So what did everyone get for Xmas then? :D

Wow guys! Can't believe what everyone got, sounds like you all had a lovely day :) First time I've ever seen my mum drunk on Christmas day!! I got a Joules polo shirt, a new saddle bag, some socks, some lovely pjs, chocolates, £60, some new Dubarry Galways seen as though the others have about had it! From various people :) And the most gorgeous butterfly wing necklace from my boyfriend, every time you look at it it looks different, so iridescent and set in sterling silver! Major love: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151264244816107&l=70d4b9ca0e
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Very lucky girl right here :)
 
Its funny i normally read these threads feeling a bit green round the gills but this year i am more than greatfull for what i did get.
My lovely oh got me a gilet and fluffy head band, my dad gave me some money to spend at Olympia which i got a nice leather headcollar and saddle cloth from Equiport.
What was more touching was the 2 pictures in frames i got from my sister, one of my mum and one of my dad.
My mum died 2 weeks ago and my dad is also very ill, to me those pictures of them in happier times are priceless.
I dont mean to put a dampner on what people get but when you read things like this i know all the gifts in the world will never be what i truely want which is my mum to be alive and a my dad to be better.
As long as people appreciate what they got then i guess it doesnt matter how much of it there was and the cost. :)
 
Some very lucky people out there, I'm green eyed :D

Mind you, I did pretty well this year, it's my birthday next week so I had a pair of Konigs as joint present:) Well, Mum and Dad bought one boot, my credit card bought the other ;) I've been wearing them for 2 weeks already though so there wasn't anything to open yesterday apart from a chocolate orange:o Did mean that they were finally broken in for my Christmas day ride, I'm thrilled with them and never want to ride in anything else now :eek:

(Not a present but I won a saddle in the autumn and that was delivered 2 weeks ago , so it's been a pretty awesome month all round - Thanks to Horse mag!:D:D:D:D:cool:)

ETA sorry to hear about your parents, Vam :( My folks are only on holiday at the moment but I'm missing them over xmas, can't imagine how you must feel x
 
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Vam so sorry to hear about your mum. After loosing a few friends and family members recently myself I can appreciate it makes you realise there is actually no greater gift than being in the company of those you love.
 
Bigbenji said:
Vam so sorry to hear about your mum. After loosing a few friends and family members recently myself I can appreciate it makes you realise there is actually no greater gift than being in the company of those you love.
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Hear hear! My father said he would have been happy with no presents at all as nothing meant more to him than having all the family together. :) Life is so precious and my mantra for 2013 will be to live each day like it's your last. I'll raise a glass to those not with us, the hole they have left can never be filled.
 
Baydale said:
Hear hear! My father said he would have been happy with no presents at all as nothing meant more to him than having all the family together. :) Life is so precious and my mantra for 2013 will be to live each day like it's your last. I'll raise a glass to those not with us, the hole they have left can never be filled.
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Very well said Baydale :)
 
I was spoilt this year. Up at 7 to open pressies before horsey :D

Black Dubarrys, silver horse bit bracelet, ted baker bag, tweed hat and wasit coat, Mary King joules coat, stable door sign, pandora charms, MAC make up, a lovely pen and socks!

chuffed to bits :)

some of you got lovely presents!
 
Vam - so sorry to hear your news.

Also a bit flabbergasted by some of the gifts! I thought I was pretty spoilt to get a radio for my landy for OH, eskadron saddlecloth, laptop bag and pikeur hoodie from my mum, a lovely gillet from my step dad, and am hoping for a new gatehouse hat from my dad :)
 
Wow!!! Some people are very very lucky!!!

I got a "Game of Thrones" box set.
A couple of books.
Cosy PJ's.
£40 of gift vouchers for a local tack shop.
Perfume.
And a Schockemohle Kentucky bridle which hasn't arrived yet tho my friend gave me her staff discount off of it :)
 
vam said:
Its funny i normally read these threads feeling a bit green round the gills but this year i am more than greatfull for what i did get.
My lovely oh got me a gilet and fluffy head band, my dad gave me some money to spend at Olympia which i got a nice leather headcollar and saddle cloth from Equiport.
What was more touching was the 2 pictures in frames i got from my sister, one of my mum and one of my dad.
My mum died 2 weeks ago and my dad is also very ill, to me those pictures of them in happier times are priceless.
I dont mean to put a dampner on what people get but when you read things like this i know all the gifts in the world will never be what i truely want which is my mum to be alive and a my dad to be better.
As long as people appreciate what they got then i guess it doesnt matter how much of it there was and the cost. :)
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So sorry to hear that Vam :(
 
Sorry to hear about your loss Vam, really hope your dad is on the mend asap.

