Strange Christmas gifts you've gotten - but you dont know why they got you what they did.

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I really dont know why my father got me this.

These situations really suck...you want to be grateful. But at the same time, I really dont know what the hell I am going to do with a 3-foot replica of 6th century asian art. Im waiting for him to tell me its a joke, but I dont think its going to happen.

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

I got a Yanni double CD from my eccentric aunt last week as a pre-Christmas gift. I couldn't tell if she was joking either.

― elmo, patron saint of nausea (allocryptic), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Lovely Parker pen, when I was on the dole?!?
Duvet, when I already had one!?!

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

Matt if there is one thing in the world that wouldn't occur to me to purchase for you, it'd be that thing. WTF.

The strangest one I can immediately think of is a basically life-sized Tigger, that my ex bought me one year. I was like 22 at the time! WTF am I going to do with this thing? I walked in the house from a party and there it was, sitting up on my table with a cigarette taped to its mouth. No idea. It now occupies a place of honor on the floor, with an ever rotating selection of hats.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

last year i got a cd from the inlaws which was just some dude whistling songs.

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

I worked at a church for a while in high school. The priest there got me a shoe shine kit for christmas. I was a total long hair metal kid who wore nothing fancier than converse and work boots for the first 20 years of my life. I could never understand why in the world he would get me a shoe shine kit.

― bsj30 (bsj30), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Not to diss on my mom or nothin’, but a few years ago she got me this huge patchouli-scented candle that was molded into an elaborate scene involving a wizard commanding the heavens – anyway I was like “WTF?” – it seemed like something I would have liked when I was 12; I think she is just now understanding what I liked back in 1992.

also another year she got me this VEST made out of old JEANS - like ruffly, embellished with a be-dazzler jeans. i was mildly horrified.

she told me she got me some boots this year. im kind of dreading the moment when i have to pretend i like them.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)

Got an XL size (I'm S or M) Hägar the Horrible T-shirt from my aunt last Christmas. We haven't seen for years, I guess she thinks I'm still 12.

(haha, x-post)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

Some of these are really good.

― Spink, Friday, 23 December 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

My mom bought me those ancient football and baseball handheld video games one year, I had no real idea why but it was kind of awesome.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

An acquaintance of mine had to question whether or not I was jewish while he was shopping for me. So for Christmas I got a dredel. I do not think he even understood why I laughed so much.

― Brighid (Brighid), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

my dad, who is militant about wearing only natural fibers, one year got me a poly blend chenille sweater for xmas, and it was pastel pink to boot--I haven't worn pink since I was 12. I exchanged it for martini glasses. Also my mother-in-law always gets me those nasty bath gel sets from bath & body works, can we please outlaw that toxic shit?

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

last year my aunt gave me these white furry boot slippers. i was speechless and have not worn them since the initial 'oh....!' after opening and obligatory trying on.

― tres letraj (tehresa), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Bath & Body Works is an interesting one, because SOME of the flavors are good (The rice one!). But most of them are absolutely awful. I stopped using them some time ago because they kept getting rid of flavors I liked (ex Spiced Vanilla, which has been replaced by Vanilla Sugar which is much more cloying and sweet) and adding more floral and old lady scents.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

i like their cherry blossom creamy body wash, but the perfume from the same line smells like weird air freshener. i actually have an air freshener from that line that smells exactly the same. i find that somewhat wrong.

my friend used to give me cheap imitation bath and body works sets all the time. i was always put off because we've been friends for years and i feel like that stuff is a gift you would give to someone you don't really know and needed to give an easy present to.

― tres letraj (tehresa), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

I am usually the one to GIVE terrible gifts, not receive them. For example, I am giving a lamp shaped like a guitar this year

― Mike Hanle y 3000 (hanle y 3000), Saturday, 24 December 2005 11:24 (twenty years ago)

My boss gave me a present yesterday. It was a little hand made potted tree that was totally cool. Atached to it was a note folded in half with a little bit of money in it. The note read get yourself a slice of pizza and there was $3. Seriously,WTF?!?! Is this the kinda of gift you give to your co-worker?!?!?

― loggedoutincase, Saturday, 24 December 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

that note with the $3 sounds like something my grandfather would do. although he'd be more likely to add a few dollars and say 'get yourself some beer.'

― tres letraj (tehresa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

I think there's something kind of idiosyncratically sweet about the $3 for pizza. It is weird for a coworker present but also charming.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

I am usually the one to GIVE terrible gifts, not receive them.

That sounds familiar. I'm sure my mother would be posting on this thread tomorrow morning, if she knew it existed.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 24 December 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I've been absolutely shit this year. I got my wife a Public Image Ltd CD. That's it. I don't think she even knows who they are, or that she'll like them. I'm an idiot, etc...

― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 24 December 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

I COULD BE WRONG I COULD BE RIGHT!

― Mike Hanle y 3000 (hanle y 3000), Sunday, 25 December 2005 04:48 (twenty years ago)

i got a wine bottle painted wiht a faux naive festive pig today

― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 25 December 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

Luckily, most of my relatives (or at least the few who still give me gifts) know to consult the Amazon wishlist. Praise the Amazon wishlist!

