What the Folk!

I got the boots I've been lusting after...forever.

Also lots of chocolate, and make up and weird feathery headbands

Despite driving between both sets of parents, it was more tiring than annoying...on a bottle of sloe gin at the moment

Haha, my dad is quite the character. Some of the things he does and says I couldn't post here, haha. My dad's side of the family has no sense of shame.

hehe! Thanks Nancy!

Wow! 17 years old Red? Those are awesome!

I got so many lovely personal gifts...even my Aunty who usually buys me horrible perfume bought me a (relatively) nice gift!

I got lots of books, but no DVDS or CDs which is unusual...bookstore vouchers, lovely handbag which looks vintage but isn't....an old fashioned key on a silver chain necklace and...a Soda Stream! (yes it's the 80's....)

Soda Streams....

mmmm, horrible home made rasberry soda

Haha! I bought some raspberry syrup...and it actually tasted pretty good!

Red, those portraits are lovely! What a sweet idea, too!

I got a Wii for Christmas, and I've been having fun with it, even though we only have the basic sports package that it came with. That's what I really wanted anyway (I love the bowling), so I'm pretty easily entertained!

We also got a Senseo, one of the pod coffee makers, which I've been enjoying tremendously. Feeling a bit cold, have some coffee! It's fast and easy!

My mum also sent me a couple of nice necklaces -- one I'd asked for and another that was a surprise -- along with a nice black cashmere sweater and a pretty scarf. Oh, and they sent me money so I can finally get a bike and become a true Dutchie!

It was sort of a humble Christmas, as my none of my family members had much money this year, but that was perfectly alright with me. My sister was kind enough to buy me a shirt with my 2 favorite Kiwis on it! It's a gray Conchords t-shirt from Hot Topic, and it has the season 1 cover art on the front. Needless to say, I was quite pleased with this gift.

She also got me an Alice in Wonderland shirt that has Johnny Depp's scary Mad Hatter face on it, looking bigger and scarier than ever! It's a beautiful shirt, and I adore Johnny, but it still scares me...

Red- Wow. Tell him for me how talented I think he is. Those are stunning and will look moreso once you frame them.

DaMango- those shirts sound great!! I love t-shirts with the things we love on them! Is the Mad Hatter face this one?
http://stylefrizz.com/200906/johnny-dep ... onderland/

One of my faves is my Sweeney Todd tee with sixy Johnny on it.....:heart; lol...

I've got a bunch of small gifts this year, which is nice because they're all practical. I hate getting gifts that I won't use. I'm super excited because my aunt likes it when I pick what I want with her instead of her having to guess. So she knows about my FOTC obsession and I showed her the new website and the merch section, so she suggested getting one of the tour posters. I happily obliged

Which one did you choose, songbird?

One of my most vivid memories of Holland was witnessing 3 separate, very serious bike crashes. (Amsterdam, perhaps a bit more congested than where you are?) Be careful out there indy.

I just bought myself a video camera. Look out world!

I'm thinking the Vegas poster, I really loved that one

We have more bike traffic than car traffic here in Utrecht, so yes, I'm a bit worried about biking, even with all the designated lanes! It's not the cars you have to watch out for; it's all the damn tourists as well as the other bikes! Still, I have some easier routes to start out with, and I'm not going much further than my own street until I feel more comfortable on a bike. I haven't been on one for about 20 years! I'm going to be a good case study on whether it's true or not that you never forget how to ride a bike.