I have been spoilt as usual.
From OH: a dress (picked myself), joules jacket, 2 zippo hand warmers, socks, ipad case and a little crystal bear.
From parents: can't list all as mother seems to think we're still young and need millions of presents to unwrap (then says she needs to cut back next year before going mad again) but main ones were a bag, a leather jacket, a watch, some mint velvet clothing and some kind of cooking machine that will be passed over to OH as I can't cook at all but will enjoy the results.
From sister: red leather boots, a ted baker top and a meercat mug (love them!).
 
Vam we had our first Christmas without my Nin, I did get a lovely present from my mum ( my little donk) and my OH is getting me some fencing tomorrow for my paddock. I was happy enough just to have a bit of time to spend with my animals :-) it isn't all about extravagant presents, sometimes it's the little things that mean the most
 
Very sorry to hear your news, vam. It can be very hard to be missing people and sad when everyone is telling you to be cheery and that what matters is how much money people spend on you.

Funny though, as you say it gives you perspective. It never occurs to me to be jealous of these lists because nothing I want comes in a box and the thing I want most, I will never get.

There are a lot of lucky people here, not just because they got lots of shiny stuff, but because they live lives where that sort of thing is possible. Quite honestly, given the way of the world, I'm a bit surprised some people don't feel a bit more reticent about their good fortune. But it's nice to be lucky, as I well know! :)

I hope your dad does okay, vam, and 2013 brings your family a better year.
 
xRobyn said:
Sheesh!! Some people get more than I've had in a lifetime.

I asked for a hi viz jacket to make hacking safer. Got it. Chuffed. Couldn't have asked for more.

I've also ended the year with a brand spanking new boyfriend who is a total sweetheart and who I like a lot :D
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Love this. Hope you have a fantastic 2013 with him.
 
Sorry for your loss Vam. Thoughts are with you and your family.

TBH threads like this make me mad not jealous. They usually start light hearted and then end up being crass. No matter who got what there will always be someone who got/has more (but has more class than to post about it) and someone who got/has less.

My birthday is just before xmas and I was extremely lucky with material presents on both occasions but my 'best' gift was turning my sound horse out for the first time in 13 wks after my last vets wrote him off. It may be selfish but what made me feel good this year was that I was in a fortunate position to make a charitable donation to an organization who's recipients needed the money more than me.

I don't begrudge anyone anything but perhaps some tact wouldn't go amiss when replying on threads of this ilk.
 
I got a hit air jacket with lanyard for saddle and my motorbike along with 5 spare canisters

A white gold affa expensive braclet

Zoom lense for my SLR

Veredus vento tendon & fetlock boots

Veredus saddle pad and fly veil

Socks, bath stuff, oil painting, another framed picture, exercise set thing, purfume, chocs.

Chufties
 
I think it's really nice to hear that people have been spoilt on Christmas, and to think that for the most part everyone has had happy days with loved ones. I'm on the wrong side of the world and my favourite gift was that I got to chat to my family at home over Skype in the evening and wave at them.
 
Ooo I forgot I also got a Acavallo Lambskin Half Pad In brown and the acavallo seat saver to match it for my saddle. My birthday is 28th so all my stuff is kinda for both Xmas and birthday but my hubby taking me away tomorrow for 4 nights to a remote Scottish cottage on the side of a loch with our dogs, to just chill out and do some walking and spend some time away from everything so looking forward to that.
 
Vam- sorry to hear about your loss :(

Some family friends had their first Christmas without their mum this year, she passed away in January from Cancer. The kids are still pretty young so they decided to have a fresh start and move into our street a month or so ago... So to help them we decided Xmas should be mixed up and a bit different for them. So they came down to ours for breakfast and I took Dash over to the house and they all had a walk up the road on him and fed him carrots and fussed etc. Helped take their minds off the initial 'My mums not here to open presents with'
 
TPO said:
Sorry for your loss Vam. Thoughts are with you and your family.

TBH threads like this make me mad not jealous. They usually start light hearted and then end up being crass. No matter who got what there will always be someone who got/has more (but has more class than to post about it) and someone who got/has less.

My birthday is just before xmas and I was extremely lucky with material presents on both occasions but my 'best' gift was turning my sound horse out for the first time in 13 wks after my last vets wrote him off. It may be selfish but what made me feel good this year was that I was in a fortunate position to make a charitable donation to an organization who's recipients needed the money more than me.

