# Bitch about your shitty Christmas gifts. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 26, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221 "2014-12-26T16:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/61 "2014-12-27T19:10:58Z")
My husband actually asked for socks, but I got him the more interesting things off his list. He bought me a vacuum (actually, a new Roomba). We’ve been married too long! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/62 "2014-12-27T20:17:17Z")
A dear friend of mine got a divorce. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/63 "2014-12-27T20:28:12Z")
I received a bottle of carbonated dandelion and burdock beverage. I don’t yet know what category of gift it falls into. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/64 "2014-12-27T22:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Sigh. I am an ungrateful bitch, I know. But what the hell is it with the baby clothes? We are drowning in baby clothes! Stop buying us baby clothes! [/QUOTE] Uh, yeah, there is no way to stop that, sorry. It’s a feature, not a bug. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/65 "2014-12-27T22:38:27Z")
My wife, mixed in with a number of very nice gifts, got me a small magnifying glass, because she saw me trying to read the serial number on the back of my new iPhone last month. Sheesh. (And, by the way, would it kill Apple to put the damned number in, say, eight-point type?) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/66 "2014-12-28T00:03:13Z")
Hey, hey! I gave someone an antique, domed, magnifying glass paperweight! I found it an irresistible object, a lovely weight, I couldn’t put it down, or leave it behind. They had two. I bought them both. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/67 "2014-12-28T04:12:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My wife and I got colds. HOLLA! I got bronchitis, a trip to Urgent Care and a Z-Pack. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/68 "2014-12-28T06:21:01Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I really don’t know what to do with this thing. I will never wear it, and it’s so ineptly made that I feel like it would be insulting to even give it to charity. I guess I could unravel it and give the yarn to someone else – it looks like it’s on the verge of unraveling itself already. I dare you to roll up all the yarn and give it back to her next Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/69 "2014-12-28T13:53:41Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > got ya all beat - > > [Monkey Unicycle Pizza cutter](http://laughingsquid.com/pizza-peddler-a-monkey-riding-on-a-unicycle-pizza-cutter/) > > Now, this was from my wife. And she also bought me a new crockpot too. I do 99% of the cooking. > > Yes, it’s a joke, and I can’t imagine that it will work and we have a good pizza cutter already. > > I wonder how long I have to keep this… thing. But… His legs move as you cut! 🙂 Are you just dead inside, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/70 "2014-12-28T15:45:14Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > But… His legs move as you cut! 🙂 > > Are you just dead inside, or what? Yeah, but he should really beat cymbals too. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/71 "2014-12-28T17:25:12Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I dare you to roll up all the yarn and give it back to her next Christmas. Double dog dare. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/72 "2014-12-28T17:59:13Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > My in-laws gave us a quarter of a cow. I thought it was an awesome gift! 150 pounds of meat is pretty generous, IMHO, and very useful. Very thoughtful, but I’m having all sorts of fun imagining how you gift wrap 1/4 of a cow and put it under the tree. Under some Nightmare Before Christmas circumstances, this could be the Worst Present Ever. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/73 "2014-12-28T18:55:32Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I dare you to roll up all the yarn and give it back to her next Christmas. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Double dog dare. Triple dog dare. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/74 "2014-12-29T02:58:06Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I received a bottle of carbonated dandelion and burdock beverage. I don’t yet know what category of gift it falls into. [Fentiman’s?](http://www.amazon.com/Fentimans-Dandelion-Burdock-275ml/dp/B000O6XSL8) Love that stuff! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/75 "2014-12-29T03:07:53Z")
That’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/76 "2014-12-29T04:54:42Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I dare you to roll up all the yarn and give it back to her next Christmas. Believe me, it’s tempting, although if I do go to the trouble of unraveling all the yarn then I know plenty of other people who’d be capable of putting it to good use. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/77 "2014-12-29T06:36:12Z")
Not shitty, but confusing. My mom bought me a $50 gift certificate to my favorite yarn store. I was so happy. Yay for Yarn! Then she went on to say that they had so many beautiful shawl pins there that she shouldn’t decide which on to get me so I could pick it out for myself. 😕 Then she went on to say how she remembered how I was talking about how much I wanted one for the shawl I made. Even more 😕 on my part. Now I feel like I have to buy a shawl pin for myself even though I don’t want one. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/78 "2014-12-29T11:35:20Z")
**Lamia** Top tip! Fortunately, I’ve finally managed to alienate everyone I know, so it hasn’t been an issue for a couple of years now. It also means less xmas cards to write. Bliss. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Are they still wrapped in plastic? Amazon has a nice trade-in program, with slightly more money given for products in good/original packaging. I think so; it’s a bit of a faff, though, to get them posted, to be honest, especially as the receipts have already gone out with the recycling. I’d rather just toss them in the Oxfam bag and take them up to the charity shop along with the next load of books in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/79 "2014-12-29T15:26:24Z")
We need to return most of my husband’s haul. It’s what he gets for being so difficult to shop for. He got some kind of one-cup coffee-making thing from Starbucks. Nice try, but since he does like coffee, he’s pretty much got all his coffee-making needs completely covered. He also got a sushi-making kit, complete with mats, chopsticks, book, and DVD. He likes sushi, I understand where the giver was going with this, but it’s really just not going to happen. Lastly, he got several packages of different-flavored bacon (with impending expiration dates). Unfortunately he didn’t care for the flavor of the one he tried and we have enough bacon in the house already to make it until spring. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221/80 "2014-12-29T16:45:00Z")
Came into office this morning to find a lovely box of chocolate on my desk - a gift from my boss. My boss is fully aware that I cannot have chocolate. We joked about it just last week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221.md?page=5)