Wizard Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 What was your favorite/most memorable Bills-related gift you ever received or gave? What made this gift extra significant to you? For me, I received a Bills "Starter" Jacket. I remember not even asking for one, but this was the cool type of jacket to have of your favorite sports team, so I was beyond shocked and grateful. I received it from my mom, and I wore it thatday while sledding at my aunt's house. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuba guy Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 When my brother and i where little we both got very small 32 Jerseys ( we all known who that player is just bad juju) anyway first time I every really had something the same as my big brother and we did not have to share. I guess the meaning is always looked up to my big brother but we're never really that close. Also got pjs but went out in the snow to play with them and kinda destroyed them just being a boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 When I was a kid I got a nice Bills fleece blanket from my Grandma. I remember being disappointed, and probably didn't hide it well (as a 12 year old I wasn't really interested in a blanket) and feel bad to this day that I didn't show her proper appreciation. Today it's my football blanket, and my kids will also frequently commandeer it. I love that it came from her and that it feels like she's with us when we're using it, even though she passed around 30 years ago. My second would be going last years playoff game. My wife did not get me anything for Xmas, and I kind of guilted her into giving me the weekend away (the biggest gift was her being responsible for both of our little monsters for a few days.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyBillsFan Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Not my favorites but some of my more interesting: * A piece of Rich Stadium's old astroturf encased in clear thick plastic. * A set of official Buffalo Bills teaspoons with the Bills logo proudly visible on each handle. * A large Buffalo Bills wall clock. It's a Bills helmet mounted in a frame with red velvet background. I've been told it's beyond hideous. * A box of Flutie flakes But my most prestigious gift was an official Buffalo Bills WHAMMY WIENER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said: But my most prestigious gift was an official Buffalo Bills WHAMMY WIENER! Watch out for the lead based paint! 😳 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I got a nice framed Photo of the pic in my avatar. It was cool to me because I was way too young to be there and experience it and knowing something like that will never happen again I always thought that was such a cool moment in Bills history. I am also a Memorabilia collector so I thought that was a pretty unique piece of Memorabilia to have. If anybody saw the recent video Marv Levy sent out congratulating Sean McDermott and the Bills on winning the AFC East you can see he also has a framed photo of that pic in the background as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedbuffaloblue Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 We were at my wife’s parent’s house for Christmas. Her family knew I was a diehard Bills fan and never gave me too much grief about it even though none of them had any allegiance to the team. That year her parents and grandparents got together and bought me an authentic Jim Kelly jersey! I couldn’t believe it and was so excited. Immediately put it on that morning and never took it off all day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarRifleman Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Well, I got a piece of coal with the face of Hank Bullough on it. Would that count? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterLifer Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Not a gift, but... At the end of 1999, I had a closet full of Bills winter jackets, all in great shape. I think I had eight of them. I decided to take them to the Open Door Mission in Rochester for homeless folks to stay warm. For the next two years, you would have thought the streets were full of Bills fans. You could always see someone walking, sleeping or just hanging out, in Bills' gear. It made me smile and laugh at the same time. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 This year I ordered myself a great retro Bills flag to hang outside the house. The BEST gift was the identical flag I got for my son. He LOVES it! The best gift I’ve ever seen (but didn’t give or receive) was the signed and framed Bruce Smith jersey our son gave to his brother. It was very extravagant based upon what he was earning at the time, but a brother’s love knows no bounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Wife got me a signed Jim Kelly mini helmet one of the first years we started living together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I have a Pro-line, Bills sweatshirt from Christmas 1995 that I wear a few times a year and still looks brand new. My favorite, and I will call it Bills related, because, without my love of the Bills, I wouldn't have got it, was a game called "Talking Monday Night Football" that I got as a boy in the late 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Gave a 3x3 piece of Turf from field to my 80 yr old dad. He said it was the best gift he ever received in his life. He's got it laying in the dining room and he goes and steps