I don't begrudge anyone anything but perhaps some tact wouldn't go amiss when replying on threads of this ilk.
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i dont think anyone is trying to be crass or tactless, and im so so sorry to hear Vam's news :(

the whole point of the thread is just curiousity isnt it, i love hearing what people got, and obviously lots of other HHO's also like to compare, i dont think anyone is trying to *better* anyone else or trying to make anyone jealous but i also dont think people need to be shy about what they got given/gave to others.......the people that spoilt them probably work all the hours god sends and have made many sacrifices along the way to be in a postion that they can now afford spoil the people they love and no one should be made to feel ashamed of that. Good luck is down to hard work usually, not many people have it all without putting that hard work in :)
 
Dont think anyone I trying to out do people, more of a case of sharing what people got!

I dont think it matters if you had a box of chocolates or valegro under the Xmas tree as long as u had a great day.

My favourite part of Xmas is seeing people enjoy themselves and that doesn't matter what you did or didn't get!

Love this thread but seen loads of cool stuff that has been added to birthday list!
 
Prince33Sp4rkle said:
i dont think anyone is trying to be crass or tactless, and im so so sorry to hear Vam's news :(

the whole point of the thread is just curiousity isnt it, i love hearing what people got, and obviously lots of other HHO's also like to compare, i dont think anyone is trying to *better* anyone else or trying to make anyone jealous but i also dont think people need to be shy about what they got given/gave to others.......the people that spoilt them probably work all the hours god sends and have made many sacrifices along the way to be in a postion that they can now afford spoil the people they love and no one should be made to feel ashamed of that. Good luck is down to hard work usually, not many people have it all without putting that hard work in :)
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This... There are people on here who probably had 10x the money spent on them than I did, but I'm not jealous. The fact they have come on here, told us, and then acknowledged that they have been very lucky people is more than enough to know they appreciated what they got. Some people save all year to spoil loved ones at Christmas, and is no reflection on how people live for the rest of the year.

Some of the presents people have listed on here I could only dream of receiving, but TBH I get much more satisfaction out of buying big things myself.

I'm one of those silly people who was almost in tears because her OH picked good presents all by himself, without any help, and sourced them by himself too. Silly, I know, but that is what means the most to me.

I'm sure everyone appreciated the thought that went into their presents, no matter how big or small.

The other thing I appreciated most, is my wee Mum, noticing I had borrowed a stock pin for my last dressage test, and deciding she wanted to buy me one. Not only did she do that, but she also checked the BD rule book all by herself to see if there were any restrictions on colours etc, and then phoned BD herself to double check. I was over the moon, and it was beautiful with little blue stones.

My mum doesn't know the first thing about competing!
 
Jenni_ said:
Vam- sorry to hear about your loss :(

Some family friends had their first Christmas without their mum this year, she passed away in January from Cancer. The kids are still pretty young so they decided to have a fresh start and move into our street a month or so ago... So to help them we decided Xmas should be mixed up and a bit different for them. So they came down to ours for breakfast and I took Dash over to the house and they all had a walk up the road on him and fed him carrots and fussed etc. Helped take their minds off the initial 'My mums not here to open presents with'
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Thats a really lovely thought Jenni :)

Great idea to take their minds off missing their mum a bit and Im sure they were thrilled to get a wee sit on Dash :D
 
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Last year I got breast cancer, this summer I broke my ankle very badly and for this Christmas, I have a broken hip. I wonder if I am sending my Santa letter to the right address!
 
So very sorry to hear of your loss Vam :( I hope Xmas day brought you something to put a smile on your face even if just for a short while.

Threads like this are meant to be light hearted. Of course horrible things still happen at this time and its always heartbreaking to hear of those suffering a loss especially at a time when you just want to be around loved ones.....

I got some lovely gifts and spent the day with my family watching the children play with presents which doesnt happen often. Doing this took my mind off my problems for a bit which is great & thats what its all about for me.

Theres always someone worse off than you. I think my job possible makes me more aware of this as I care for young people with severe disability. We just need to keep this in mind but dont feel guilty for enjoying yourself.
 
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maggiemoto said:
Last year I got breast cancer, this summer I broke my ankle very badly and for this Christmas, I have a broken hip. I wonder if I am sending my Santa letter to the right address!
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Maggiemoto I hope you are on the mend. think you have had more than your fair share of troubles! Wishing you good health for 2013 onwards :)
 
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