OT: The 2023 Holiday Thread

[Fenway]

Good Lord

 

[Mione134]

This could be fun.....
Worst Christmas gift you ever got ?

My wife's family drew names with a $100 limit.
My mother in law, who would have preferred my married any other male alive, got my name of course.

She went to some place cheap and got me a set of plastic curves for tracing to do woodworking. They cost $10.

Everyone kept waiting for the next gift for me..... that was it

I genuinely treasure any gifts I've gotten because I'm sentimental lol

But one year my late uncle gave me slightly defected sneakers from the shoe plant he worked at. They couldn't sell them because of the slight defect. It was pretty funny in retrospect because I was like 10. So I didn't quite understand why I was given them. But I appreciated them.

I wish I had them now.

 

[GordonHowe]

 

[badbrewin]

This could be fun.....
Worst Christmas gift you ever got ?

My wife's family drew names with a $100 limit.
My mother in law, who would have preferred my married any other male alive, got my name of course.

She went to some place cheap and got me a set of plastic curves for tracing to do woodworking. They cost $10.

Everyone kept waiting for the next gift for me..... that was it

Yowza, the epitome of el-cheapo! I've regifted a few over the years, but nothing that extreme.

Kinda of a funny story though - about 15 years ago in the heart of the housing market crisis, we decided to scale back the annual office gift exchange to a max of $10, just to have some fun with it. Of course I get the name of this 102 pound woman everyone despised, so I decided to gift her a case of 4 windshield washer jugs. It was hilarious watching her make 4 trips up and down the stairs bringing them to her car at day's end...but she did end up getting what could have been the most practical winter gift. HO.

 

[Ladyfan]

love Elf. It cracks me up.

I remember watching Elf with my Mom. We both cracked up because it was so silly and dumb. Sometimes this type of humor doesn't do it for me, but that day Mom and I laughed hard.

 

[Ladyfan]

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Someone knows the bed was just made up means one thing, Grandma soon arriving and it appears I now have to clean up rawhide bone juice off the small rug beside the bed

Love the ears!

 

[ODAAT]

Love the ears!

those are used to hear packages being opened that may or may not contain treats

Absolutely adorable

she`s a ton of fun, a lot of work too but all worth it

 

[Mione134]

With all the packages being stolen all over, I've been so diligent on watching the ring camera and paying attention to delivery times.

I did not realize some places just deliver the item without it BEING in a box. I got my mom an air fryer and she almost saw it. I've never jumped out the front door in a towel because I just got out of the shower so fast in my life.

Had to hide it in a trash bag. Nice touch on the bow at least lol

 

[shelbysdad]

Tentative Christmas breakfast plan.....hopefully pdf files work here

The scones need more orange flavor so adding zest or orange extract

 

[ODAAT]

This could be fun.....
Worst Christmas gift you ever got ?

My wife's family drew names with a $100 limit.
My mother in law, who would have preferred my wife married any other male alive, got my name of course.

She went to some place cheap and got me a set of plastic curves for tracing to do woodworking. They cost $10.

Everyone kept waiting for the next gift for me..... that was it

I think I was 15 or so and my dad bought me a set of weights, not on my wish list, used them for about a month, my dad used them for the next few decades

 

[shelbysdad]

I think I was 15 or so and my dad bought me a set of weights, not on my wish list, used them for about a month, my dad used them for the next few decades

I also had a gf once who got me a manicure set....I was working in construction....terrible gift

 

[caz16]

This could be fun.....
Worst Christmas gift you ever got ?

My wife's family drew names with a $100 limit.
My mother in law, who would have preferred my wife married any other male alive, got my name of course.

She went to some place cheap and got me a set of plastic curves for tracing to do woodworking. They cost $10.

Everyone kept waiting for the next gift for me..... that was it

We had moved into our first house and there was a space for a dishwasher but we couldn't afford one right away. My parents started saying they had got me something that I would absolutely love. When they arrived from Montreal, they came in and said that I would have to go outside to see the gift because it was too big to wrap and bring in right away. I was so excited, opened the trunk....it was a sewing machine.....just know, I am the absolutely worst sewer on the planet and my mother knew this, she finished all my school projects.....it was such a massive disappointment....lol

This was over 30 years ago and I still haven't used it.

 

[Olden McGroin]

 

[Gee Wally]

This could be fun.....
Worst Christmas gift you ever got ?

My wife's family drew names with a $100 limit.
My mother in law, who would have preferred my wife married any other male alive, got my name of course.

She went to some place cheap and got me a set of plastic curves for tracing to do woodworking. They cost $10.

Everyone kept waiting for the next gift for me..... that was it

Wall papering tools.

I f***ing hate to wallpaper.

 

[Mione134]

So somewhere in my youth..
Or childhood
I must have done something...good.

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is watching The Sound of Music. I used to watch it with my late grandmother for as long as I can remember. I've kept up the tradition of watching ever since she passed in 2013.

Makes me miss her even more, but I cant wait to pass this tradition down to my future childhood, God willing.

 

[Bruinaura]

I first heard this rendition years ago and to this day it makes me cry laughing every single time. Especially around the two minute mark

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

I first heard this rendition years ago and to this day it makes me cry laughing every single time. Especially around the two minute mark

Oh my God thank you for that! I'm gonna torture my family with it.

That f***in cracked me up

 

[Bruinaura]

Oh my God thank you for that! I'm gonna torture my family with it.

That f***in cracked me up

This lip sync to it is also hilarious. The facial expressions

 

[RoccoF14]

I first heard this rendition years ago and to this day it makes me cry laughing every single time. Especially around the two minute mark

OMG. I need names.

Who is responsible for this masterpiece.?

 

[Bruinaura]

OMG. I need names.

Who is responsible for this masterpiece.?

I just discovered that tonight, thanks to a comment in the original video



Actually I would love to hear the whole "serious" version, the clips he played were beautiful.

 

[jgatie]

Wall papering tools.

I f***ing hate to wallpaper.

See, I'd rather wallpaper the Sistine Chapel than paint one baseboard. My wallpapering skills are super, my painting skills, not so much. As my Dad once told me, "When you paint, you don't leave holidays, you leave vacations."

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

See, I'd rather wallpaper the Sistine Chapel than paint one baseboard. My wallpapering skills are super, my painting skills, not so much. As my Dad once told me, "When you paint, you don't leave holidays, you leave vacations."

Double tape

 

[jgatie]

Double tape

My problem isn't getting paint where it's not supposed to be, it's getting the paint where it's supposed to be. The ability to sense when a coat is covering the old surface is missing from my genome.

 

[Gee Wally]

See, I'd rather wallpaper the Sistine Chapel than paint one baseboard. My wallpapering skills are super, my painting skills, not so much. As my Dad once told me, "When you paint, you don't leave holidays, you leave vacations."

Im exact opposite.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Work 8am-9pm christmas eve then off to tampa to spend christmas with my kids. Birthday on the 29th requested it off. Idk what im doing. May just go in if nothing to do