Christmas Presents (the best and the worst)

[dotti34]

As it’s that time of the year again I thought it would be fun to hear of the worst and/or the best Christmas presents you have ever received. I would respectfully suggest though that for the sake of peace on earth (and on Accrington Web) if it’s the worst present then you do not say who you got it from.

Maybe one of the more lacklustre gifts I ever received was a present of a tea towel and a pair of knickers - albeit fancy ones. Not sure how these two items went together but for some reason this was repeated for three or four years afterwards. I must have overdone the ‘thank-you’ when I got the first ones.

[monkey hanger]

best was a proper conductors bus ticket machine. worst would be any box of milk chocolates that i ever received. not a chocolate fan especially milk.

[Margaret Pilkington]

The best and longest lasting was a grey‘Fame’ tracksuit.
It is a long time ago...well you guessed that because it is a long time since ‘Fame’ was popular.
I used to go to step classes three times a week and this track suit was a boon.....and I wore it until it almost fell to bits.

The worst was a little hand held Dirt Devil.....bought for my by the man in my life.
I had said that this little vacuum looked perfect for getting the stairs done.
For some time before Christmas my other half kept excitedly telling me he had bought me something really ‘special’....so much so that I could hardly wait for Christmas Day.

I should have known better....he does not have a good record when choosing gifts....this was no exception.
He almost needed a skilled surgeon to remove it from a bodily orifice.....and I would not have used Vaseline to get it in there.


Footnote: this machine is still in use to this day.

[monkey hanger]

[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington

The worst was a little hand held Dirt Devil.....bought for my by the man in my life.
I had said that this little vacuum looked perfect for getting the stairs done.
For some time before Christmas my other half kept excitedly telling me he had bought me something really ‘special’....so much so that I could hardly wait for Christmas Day.

I should have known better....he does not have a good record when choosing gifts....this was no exception.
He almost needed a skilled surgeon to remove it from a bodily orifice.....and I would not have used Vaseline to get it in there.


remember my father doing something similar. my mother was equally underwhelmed and to this day i remember her reaction. thats for the house, whats my present. start of another silent christmas day.

[Margaret Pilkington]

MH...been there done that...blogged about it...only a few Christmases ago.
Withdrew my labour, with the support of the Domestic Goddess Union...he had to cook his own food and the air was very frosty...inside and outside the house.

[Margaret Pilkington]

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/b...on-strike.html

There you go...that is the blog....and although not about presents, it is still about the stresses of the season.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I thought it was just a couple of years ago....but it is coming up to the seventh anniversary of this event.......it feels like it was yesterday....and I got mad just reading about it.

It just makes me realise that I would not have another man, gift wrapped and hanging with diamonds the size of house bricks.

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by dotti34

was a present of a tea towel and a pair of knickers - albeit fancy ones.

I assume you' be expected to sashay around the kitchen in just your fancy knickers while drying the dishes with your new tea towel???


Just a thought mind, as there are some strange folk out & about in the big wide world!

[Margaret Pilkington]

Because of my experiences with naff presents, I also did a blog as a guide to the menfolk.
To keep them out of the doghouse on Christmas Day.
Not sure if anyone out there took much notice of the advice.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Read it here.


http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/b...questions.html

[monkey hanger]

me and my sister used to have the best idea about christmas presents. don,t buy me something i do not want and i,ll do the same for you. always regard christmas is an under 10,s kids thing anyway. once they go to big school there only interest is getting out of the house to see their mates anyway. telling em that its christmas day and they have to stay in brings the scrooge out of em. saying christmas is humbug is a mild comment from em i can tell you.

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Because of my experiences with naff presents, I also did a blog as a guide to the menfolk.

See that's the problem right there! Blokes don't do guides / instructions, out the packaging, plug in if required, then press buttons ........

[dotti34]

Dave, that yearly present was from my mother-in-law, so maybe that puts a different picture to it. Don't think the idea of me sashaying around ever entered her head, but the thought of clean dishes probably did.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

See that's the problem right there! Blokes don't do guides / instructions, out the packaging, plug in if required, then press buttons ........

That might work with ‘things’...but not with women.
And why is it my other half will buy acceptable gifts for others, but not for me?

Yes, that I know.....and that is why they get into bother.
What is worse is that they do NOT learn from past mistakes.
They do the same thing over and over...yet expect different results....someone famous and brainy said that was the definition of stupid.

[cashman]

bet that famous person who said it was female