Merry Christmas Moldy Rice

For no reason except for entertainment purposes, I have been researching and asking people what their worst Christmas gift ever was. Here is what I’ve found from the people I have asked.

1.  A condom- from a weed smoking aunt’s boyfriend.

2.  A flask and a travel mug…presumably for when you need to take your booze to go.

3.  A rice cooker with moldy rice in it.

4.  Canned air.

5.  A candle that had already been burned.

Of course I was reminded that it’s the thought that counts, but obviously when you look at these gifts, you wonder how much thought was really involved.

I found it heartbreaking that my mom said she never received a gift she didn’t like. When she was younger sometimes there were no Christmas presents and when she told the kids at school they didn’t believe her. Ironically, she’d end up lying and saying she received some kind of doll or something.

Given that answer, I suppose we should be thankful anytime we receive something, whether it’s canned air or a condom. But I don’t know, maybe sometimes it is better to not get anything at all, I mean moldy rice…really? At least with nothing you learn a life lesson on being grateful for what you receive. Not sure what you might learn from a burnt candle.

If you search Youtube, you’ll find a ton of videos of kids receiving gifts they don’t like and lists of top 10 worst Christmas presents.

Here is one I thought was good, unless you are the crazy aunt Jennifer they’re talking about.

I don’t know. Do you really want to be known as “crazy aunt Jennifer” or even just the person that gives crappy Christmas gifts? I’m not saying that there has to be a parade and rock and roll with every gift, but let’s decide to actually think about what we’re buying and who we’re buying for.  And yes, I like cheap stuff as much as anyone, but let’s try not to do our Christmas shopping at Family Dollar. We are all on budgets. Times are tough.

At least shoot for Walmart. And no used stuff…that’s just bad. The practice of regifting is only acceptable when regifting a gift. Walking through your house and wrapping up used stuff is not regifting.