My dad, wife and sister usually get it right. My mom is one of these compulsive xmas shoppers, she starts in August and just stockpiles. So, she can be forgiven for the few missteps because the law of averages says that out of 100 little things, I'll probbaly only use a few (liek socks, deodorant, Reeses peanut butter cups, etc). That said, she's big on T shirts with 'clever' things on them - One year, I got one that said "Cereal Killer" and it had a bowl and spoon. Then I got one that said "Same Nightmare, Different Day" (I wear that one sometimes). This year she bought me a Christmas Story t shirt. I like A Christmas Story A LOT, but I can't see wearing that one out of the house.

My little sister receives the best gifts - this year she got a chanter, which I plan to steal before I head back home on Tuesday.

Weirdest gifts? My crazy aunt gave me a shoehorn one year. I've received a 'lifesize' peanut M&M. I have three books on Feng Shui. I have an official "Marx and Lennon" (you know - as in Grocuho and John) stamp in a frame, with a certificate of authenticity.

You've probably all realized, of course, that being 'into music' makes for some dreadful gifts from people in your family who don't care to know you beyond the periphery. Example: I've gotten shirts and belt buckles with music notes on them, more Beatles stuff that I can fit into the trunk of a car (I don't really like the Beatles and never really have - at least not any more than the average person) and a 'magic chord' apparatus that is basically a capo that holds down the chords themselves, operating like an autoharp, I guess - it's for people who don't actually PLAY guitar, but I've been playing guitar for 15 years, semi-professionally for almost ten.

And they know I love the Simpsons - but I NEVER get the DVDs, which is all the Simpsons merch I really want. I have Simpsons Uno, Simpsons Monopoly, Simpsons T shirts, Simpsons pez dispensers...ugh

Wow, that felt good. Thanks!

― roger, Sunday, 25 December 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

the aunt that gave me the white furry boots also gave everyone an 'ove glove last year. this year we all got zyliss spatulas.

what?!

― tres letraj (tehresa), Monday, 26 December 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

I got a can of WD-40 this year. Infallible logic: "You can always use a can of WD-40!" Yeah, well.

― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Monday, 26 December 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

What's WD-40?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 26 December 2005 12:00 (twenty years ago)

industrial lubricant, aka weasel piss

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 26 December 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

WD40 is very useful!

My mother-in-law bought me some FUBU underpants!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 December 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

a brown pull-over M&S fleece

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 26 December 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

just got a jewelry box from my mother-in-law. other than my wedding ring I don't wear jewelry.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 26 December 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

One of my mum's former boyfriends got me a packet of plastic vinyl record inner sleeves for Xmas. That was handy - you never know when you are going to run out of them.

― ratty, Monday, 26 December 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

I think Spink's gift from his dad is great!

― ratty, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

today my leg waxer gave me some socks but they don't have toes (i think for when you have a pedicure?) and they say "wonderful day!" at the top and "WENDY" at the bottom. what?

― rock loop twist down loop twist (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:32 (seventeen years ago)

lmao, plz post pics of these socks

― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:38 (seventeen years ago)

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2903/photo100xc2.jpg
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3277/photo75pq9.jpg
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9426/photo101zu1.jpg

― rock loop twist down loop twist (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:51 (seventeen years ago)

first!

― Wonderful Day Wendy (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:56 (seventeen years ago)

jerkface

― wonderful day wendy (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:56 (seventeen years ago)

you're not even a girl!

― wonderful day wendy (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:56 (seventeen years ago)

i guess you can have it though

― thieverend (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:57 (seventeen years ago)

but I am the first and only..... Wonderful Day Wendy!

*pffft*

― Wonderful Day Wendy (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:57 (seventeen years ago)

pshht

― thieverend (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:58 (seventeen years ago)

haha @ thieverend

― Wonderful Day Wendy (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:58 (seventeen years ago)

wait are you going to try to use that, too?

― thieverend (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:59 (seventeen years ago)

Let me guess, your name isn't Wendy, right?

― snoball, Sunday, 21 December 2008 09:59 (seventeen years ago)

why would I want to be the thieverend when I can proudly wear the name of Wonderful Day Wendy?

― Wonderful Day Wendy (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 December 2008 10:00 (seventeen years ago)

what would possibly give you that idea?
xpost

― thieverend (tehresa), Sunday, 21 December 2008 10:01 (seventeen years ago)

Not Christmas, but I got a meat grinder from my friend as a present for letting her stay at my flat for a while. I'm (for all intents and purposes) vegetarian.

― krakow, Sunday, 21 December 2008 22:22 (seventeen years ago)

four weeks pass...

i scored another pair of those socks today! this time in pink, from a different place! they still say wendy, though!

― tehresa, Sunday, 18 January 2009 00:24 (seventeen years ago)

(!)

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 06:35 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

My husband got me the exact alarm clock from this song/video/movie excerpt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPb--BzlEc0

I'm pissed.

― mox twelve, Saturday, 25 December 2010 22:17 (fifteen years ago)

I have to say, when I saw Spink's pic at the top of the thread, the first thing I thought was 'wow, cool'.

― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Saturday, 25 December 2010 23:14 (fifteen years ago)

five months pass...

lol at the exchange between me and tza itt

― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Saturday, 28 May 2011 10:05 (fifteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

https://www.sweeey.com/products/die-hard-advent-calendar-hans-gruber-falling-off-off-nakatomi-plaza-6rbk

s/b you dont know why they didnt got you what they didnt probably 😔🎄

https://img.staticdj.com/fa8b89a57692e0e0dd4bdfb42d8d966a_1080x_nw.jpg

― mark s, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 10:24 (three years ago)

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