In case you’re wondering what I ended up with for Christmas:

• From my parents:
  • A 32″ flat-screen HDTV. Niiice. And yes, it does have an SVGA port to plug in my MacBook, as well as two HDMI ports.
  • Wii Fit. Yes, they actually managed to find a copy. (And wow, I’m a good bit out of shape…looks like I needed this even more than I thought!)
  • A rechargeable battery pack to go into the Wii Balance Board.
  • A new electric razor, to replace the one that often scratched my face up.
  • Some new pajamas, to replace the horribly torn-up ones that I had.
• From my sister:
  • Sonic Unleashed for Wii. (Insert “five golden rings” reference here…)

In return, I gave my dad an FM transmitter for his iPod and a copy of Jeffery Deaver’s latest book; my mom, I got a replacement for her broken pedometer, and Dad and I together split the cost of a Roomba. For my sister and brother-in-law, I got a digital photo frame. (I wish I could afford to give something the cost of an HDTV, but I’m a graduate student…)