Another board that I'm subscribed to has a hilarious thread about the worst ever Christmas presents that people have given or received. I winced a bit at the "worst ever" since I think that receiving a gift ... any gift at all ... is worthy of acknowledgement and a thank you, not whining. But I'm having a great time reading about some of the truly horrific gifts that people have received, all the same. Brought to mind my one effort at attempting humor with children (turns out, kids don't like being messed with when it comes to gifts ... who'da thunk? :doh
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My sister spent Christmas with me about 10 years ago. I was so excited that my nephew & niece (then 7 and 5) were going to be spending the holidays with us. We went out and bought a tree, decorations, the whole 9 yards. I also bought a gigantic pile of gifts for both of them. As I was wrapping them, I thought ...how fun would it be if I threw a few clunkers in with the real gifts? So we searched the house, and ended up wrapping things like -- my dog's used chew toy, a box of Stove Top Stuffing, a wad of wrapping paper shreds, a rock in a box, etc. I honestly thought that my nephew & niece would find it as hysterically funny as I did.
Until Christmas morning. Unwrapping the presents. Both got a clunker at the same time. Both held them up, looked at them, looked at me, looked at their mother ... and then, on cue, both begin to sob hysterically.
We managed to convince them that it wasn't the end of the world, and ended up having a wonderful day ... and now, years later, I look back and wonder what the HELL was I thinking?!??
Would love to see other "White Elephant" Christmas stories.
.My sister spent Christmas with me about 10 years ago. I was so excited that my nephew & niece (then 7 and 5) were going to be spending the holidays with us. We went out and bought a tree, decorations, the whole 9 yards. I also bought a gigantic pile of gifts for both of them. As I was wrapping them, I thought ...how fun would it be if I threw a few clunkers in with the real gifts? So we searched the house, and ended up wrapping things like -- my dog's used chew toy, a box of Stove Top Stuffing, a wad of wrapping paper shreds, a rock in a box, etc. I honestly thought that my nephew & niece would find it as hysterically funny as I did.
Until Christmas morning. Unwrapping the presents. Both got a clunker at the same time. Both held them up, looked at them, looked at me, looked at their mother ... and then, on cue, both begin to sob hysterically.
We managed to convince them that it wasn't the end of the world, and ended up having a wonderful day ... and now, years later, I look back and wonder what the HELL was I thinking?!??
Would love to see other "White Elephant" Christmas stories.
