I got a few tools, a few clothes, and a few oddball items. SWMBO got me a snowglobe with the FX Matt Brewery in it. That one means a lot to me personally bc Utica NY is an area I have many fond memories of, friends/relatives in, and bc the brewery's sign is sort of a landmark in that area. It will take up residence on my desk at work as inspiration and to give me something to look forward to - Friday night w/a cold Utica Club.
Not an actual Xmas present, but my father has been downsizing his collection and passing things along to the boys and I got offered another small stack of mementos from him. Being about as deep as he could get in the Corvette racing scene from the late 50s through the 70s and owning quite a number of rare cars in that other lifetime, among uber rare parts, service manuals, factory magazines and paperwork, he had a mostly complete collection of Corvette sales literature, rare racing parts catalogs (some not publicly offered), dealer only ordering info (not public), and best of all - "purchase packets" with the personally addressed thank you letter included for several of his past cars starting in 1956 through the early 70s, with a few odd pieces into the 80s. Needless to say, none of this will ever be for sale and will stay in the family as I plan to acquire a few of these cars myself when the opportunity presents itself.
