bd77.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161230/85f49b097b807c59372eb429242ee25a.jpg

[Luke]

Man. Last two contributors be ballin!

[TR675]

Getting to watch my 21 mo old run around the tree opening stuff for four days (he got excited about the first few toys so we saved the rest and parceled them out) and exclaiming "WOW!" regardless of what he got was fun.


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[NickA]

Nice work. We did a similar trip a couple years back (summer, not Christmas) - it seems stupid but it is a blast. T-shirts and all. We have a similar pic when our littlest met her fav (Cinderella) and they had a special moment. She still talks about "remember when Cinderella kissed me on the nose!". I'm a grump about travel but the whole place is pretty magical.
+1 on Disney, love it or hate it, they do everything right. I never thought of being a Disney princess as a hard gig, but they train for months before getting to deal with the public. Makes sense when you think about it- they have to be "on" the whole time, no matter what. Including stuff like terminally ill children wishing to get well. I can't imagine keeping it together through that.
We took my daughter when she was 4 or 5, need to go back now that she's 9.

[Kyle Reese]

Taurus Judge and corresponding SERPA holster for it.

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[hiro]

We're not big on Christmas but FedEx just dropped a care package from my wife's family back in SoCal and this made us laugh so I thought I'd share:

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[Poconnor]

My wife is crazy about Disney and I think it's a great vacation for the family

[John Hearne]

This wasn't really a Christmas present but it made me damn happy:
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[SeriousStudent]

A Christmas present to myself:

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A free (to me) 342 scandium/titanium no-lock J-frame. I shot it today for the first time. The recoil is noticeable, but manageable. I'm going to try and score another one someplace.

And because Darryl is such an enabler, I'm going to have to find some nice wood for it.

[Duelist]

The Frank Hamer biography, some new Converse All-Stars, a Rubik's Cube, a Brittany Spaniel calendar to hang up in my classroom, and I got myself a TLR1s to put on the rail on my SP2022.

[FNFAN]

New skins for the Tacoma and a no-lock 642!

[RoyGBiv]

Late to the thread, but finally got around to installing the TLR-4 my wife bought me for Christmas... Need to zero the laser at the range this week.
.... What's the chance the zero will be the same for both P2KSK's? No previous experience with a laser.

It was a Christmas of lights here... in addition to the TLR-4, I got an Olight-S2 (for EDC) and a Streamlight MicroStream.

The Olight is my first non-tail-clicky light. I like it a LOT. Hold the button to change brightness and no futzing around with any surprises at startup. Easy.
The micro went straight to my center console, where I've found the tiny light very handy, as expected.

[TDA]

Vickers book. Love it.

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