[ooc: SIXTEEN PAGES LATER, I'M DONE. For anyone I forgot, assume they got something nice in the same theme as other presents and you have my apologies. first half of the list]
from Sarah;
(left under the tree in the Hyperion lobby) to Anya; → A pendant with a tiny scrying crystal, about the size of a large marble and made by Sarah from one of her own crystals and a small, clearly very old book, about scrying. I found this book about scrying with crystals awhile ago and discovered that not only can some crystals be looked into, others can be used with maps and globes to find people. I started the process for you with one of my crystals, now you just have to tune it to you and you should be able to find anyone you know with the right maps, sort of a magical GPS? ;) Merry Christmas! Love, Sarah
to Buffy; → A gift certificate for an afternoon at a spa, a small pack designed to hold longer weapons while still being compact and several wooden stakes, polished rather than rough, and engraved with symbols not found in Buffy's world, as they are a mostly unused language of Sarah's realm, meant to keep the stakes from ever breaking.
to Claire (ABC); → The newest mp3 player available with a custom-made carrying case with 'ABC' embroidered on it, gift cards for music and a small charm of mixed silver and gold appearing metals, in the shape of a 'C', to be worn on a necklace or bracelet, imbued with protective magic.
to Claire (SBC); → Black onyx earrings, an engraved black onyx ring and a small charm of mixed silver and gold appearing metals, in the shape of a 'C', to be worn on a necklace or bracelet, imbued with protective magic.
to Faith; → A gift certificate for an afternoon at a spa, several wooden stakes, polished rather than rough, and engraved with symbols not found in Faith's world, as they are a mostly unused language of Sarah's realm, meant to keep the stakes from ever breaking and these moonstone earrings.
to Heidi; → The Thin Man series, gift cards/computer-made certificate for a shopping spree with Sarah and this antique lavaliere.
to Hiro; → A antique wall display for swords and several comedic martial arts movies.
to Lavender; → A crystal, with an antique base, for divination (personally made by Sarah) and this amber bracelet.
to Nathan; → A shelf's worth of old, leatherbound law books and a guitar strap with a monogram.
to Noah; → A gift card. That's it. :P
to Peter; → A leatherbound set of books, clearly very old, that reveal themselves to be the complete works of Shakespeare, including several works that were believed extant, a chair massager and several gifts that won't be opened in public.
to Toby; → A bike, helmet and other accessories, gift cards to several movie and music stores and season passes to Los Angeles major league baseball.
(delivered to the appropriate residences, likely in person sometime between Christmas Eve morning and Christmas Day night) to Cathy; → Tickets to Sweeney Todd for the epic theatre geek weekend and the reservation cards for several restaurants, from tiny places that were Sarah's old favorites to upscale places with tight reservation booking.
to Dean & Jo; → Gift certificates to several restaurants and a coffee, cocoa and candy gift basket.
to Heather; → Several CDs, from one entitled Christmas of Pop with songs like Mariah's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' and Madonna's 'Santa Baby', a single of Eartha Kitt's original version of 'Santa Baby' and several of the early Now That's What I Call Music CDs (the US versions) and their Now That's What I Call Christmas! counterparts, wrapped up in a gift basket with a honey vanilla home spa kit.
to Lindsey; → An mp3 player pre-loaded with multiple albums like Country's Greatest Hits and a cowboy hat. After she receives her gift from him, he'll get another gift - Country's Greatest Hits as a karaoke track and a large bottle of top-shelf alcohol.
to Sam (Anders); → A coffee table-type book about the history and rules of basketball and tickets to a Lakers game.
to Sam (Winchester); → Choice sections of information from the demon database that A.I. has, printed and put into a small binder, and tickets to a Dashboard Confessional concert.
to Trance; → Three Bonsai trees and a pruning kit.
from Sarah & Peter;
(left under the tree in the Hyperion lobby) to Aang; → The beginning issues to several different superhero storylines from different comic universes (Spiderman, the X-Men, etc).
to Alessa; → Several books of poetry and several CDs of artists and bands that Alessa does not have in her music collection.
to Angela; → Several restaurant gift certificates and a framed photograph of Guinevere and Kat that says We <3 Our Grandma.
to Bela; → Several books (Dickens, Bronte, etc) and a small assortment of 'proper' tea, straight from the UK.
to Claude; → A large assortment of 'proper' tea, straight from the UK, and two bottles of top-shelf alcohol.
to Dawn; → Gift cards to several online merchants, from clothing to book, and a computer-made voucher in an envelope, from Sarah, for a day safely out of the Hyperion, but not elaborated on unless Dawn redeems it.
to Fred; → Several volumes of Goblin lore from Sarah's realm, in the Goblin language, with a typed translation of what words Sarah knows thus far, three power bead bracelets for luck, prosperity and health and a desktop laboratory.
to Gabriel; → Several individually wrapped boxes of different sizes, each holding a various antique timepieces, from watches to clocks, that all need restored. The present tags identify each as either from Peter or Sarah, but fall under 'joint gift' collectively.
to Jake; → Several books on various topics (Star Wars, modern sports), a tape deck and music tapes, plus toys for Oy.
to Jared; → A gloves, scarf and hat set in medium blue with white accents.
