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January 2012 Moms
Lhand11
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Worst Christmas or Hanukkah gift
Lhand11
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So this may sound ungrateful, but what has been the worst gift you received for the holidays. For funsies, how about the best.
Best: My pink Barbie corvette power wheels. I don't remember how old I was.
Worst: 2 years ago I got a dog bed for my dog from my family and Walmart brand Pyrex dishes from the ILs. This was only compounded by the fact that DH got a PS3 from both of the aforementioned giftgivers the same Christmas.
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Re: Worst Christmas or Hanukkah gift
best: I distinctly remember a my little pony mansion when I was a kid, but not what age I was.
worst: An Ex boyfriend (highschool) gave me a homemade sweater for christmas once.... we obviously were not ex's at the time. His mom made it and it was well... ugly. I tried to be greatful I really did!
In 4th grade my dad got a "family" computer for us, and wrapped all the various parts and pieces individually, everything from the keyboard to power strips, etc. I had all sorts of ideas about what I thought each of the packages was and was SO DISAPPOINTED when they were all computer parts - wasn't into computers or video games at all, so it was just a total let-down.
Best present - maybe when I got my American Girl doll (Kirsten), and we got a kitten delivered by Santa one year (I know, giving baby animals as Christmas presents is Evil, but we'd recently taken in a stray and then she ran away, so we were sort of primed for a kitty).
Best: I was 7 and Cabbage Patch Kids were all the rage and I really, really wanted one. I even told my parents that I didn't care if it was "brown". Christmas morning I came out to the living room to find a CPK. Thank godness I didn't care what color it was because my parents could only find "brown" ones. I still have that CPK and can't wait to share him with my LO.
Worst: I was in middle school and my grandma gave me a 5 pack of nylons but that's not the worst part, the worst part was it was opened and a pair was missing! I think that was the same year she gave my two cousins a 4 pack of AA batteries to *share*. Grandma was a horrible gift giver.
My Grandma was infamous for her horrid gifts. I miss them so much!! They were hilarious. Although that wasn't her intention. And she would pre-wrap them years in advance and we would read the labels to see what they were.
Every year we would expect...mismatched towels from Big Lots, emery boards, nail clippers, plastic army men from the grocery store(I was in high school).
The best were things she collected. Like condiments. Yes, ketchup and mustard packets. My grandpa would eat his can of nuts and she would reuse the nut can and fill it with ketchup, mustard, salt, pepper, etc. Once she even gave my aunt a half eaten can of nuts.
Layla 01.08.12
Chloe and Vivian 07.23.13
My Gang. Halloween 2013
Worst was a couple years ago when my brother got a new MAC, my sister got a GPS and I got a blow up air mattress for camping. Why that went to me and not my husband is beyond me. Oh yeah, because DH got a new lawn mower. It is a nice mattress but wtf.
I don't really remember the best, most years are good. It was probably my babydoll "Baby Debbie" that I got when I was 8. I still have her.
This is similar to the "Hanukkah Bag" we get every year from DH's G-ma (although, not quite as bad). The Hanukkah Bag is awesome and you never know what you'll get, like lipstick in a color you would never wear, weird perfume samples, deoderant, cheap laundry detergent, ugly nail polish, toothpaste, toilet paper, etc. Everyone loves the H-Bag!
Layla 01.08.12
Chloe and Vivian 07.23.13
My Gang. Halloween 2013
Best gift of childhood: my Barbie Lambourghini from my Godfather.
Best gift of adulthood: my old macbook from then BF, now DH.
Worst gift: I've never really gotten a bad Christmas gift, fortunately. I think when I was little I probably got some mothball smelling clothes from grandparents but I was too little to care. Christ, I wore the same tacky yellow sweater like every day in second grade.
I can't really remember a worst. I always love the gifts that I get. However, when my mother would buy me clothes that were too small, it wouldn't do very much for my self esteem. However, had they fit, they would have been great presents. My mom usually steers clear of clothing for me now because everything fits differently, and I'm not the same size in all stores.
I've gotten some really great presents as well. One of the best last year was a 50" flat screen tv from my brothers. They are always buying the next best thing in electronics, so they gave me one of their tvs that they were going to replace with an internet tv. It may have been used, but it's way better than anything that I would ever buy myself and DH and I love it.
Best: Diamond earrings from my brother. He said it was for taking care of him during his horrible work accident (lost half his foot). I took care of him for six months while he was recovering and had multiple surgeries. I think that accident, as horrible as it was, brought us close together.
WORST: From my ex-fiance. Stupid new headlights for my stupid POS car (1995 Dodge Neon). Seriously? He said he couldn't think of anything that I needed more. Ummm...I can buy my own headlights...how about you actually attempt to buy something that you think I will like.