What Should We Do When We Receive Bad Christmas Gifts?

Townhall.com ^ | December 25, 2007 | Andrew Tallman

[mylife]

LoL! I would grin and bear it and send him this T shirt..

[shiva]

There is for these gifts: Goodwill, Elephant gift exchanges,garage sales, giving them back to them next year, and last but the best.... the Trash Can!

[cgbg]

My wife's mother keeps asking where that clock is that she gave us last year.

If anyone knows where it is let us know.

:-)

[Alouette]

I like to collect bird figurines: Lalique, Swarovski, Murano, etc.

My husband was at CVS picking up his prescription when he saw a pile of these Chinese spun glass atrocities for 99 cents each, so he bought 8 of them and gave me one each night of Hanukkah.

I saw, “Awww, that’s so sweet! I love you!” and put them in the glass cabinet together with the other collectibles, and it makes him so happy to see them there.

I bought him socks and underwear and pajamas, and then he told me he really wants a remote-controlled helicopter.

[mylife]

Just spoke to Mom and found out that she sent the carbon monoxide alarm to all in the family.

Seems my Aunt was found unconscious due to CO from a blocked fireplace flue. I was pretty bad, but no brain damage.

Gosh I love my Mom

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

Exactly. Assume ,being Christmas, that their heart was in the right place. Then, Regift.

[arizonarachel]

While it’s an odd gift, it is a great one to have in the house, especially if you have a fireplace. You have a great mom!

[mylife]

Yes I do!

[arizonarachel]

I bought my husband a nice leather briefcase for Christmas this year. This morning when he opened it...the first words out of his mouth were: "We can exchange it for something else." I thought he would love it since he carries around this cheap thing from Burlington Coat Factory and my gift is real leather and very nice. I have to admit I almost cried.

Now, though, after he's played with it, he likes it and wants to keep it.

[shiva]

My wife's mother keeps asking where that clock is that she gave us last year.

Woooo, I like this one. It's easy.

Ans: "It broke two months after you gave it to us!! The repair shop said it was so cheaply made it was not worth fixing." End of problem. Hehehehe.

[Alouette]

My mother gives my kids large gifts of cash every year at Hanukkah which is always appreciated.

When I was first married, my late MIL used to buy me the most hideous flashy “bling” jewelry that I wouldn’t wear to a Michael Vick dogfight or a Mike Tyson personfight.

Now she has 5 great-granddaughters named after her, and one of them has already shown signs of having inherited the dreaded “Bling” gene.

[Gabz]

Being kind to difficult people is an important life lesson.

Truer words could not be written!

[Tax-chick]

When it’s intentional, it’s not a “difficult person”. It’s an abuser.

Excellent point - I'm corrected.

[Gabz]

I stand corrected as well.

[cgbg]

bling jewelry

One of my wife's sisters gave her some of that stuff this year.

My wife almost never wears jewelry, and if she does it is so dainty and small you need a magnifying glass to see it.

The bracelet she just got has so many large sharp objects around it that it is probably classified as an illegal weapon in several states.

:-)

[Cicero]

What if he gave me a couple of ounces of cocaine? Perhaps a copy of the Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce?

I find Ambrose Bierce quickly gets tiresome, but there are plenty of worse books.

ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.

[School of Rational Thought]

Smile and say “Thank you”

[Tax-chick]

Huh. I think Ambrose Bierce is the best American writer of the 19th century. I read *everything* he wrote when I was stuck on the couch for several months after the 7th baby was born.

[carton253]

I bought my grandmother a plaque with a religious inscription. Three years later I open my present... it’s the plaque minus the brass holder, so there is a hole on the top. I never said anything... But I took four extra pieces of fudge to make up for it.

[freespirited]

This is what I got for Christmas L0L! [CO2 detector] The thing is the size of a brick!(but wider) L0L!

The person who gave you that truly loves you. I guarantee it.

Few, if any, gifts could have been more thoughtful.