on it before games now. He imagines all the "greats" that likely stepped on the same spots he does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said: I got a nice framed Photo of the pic in my avatar. It was cool to me because I was way too young to be there and experience it and knowing something like that will never happen again I always thought that was such a cool moment in Bills history. I am also a Memorabilia collector so I thought that was a pretty unique piece of Memorabilia to have. If anybody saw the recent video Marv Levy sent out congratulating Sean McDermott and the Bills on winning the AFC East you can see he also has a framed photo of that pic in the background as well! I got myself a poster of this as well, it was my first game, and I've told the story here before, but I went to that game as a Jets fan, and left a Bills fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
947 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Autographed & framed Jim Kelly jersey from my wife. She has since added Bruce & Thurman to the collection. Hoping for Josh Allen next before it gets too expensive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 The 2020 season. 4 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Red HOF Jim Kelly signed helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 The Misses just got me a blue Nike Josh Allen jersey for Chanukah. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Wizard said: What was your favorite/most memorable Bills-related gift you ever received or gave? What made this gift extra significant to you? For me, I received a Bills "Starter" Jacket. I remember not even asking for one, but this was the cool type of jacket to have of your favorite sports team, so I was beyond shocked and grateful. I received it from my mom, and I wore it thatday while sledding at my aunt's house. Same, got this when I was like 12 in middle School. Now I want another one. Wife got me this 2 years ago as well., looks great right now on front lawn. Lastly, my mother in law has been getting me the official Bills calendar for like 10 years now. Non Xmas gifts I got from Van Miller direct as I used to deliver the BN to him and Gloria for like 5 years. He gave me his VIP media pass and ticket from Pasadena XXVII and a autographed James Lofton rookie card. Guys was a class act and humble. RIP Van. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Mine would have to be me an autographed 8x10 framed autographed Andre Reed photograph my dad got for me at Christmas a few years back. Edited December 24, 2020 by The Jokeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Not mine but Steve Christie used to hunt on my Grandpa's property in East Aurora. As a thank you Christie had most of the '98 Bills sign an autograph designed football and we gave it to my late nephew as a Christmas gift (who had down syndrome). I just thought it was a really cool gesture by the team and Andre Reed in particular wrote him a nice message on it. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 My Christmas gift from my military daughter-in-law is a sweatshirt that says "Bills Mafia" with a picture of a broken table right in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Motorin' said: The Misses just got me a blue Nike Josh Allen jersey for Chanukah. "I approve!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuseBill Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 During the early 90's my then girlfriend gave me a large framed poster which was an abstract painting showing Andre Reed escaping a tackle from a Dolphins' player. Title of the print was "Andre Reed Squishin' the Fish". We saw it hanging behind a bar on Abbott before a game and after I admired it, she went back to the bar a few days later (a 3 hour drive) and convinced the bar owner to sell it to her to give to me for Christmas. Turns out she wasn't a keeper but I still have the framed print! Love it! No comments please about what she did for the bar owner to sell it to her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Seasons1992 said: The 2020 season. The 2020 season, and Josh Allen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 4 hours ago, RochesterLifer said: Not a gift, but... At the end of 1999, I had a closet full of Bills winter jackets, all in great shape. I think I had eight of them. I decided to take them to the Open Door Mission in Rochester for homeless folks to stay warm. For the next two years, you would have thought the streets were full of Bills fans. You could always see someone walking, sleeping or just hanging out, in Bills' gear. It made me smile and laugh at the same time. Rottenchester (I dated a bunch of Rochester girls when in college so no offense), that I one of the nicest posts, and thank you. I love guys who get the most out of helping others. That is commendable. We’ve done the same in my family for a very long time. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybrew1 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 30 years ago about, I got a gray champion sweet shirt with a large red Bills helmet cross-stitched across the front from my sister-in-law. I had a million compliments wearing that. Eventually, I got a chicken wing grease stain on it. I still have the helmet. I am hoping my wife will be kind enough to stitch that onto a new sweat-shirt some day.....maybe when she retires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 4 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said: Not my favorites but some of my more interesting: * A piece of Rich Stadium's old astroturf encased in clear thick plastic. * A set of official Buffalo Bills teaspoons with the Bills logo proudly visible on each handle. * A large Buffalo Bills wall clock. It's a Bills helmet mounted in a frame with red velvet background. I've been told it's beyond hideous. * A box of Flutie flakes But my most prestigious gift was an official Buffalo Bills WHAMMY WIENER! You might go blind playing with your whammy wiener..... be cautious.