Worst Christmas/Other Holiday Presents You've Ever Gotten

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:19pm

None of mine have been TOO dreadfully terrible, although a well-meaning aunt gave me Land Before Time dino puppets when I was like eleven years old. And last year, another aunt gave me a beige fannypack. I regifted it to my grandma, but she doesn't use it-- it's too dorky even for her! Oh, and I can't forget the Christmas when three relatives gave me copies of the same book, and I'd already read it and didn't like it!

Anyone have any tragic tales of presents they'd have preferred not to get?

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:23pm

A red switchblade from my uncle OJ.

Seriously, 4 people gave me "Monopoly JR." And I got a Dinasoar set from my Aunt and Uncle and I told them "BUT I DIDN'T WANT THIS!" I was only 3, so I guess I didn't know better!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:01pm

My grandma gave me underwear one year. Actually, she gave it to my 3 sisters too. Nothing says excitement like opening a box of underwear and having to show it to everyone to prove you appreciate it. Thank goodness I was young at the time.

Oh yeah, and after that, she started taking stuff from her basement pantry and giving that stuff as gifts. It wasn't even anything good. It was like toothpaste, deoderant, really bad lotion, and other junk like that. It wouldn't have been so bad if we didn't know she took it all from her basement stock.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:04pm

Dude, I was getting dinosaur-related presents for years and years, because I used to be obsessed with dinos when I was a little kid, and after I grew out of that stage, I was always always too intimidated to say anything but 'thank you' when I got my dinosaur presents... so they'd think, "ooh, she likes dinosaurs; let's get her more dinosaur presents again next year!"

Of course, now that I'm older, I think dinosaur stuff is cool again, but at the time, I was VERY self-conscious about wanting to be super "grown-up."

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:08pm

I was never a mainstreamed kid.

I always wanted musical related stuff or other oddball things.

When I was 6, most kids asked for hotwheels, I asked for a Brady Bunch Lunchbox and OLIVER! 1993 London CD.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:32pm

I was obsessed with dinosaurs, snakes, spiders, The Chiffons (the girl group that did "One Fine Day" and "Sweet Talkin' Guy" and stuff), Princess Lolly from Candyland, and ghosts-- I used to hold seances in kindergarten and say our teacher was possessed. Needless to say, I got in trouble a lot. But it was easy to shop for me, because I mostly liked 'guy things,' except for the Princess Lolly thing. Oh, and as weird as this sounded, I was obsessed with the feel of anything rubber. My parents would buy me random rubber objects from the hardware stoe.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:35pm

nevermind.

Updated On: 12/17/08 at 06:35 PM

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:39pm

I know, and that's why I created this thread, because I would never dare admit in real life that I didn't like a present. (And don't tell, but my sister and I actually DID play with the Land Before Time puppets, at the ripe old ages of eleven and nine!)

I'm very lucky when it comes to receiving great gifts, but I thought it'd be funny to hear about some bizarre presents that other people have gotten-- like Marianne's, for instance. And I know a boy who got a bra for Christmas because his parents put a sticker with his name on it that was intended for his sister.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:42pm

My drama club is anything goes. These were passed around for white elephant gifts.

Playboy
Thongs (Guy thongs, too)
Bras
Lube
Condoms


I was waiting to see if a dildo got passed around.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:44pm

How old are you?

Isn't there a student board?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:45pm

Addy, I love you.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:47pm

I'm sixteen, and I believe ifuweregay is slightly younger... which I guess is grounds alone for deletion of this thread.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:52pm

I'm 15, how old are YOU???

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:52pm

Don't you have school?
Or homework?

Go outside and play!

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:53pm

A Chia Head as a Secret Santa gift. It kind of looked like Dustin Diamond.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:59pm

Answer my question, how old are you?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:01pm

Older than you.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:04pm

Since when is 12 older then 15? I'm sure you may THINK 12 year olds are maore mature, be we know the reality!

[D2]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:08pm

Mind your manners, you little ****! NYADGAL is a lady, and deserves to be treated as such. Besides, "anonymous" message board or not, haven't you been taught to respect your elders?

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:12pm

So, it's now appropriate to call a kid a little ****? How am I a little ****? Please elaborate next time you attempt (and fail) to call me out.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:20pm

Dude, didn't you just explain yourself on the "Real Life" thread that you ARE a a little ****? I'm sorry for calling you out so much today, but it seems like you get so defensive sometimes, you don't stop to think about what you're typing. Using the fact that we're kids as an excuse doesn't really cut it. I mean, if I believe that I'm old enough to belong to this website, then I should also be old enough to try and... behave myself.

And again, man, I am sorry for the lecture. I just feel like you kind of intentionally put yourself in tight spots.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:42pm

I said I CAN BE a little ****.

I wanna be treated as an equal, not a little kid. I just get pissed at assholes calling me ASSBURGER and saying I'm lieing about my late grandma dieing.

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 12/17/08 at 2:05am

One Christmas, I received a cell phone and a "Sex in The City" DvD from a boyfriend that I was with for 5 years. He bought me the cell phone because he wanted to know where I was at all times- not because I wanted one....EVER.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 12/17/08 at 11:19am

My wacky sister sent me some huge book expressly written on how to use the Bible to bebunk evolution, and other scientific facts.

I immediately gave it away....should have burned it instead.

I was not amused.

[kate2]

Posted: 12/17/08 at 12:45pm

My grandma gave me a rock one year... from her front yard... covered in dirt. So, there I am at 7 years old sitting there with a dirty rock while my brother played with the big hotwheels set she got him. That's definitely a memory of my grandma I'll always keep... actually that's about all I remember about her!