So, it's time for that bastion of consumerism and symptom of (not always) friendly family feuds to make its return, the annual "What did you get for Christmas" thread. Brag about your fortune or bemoan your ill fate as you wish.
For myself, it's pretty straightforward: cash and a new widescreen LCD monitor. I ended up setting it up with my old one in an extended desktop simply because I could, but I didn't realize just how yellow-tinted my old monitor was until I had the comparison set out right in front of me. I suppose that now, if I really wanted to, I could use the extra video cable to add my TV into the mix, and have a display spanning essentially the entire length of my (small) bedroom, but that just feels like self-indulgent techwankery, doesn't it? Outside of Aurora, I don't really have an actual use for even two monitors. At any rate, I ended up splurging a bit for the rest of my family; new boots for my kid sister, a gift card for my mother, a smartphone for my father, video games for my niece, and Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee for everyone (except me; I'm the only one in the family who doesn't drink coffee).