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So, whadja get? 
I admit I'm not as "needy" as I was when I was a kid (well, at Christmas, anyway
) and I buy myself stuff all year long, so I go all out on my parents at Christmas.
I bought them a new RCA 52" big screen (WalMart - $894) to replace their older Zenith 52" that crapped out twice in one month. I got it just before Thanksgiving, because I knew they'd be gone on Black Friday - sure enough, even the display model was gone the day after T-Day
Couldn't wrap it, of course, so it was an early Christmas present.
I also got them both a VCR/DVD recorder combo (that's what they're getting today). Originally, I had picked up a DVD recorder for my Dad, and my Mom was going to pay me back for that since she couldn't think of anything to get him (like me, he's a computer nerd with specific tastes) but when they went shopping, he picked out a Printer/Fax/all-in-one thing, so she had me take the DVD thing back (she hadn't paid me for it yet, and he didn't see it).
That worked out great, because they didn't get the DVD/VCR combos until AFTER I got the DVD recorder, and I wanted to get one for my Mom anyway (she's got hours of VHS tapes of the news broadcasts from the September 11th stuff she's been wanting me to put on DVD for her), so once I was able to return the other DVD recorder, I went straight for the combos
The beauty of it is, they don't know they're getting them
I also got my Mom some movies she's been wanting - Ice Age:Meltdown, Cars, Fox and the Hound (original, not that new crap), and the Godzilla box set (with the original Gojira!).
I got my Dad a couple of lightweight jackets he can wear when he's doing stuff in the yard, and a throw thing so he can snooze in his recliner without freezing to death
So, what'd everybody else get?
I admit I'm not as "needy" as I was when I was a kid (well, at Christmas, anyway
) and I buy myself stuff all year long, so I go all out on my parents at Christmas. I bought them a new RCA 52" big screen (WalMart - $894) to replace their older Zenith 52" that crapped out twice in one month. I got it just before Thanksgiving, because I knew they'd be gone on Black Friday - sure enough, even the display model was gone the day after T-Day
Couldn't wrap it, of course, so it was an early Christmas present.
I also got them both a VCR/DVD recorder combo (that's what they're getting today). Originally, I had picked up a DVD recorder for my Dad, and my Mom was going to pay me back for that since she couldn't think of anything to get him (like me, he's a computer nerd with specific tastes
) but when they went shopping, he picked out a Printer/Fax/all-in-one thing, so she had me take the DVD thing back (she hadn't paid me for it yet, and he didn't see it).That worked out great, because they didn't get the DVD/VCR combos until AFTER I got the DVD recorder, and I wanted to get one for my Mom anyway (she's got hours of VHS tapes of the news broadcasts from the September 11th stuff she's been wanting me to put on DVD for her), so once I was able to return the other DVD recorder, I went straight for the combos
The beauty of it is, they don't know they're getting them
I also got my Mom some movies she's been wanting - Ice Age:Meltdown, Cars, Fox and the Hound (original, not that new crap), and the Godzilla box set (with the original Gojira!).
I got my Dad a couple of lightweight jackets he can wear when he's doing stuff in the yard, and a throw thing so he can snooze in his recliner without freezing to death
So, what'd everybody else get?
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