shadowdorothy, sorry to hear Christmas time brings up bad memories. However, I've had some bad things happen at Christmas time so I understand, too. You got a Wii? Well, that's a good Christmas memory...

Hopefully, there will be many more happy times...
As for me, I got some cool clothes, nice dress shoes, dvds (1 a real classic), a car gadget, The Orange Box (video games), and a Best Buy card

. Way cool, but I needed to buy two "Christmas gifts" for my PC (parts) to play the Orange Box stuff...
Bllue's right about the over-commercialization. It really annoys me anymore. I try not to get wrapped up in all that stuff. Usually, I try to get one or two fun and/or funny gifts for each person, and one for charity. (I don't know who, but some lucky 13-year-old got himself a Transformers movie...

) Plus, I try to be a little more helpful to others even though I'm usually pretty helpful...
I have to admit, I did get a little frustrated shopping this year. We were spending Christmas away from home, and the planning/traveling plus my college studies took away my ability to shop during "the guy week" - the week before Christmas when stores lower prices a final time so procrastinating guys like me can finish our gift shopping.

However, I pulled through and it did turned out to be a fun Christmas for everyone. I already miss it...