What was the best and worst Christmas gift that you ever received?
Monica:
Best gift was anything that I bought myself. Worst gift was from my stepmother-in-law, the size 6 slippers (I wear size 9) with the wood wedge sole. She has a talent of giving the tackiest gifts.
Kim:
Best gift is a tie between the Donny & Marie dolls with accompanying stage and the Muppets Drum Kit. Worst gift was the footed pajamas that I received when I was about 10 years old (and yes, the zipper started on one leg and zipped all of the way up to the neck).
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One year for Christmas I asked for a Barbie doll and received a Darcy Doll. She had a big head and looked like Marilyn McCoo from Solid Gold.
Unfortunately, I have been plagued with many bad gifts that block out if a good gift was ever received.
When I was about 19 or 20, my parents were having a hard time that year & i knew that becuase they gave me a Mead note pad and a cheap plastic rain cover. You know the kind that just cover your head & chest.
Dear "Who Me?"
You have tagged us. We are working on it. Monica and Kim usually talk on the phone instead of seeing each other face-to-face. We will post our pictures very soon.
This is actually not a Christmas gift, but it's too good not to share. When I was 14, I was totally into those glow-in-the-dark sticker stars. I told my best friend/boy I had a crush on that I wanted some for my birthday. So when he gave me the present to unwrap, was excited. Sure enough, there was a sheet of sticker stars . . . except the stars were missing. He then explained to me that he;d decided he wanted to use the stars in his room, but I could cut up the backing for the stars in little pieces and it would work.
I retaliated at his birthday by giving him a CD he wanted (in a tampon box) with the CD missing and box of Thin Mints with a bite taken out of each cookie (he ate them anyway). I ended up giving him the CD, though.
Jamie,
Your comment reminds me why we are friends.
The year we got married (in Oct.), my new husband didn't get me a birthday present (in Nov.), so he had a chance to redeem himself at Christmas. He gave me a cheesy, stupid card with a metal thing attached to it. It took me a while to figure out it was an owl cookie cutter. He was proud of himself. I haven't expected much since.
But my sister just told me her husband got her (this year--after nearly 30 years to learn a lesson) 3 bottles of hand sanitizer. He took her through the drive-thru at Arby's for their 25th wedding anniversary.
It could be worse. I think.
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