(Giveaway) Translucent Pink Stump MX (over)

[Sifo]

CONNLY33 IS OUR WINNER! GRATS AND TY EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER GIVE AWAY FROM ME IN A FEW WEEKS SO STAY TUNED !!!!!





I'm giving something away too! This cute little cap (CAP ONLY).




Post a nice or fun holiday memory/story. That's it. Whether from the past or this year. Put a lil effort into it, winner will be chosen randomly but I choose who gets into the drawing. Cap will be shipped in a small container in bubble envelope via the most cost efficient method with tracking at my discretion, will ship to anywhere in the world. No minimum post count or whatever. Hell make multiple accounts if you want to (you'll get banned though).

Closing this Saturday Jan 2nd whenever I wake up. Give some time for people who're currently with family to share and win

If I missed out on any detail I reserve the right to change **** later so I don't get screwed. Have fun and happy holidays~

[Sifo]

reserved?

[Glenmael]

Love all this Christmas spirit

Will edit after work or when I finish xmas shopping

~Edit (sorry kinda longish):

Every year we would open our Christmas presents nice and early as to get a better chance to try them out prior to getting in the car and visiting the only family we had in Australia, located about 1.5 hours away.

And so it was Christmas day, '92 ...I received my Gameboy (v1) with accompanying Kirby's Dream Land game...I slowly and carefully unpacked everything and gleefully removed the 'plastic bits' from the Gameboy screen and started reading the back cover of Kirby's Dream Land. I remember thinking, 'who/what is this Kirby, and how is a fluffy pink thing going to stop an evil king that has the power to steal stars?'...the answer came to me almost immediately 'me, I'm going to stop this evil king and return these stars to the land of dreams, it's up to me!'.

I was rather meticulous in not losing anything and making sure the packaging was put away before we left and was super excited to game for 1.5 hours before spending Christmas with the family. A quick call from my dad to hurry and we were in the car, me in the middle clutching my Gameboy and Kirby with the strong thought of defeating the evil king that stole the stars from the good folks of Dream Land. After the mad rush to get into the car and settle down I had realized that there were no batteries in the Gameboy...needless to say I was really upset. I recall rereading the back cover of Kirby's dreamland at least 1 thousand times and thinking of ways I would make the king pay!

We arrived at my family's place and I went into a mad panic to find some batteries, of which there were none, and yes I poached the ones from the remote but couldn't find enough

It was the longest day of my life, finally arriving home after talking everyone's ear off about the mad king (even though I had no idea what the game would entail - aside from the blurb at the back)...my dad immediately found me some batteries and I went on to journey into Dream Land...

[demik]

i win

[deductivemonkee]

Here's my story I guess.
My dad: you spent how much on a keyboard???
Me: not enough.


^{I win?}

[Halverson]

Last year I made out with a picture of Mari under the mistletoe

[MiTo]

Oh man!

You guys are so generous, I'll gladly share a good story soon.

EDIT:

I was waiting and thinking about what memory I should post and well, I decided to go with my favorite and most inspiring one. I'll keep it short.

It was Christmas '97 and I was 4 years old. My parents gave me this space shuttle kit and it basically defined what I was going to do in the future. Studing, college, career. I don't know why they decided to give me this, but I can definitely say that it changed my whole life.

Hell, this toy was the main inspiration for the Godspeed keyset!

Man, I really love space-y things. Playing with my parents and this shuttle is a very special memory.

[demik]

Last year I made out with a picture of Mari under the mistletoe

that was sifo.. you made out with sifo.

[elton5354]

in

[Halverson]

Last year I made out with a picture of Mari under the mistletoe

that was sifo.. you made out with sifo.

****. That wasn't even legal last year I don't think

[trenzafeeds]

One time Sifo gave me a KWK blue mummy for christmas. It was the best christmas ever.

[sncbraxsc2]

Santa Sifo!  Christmas has always been my favorite holiday.


Christmas was hyped the whole month of December in my family. My mom was superstitious with holiday rituals she had done since she was a kid. Even now, drinking hot chocolate and watching the old Jules Brass stop motions sounds magical.

When Christmas Eve finally came, my family, along with my Aunts, Uncles and all my cousins would go to my grandparents' house for Christmas dinner, which was a true Polish American feast. Afterward, the adults enjoyed eggnog, cookies and Christmas music while my cousins and I played with toys like legos or Pokemon. At about 9 or 10 the kids were escorted upstairs so "Santa could come" and our families would stay there overnight so we could get up early and open presents together. The pile of presents in the morning was immense with 3-4 families there.

