The very good thing about a Christmas Day birthday is that the gifts keep getting better as your family and friends become, more, well, well-off!

It was a very, very profitable haul this Christmas for yours truly, even by Ferengi standards!

Check this out:

1. Canon Digital Rebel XTi
2. Zune in Black: Wifey, retro payment for my Zune
3. 3 mugs for my collection
4. (Really Big) Shirt
5. Paciotti Shoes
6. Toshiba Tecra M7 Core 2 Duo, 2GB Tablet PC
7. Velocity Micro Media Center box: Microsoft, AMD, Aaron Coldiron, Nick White, The Hive
8. Sony PSP and 2 games
9. Fashion shirt
10. Several sugar-free cakes
11. Flat-panel sound-sensitive light
12. Jamaican Rum cake: really alcoholy!
13. Buzz Lightyear soft shell car for ages 2+
14. Ca$h

Thanks be to God for his kindness and for allowing peace to rein during this Christmas season.

Props to all who gave, and also offered felicitations, including, but not limited to:

• Wifey, I love you always and forever
• My kids, John & Trevor
• My parents
• My big bro', Chris and his wife Janet
• My siblings, Gracie, Mary, Greg, Lucille, and their families
• The next generation: Chris II, Senami, Brennen, Sessi, Emmanuel.
• Taiwo and her family; Dippy, my godson Jack, Jennifer, and Amanda
• Isi and her family
• 'Sosa and my goddaughter, Karyn
• Abbey Babayemi and his family
• Chuk Ndulue
• Mike Reyes and family
• Kabyr and his family
• Fredricka Sule
• Mummy G. O. Inneh