Posted on 12/07/2008 8:15:32 AM PST by a real Sheila
I saw a blog several years ago asking folks to write about the worst Christmas gift they ever received. It is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Knowing the sense of humor most freepers have, I would like to hear your answers and stories.
When I was 8, I got a bra from my aunt. The thing is I was still a size A in college. I was totally flat chested.
I’m so sorry.
That reminds me of the time my son got in trouble for reading “The Odyssey” in class while they were supposed to be reading “There’s a Girl in the Boy’s Bathroom”.
I glad we got him out of public school.
Denial is more than a river - sometimes horrible gifts are reflections of insensitive narcissistic people.
Not only is there evil in the world, there's also pettiness, selfishness and hostility. There are people who take their time starting their car when you're waiting to pull into their parking spot. Turns out research backs awareness of this type of pettiness. If someone is waiting for a parting spot it takes LONGER for the person getting into their car to pull out.
Gift giving for this type of person is a golden opportunity to express suppressed anger.
And so Virginia, passive aggressive people really do exist - and they spread misery where ever they go... sometimes that includes Christmas presents.
I love fruit cake too. My grandmother made it every year. And here’s a great song to go with it.
Away away with rum by gum, rum by gum, rum by gum;
Away away with rum by gum, is the song of the Salvation Army.
We never eat fruitcake because it has rum and one little bite turns a man to a bum. Can you imagine a sorrier sight than a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight.
Away etc.
We never eat cookies because they have yeast and one little bite turns a man to a beast, can you imagine a sadder disgrace than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face.
Away etc.
That dress went back to the store!
I didn’t even try it on.
I thought it was a joke.
I didn’t even TRY to hide my disappointment.
The sales lady at the store laughed and laughed when I returned it. (It was a small town store)
Its tough, I seem to get one every year from the same sister and brother-in-law........
I like lottery tickets for Christmas. I always get atleast a $2 winner in my stocking and one year won $25 from one. I’m pretty lucky that way through. :)
The worst gift I ever got was when I was 12. I begged all year for a stereo and on Christmas morning got a toy sewing mchine instead.
We have been trading around a really ugly, 1970's orange, hideous cheese fondue pot for years. Last year, the most recent recipient lost it, and bought a new one just like it. Only, more than one person thought they were the last one to have it. When we opened up the gifts, FIVE ugly orange cheese fondue pots!
Opppsss I forgot about the coloring books my Aunt used to give us when we were little that were always already colored in.
“Ok and I am NOT making this up...a douche bag. It was from my mother in law.”
WINNER!
I love fruitcake. Send them to me.
He had done some work on my Datsun B210. So that year I did get my ring but it was a piston ring.....
I did get the engagement ring too.....but that was later.....
In 1977 I got a cut out of a watch from the Blue Book followed by news that my wife was gonna participate in the “sexual revolution”. Not exactly a funny gift but I survived and found my soul mate.
Is that what the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation got will Wil Wheaton for Christmas? LOL
Your story made me recall a friend in college who wanted a gift for his girlfriend. I convinced him to buy a package of vacuum cleaner belts and tell her they were bracelets. He did it and I never heard the end of it. He actually bought here a nice tennis bracelet, too, but the belts were the gag gift beforehand. She was so ticked off that the real bracelet didn’t help smooth things over. I felt kind of bad, but I thought she had a sense of humor.
I did not know everybody he sent fruit cakes to and he did not leave a list. So I called Collins Street Bakery and told them he had died and asked if they could supply me with a list of the people he was sending them to (they sent them from the bakery directly to the people on his list). He had already ordered and paid for his order and they sent me the list. I was able to send cards to those who would not know he had passed.
/One year I put the branch of a tree in a planter, and glued an empty .38 shell on one limb and set it on my filing cabinet. One guy finally figured out what my Christmas decoration was./
I had a “cartridge in a bare tree” one year also.
I showed that to my wife and she said her ex-MiL gave her the same thing, she had it for 12 years then finally got a divorce.
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