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 41 minutes ago, CuseBill said: During the early 90's my then girlfriend gave me a large framed poster which was an abstract painting showing Andre Reed escaping a tackle from a Dolphins' player. Title of the print was "Andre Reed Squishin' the Fish". We saw it hanging behind a bar on Abbott before a game and after I admired it, she went back to the bar a few days later (a 3 hour drive) and convinced the bar owner to sell it to her to give to me for Christmas. Turns out she wasn't a keeper but I still have the framed print! Love it! No comments please about what she did for the bar owner to sell it to her! Sounds like there's more to this story than we are going to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let's Go Buffalo Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 My favorite Bills Christmas gift was when I was pretty young, and got a kids sized Buffalo Bills helmet and gear. It was the plastic kid helmet that didn't have much protection, as I found out later that winter while playing against family and neighbors outside....but man was it fun at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 1 hour ago, CuseBill said: During the early 90's my then girlfriend gave me a large framed poster which was an abstract painting showing Andre Reed escaping a tackle from a Dolphins' player. Title of the print was "Andre Reed Squishin' the Fish". We saw it hanging behind a bar on Abbott before a game and after I admired it, she went back to the bar a few days later (a 3 hour drive) and convinced the bar owner to sell it to her to give to me for Christmas. Turns out she wasn't a keeper but I still have the framed print! Love it! No comments please about what she did for the bar owner to sell it to her! Cuse buddy, I’ll honor you’re request on the last request for tonight as it’s Xmas, but.... You may get coal in you’re stockings later tonight or tomorrow in you’re stockings as you opened up for it. Have a Merry Christmas Bud. Oh, and let the innocent jokes begin tomorrow. It’s what we do as Bills friends. I didn’t know I had a good friend until he was busting my chops. Then I knew in HS, College, or beyond, ok we’re good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Bills vs Raiders tickets Jan 20th 1991 From my best friend Rob RIP Rob I am sure your looking down and smiling about this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 A Bills hat my aunt got for me a few years ago. Was just totally unexpected. I remember the Christmas Eve game 2011 vividly as well against Denver and Tebow. We lost something like 9 games in a row before that one. It did warm me to see the fans that day in Orchard Park get a nice little surprise as most thought that game was another L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearNorth Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Tickets to the 1963 playoff game vs. the Patsies. We played like crap and lost, but next two years + we were badass. Our seats were bleacher's and the seats were actually formed by a garbage can pressed into the snow. Don't think my dad's hips ever recovered from that day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1962 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I got a ticket to a Bill's home game, I believe it was a playoff game vs. the Jets towards the end of the Kelley era. All I remember is it was so cold out that people's beers were freezing to their beards. Good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaB Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I just got one of those gaiter masks tonight, it’s pretty nice. I don’t get much Bills ***** fir presents, I normally buy what I want myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigvinny Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 My grandma worked at an old Italian restaurant that the Bill's players used to go to in the early 80's. Maybe Nutrino's ? I was probably 5 or so and for Christmas she gave me an autographed Joe Ferguson button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammyboy Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 A framed picture of Mike Stratton hitting Keith Lincoln. Autographed by both players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVilanch Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 My Parents got me tickets to go with my dad to last years WFT @ Bills game as an early Christmas gift, and getting to go see a home game for the first time was one of the best experiences of my life. Can't wait to fly from Oregon next year to enjoy another game with the best fans in the world, merry christmas everyone. Go Bills! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Brandon Beane getting rid of Tuh-ROD Taylor for a 3rd round pick. Still brings a tear to me eye. Thanks, Brand!!! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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