This is the first year in many years that I did not request or receive any games as Christmas gifts.  My haul was, in terms of the number of gifts, very light, but the awesomeness quotient is off the charts:
 

1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 Box Set #4:  Thanks go to Ryan Davis and the Giant Bomb Holiday Gift Guide for pointing out which episodes were in this set.  Space Mutiny is one of my all-time favorites.
2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume II:  The second half of the novel that inspired a bajillion Koei titles, but the story itself is a classic of Asian literature.
3. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley:  This novel, which has absolutely nothing to do with the horrible sci-fi movie of the same name, came highly recommended by a good friend of mine.  It's an actual good vampire novel that has none of the nonsense that Twilight has inflicted upon the genre.
4. A queen-size bed:  I recently moved out of a tiny studio apartment into a one-bedroom condo, meaning I finally have room for a bed.  No more sleeping on that crap futon!
   

Sunshine the film was not horrible by any stretch. It had some major problems well past half way but dude - it was good right up until the... sun man. 
 
Having a decent sized bed is pretty fantastic.

Ah Romance of the Three Kingdoms is always a good read, it's been a good long while since I've taken a look at it though.