The Fantha Trackers have all been good boys and girls and were delighted with the presents that Father Sithmas / Fantha Claus gave them this year. Here they are sharing their favourite Star Wars Christmas 2018 presents.
Patty Hammond
I did not get many things for Christmas this year, let alone Star Wars related stuff. However, I did get a few Star Wars related items.
The first is a Porg oven glove set from my younger brother.
The second of this awesome Ahsoka dress from Her Universe that my hubby gave me and I am looking forward to wearing at Star Wars Celebration Chicago!
Third, my hubby and I bought each other iPad Pros, which of course I had to put a Star Wars related wallpaper on it!
Finally, I bought myself two Star Wars related books, Women of the Galaxy by Amy Ratcliffe and It’s Your Universe by Ashley Eckstein.
Carl Bayliss
Apparently Fantha Christmas thinks I’ve been a good boy this year (obviously not been keeping tracks of my Star Wars purchases!) so I’ve been rewarded with some lovely presents.
A lovely pair of Po-zu boots from my parents, and from my daughter, the Vader Black Series Centrepiece, socks and festive Stormtrooper pyjamas – all in the awesome bag pictured. One of my work colleagues gave me the M&S Trivia game – so expect me to start going through questions next time I see any of you!!!!
Now, if that wasn’t enough, I’m hitting the sales….
Richard Hutchinson
Every year I participate in at least one Secret Santa on starwarsforum.uk or a similar forum. The objective is to purchase something vintage related for a budget of £25.00 – no mean feat in this day and age! I always get a mix of gifts from friends and family and here is my haul in all its glory
The Darth Vader MPC model kit, vintage Waddingtons jigsaw and sneaky pair of TLJ socks were my Secret Santa gifts, but I am delighted with the full range of gifts this year.
Becca Benjamin
A Star Wars Homemade Christmas! The entire blanket is handmade by my mom (Jane Schmigiel) and the Leia image is her own sketched pattern since she couldn’t find one.
Greig Robertson
Great Star Wars score from my family this year! My eldest son made me a necklace like the one Anakin gave Padme in The Phantom Menace made from Lino (No Japor Snippets available).
My wife bought me the awesome Lego Porg, classic Han Solo books and the last two Disney Star Tours figures I needed to complete Series 1. The end is now in sight.
My brother in law bought the black series Stormtrooper and my sister in law this awesome Star Wars Weekly from August 1978 (the month and year of my birth).
Very much spoiled and happy man!
Clair Henry
This Christmas I knew I had been a good girl but that I really had enough Star Wars items in my life however …
I clearly didn’t know what I needed until Fantha Christmas came one foggy Christmas Eve!
Firstly to while away those hours next April in Chicago I have a small yet portable game to play! Star Wars Dobble …
Secondly it is the droid I never knew I was looking for however it will compliment my Princess Leia garden ornament, none other than R2-D2!
Expect some photos of the family Henry bored playing Dobble or my beautiful garden with an astromech droid peeking through the roses!
Martin Keeler
Zuvio-ho-ho! It was a very Merry Christmas in the Keeler household as I unwrapped my presents on Christmas morning. It would appear that my friends and family had a good idea of what to get me as I had very similar looking packages under the tree with my name on……. Hoorah! As I opened then I discovered no less than 14 more of “the star of The Force Awakens” Constable Zuvio himself! oh happy day!
However the best was yet to come. I am a Reading FC season ticket holder so you can imagine my joy when I opened a present that contained this seasons away shirt. However that joy turned to elation when I looked at the back and found that it had been personalised to represent my hero (complete with his black series box number 1)! What a great Christmas!
Paul Naylor
In the true spirit of Star Wars from a bygone era, my main Star Wars gifts for Christmas were pre-orders. I won’t be getting my hands on my presents until well into 2019 when the Archive Black Series 6 inch Boba Fett, IG-88, B
ossk and Luke in his X-Wing gear will arrive.
I am strong with the Force, and my patience will be rewarded, but naturally something from a galaxy far, far away had to arrive on December 25th.
Sure enough I was rewarded for being a good little boy. A fabulous Imperial Royal Guard 6 inch figure plus a retro action figure inspired diary. The latter I can use to count the days until my main presents arrive.
Come on postie, hurry up!
Johanna Nybelius
I got a Star Wars Trivia Card Game, but nobody in the family wants to play it with me so it’s still unopened.
Brian Cameron
I tend to try and keep Christmas and birthdays fairly Star Wars free as being a completist collector it’s hard for any family member to know what to get.
Inevitably something slips through the net. This year courtesy of my brother, it was a tin of Star Wars biscuits.
But true to form anything from my brother fails! The biscuits were disgusting, and I mean barely edible – if you have met me you know I am not a fussy eater; and to add to the fun they were from the Shepperton Design Studios – the arch nemesis of Lucasfilm through the courts for many a year here in the UK – so I had the joy of explaining that story to the family. But hey it’s a nice tin, and will be a little receptacle for convention swag from Celebration Chicago I am sure.
Megan Cullinan
I only put two Star Wars items on my Christmas list this year: The Blu-Ray versions of The Last Jedi and Solo. And, lo and behold, I received them both! I know you’re thinking, “She didn’t already have them? Has she been living under a bantha?” But, isn’t it more fun being patient and waiting until someone else buys them for you? I certainly think so!
Mark Newbold
To cap off a great Star Wars 2018, Fantha Claus was overly generous and gave my lovely wife Ruth some very good ideas. This year I was showered with GFFA goodies including some very smart Star Wars paperclips (Anakin/Vader, Stormtrooper and Artoo, meaning I have to get Threepio, Yoda and Chewie). I got the 2018 annual with striking Solo-era Falcon and some lounge pants from Characters.com.
Also pictured is my 2018 Christmas jumper from Sainsbury (me and Ruth both had one) along with the latest Starburst, issue 1 of Comic Scene and the 2019 Star Wars Insider Special Edition, all of which feature articles by my good self (Christmas presents to myself)
There was a set of Bath & Body Wash and Socks (what are people trying to tell me?) some metal coasters, a Rogue One era desk tidy set, a Firefly R2-D2 handwash with sound chip, a Stormtrooper keyring and a BB-8 car air freshener (smells like freedom)
From my awesome in-laws there was a set of glass tumblers and from my sister-in-law a Millennium Falcon puzzle set.
To top it all off, Ruth got me a very cool Darth Vader t-shirt and a set of Star Wars logo pyjamas that are simply too hot for a family website. Let’s hope 2019 is as much fun as 2018 – I’m certain it will be.