I've gotten many over the years , but I'll always remember my Auntie Carol giving me " Singles Collection , The London Years "

The According to the Rolling Stones book I got last year. I put out a lot of hints about getting better stuff this year.

I got according to the rolling stones but the thing is I already bought it. So I have two copies of that book.

Beggars Banquet album from my uncle

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

Several years ago my girlfriend bought a set of coasters and painted the tongue logos from different tours on them. She messed up one of the paintings and went out and bought another set of coasters just so they would be perfect and I would have a complete set for Christmas.

Gotta love a woman that would do that.

Let It Bleed, from my parents, total surprise

The best gifts I have received the last decade at least,are from me.I guess they don't see what I would like but more what they would like for themselves.So over the years I got to me four flicks,some Stones' albums and pc/console hardware.This Christmas I am planning to give me a nice amp.

that was about a day or so after its first issue, so must have been December 1968

StratoGR Wrote:
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> The best gifts I have received the last decade at
> least,are from me.I guess they don't see what I
> would like but more what they would like for
> themselves.So over the years I got to me four
> flicks,some Stones' albums and pc/console
> hardware.This Christmas I am planning to give me a
> nice amp.


Yeah, I hear you Strato. This year I bought one of the lmtd.edition prints from celebrity gallerie of the stones at cardiff castle. Figured this would be a hard one to talk one of the so called friends into.

Payphone Al Wrote:
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> Several years ago my girlfriend bought a set of
> coasters and painted the tongue logos from
> different tours on them. She messed up one of the
> paintings and went out and bought another set of
> coasters just so they would be perfect and I would
> have a complete set for Christmas.
>
> Gotta love a woman that would do that.


And , you're still together ?

My grandmother gave me the Stones tongue phone in '83, I think. She then told me to leave it in the original box and never use it because it would be worth a fortune someday.

I used it. She was right.

Well number one son and I got our tickets for this last summer's tour as our pressies..so I suppose that has to count as a prety good one.

According To The Rolling Stones I think. There's a lot of gifts down the road I can't remember though.

JumpingKentFlash

I never receive any Stones items for Christmas.
According to my family, I already "have everything".

My older Sister gave me my first Stones LP, Christmas 1965
'BRAVO The Rolling Stones' A German Compilation with a great cover.
The player was in the living room, so there was no change for me to play the Album until my dad went back to work.
Christmas days are very very long if you have wait.

I know I'm slightly off topic here 'cause it was for my birthday - maybe ten years back. My then gf made me a birthday cake with the Stones logo in marzipan ;-)

My girlf at the time gave me the Live Licks DVD set - a 'Cool Yule' was enjoyed!

I got Tattoo You LP for a X-mas present in 1981 - my first Stones item. It's still probably my favourite album. It all started from there.

- Doxa

Got my Stones bobble-head dolls 2 years ago. Every once in a while I will put Ronnie on Keith's side and vice-versa just to mix things up a bit. It dosn't last long, however. It seems the universe is off balance when Mick has Keef on his right!

Get Your Ya Yas Out, Xmas 1970....Never been the same since.

The GREATEST Rock'n'Roll record, EVER!

JR

Got the Ronnie and Keith bobbleheads and a small blimp (about 2 feet long) in 2002.

I got "Satanic Majesties" christmas 1967 from my sister

Christmas has always been to me from a stones viewpoint - it all started with the London Years back in '89. Since then, I've gotten the books According to the Rolling Stones, Old Gods Almost Dead, and a Bill Wyman book about his time with them the name of which now escapes me. I've gotten Rolling Stones ties, and a pocket watch last year. I also got a bottle of the unwine last year - couldn't ship wine to NY at the time. This year I am getting the Ice cube tray.

I also had a stones Birthday cake with the big tongue and lips.

stone-relics Wrote:
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> Get Your Ya Yas Out, Xmas 1970....Never been the
> same since.
>
> The GREATEST Rock'n'Roll record, EVER!
>
> JR
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Same for me Stone-Relics only I got this record on my birthday in feb.'70 it didn't get of my turntable for months.

My perfect pose was lying on my back on the ground with my headphone on and play it loud, the problem is if I try it nowedays I have problems getting up.

My first ever Stones album - the TV advertised "Get Stoned" double LP - which I got in 1977.

Things havent been the same ever since

Honourable mention goes to something I bought myself which turned out to be a 'gift'. I'd seen a few signed copies of Bill's 'Rolling with the Stones' book in HMV in November 2002, but was put off by the £100 price tag - until a friend of mine pointed out that he'd been in the shop the day earlier and had a) found a signed copy with a £30 pricetag (the price of an UNsigned copy) on it by mistake and b) that a few books done in the pile there was another copy of the book which had been similarly erroneously priced.

Needless to say I was in the shop the next morning, found the book in question, and got it for £30. Was sweating profusely as I took it to the checkout.....



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"Was sweating profusely as I took it to the checkout....."

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Love those sweating moments Gazza

I think the only Stones related gift I got was from a girlfriend, it was Rolling With The Stones by Bill Wyman....it's still on my coffee table.



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"Up and Down With The Rolling Stones" by Tony Sanchez. I read it over and over again the two weeks I was out for the holidays. That was the moment the obsession began!

The Best Stones Related Christmas gift I have ever received was two tickets to see the Stones at Twickenham Rugby Ground London, Great Britain
Saturday, September 20, 2003

They were for my 40th birthday present (I had been a Stones fan since I was 16 but never seen them!) and when I knew I was going to finally see the Stones I could not believe it - I immediately played Fool To Cry because I was so emotional.

By the way, this was the re-scheduled show when Mick had his 'problems' but when they came on stage, I am not ashamed to admit that I had tears in my eyes

Massive thanks to my wife

Original 1965 photos!