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So.. what did you guys get for Christmas?

I thought I'd try to get the board talking in General Discussion again, lol.

As for me, I got £100, but that's pretty good, seeing how it was from just 2 people. I also worked on a website for my dad for 3 hours today and earned another £100, making it 200.

RUM!!!! plus the vouchers my dad got as cash back from buying his barbeque.

Nice to see you guys got a good haul

Although I must jump on my little box and say I that I am very much against spending money when the man commands me to - I'd rather spend it when I want to Having said that I did treat myself to a BEAUTIFUL new winter coat

The man? Oh, Nefer..

Well for me, it's not the man.. it's the prices! Some things were so cheap this Christmas!

Today I bought 5 Xbox games and 1 PS2 game, all for £23.99!

Wow, that is a good deal!! Good score!

I'm a bit cynical when it comes to the Boxing Week sales, mostly because the prices advertised as '60% off!' are the same as they were in November Many people buy on sale because of the hype - it's the rare and lucky who wait in line ups overnight to get a genuinely good deal.

What games did you get?

thats really cheap, considering we still pay up to $80 for PS2 games, dont get me started on PS3

Well the games I got were pre-owned, which would explain the prices, but I always check the discs before I buy, with pre-owned games. So it's all good!

I got 4 thinking games for the Xbox. Syberia, Syberia 2, Farenheit, and Still Life. All require puzle-solving to progress with the storyline.

I then got an Xbox game purely for the total destruction you can wreak! The Punisher is a game that allows you to kill your enemies in so many different ways! Electric chair, strapped to a chair with a drill sslowly going into the face, on a conveyor belt feet first into a wood chipper... you get the idea.

The PS2 game I got was The Bouncer. It's a game I had wanted for a while; an action/fighting game by the people behind the Final Fantasies.

I got lots of little things for Christmas, and quite a bit a money.

I have a few things I want to buy (PS3/XBOX360, snowboard) but I'm going to India and Dubai in February so I really need to save it all

Enjoy India, trust me you'll love the shopping there And Dubai is always tons of fun! Sensible to save your cash. According to the little bro, PS3 prices might be coming down a bit more so you might get it for cheaper if you wait.

Prices usually do come down in the post-Christmas sales, either in January or February. That's when I am waiting to get a PSP.

And wow, India and Dubai? That's cool.

I can't go to any underdeveloped country, at the moment, for medical reasons.. I dunno when I will be going there again but not for another year at least. I still need to be revaccinated with a BCG!