Posted on 12/24/2008 9:23:33 PM PST by Cyberrat
THERE can be only one thing worse than not getting the present you want this Christmas – and that’s finding your most wanted gift is just an empty box.
But that’s exactly what happened to this young lad – who thought he was unwrapping the Xbox360 console he had been dreaming of all year.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Seriously?
You didn't get fooled. The story is completely true. It is on the headline of Drudge.
You cannot upload video on YouTube of Christmas morning 2008 before Christmas morning 2008 has even happened.
It was obvious it was from last year.
I'm not to sure this wasn't one of those, “Lets get our 15 minutes” kinda thang
Pretty strange to say the least.
“I’m proud of my daughter for enjoying our time together, and not rating Christmas solely on the gifts.”
Yeah, it sounds like your daughter’s pretty smart. Personally, in recent years, the gifts would be disappointing if I cared that much about them... this year I got a DVD, some money, and a t-shirt that’s 2 sizes too big (I warn people not to try and buy me clothes, and even after I’ve said my size is ‘the smallest there is’ they still get them too big for some incomprehensible reason). But, for me, the fun is in family traditions, like letting our pryomaniac tendencies take over after the candlelight service at church, and having Christmas cookies, or staying up late watching campy sci-fi (that’s just me and my laptop, not the family), then hitting my sister with a pillow or stuffed animal when she tries to drag me out of bed at some ungodly hour of the morning, and having chocolate chip waffles with powdered sugar on top after opening presents...
Nah, it's a dumb quote from a dumb movie, "My Blue Heaven", in which Steve Martin stars as a wiseguy in the witness protection program. It's got a few good laughs, but otherwise not a good movie.
This story reminded of this anecdote he told in the movie.
My life is not nearly this interesting. Fortunately.
Merry CHRISTmas.
HA! I remember that movie now. I loved the part where Steve Martin stole the supermarket’s price gun, then priced steaks and lobster for like 9 cents a package, and checked out with a grocery cart of expensive food and paid like $3.87.
LOL, I’ve been the victim of things like this before.
I’ve also done some of my own.
I once got a nice karaoke player for my wife for Christmas, but I knew if I wrapped it up and let her see it, she would guess what it was. Instead I put it in the storage room with a bow on it, and gift wrapped the storage room key in a computer disk box. I survived long enough to get her to notice the key inside (she hates computers)! ;>
Uncle Paulie, dead, shot in the back of the head with a .22.
Plus, no bicycle.
My new favorite Christmas story. LOL
Thanks!
There is an episode of Monk where Monk buys a present for a boys’ birthday party — a rock polisher. I bought my 8 year old a microscope and when he would ask what was in the package would say, “What if it’s a rock polisher?” He said he would like anything, because I gave it to him. BTW, he was ecstatic over the microscope. Just as the other children loved their presents.
“BTW, he was ecstatic over the microscope. Just as the other children loved their presents.”
That’s wonderful, and an example of what is right with Christmas. BTW, as a microscope technician, I gotta say “great gift”!
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