Bad Holiday Gifts

A place to commiserate about & share both the horrible & hysterical gifts you have received. Email me at badholidaygifts@gmail.com
Fri Dec 19
Vicki sent me this gift she received this Christmas from a student: Say NO! To Drugs VHS tape. “An essential weapon in parents’ fight against adolescent drug and alcohol use… No home video library should be without it.”

Vicki sent me this gift she received this Christmas from a student:

Say NO! To Drugs VHS tape. “An essential weapon in parents’ fight against adolescent drug and alcohol use… No home video library should be without it.”

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Mon Dec 15
What's the worst gift you've ever received? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lifestyles
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Thu Dec 11
This one comes from my mother.  She had a Secret Santa in her office one year and received these LOVELY knee high mistletoe nylons.  While the max anyone was supposed to spend was $10, this pair came with the price attached, $0.99.  They must have been from the dollar store. My mother figured the person who had her must not have known her very well considering we are Jewish.

This one comes from my mother. 

She had a Secret Santa in her office one year and received these LOVELY knee high mistletoe nylons.  While the max anyone was supposed to spend was $10, this pair came with the price attached, $0.99.  They must have been from the dollar store.

My mother figured the person who had her must not have known her very well considering we are Jewish.

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Wed Dec 10
Megan wrote in: I don’t ask much in the way of gifts. I prefer to  make donations and request the same be done for me.  Last year my Aunt sent me a gift of a sheep through the World Vision Organization.  As the website states, “The sheep are for impoverished families, a sheep’s wool can yield soft, warm, long -lasting clothes. Sheep often give birth to twins or triplets, which can be sold at the market. And sheep’s milk is up to twice as rich as cow’s milk in nutrients like protein, calcium, and B vitamins that growing kids need.”  That is great and all, but I am a vegan don’t  believe in the use of animals for anything.  I didn’t send a thank you.

Megan wrote in:

I don’t ask much in the way of gifts. I prefer to  make donations and request the same be done for me. 

Last year my Aunt sent me a gift of a sheep through the World Vision Organization.  As the website states, “The sheep are for impoverished families, a sheep’s wool can yield soft, warm, long -lasting clothes. Sheep often give birth to twins or triplets, which can be sold at the market. And sheep’s milk is up to twice as rich as cow’s milk in nutrients like protein, calcium, and B vitamins that growing kids need.” 

That is great and all, but I am a vegan don’t  believe in the use of animals for anything. 

I didn’t send a thank you.

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The 22 Worst Gifts on Earth. Period.

From Poo-Pouri to root-beer-flavored vodka and, yes, action-figure condoms, these aren’t gifts so much as insults with a bow on top.

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Tue Dec 9
My friend Victoria gets the absolute WORST holiday gifts each year.  Here is a blurb from the email she sent to me: I’ve attached photos of my leopard dress from grandpa and little brother Steven’s hallelujah sign. Unfortunately, the Cathy “Totally Stressed Out” sweatshirt and overalls with embroidered cartoon cat talking on a cell phone exists only in our memories. As does the Dolly Parton brand eyeshadow compact from Aunt Joyce and the faux fur leopard print neck wrap/boa creation from said aunt. I shit you not.

My friend Victoria gets the absolute WORST holiday gifts each year.  Here is a blurb from the email she sent to me:

I’ve attached photos of my leopard dress from grandpa and little brother Steven’s hallelujah sign.
Unfortunately, the Cathy “Totally Stressed Out” sweatshirt and overalls with embroidered cartoon cat talking on a cell phone exists only in our memories. As does the Dolly Parton brand eyeshadow compact from Aunt Joyce and the faux fur leopard print neck wrap/boa creation from said aunt. I shit you not.

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Stef received some really “nice” holiday gifts while teaching abroad. The jade glass head of lettuce is definitely on my list this year.

Stef received some really “nice” holiday gifts while teaching abroad.

The jade glass head of lettuce is definitely on my list this year.

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Thanks to Stef for sending me this AWESOME picture of her sporting a birthday gift she received.  She was mortified!

Thanks to Stef for sending me this AWESOME picture of her sporting a birthday gift she received.  She was mortified!

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Here is the full collection of gifts my colleagues* & I received one holiday season. Please send me YOUR bad holiday gifts to badholidaygifts@gmail.com *Please note my colleagues are not under the age of 10.

Here is the full collection of gifts my colleagues* & I received one holiday season.

Please send me YOUR bad holiday gifts to badholidaygifts@gmail.com

*Please note my colleagues are not under the age of 10.

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