What did you get for Xmas!?

[Meggers]

A piece of Scotland from my family and not just a paltry 1 sq ft.

One hundred square feet of land, in Glencoe Wood, Scotland. This plot of land is in the shape of a square, with four equal sides. The 100 square foot plots are the ideal size for camping and will accommodate your family tent perfectly.
The right to camp on Keil Hill and your plot whenever you want with no restrictions.


Key Features

• The title of Laird, Lord or Lady of Glencoe
• A high quality, full colour, gift folder containing all your documents
• A legal title deed for your land ownership, on velum parchment
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  • Master Title Deed to change your title on bank accounts, driving license and other ID
  • A map of Glencoe Wood & directions. Instructions on how to visit & find your personal plot.
  • Information & pictures of the area, Glencoe Wood & our conservation project.
  • Lifetime access to Keil Hill (backing onto Glencoe Wood) & use of the footpaths across the entire 2000 acre estate
  • A bumper sticker for you to proudly display your new status
  • Access to (free) beautifully crafted Laird’s, Lord’s or Lady’s stationery
  • A 49mm x 70mm rectangular flexible Glencoe crest fridge magnets for you to proudly display in your home.
  • A glossy 10” x 8” photograph taken from your estate
  • The right to camp on Keil Hill and your plot whenever you want with no restrictions
  • Glencoe Estates DVD - tour of the area - Get to know your land.
  • Clan Map Wall Poster - 594mm x 840mm (roughly 24" x 34")
  • A native broadleaf tree planted in your honour in Glencoe Wood, including certificate of planting

Chris.

oh wow. It comes with all this stuff?

This kind of gift is awesome. My cousin, Sydney, absolutely loves wolves so my grandma donated to a wildlife reserve and is paying for a wolfs food for a year. The certificate says the wolf was adopted in Sydneys name. She framed it and when Sydney unwrapped it and saw that she has a wolf, she just sat there with her mouth hanging open in awe.

Sometimes its these kinds of gifts that make the biggest impact on us.

[Destin_scot]

The company of a good friend and his extend family, (wife, daughters, step grandkids, (all, also friends)), for Christmas Eve Breakfast. A good meal for Christmas Eve dinner, (that I cooked myself). Peace and Quiet for Christmas Day itself...not much more wanted, no more needed.

[madmacs]

Our prayers and cares for your lady!

Bill+

Thanks Bill... ended up with bone graft and a plate... so onto the recovery now...

[IRISH]

favorite gift given: a drafting table to my daughter
favorite gift received: cold weather bird hunting jacket

[Father Bill]

Thanks Bill... ended up with bone graft and a plate... so onto the recovery now...

Well - enjoy pampering her!

[AFS1970]

Well the gift that would be the most interesting to this forum was a new sporran. Pictures will wait until the new kilt arrives. I knew I was getting something like this but I did not know exactly what. This is because my wife who gets better at gift giving every year, is terrible at keeping secrets, even her own.

The oddest gift (or is it a pair of gifts) was a set of DVD's. I got from one person two copies of season one of the 1970's series S.W.A.T.. Apparently it was supposed to be season 1 & 2 but there was an ordering problem and instead of returning one he just wrapped up both. Then from another person I got another copy of the same DVD set. So I now have 3 copies of season 1. I have no idea what to do with the other 2 copies, perhaps I can find someone who will buy season 2 and trade with me.

Other than that I got several interesting books. One on Beer and one on Scotland. I got a game I wanted called Tetris Links, which is kind of like a board game version of Tetris set up similar to Connect Four.

On the non family front, I got my usual gift from Maker's Mark this year, which is a holiday sweater for my bourbon bottle.

I spent much of the day alone as I had to work the night before and the night after Christmas day. So allot of the say time was spent asleep. Work the night before made the national news, and not in a good way.

[Bill aka Mole]

My Missus of 33 years gave me three pairs of hose in colors that I wanted (needed).

My Daughter gave me a mounted pen & ink drawing of a dragon playing bagpipes (which can be seen here: http://www.dragonstuff.com/popup.php...=Bagpipe&id=88)

My Son and Daughter-in-Law gave me a framed coat of arms with history in our family name and a few honorable mentions. This gift is extremely interesting for two reasons: First, most of the family that I know of arrived here between the First & Second World Wars and were mostly peasant stock skilled workers. Second, while I still lived at home, my Mom and I bought a framed coat of arms for my Dad. None of the information on my gift, other than the name and the honorables in the family line, is the same between the two, including two different coats of arms.

All of the gifts are precious but not as much as just being with them.

[Seanmadra]

A bottle of Bushmills Black Bush, Utilikilt workman's, a kilted santa tree ornament, and solid family time.

[thescot]

Madmacs: just read this thread, and I am happy to know that your gift was the return (for recovery) of your bride. I am happy to know that she is now mending.

The best gift I gave a was a miniscule Roman missal, the new Roman Catholic liturgy for my mother-in-law. I spent quite some time laying it all out and hand-lettering in uncial using 1/16" lines. I bound it with brown suede using waxed hemp. The paper was a heavy parchment, and I used black ink for all but the rubrics, where were, of course, red! She takes it to mass and uses it since no one knows the new liturgy yet. It's about 4" X 5 1/2". My calligraphy skills are not the best in the world, but they're not the worst either.

The best gift I received was a mug with all four grandchildren's photos and a fountain pen whose barrel is made from trees which grew on the grounds of The Hermitage in Nashville, very old trees which were destroyed in a huge storm a few years back.

I gave gifts that were not particularly expensive--no one in my family neds anything--but I put a lot of thought into each one. That was the fun part, choosing just the right gift. That and seeing my grandchildren happy.