We only did this for about 4 or 5 years before my grandparents divorced and the tradition ended for my generation but I have a feeling my mom will want to bring that tradition back when my siblings and I have kids.

I hope you guys have a great holidays and enjoy being with your friends/family/loved ones. Thank you Sifo for the kind giveaway:D

[KatzenKinder]

Christmas always meant competing with the infinitely superior other side of the family whose kids just dumped on me in all the games we would play. SO I STEELED MY HEART AND DEDICATED THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE TO PLAYING GAMES (and nothing came of it).

[Sifo]

YALL FORGOT TO MOVE MY THREAD TO OFF TOPIC

also don't forget to share your stories to be eligible for drawing. place holders are fine!

[FLFisherman]

I'm trying to think back to a story worth telling, but I don't really have any.

My Christmas Eve (Noche Buena) and Christmas Day are spent with family. We exchange gifts, have lunch and dinner together, and move on to another house in order to visit all the family members (grandparents, cousins, friends, etc). There's no year that stand out above the rest. They're all nice, relaxing Christmas celebrations. 

[cryptokey]

So every year, my family used to buy a few boxes of chocolate turtles during Christmas time.  When it came to food, our dog at that time was rather... pushy.  That year, when dinner was being made, I heard my grandmother laughing in the den on her own so I figured that I'd go see what was up. There, I saw my grandmother laughing in the corner with a box of chocolate turtles as my dog used her nose to keep her there.  Fortunately I rescued my grandmother from my own dog and she didn't get to try any chocolate turtles at that time which was a good thing since chocolate is toxic for dogs.  However, it wasn't long before my dog hatched another plot.  The very next day, a full box of chocolate was left out just low enough for her to swipe it down from the counter with her paw.  When we got back and saw one happy dog and one mangled, empty box of chocolates, we were terrified.  However, it turns out that chocolate turtles have next to no, if not, any cocoa in them.  My dog joyfully enjoyed the rest of her holidays without missing a beat.

I don't have many Christmas stories, so that was the only on that I could think of.  Thanks for hosting the giveaway, Sifo!  Now let's hear those stories!!!

[bcredbottle]

When I was a kid I wanted a paintball gun, but my parents said I wasn't mature enough. I didn't know what the word mature meant. So I looked it up and the dictionary but I couldn't understand what I needed to change. Next year, I ask again, same thing. So I wrote a letter to Santa, "Dear Santa, my parents are STUPID and won't give me a paintball gun but I know you will "

I got a letter back from Santa, "I spoke to your parents. You are not mature enough for a paintball gun."

[Connly33]

It's not a very good story, but it relates to a gift i got this year.

I guess it's semi close to bcredbottle's as i had been wanting a BB gun for christmas, i didn't end up getting one that christmas, i ended up getting used computer parts and appliances from goodwill. Which i didn't mind in the least bit, iv never been into toys but i've always been into taking apart electronics and appliances, and for some reason had an obsession with vacuum cleaner's. I ended up getting my vary own vacuum cleaner when i was about 9 lol. But anyway as for the story, i ended up getting a BB gun at the age of 8 or 9, but shortly after it disappeared. Now one of the things my grandparents sent me this year.... was the exact same bb gun rifle that had disappeared. It turns out that my grandmother didn't like the idea of me having my own bb gun yet, so it ended up in there attic where it was only supposed to stay for another year. Well i ended up opening the box they had sent and it was right there on top, with a note explaining how they ended up forgetting about it.

[Sifo]

Fun stories so far. so many guns o.o

Happy Eve/Christmas depending where you are in the world. Hope you come back with a fun story to share

[ccarlitos2]

Hey Sifo! Thanks for doing this giveaway My story is about a dog named:

 

My family always has a Christmas eve party at my house and its been that way since I was born. I was about 9 when this happened so some of the details are pretty fuzzy. Around 13 years ago when we were living at my old house this little puppy strolls up to the party. Extremely dirty, but rather friendly she just walked up to people in the backyard like their was no problem. My grandfather fed her some of the food we were eating much to the dismay of my mother. She ended up staying in our backyard that night and would not leave! I woke up the next morning and saw my grandfather had made her a little place to sleep outside using a box and newspaper. She stayed at our house for a week outside. Luckily, Florida winters don't get very cold so she was fine outside. She just would not leave us. We could not keep her as my Dad is allergic to dogs. During that week we did our best to find her original home, but no one came forward to claim her. She ended up living with my aunt and her fiance at the time just a few minutes away from us. She lived with them for the next 12 years and this passed year she passed away. God bless eve the Christmas dog <3

[lolpes]

Well I can only remember of one.

