Best/worst Christmas gifts you've received

Cateeto
Cateeto Posts: 377
edited January 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
We've all had those moments... There's the excitement of Christmas morning and spending time with the ones you love... A package lies before you, perfectly wrapped and holding the potential to be something awesome... And then you open it only to find.... Something that really takes an effort to smile over.

I am of course grateful for all gifts I receive, don't get me wrong, but I think we've all received those wacky, over the top gifts that just kind of make you wonder why you're receiving it :p

For me it was a hideous pair of Tweety Bird slippers. Last year. Anyone who knows me knows that I don't really care for things like that, especially Looney Toones characters, as I hate them. Sadly, it wasn't a gag gift and my mother was the giver. I still thanked her though and put them in a nice corner of my bedroom... Last week she found them untouched when I returned home. Ouch...

But then there are times when our eyes sparkle over a precious gem laid out in front of us. Someone takes the time and effort to really get to know you and know your wants and desires. You receive the perfect gift.

My perfect gift came from my grandfather. He wasn't big on the music scene, but he was big on me and knew that music was becoming a huge love to me when I was a younger age. My parents were highly against my love for bands such as Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam... Thinking they were worthless and would make me too rebellious. They refused to purchase the albums for me, so naturally it was very difficult to have a chance to listen to these bands.

When I opened my Christmas present from my grandfather one year, I was thrilled to find hands clasped together pointing upward... The album Ten. Underneath it I found Alice in Chains :)

So I question all of you to dig back into your memories and share with us the best and worst gifts you have ever received for Christmas.

Also, what makes a gift amazing?

I always had this thing where I felt that making gifts and putting your own personality and connection to the other half in the gift was the best way to give. So basically, I feel hand crafted gifts are the best, but we don't always have time to do so, so finding something that someone truly is defined by works too :)

Well, go on and share!
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    My best Christmas present ever? My first drumset when I was eight.

    My worst? Nelly's debut album.

    My auntie and uncle did it - I still to this day don't know why because they know what music I listen to.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • Cateeto
    Cateeto Posts: 377
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:

    My auntie and uncle did it - I still to this day don't know why because they know what music I listen to.
    See! That's what upset me about my worst gift. It wasn't that I was appalled by the idea of receiving the slippers, but the idea that it was from a person who knows my personal likes and dislikes and knew heavily that that was a dislike.

    I sometimes think our relatives/friends may feel obligated to give us gifts and towards the end of their stressful holiday shopping, end up grabbing the first thing in sight which happened to be a Nelly CD for you and Tweety Bird for me...
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,372
    Best - Tool Kit for Her - it rocks!
    Worst - Barbie Airplane. My mom was so against us growing up as barbie worshipers that it floors me she bought this for me. Of course, Barbie has an occupation, but still. I liked my Cher doll, though :)
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:

    My worst? Nelly's debut album.

    My auntie and uncle did it - I still to this day don't know why because they know what music I listen to.


    Sorry, but that's hilarious! Were they just fucking with you? Sounds like something my Uncle would do to me. Give me a 2 live crew cd or something.
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  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    Best- Tickets to see PJ in Hawaii:)
    Worst- Nick Lachey CD
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Sorry, but that's hilarious! Were they just fucking with you? Sounds like something my Uncle would do to me. Give me a 2 live crew cd or something.

    I just honestly don't know. It baffles me. I remember their faces when they said 'We hoped you'd like that one.' :o

    Hot in Heeeeerrrrrree indeed.
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    My brother bought me a potato one Christmas.

    He wrapped it in newspaper as well. :D
    Besides that, he and my partner normally buy the best gifts.
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    My brother bought me a potato one Christmas.

    He wrapped it in newspaper as well. :D
    Besides that, he and my partner normally buy the best gifts.

    my brother once got me these frogs that dance when music plays.
    it wasn't the worst gift ever though because it was intentionally shitty.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Best: Tickets to the 2005 Daytona 500 with airfare. My Dad gave them to me. I'm not a big NASCAR fan for anything but he is. It was a father/son weekend. My dad's getting up there and has a lot of health issues and wanted to do something like that while he could. We weren't really close when I was growing up but have since become very close. It was a total surprise. I'll never forget that.

