What did you get for Christmas??

[JohnnyTarr]

I got a great collection of books for my libary for Christmas. The Art of Rigging by Biddlecombe, The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told by Caswell, The Pirate Dictionary by Breverton, The Sailmaker's Apprentice by Marino, The Aurbry Series 2-5 7 & 8, Cider by Proulx & Nichols. How about you all? What did you get?

[MorganTyre]

I also got the Sail Makers Apprentice as well as "The Lo-tech Navigator" by Crowley as well as Brion Toss's "Working Rope Book 5". I plan on doing a review of all three here on the forum soon.

[Iron Bess]

(chuckle) I got 4 assorted pairs of Tennies with skull and cross bones adorning them.

Does that count??

[JohnnyTarr]

(chuckle) I got 4 assorted pairs of Tennies with skull and cross bones adorning them.

Does that count??

Oh yes that counts.

[Captain Jim]

I got a new sewing machine. Of course I'll finish all of the visible stuff by hand, but this should speed up most work. Kass, make ready for orders.

I also got "an Idiot's Guide to Piracy."

Hey, wait a minute....

[Iron Bess]

(chuckle) I got 4 assorted pairs of Tennies with skull and cross bones adorning them.

Does that count?? 

Oh yes that counts.

Okay.. cool.

Oh, and I also recieved a stellar Business Card case with a pave' skull and crossbones on it. Very chic'

[the Royaliste]

New cartilage in my left knee and a new pair of shades...cool!

[King's Pyrate]

It was a Great Pirate Christmas for me.

I got these little pirates and replica of this 1760 Hadley London pistol

I also got POTC, old charts & Don Maitz calendars.

An Aztec Cold coin and a POTC locket, an Inner Pirate T-shirt and Pirateology book.

and my son made me this pirate ship's wheel

It was a Great and busy Christmas.

We had four of our six children and their families over on Christmas Eve, went to a friends 65th wedding anniversary renewal of vows on Christmas day and I completed my BS in Industrial Engineering......a busy but wonderful time.

[Rumba Rue]

Booty! I got booty!

How many calendars .... let's see, a bird one, tall ships, state parks, and the 'tour de force' a Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest with the most YUMMY pictures of Johnny Depp and other cast members. I'm never going to throw it out!

Also a gift card to Jo Ann's, Barnes and Noble and a free trial at the local exercise gym (ya right Bob, like I don't exercise- clean my home for me... ), passes to the San Diego Wild Animal Park about 20 odd minutes away from me.

Also a huge umbrella done in colors of black, red, and white...perfect thing to turn into a pirate umbrella for my scooter and a couple of Christmas kitty placemats for us humans.

On the other hand, I received an unusual gift from Mad Jack and his wifey, Janelle...crochet cat toys sort of looking like mice filled with catnip, bells and little kitty kibble bits of food.

One of my kitties has taken to piling them up by the patio door...an offering?

I sort of already got my Christmas gift(s) from Boats. We now have a brand new futon couch (full size) with a good mattress cover (coil and foam) so when people come to visit us for whatever, they won't have to sleep on the floor. We also have a new oak round pedestal table and 4 chairs from a really good consignment shop along with a dark honey oak slim cabinet that fits into a corner area very well. New furniture here has been a long time coming....

Also a POTC Monopoly game, too bad it doesn't have the new square with Iron Bess's forthcoming name of *Black Sam's Spit*.

[Ransom]

Yikes, where to start. It was my first VERY pirate Christmas.

DMC 5 hr. two-disc DVD - With the special holograph slip cover. Plus the DMC limited edition T-shirt that Walmart gave away with purchase.

DMC regular DVD, with music CD of pirate songs (Kirk Douglas singing "A Whale of a Tale" included).

Yellowbeard DVD.

DMC Calender

Coffee mug with fighting skeleten pirates (not from PotC).

Pirate pennant for the boat.

Black watch-cap with pirate logo - "Surrender the booty."