Every christmas my mom always hides the presents somewhere until it's almost time to open them. It can be anywhere in the house, and recently each of us hides the present from someone else and then we all gather up to open them It's always a bit of a surprise to see them and everyones reactions

But! one christmas when we where about 11 years old, me and my brothers where in the car(mom when to get something) and mindlessly took a peek in the back of the car for no reason at all, and there they where, all the gifts! still to be wrapped! When my mother came back we just sat there quiet, and when christmas came, we where just trying to cover up and look exagerately surprised when oppened each gift xD Took some time for parents to realise it but was awesome anyway

Maybe not one of the funniest moments from christmas, but definitely one I always remember this time of the year, glad i could share it

[mobbo]

When I was 14, my mother was on sabbatical teaching at the University of Cairo and so we all went to visit her for Christmas. Coming from Canada you can imagine how weird my first non-white Christmas was. We visited the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and rode on camels. I still remember it well because of how un-traditional it was.

Don't think I saw a tree while I was there   )

[heedpantsnow]

I grew up in Alabama and Tennessee, but when I was 10 we were with family friends in Miami for Christmas.  We took our entire Christmas dinner (ham, sides, etc.) along with the fine china and silver and went to the beach.  We had a five star Christmas dinner beach picnic!  It was a really unique and memorable experience.  I've always wanted to do it again!  Now that we live in Florida, maybe we'll do it one of these years.

[MeltingTeeth]

I spent a Christmas in Las Vegas with my parents.

Does not get weirder than that.

[redbanshee]

One of my favorite memories was the Xmas 1992. Me and my nephew got a Sega Genesis with Mortal Kombat and after about a half hour of us freaking out we played it all day and thru the night. I remember the Goro fights were INTENSE. And my mother threatening to take it away after she saw us use the blood code and the gore. Good memories!

[Dongulator]

Growing up the Family and I would always go to my aunt and uncles house on Christmas Day. At their house they had this giant ice slide which started at the top of a hill and would end towards the middle of the hill, this slide usually had a small just at the end so you would get a little air. Well one year the older cousins  decided to build a larger jump at the end so they could go higher/farther.
Now, usually the adults would not let me ride down this very large slide. But this year I was 9 and I got to go down this slide. Not knowing how much larger the jump was than normal, I got sufficient air and landed farther than most people did. It was a lot of fun. I miss that slide.

(Not a good story, but one of the more memorable Christmas stories I have )

[whmeltonjr]

Christmas 1992. Still remember it like yesterday. Super Nintendo. We had Christmas at my grandmother's house. Literally freaked out screaming. I've gotten many awesome Christmas presents since then, but I think that will always be my favorite.

[demik]

here's a not so nice one.

the first i ever saw my father cry was because of xmas. we were dirt poor and he had no money to get us gifts. my family is close, so we were all in this tiny house just having a ****ty xmas. i walk outside and see my dad cry because he felt like he failed us. obviously he didn't, we had a roof over our heads and food on the table. i was never one for gifts anyway, even as a child. but i know it must have sucked for him. but the good thing that came from it is i appreciate the **** out of anything anybody gives me. especially if it's people i hold near and dear to my heart. and i also try hard when it comes to gifts, just wanna see people not have a ****ty time and get **** they like.

[Syribo]

Oooh pink <3

My favorite holiday memories of Christmas involve just seeing our whole family. Every year, first everyone would go to Nana and Grandpa's house for gifts and dinner. The entire extended family would come... I have 16 first cousins on one side of the family, there's a lot of us. Then after, we would all go to Grandpa's sisters house for a second Christmas dinner and dessert. It was always a long drive into Queens when I just wanted to go home and play with my new toys.. but then we'd get there and it would be so much fun. And a big Italian family, so a TON of amazing food and dessert!

Now, most of my cousins live in other states with kids... Grandpa and his sister have passed. We still all go to Nana's for Christmas day, but not as many of us since so many live so far. But now I have so many nieces and nephews, and it's fun to watch them all open their gifts and be all excited about Christmas The next generation in our family is growing up... and in another 10 years, there will be even another generation.. crazy to think about.