    Worst: Some extremely cheap and nasty cologne my sister gave me once.
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  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    Best: My brother "found" one of these for me: http://www.dot.state.tx.us/aus/images/i35sign.jpg

    Worst: A Ricky Martin CD.
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    best? socks.

    worst? fruitcake.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    Best: my first bf bought me freeway navel oranges, and wrote a poem on each one of them with a sharpie marker...and he wrapped each one in a separate box, with California Walnuts. it was the coolest thing ever.

    worst: A former female best friend wrapped a very suggestive framed photo of herself with my then-current boyfriend and gave me that, with a letter telling me that they had been together the whole time I was with him...and they loved each other. It is one of the reasons I hate the line "the heart wants what the heart wants" one of the dumbest freaking things i have ever heard/read, Anyhow, after the cops left, I never spoke to either of them again.

    they got married, I was told...meh, whatever!

    actually that is now something I laugh about - so I don't know if it should tech. be the worst gift...
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Coleco Vision when I was 10. Never really got a bad gift, I got a crappy book once I suppose.

    For a gift exchange at work though this one guy got a good sized box of very used kittly litter with some rather choice nuggets placed right on top. Not a word of a lie, his eyes were watering, the ammonia was pretty fierce. He opened it right in front of the entire dept. Man...he was seriously pissed which made it better. I was practically gagging on my own snot from laughter as was everyone else. Still makes me laugh years later to think about it. What a screwed up place to work.
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    failedpersephone wrote:
    worst: A former female best friend wrapped a very suggestive framed photo of herself with my then-current boyfriend and gave me that, with a letter telling me that they had been together the whole time I was with him...

    Oh dear GOD! I read the first line and laughed hysterically... and then very quickly my face turned from this :D to this :(. And then this :eek:

    ...and then I went like this :mad: and after, I went like this. :cool:

    and finally... :hungry:
  • drtyfrnk29
    drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    failedpersephone wrote:
    worst: A former female best friend wrapped a very suggestive framed photo of herself with my then-current boyfriend and gave me that, with a letter telling me that they had been together the whole time I was with him...and they loved each other. It is one of the reasons I hate the line "the heart wants what the heart wants" one of the dumbest freaking things i have ever heard/read, Anyhow, after the cops left, I never spoke to either of them again.
    :eek:That is some cold blooded shit right there.:eek:
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  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    When i was eleven the only things I got for Christmas that year was a pair of socks and a bottle of fingernail polish. now i'm not complaing because those were the only things that I got because i understand my parents couldn't provide presents that year, but that's not the point. it's that this pair of socks were the most hidious looking socks ever made...they were brown and orange and white striped. maybe it's just that i suppose if I knew that a kid's only christmas present was going to be a bottle of fingernail polish and a pair of socks, i'd at least make sure that the socks were pretty or at least plain. :)

    I the best presents were things that my kids made by hand. like when my daughter was in kindergarten she made this christmas ornament...it was a star made out of applesauce(it doesn't go bad, it just kinda evaporates) and cinnamon. well now that star has fallen apart to the point where it's just a brown blob on a string. so now every year I ask my daughter "would you like to hang the christmas turd on the tree?" :D:p
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Oh dear GOD! I read the first line and laughed hysterically... and then very quickly my face turned from this :D to this :(. And then this :eek:

    ...and then I went like this :mad: and after, I went like this. :cool :

    and finally... :hungry:

    hahahahaaa MCKB - woah you experienced the rainbow of emotions...and now you are :tired: and :emotionally spent: hahahahaaa

    I can laugh about it now...so it's no worries
    drtyfrnk29 wrote:
    :eek:That is some cold blooded shit right there.

    yeah - but I can laugh about it now, because really, that is quite a bullet I dodged, with that joker - and well, I don't need non-friends...they aren't helpful in life at all! hahahaa
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  • answers are fatal
    answers are fatal Posts: 281
    Best christmas gift: either two weeks in Hawaii all expense paid trip thanks to my parents :) or my laptops
    Worst christmas gift: hm...i dont think i ever recieved a bad gift before come to think of it
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    best present: all expense paid trip with my mom to Paris/and London and 15k to spend there on our trip!!!! Mind blowing. My dad got a good bonus that year!

    Worst: the Clay Aiken cd.
  • justjoshingu
    justjoshingu Posts: 538
    i got this bouncy ball soccer thing that also had a parachute.

    sounds cool right? if you tried to bounce it, it opened and just flopped on the floor. and the parachute didnt work when you threw it up. it was about 2 dollars. it was the worst gift ever but i didnt complain because we were very poor that year and i knew that my parents couldnt afford anything else. but it was then i decided that i love giving gifts way more than recieving.

    best gift? my wife set up a hotel room, romantic night, and dressed up for me, and had a wonderful night together.
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    but nice people sw****w

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