And, last but recieved first, from my Pyrate Secret Santa, the CD "Prelude to Mutiny" by Captain Bogg & Salty (VERY good, BTW).

Of a none-pyratical nature, my husband bought us crab traps, so we can go crabbing off our boat. Cool!

[Black Syren]

One teeny pair of earrings..

[William Brand]

In addition to clothes and other things, my Mother-in-law got me a townsman's wallet, a powder horn and a horn whistle for my kit.

Goode woman. She made my linen shirts for PIP last year.

[Silkie McDonough]

Nothing piraty but I did get to see my Father out of the nursing home and in my sisters house. THAT was the best gift could have asked for.

[Capt. Sterling]

Does pneumonia count?

[Captain Jim-sib]

POTC-II CD

Dave Brubeck's Take-5 CD

A pellet gun, for popping squirrels off the bird feeder

That Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story...

and similar to Capt'n Sterling, a cold

[JohnnyTarr]

I got a new sewing machine. Of course I'll finish all of the visible stuff by hand, but this should speed up most work. Kass, make ready for orders.

I also got "an Idiot's Guide to Piracy."

Hey, wait a minute....

I would question that gift

[JohnnyTarr]

New cartilage in my left knee and a new pair of shades...cool!

How is the new knee anyway?

[JohnnyTarr]

It was a Great Pirate Christmas for me.

I got these little pirates and replica of this 1760 Hadley London pistol

I also got POTC, old charts & Don Maitz calendars.

An Aztec Cold coin and a POTC locket, an Inner Pirate T-shirt and Pirateology book.

and my son made me this pirate ship's wheel

It was a Great and busy Christmas.

We had four of our six children and their families over on Christmas Eve, went to a friends 65th wedding anniversary renewal of vows on Christmas day and I completed my BS in Industrial Engineering......a busy but wonderful time.

Love that pistol. It is a real antique then? Hope you have some time to relax.

[michaelsbagley]

Well I didn't get much in the way of piratical gear...

But I did get this really cool Pirate Nutcracker....

The first thing I thought of when openning it was (doing best hollywood piratey voice) "Arrrrgghhhh.... I'll bust your nuts!"

I also got a great t-shirt with a neat Jolly Roger on it.

[Hawkyns]

Pirate stuff-

POTC DMC- the 2 disc set

Don Maitz' Pirate Calendar

Pirates- an Illustrated History by Nigel Cawthorne

Travel candlesticks for the seachest

a carved leather mermaid

non pirate

a short light stand that will travel like a tripod on the camera bag

a stand for the bandsaw

Sharpe's Fury- the new one by Bernard Cornwell

Boris Valejo and Julie Bell- The Ultimate Collection

two more calendars- Olivia's Betty Page and the Valejo/Bell fantasy

Highlander season 6 (now I have them all)

B&N gift cards

and a few other books and small items

Hawkyns

[Rogue Mermaid]

Alas, nothing piratey...but I got an ipod nano and a target shooting bow. Woohoo!

[Red-Handed Jill]

I had a really good Christmas. I got two swords: a practice one and a Paul Chen Mortuary hilt sword. Also some glassware and bottles from the Jamestown Glassworks and a 1890's small Chinese apocathary case that I had been drooling over. Jack and I also got a Margarator - we tried it out last night and made Strawberry Daquiris.

[Captain Midnight]

A replica of Captain Jack Sparrow's bandana/head scarf, a PoTC t-shirt, a Guns 'N' Roses t-shirt, a clay pipe, and a brass sundial compass.

[Dusi Sparrow]

Let's see.

A roleplay game called "Run out the guns". It's about pirates. Anyone ever played it? I need to take some time out to read the whole thing. I also got a pillowcase with Johnny Depp on it (the piano pic), a Harry Potter spoon (the handle is a magic wand), 2 POTC cups and bowls, a clock, a heartshaped box and a paperboard with filmcells (scenes from POTC 2 DMC).

And I totally forgot the 2 CD's my boyfriend looted from the salesman at the roleplayer convention.

[flintlock jack]

A...gift card for Frys.....