[Sifo]

here's a not so nice one.

the first i ever saw my father cry was because of xmas. we were dirt poor and he had no money to get us gifts. my family is close, so we were all in this tiny house just having a ****ty xmas. i walk outside and see my dad cry because he felt like he failed us. obviously he didn't, we had a roof over our heads and food on the table. i was never one for gifts anyway, even as a child. but i know it must have sucked for him. but the good thing that came from it is i appreciate the **** out of anything anybody gives me. especially if it's people i hold near and dear to my heart. and i also try hard when it comes to gifts, just wanna see people not have a ****ty time and get **** they like.

wub u

[lolpes]

here's a not so nice one.

the first i ever saw my father cry was because of xmas. we were dirt poor and he had no money to get us gifts. my family is close, so we were all in this tiny house just having a ****ty xmas. i walk outside and see my dad cry because he felt like he failed us. obviously he didn't, we had a roof over our heads and food on the table. i was never one for gifts anyway, even as a child. but i know it must have sucked for him. but the good thing that came from it is i appreciate the **** out of anything anybody gives me. especially if it's people i hold near and dear to my heart. and i also try hard when it comes to gifts, just wanna see people not have a ****ty time and get **** they like.

This ^ I never ask for presents because of this, as I am growing up, for me it's been more and more about company and spending time with my family, It's more important for me to have someone eating, drinking and having fun with us at the table, like it is happening just now downstairs while I came to the computer(phone is broken, can only send sms trough pc, so i check GH also ). GTG, have a nice christmas everyone!

[raymogi]

This holiday season is the first time in years that I didn't spend with my family. They are all over the world while I'm stuck here in Singapore with my dear wife, just the two of us.

But I will say that this will be one of the best holiday season ever cause the biggest present await the both of us. Our baby boy is due next month and I couldn't be any happier to finally be a dad. Yes yes I know I gotta cut on my spending but it'll be worth it I think

Merry Christmas and happy holidays GH!

[Sifo]

MARI CHRISTMAS

[am3amzar]

hope can get lucky this time.

merry christmas

[DreaMagine]

Merry Christmas all!

[ccarlitos2]

MARI CHRISTMAS

Cherry Mistmas!!!

 

[Jhonan]

Several years back, I had a friend who had worked at the theatre for years, and its because of him we were able to sneak into the theatre on christmas eve, and use the equipment hooked up to the projectors to watch Napoleon Dynamite on the silver screen with just 3 of us in attendance.  Afterwards we went up into the projector area and ransacked all of the old movie posters, and I made out with the awesomest haul ever!  Sadly I think that was the last christmas he worked for Regal, so no more midnight xmas eve movies for us

[GenKaan]

Gadamn that is the perfect color for my layout! Thanks for doing this

I will never forget that year when my grandfather was going home the day after Christmas, assumingly a bit hungover. He was a good driver and took pride in never been in a traffic accident

At the breakfast my grandmother asked him if she should drive (who was sober on Christmas), he being a bit macho said "no way, I dont want to get a scratch on my car". Fast forward a few hours and we had said our goodbyes and they where about to drive away. He starts backing up slowly and all of my family was slowly getting worried that he would hit our oldest apple tree. Time slowed down, car slowed down, our screams slowly gained volume as he not only hit but keep going long enough for the tree start leaning more and more. A few moments later he realized his mistake, drove a few inches forward, opened the window and said "WHO THE **** PUT THE TREE THERE?" and drove away noticeably pissed

This is now a saying in my family: "Har trädet alltid lutat eller har Lars-Olof varit på besök?" (Has that tree always been crocked or have you had a visist from Lars-Olof?)

RIP Lars-Olof and Dalia

[Lokomotivet]

Hella sweet giveaway Sifo, thanks for doing this!

I don't have any particular or noteworthy Christmas stories but..

True story.
Many many years ago in a cold ass December. I was up to no good, hanging around at the local mall with some friends until some drunk hobo wearing a Santa hat wished us all a happy easter. That's right, he came up to us and screamed "happy easter!" and then just ran away. We shrugged it off, laughed for a bit and 5 minutes later we saw some cops handcuffing the hobo while he was screaming "happy easter!" at the top of his lungs. He got carried away and we never saw or heard him again.
Since that day me and my friends have carried on his legacy, it became an inside joke and we have been wishing each other a happy easter every year during the holidays. It's pure tradition at this point, I even post it on social media(s) on Christmas eve, wishing everyone a happy easter.

So.. I wish you all a very happy easter! Especially to you, Sifo!

[1swt2gs]

Thanks for doing this Sifo!

2 years ago, I was spending the night at my friends place for Christmas! We just drank so I didn't want to drive home (I rode at the time). I was too drunk to move my bike into his garage. I woke up Christmas Morning hung over as hell and ready to go home to spend some time with my family. I stepped outside and my bike was STOLEN!

Throughout the night someone stole my bike... Someone got a super nice present, pretty much brand new bike that was decently modded. And to make worse, all my friends laughed at me. Looking back, its funny now, but at the time I was super pissed off.

