The 'what are you getting your SO for winter holidays' thread:

[Zeze]

For me, it isn't to brag but I need god damn ideas what to get my wife.

What should I get her? Something nice or quirky or cool. Meh, like most of us, she has everything she needs... #firstworldproblems

 

[Jumpem]

Nothing. We don't buy gifts for each other.

 

[Sluggo]

The D

 

[Zeze]

Nothing. We don't buy gifts for each other.

The D

Yea yea ATOT, stay true.

You got the 'fvck capitalism and hallmark' response, and the obligatory joke response.

We done now? Can we move on- I need ideas dammit.

 

[JulesMaximus]

iPad

\thread

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

My wife and I keep a wish list on Amazon, anytime we find something interesting whether it's practical or even, affordable we put it on the list. If she likes crafts, you can never go wrong with tools or supplies.

 

[Sluggo]

We done now? Can we move on- I need ideas dammit.

Well it could have been a joke thread, how are we supposed to know?

My wife likes artsy personalized stuff, so one of the things I am getting her is a watercolor of us. From this guy on SA Forums.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3591373

 

[Newbian]

The D

Do this but make sure you gift wrap it.

 

[lxskllr]

Fresh bag of cat food.

 

[Slew Foot]

Sandwich maker

 

[herm0016]

boots, cookie sheets, Christmas ornament, wifi thermostat... I already bought her a house this year.

 

[brianmanahan]

note to self: acquire SO

 

[John Connor]

http://www.amazon.com/Trojan-Vibrati.../dp/B007SOW13A

LOL

 

[Jeff7]

The D

Do this but make sure you gift wrap it.

In that case, you'd better make sure that she can unwrap it easily.

 

[Greenman]

Winter holidays? Have we gone that far down the PC road? It's Christmas. It's the day we celebrate the birth of Christ. If you don't want to participate you don't have to. If the concept is offensive to you, there is always Festivus.

 

[techofalltrades]

i'm gonna get my SO something nice so she stays warm all winter

 

[John Connor]

How original. LOL

 

[techofalltrades]

It's the day we celebrate the birth of Christ.

considering different books of the bible disagree when that was, and "december 25th" wasnt 'nailed down' (for lack of a better term) until the Roman empire... to be upset over this seems quite silly.

 

[Svnla]

The one that she really wants, a ring and a proposal of marriage.

 

[Demoralized]

iPad

\thread

That's what my wifey wants, and will get.

 

[SparkyJJO]

considering different books of the bible disagree when that was, and "december 25th" wasnt 'nailed down' (for lack of a better term) until the Roman empire... to be upset over this seems quite silly.

Yeah, it is an arbitrarily set date with no scriptural basis, but whatever. Political correctness is still silly. Rather illogical for atheists to be so easily "offended" by the name of a holiday, though I have my suspicions why they are.

 

[Sixguns]

Sandwich maker

Already has one, he is married.

 

[techofalltrades]

Political correctness is still silly.

to assume there's only ONE holiday in December, is rather silly.

There's quite a few...


Advent: four weeks prior to Christmas (Western Christianity).

Saint Nicholas' Day: 6 December

Bodhi Day: 8 December - Day of Enlightenment, celebrating the day that the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gautama) experienced enlightenment (also known as Bodhi).

Saint Lucy's Day: 13 December - Church Feast Day. Saint Lucy comes as a young woman with lights and sweets.

Winter Solstice: 21 December-22 December - midwinter

Dongzhi Festival - a celebration of Winter

Soyal: 21 December - Zuni and Hopi

Yalda: 21 December - The turning point, Winter Solstice. As the longest night of the year and the beginning of the lengthening of days, Shabe Yaldā or Shabe Chelle is an Iranian festival celebrating the victory of light and goodness over darkness and evil. Shabe yalda means 'birthday eve.' According to Persian mythology, Mithra was born at dawn on the 22nd of December to a virgin mother. He symbolizes light, truth, goodness, strength, and friendship. Herodotus reports that this was the most important holiday of the year for contemporary Persians. In modern times Persians celebrate Yalda by staying up late or all night, a practice known as Shab Chera meaning 'night gazing'. Fruits and nuts are eaten, especially pomegranates and watermelons, whose red color invokes the crimson hues of dawn and symbolize Mithra.

Mōdraniht: or Mothers' Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival.

Saturnalia: the Roman winter solstice festival

Pancha Ganapati: Five-day festival in honor of Lord Ganesha. December 21–25.

HumanLight: 23 December. Humanist holiday celebrating a vision of a good future.

Christmas Eve: 24 December

Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Day of the birth of the Unconquered Sun): late Roman Empire - 25 December

Christmas: 25 December

Twelve Days of Christmas: 25 December through 6 January

Yule: Pagan winter festival that was celebrated by the historical Germanic people from late December to early January.

Anastasia of Sirmium Feast Day: 25 December

Malkh: 25 December

Boxing Day: 26 December - Gift-giving day after Christmas.

Kwanzaa: 26 December - 1 January - Pan-African festival celebrated in North America

Saint Stephen's Day: 26 December

Saint John the Evangelist's Day: 27 December

Holy Innocents' Day: 28 December

Saint Sylvester's Day: 31 December

Watch Night: 31 December

New Year's Eve: 31 December - Last day of the Gregorian year

Hogmanay: Night of 31 December - Before dawn of 1 January - Scottish New Year's Eve celebration

Hanukkah: A Jewish festival celebrating the miracle of oil.

 

[SparkyJJO]

I'm aware that there are others. But most of the time people are referring to the 25th, but dance around the word Christmas. That's the PC nonsense I'm referring to.

 

[techofalltrades]

I'm aware that there are others. But most of the time people are referring to the 25th, but dance around the word Christmas. That's the PC nonsense I'm referring to.

the sillyness i'm referring to, is assuming people mean christmas when talking about the "holidays" ... notice the S... indicating plural...

or perhaps the OP should have started a new thread for each holiday.. asking what someone may be getting for that holiday.

personally.. i prefer having eveything lumped into one discussion... it avoids arguments about that particular holiday itself.