to Kyle; → Several restaurant gift certificates and a wine/fruits/cheese basket.
to Lyle; → An mp3 player and gift cards for music.
to May; → A set of public-appropriate pyjamas for relaxing (early morning classes?), fuzzy slippers for the relaxing part and a bookstore voucher.* [* if she's still doing college, it can even be for the campus bookstore]
to Micah; → Several console video games, several computer video games and a gift card to a computer/tech store.
to Molly W.; → A large dollhouse with furniture and dolls to fit to scale.
to Molly H.; → Gift cards for music (mp3 or CD purchases) and several mall stores.
to Monica; → Three martial arts DVDs, two compilations of the best of ballet and gift cards for sveral mall stores.
to Niki; → A non-alcoholic wine and fruits/cheeses basket (that will be put away until she's no longer brainsucked), an aromatherapy kit and a gift certificate to a day spa with computer-made vouchers for kid-sitting.
to Peter P.; → Several books on scientific theories and a wide assortment of baked good (cookies, brownies, etc).
to Simon & Monty; → All of the Star Wars Lego sets currently available.
to Spike; → A box of imported cigarettes, a bottle of top-shelf alcohol and a glass warmer meant for scotch-size glasses (of blood). Wrapped separately, by Sarah alone, is the complete set of Passions DVDs out to date.
to Tenel Ka; → Several political history books, engaging rather than dry textbook format, a coffee table-type photograph book of famous and well-remembered rulers through the ages, interspersed with facts and rumor/legend, and tickets to several museums within Los Angeles.
to Xander; → A basket practically big enough to crawl in with cookies, cupcakes, muffins, brownies, donuts, other baked goods, candy and plain and seasonal hot cocoa, most all of it made by Sarah.
(delivered to the appropriate residences, likely in person sometime between Christmas Eve morning and Christmas Day night) to Elaine; → A tea and baked goods (brownies, cookies, etc, all made by Sarah) gift basket and an indoors windowbox garden.
to Jaenelle; → A wine and fruits/cheese gift basket and a gift certificate to a men's clothing shop with a tailor on the premises.
to Selene & Logan; → A gift basket with various types of bar glasses, a few bottles of top-schelf alcohol, and a gift certificate to a well-recommended home interior place to purchases things for their new house.
from Nathan;
to the Claires, Simon, Monty, Toby and any of the children in the Hyperion by proxy; → A 'spotted pony' (specifically, a piebald horse just over 14.2 hands) who is now housed at a boarding stable close to the hotel where everyone has pre-paid riding lessons waiting for them.
to Angela; → Framed photographs of 1) Nathan & Peter, 2) Nathan, Heidi & the boys, 3) both Claires and 4) Peter & Sarah and tickets for Angela, Simon, Monty & Nathan to out on an excursion.
to Buffy; → Several vampire fiction books for Buffy to poke fun at, a weapons cleaning/mending kit and a heavy-duty, custom-made fighting dummy specifically for her (it's currently dressed to look like her, including a wig, because Nathan gets those he likes best a gag gift or a gag part to a legitimate gift for holidays) for the training room.
to Faith; → A book about funny old laws still on the book in Los Angeles, many marked as ones she or he have broken, a weapons storage locker for her room, and a heavy-duty, custom-made fighting dummy specifically for her (it's currently dressed to look like her, including a wig, because Nathan gets those he likes best a gag gift or a gag part to a legitimate gift for holidays) for the training room.
to Gabriel; → A rather annoying joke cuckoo clock, in which the bird swears, and a deluxe set of watch-fixing tools that Nathan had custom ordered after sneakily cataloging what Gabriel did have.
(delivered to the appropriate residences, likely in person sometime between Christmas Eve morning and Christmas Day night) to Owen; → A few modern and a few much older medical books, all leather bound.
from Claire;
(left under the tree in the Hyperion lobby) to Angela; → A wall plaque (something like this that says 'My Grandchildren' with four little people (the Claires, Simon, Monty) and a duck and a cat (Kat and Guinevere) with their names on it.
to Claire (ABC); → A silver bracelet with a replica coin charm, one side with 'ABC' engraved and the other side with 'SBC' engraved (two sides of the same coin), and a half-charm that says 'sis' (the other half, 'ters', than Claire has kept).
to Faith; → Computer-made coupons for lunch and a manicure, paid for by Claire, and this wooden bead bracelet.
to Fred; → Gift certificates to Fred's favorite taco place, several brain-candy/self-indulgent romance novels to have a giggle at and a decently-sized woven bag for her researching purposes.
to Heidi; → An ice cream party cooler that holds a half-gallon of ice cream in a clear holder to contain drips and comes with six spoons, bowls and saucers with room for up to ten.
to Hiro; → An origami kit, a bottle of sake (on recommendation from people who know better than her) and a set of decorative cups.
(delivered to the appropriate residences, likely in person sometime between Christmas Eve morning and Christmas Day night) to Mirta; → A DVD and book on throwing stars, a kit of folding throwing stars and a framed print of the original concept art for Boba Fett
to Sam A.; → DVD introductions to several Earth sports, as well as a sporting goods kit containing a basketball, a baseball/bat/glove, a soccer ball and a tennis ball/racket.