[bazh]

my story

>Living in tropical country
>Dreaming of snowy Christmas
>Move to Finland
>First Christmas travel to Germany
>No snow
>Second Christmas stay in Finland
>No snow

I win, I know it

[rm-rf]

my most memorable holiday moment was when i was 16, i told my parents i didn't want fancy gifts like all the other kids.
i just wanted clothes, and something that wouldn't get broken after a short amount of time, and only bring part time enjoyment.
so my family ended up getting me some hand tools, and some clothes, socks, underpants and the like.
it was the best holiday ever. and its been like that ever since.
we always get everyone something that can get used every day. or make something that has more meaning.
jam, liqueurs, food, and other.
and its somewhat amusing because i still use some of the tools i got from that year. and that was about 18 years ago now...
i just wish that other families and friends could see the greatness of this type of gift giving.
i have many friends that think they have to spend their whole year savings on high end electronics and other things, just to make people happy... its so damn anti climactic. because those gifts usually don't make people happy for long.
it is a damn shame we have all been brainwashed by the media to think that way.
its almost turning me into a grinch. haha

[Sifo]

Lotta stories for me to catch up on ^_^

I never ask for presents relating to hobbies or whatever because very few people, especially not family, have the knowledge (or funds probably) to get me anything better than I already own. Just feed me!

[Halverson]

Lotta stories for me to catch up on ^_^

I never ask for presents relating to hobbies or whatever because very few people, especially not family, have the knowledge (or funds probably) to get me anything better than I already own. Just feed me!

Buy Sifo ham for christmas, got it

[Sifo]

Lotta stories for me to catch up on ^_^

I never ask for presents relating to hobbies or whatever because very few people, especially not family, have the knowledge (or funds probably) to get me anything better than I already own. Just feed me!

Buy Sifo ham for christmas, got it

lemon heads dawg

[bazh]

yeah I never want something that strongly affected by personal taste/hobby as gift too, like clothes for examples, if my mom go pick some shirt for me, thing could turn out that I don't like it and I would never wear it, which I think would kind of sad.

That happened to me, not from my mom of course, she knows me, but from some of my girlfriends, and I end up have socks, underpants,... which I never put on

[Halverson]

Lotta stories for me to catch up on ^_^

I never ask for presents relating to hobbies or whatever because very few people, especially not family, have the knowledge (or funds probably) to get me anything better than I already own. Just feed me!

Buy Sifo ham for christmas, got it

lemon heads dawg

I know I know
Upon my return

[DAVYtm]

Favorite Christmas memory? Let's go with Christmas 1997.

I was five at the time, and was pretty clueless about video gaming (and everything, I mean I was five) aside from the kid in preschool who had an original Game Boy. I don't even remember what I had asked Santa for Christmas that year, probably some dope ass hot wheels or a new action figure.

What I do remember is opening a big box under the tree with my older brother, and finding the glory of my childhood - the Nintendo 64 - sitting there in all its beauty. I had NEVER seen a video game console before this, so I distinctly remember trying to figure out what it was until I saw the controllers and a copy of Diddy Kong Racing (best game ever) in another gift. So naturally we sat in our little red kids couch watching our dad swear, trying to figure out how to hook it up to the CRT. And then we played, all day, for days on end with my dad until we beat that game.

That day is what started a life-long love of video games and electronics, which is a huge part of what led me into my career as an engineer. Still play Diddy Kong Racing all the time, I've got TT on lock! Thanks for doing the giveaway Sifo, that was pretty cathartic to write out

[Reigning Hell]

Lol ok only because its for Christmas.

So when I was like 8/9, I woke up in the middle of the night before Christmas morning because I had to go to the bathroom; we had a family dinner the night before, so I had to a take a fat ****. But I was still hungry and wanted to see what dessert was in the fridge, so I went to the kitchen real quick.
 I found cookies and then was thirsty after like 4, I grabbed a pint of WHAT I THOUGHT was milk. But when I drank that ****, it was EGG NOG, and when I was young, it was milk or gtfo. Sooo Idk wtf, but I gagged because egg nog, and it made me shart my pants at the same time. I remember it too because it was the day I witnessed a shart in real life. I ran to the bathroom and found it to be confirmed. But i ate cookies so it was ok

[thatsmrdoctortoyou]

Yay Christmas stories!

This year my girlfriend and I are visiting her brother who is stationed in England. With the cost of traveling, out budgets are all pretty tight. So, for Christmas dinner instead of spending loads on a fancy dinner, we made X-mas nachos which turned out to be a great decision!

Merry Christmas everyone!