Your Christmas Gifts

[Nardole]

I know we have the Merry Christmas thread but I thought be nice to have a thread for specifically gifts and what you got for Christmas.

[DarthGallifrey]

I think most people so far have been putting those in the New deliveries thread. But it’s still a nice idea.

[DontBlink]

I got The Giggle novelisation, Made of Steel, Autonomy, Origins, pin badges of Sil and ‘Change, my dear!’, TARDIS socks, TARDIS T-shirt, oh, and the amazing Fifteen and Ruby figures (online exclusive versions).

[DarthGallifrey]

Here’s my Who Christmas haul:

[DontBlink]

Is that what the Collections look like in the US?

[DarthGallifrey]

Yeah. It’s not “Season X”, it’s “Doctor Actor: Season X”. So Season 17 (the season I got) is Tom Baker: Season 6.

[DontBlink]

That’s interesting, I didn’t know they looked like that.

[ItsR0b0tNinja]

I’ve not got any yet. I may get some when visiting family after work tomorrow.

[SweetAIBelle]

The Doctor Who: Classic channel gave me a copy of “The Evil of the Daleks”…

[teslapunk3327]

My dad just gave me money with the specific obligation to spend it on Big Finish lol

[DarthGallifrey]

I also got a $25 Visa Gift Card. Debating what to get with it, whether to put towards Big Finish or maybe another Collection set or a book. The problem is I’m not entirely sure how to use it AND my Debit Card if my order exceeds the $25.

[turlough]

A lot of books for me this year, including Prisoner of the Daleks, The Book of the Enemy and Weapons Grade Snake Oil (faction paradox), as well as a fair bit of money which will most likely all go to pre-ordering Big Finishes January releases

[The9thCyberLegion]

Lots of books (Not limited just to Doctor Who)
The Starter Set and Rulebook for the Second Edition of Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game
Looooooots of Big Finish
The Taskmaster Boardgame
Taskmaster VR

[deltaandthebannermen]

[shauny]

I didn’t get any Who-related Christmas gifts, and have only ever received about 2 of them in my life.

I think it’s a combination of:

• Not-we’s don’t have a clue what to buy or what I might like
• They don’t know if I already have it or not

How do you get non-fans to buy you stuff? Do you just make a list for them?

[deltaandthebannermen]

Obviously there’s a list!

[DarthGallifrey]

Yeah, I provide a list. But then again, I’ve always provided a list.

[shauny]

I get how providing a list is very useful, it can prevent disappointment, and make Christmas go really smoothly… but…

I kinda think it takes away some of the magic of receiving gifts if you already know what it will be.

You may as well just buy yourself the gift lol.

Is it any surprise that in our household we don’t really do gifts, just little things like smellies and candles, and we only give gifts to the young ones (which are surprises!)

[DarthGallifrey]

I’ve always provided a list, but I also know that I’m probably only getting one or two of the things on it. So for me, the surprise is discovering which items on the list I’m actually getting.

[SweetAIBelle]

Don’t have a list, but don’t have presents either.

Historically, I am rather difficult to shop for, because I tend to already have a lot of the stuff I’m interested in.