Let me see, I got Hanabi and Takenoko (Japanese themed games by a European creator), Love Letter (European-themed game by a Japanese creator), and the newest Ticket to Ride (Nederland) to expand the board game collection. So far, all of them seem pretty great.

The surprise gifts were a set of brake pads (just what my car wanted!), a boxed set of Tintin (surprisingly even heavier than the brake pads), and a pretty sizable Christmas bonus from my employer, even though I've only been working there five months.

-- ∇×V
"True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want."
--Larry Wall, Creator of Perl