Christmas spirit!!! Post Reply

[mww2011]

With only 24 sleep to go .....

What is the worst present (and who from?) you opened on christmas morning!!!?!!!

[mrsh]

that's an easy one. I once mentioned to my husband how sad I was that Routemaster buses were being taken off the roads. What did I get for Christmas.....a book on Routemaster buses!

[philippa]

My mother gave me a small bag full of hand-bag friendly intimate wipes last year!!!

They are going in her Christmas cracker this year!

[mww2011]

Both awful - hope you do better this year!!!

[townieatheart]

Both awful, but very amusing!!

[txmum]

Civil War Jigsaw Puzzle....from the charity shop, courtesy of my loving partner. Why? Because I'm American and he likes jigsaw puzzles. I thought it was a joke and contained the real gift, so I went along when he wanted to open it right away and get started on putting it together. It wasn't, and it didn't. One guess as to what he pressie he DIDN'T get for some time after. Did I mention I was 7 months pregnant?

[Honeymummy]

...a snakes & ladder game. What on eath ??? Ever since I give him a list of goodies from Agnes B. I said it's this or nothing, just in case he was thinking of Monopoly...

[schoolgatesmum]

An ironing board cover from hubby!

[escapewithbeauty]

My mum bought me tupperwear for xmas when I was 18yrs old! Think that she was hinting that it was time for me to move out.

[Scoopy]

I have loads of examples, particularly from one bizarre aunt.

- at the age of 13, a "make your own gypsy caravan" which was basically a bag of matches with the heads chopped off, some glue and paint

- at the age of 20 when at university and a typical indie student, a velvet clutch bag studded with fake gems

- at the age of 29 and married, fridge magnets in the shape of various Victorian instruments - a mangle, bed pan, iron, kettle (where she got them from I don't know as I have never seen the like of them since)

My MIL one year bought me a string bag.

My BIL one year bought me a Nigel Harmen calendar and a book on "How to speak chav".

But the best/worst one which I still chuckle at now was some white cotton knickers that my husbands nan bought. I used to weigh a few stone more than I do now but was not huge or obese, just a bit flabby. Well, she'd bought these knickers from the local market (without asking MIL about size) and when I upwrapped them they were like those giant joke knickers you can buy where you can get about 4 people into them. The picture below gives you a flavour of how big they were:

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It did give us all a laugh though as they were opened in front of BIl, Sil, other BIL, DH and

Do I win?

[Writerlady]

I once asked my husband for a recipe book folder. You know the kind of thing: beautiful hardback book with lovely pic on cover and blank pages to write recipes, as well as a section for recipes torn from magazines or given to you by friends. Well, my husband is from Yorkshire and doesn't have much time for 'frilly stuff' so, instead, I got a collection of clear plastic folders from his office. Nice.

[Balhammom]

Scoopy, YES! YOU WIN! I havent laughted so much in ages

[mww2011]

Those knickers are awful!!!! )