Christmas is over, but my brain is still on holiday
Posted on December 27, 2006 @ 4:25 pm
A Christmas dialogue, starring me and my dad:
Dad: A couple of Wal-Mart gift cards.
Me: Wal-Mart gift cards? Really?
Dad: Everyone shops at Wal-Mart, son.
Me: Yeah, Dad, but it’s a Christmas gift. Wouldn’t a gift card from a slightly classier store be more appropriate?
Dad: Well, I considered getting them each a Macy’s gift card, but what can they buy there with eight dollars?
While I’m technically back from Christmas with the folks, I think my brain is still on holiday. So, in lieu of actual blogging content, let’s play a little game of “Who Got the Most Ridiculous Christmas Present?” I’ll go first.
The most ridiculous Christmas present I received this year was a card stuffed with twenty scratch-and-win lottery tickets. I walked away with ten dollars in winnings, but at a price of a dollar per ticket, it essentially cost the gift-giver twenty dollars to give me ten bucks in cash. Clever idea, that. I suppose this is one of those cases where it’s better to receive than to give.
So, what kind of ridiculous crap ended up under the tree at your place?
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I got the biggest bar of soap I’ve ever seen. It’s HUGE. I wonder if the mother in law was trying to tell me something.
I am proud to say that the worst thing we got for Christmas was newsletter stating that I suck as a grandson (indirectly) and a wet/dry shop vac/blower that says that I apparently don’t suck enough
“Wood forest” scented shaving cream from my aunt.
My older brother got “Winter Frost”
The year before she gave deodorant and a Digi-Mon Yo yo (!??)
I’m sorry I missed you and your folks this year; we actually ended up not traveling this year at all. I’m going to visit that way in a couple of weeks, since my mother’s family is getting together then.
A hamster that sings “Kung Fu Fighting” while spinning nunchuks. The giver also intended this to be an amusing item that could possibly be re-gifted to others in the future. The thing is, I don’t think I know anyone personally that I dislike that much.
my grandmother sent me a pedicure set from bath and body works. that part was nice. the other part she sent was a “discount” card from the same store–$10 off of any $30 purchase (she probably got it while shopping there and figured she wouldn’t use it for herself)… except the expiration date on the card was December 20th.
I am still trying to find summin… it´s empty underneath the tree and nuttin in my stocking either… crap!
I didn’t get anything stupid this year. But its funny reading everyone else’s. Those scratch offs are a fun idea for people who love the tickets. Like my Mom. One year we gave her a gag one from a gift store, boy was she pissed when she didn’t win $500 bucks!!
You can buy gift cards for $8? And your dad is too cheap to round up to $10?!
My wife got a coffee cup the size of her head.
I actually got some cool stuff this year.
A friend of my sister’s gave her 24 scratch offs for her 24th birthday. I thought that was pretty cute actually. Not really anything I would do for any of my friends though, but mostly cuz they’re all old and who wants to spend that kind of money on what is essentially a gag gift? Not I. I’m just all shades of cheap.
I didn’t get a lot of presents this year. That seems to be the trend as I get older and crankier.
But, as a result, none of the loot was crap. Cool beans.
Well, it’s become sort of a gag in my family that we all (including my husband) get socks and underwear at Christmas. But the thing is, now that we’re grown, none of us actually thinks that sucks anymore!
Chris got two zip-up ties. What is a zip-up tie, you might ask? Go here for an example. They are pre-tied and adjust through a zipper. To quote this site, “If you haven’t experienced the freedom and comfort of a designer zipper tie, you don’t know what you’re missing! The convenience of a zipper is unmatched, giving you the ease of a clip on with the style of a classic necktie.”
Classy.
It seems I got a lot of bath products, which means that no one in my family knew what to buy me.
I recieved an unopened bottle of 50 year old Seagram’s 7 that was my grandfathers. That was nice, except my mother already gave it to me a few months earlier and I left it at her house. She even took the time to wrap it for me!