# Early Christmas presents are trashy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948 "2010-12-13T02:42:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/1 "2010-12-13T02:42:37Z")
See poll. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/2 "2010-12-13T02:57:05Z")
Me no understand. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/3 "2010-12-13T03:13:31Z")
What do you mean by trashy? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/4 "2010-12-13T03:19:13Z")
If it wasn’t for early Christmas presents I wouldn’t have gotten to see Rammstein last night at Madison Square Garden in NY … so right now I have to say that I love early Christmas Presents!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/5 "2010-12-13T03:25:45Z")
What’s trashy about it? Maybe your schedule and that of the other person are such that before Christmas was the only time you could meet to exchange gifts. Maybe the present was a concert or play or other event (like **aruvqan** mentions) that was on a fixed date before Christmas. Maybe you both just happened to be in the store together when the other person saw something that would be perfect for you. I can think of plenty of good reasons why a Christmas present might be early, and no bad reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/6 "2010-12-13T03:27:45Z")
Say what, now? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/7 "2010-12-13T03:29:27Z")
Que? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/8 "2010-12-13T04:01:50Z")
Trashy how? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/9 "2010-12-13T04:03:45Z")
Need more information. Do you mean a family opening up gifts on Christmas Eve, or opening up a co-worker’s gift at work rather than on Christmas, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/10 "2010-12-13T04:35:35Z")
Presents = good Timing = irrelevant ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/11 "2010-12-13T11:25:04Z")
I understand a personal preference for waiting until Christmas to exchange Christmas gifts, but I can’t imagine what could possibly be “trashy” about early gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/12 "2010-12-13T12:47:49Z")
You forgot the WTF??? poll option. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/13 "2010-12-13T13:53:56Z")
This poll is so inane, I want to kick my own ass for participating in it. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/14 "2010-12-13T14:14:04Z")
If you get a crappy early Christmas present, you have time to re-gift it to somebody else rather than just throwing it out. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/15 "2010-12-13T14:44:04Z")
Does that mean late Christmas presents are extra classy? I sense a new “reason” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/16 "2010-12-13T15:13:27Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Presents = good > > Timing = irrelevant Cool. I’m giving you your birthday present in July. Please tell me your birthday is nowhere near July. > [@Baracus](#): > > If you get a crappy early Christmas present, you have time to re-gift it to somebody else rather than just throwing it out. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/17 "2010-12-13T16:12:19Z")
By that same logic, late Christmas presents are awesome. So if I get a present on say, the 20th of December, I’m just going to consider it a really, really late Christmas present from the previous year. Win-win! ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/18 "2010-12-13T16:52:15Z")
They’re sometimes necessary for practical reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/19 "2010-12-13T19:59:25Z")
The early(ish) Christmas present I got at the office party last night is arguably trashy–or at least, something other than great. But, that’s because it was a Dirty Santa exchange, and presents ranged from a cheap new toaster to $25 gift card to a restaurant plus some other goodies. (I didn’t get the toaster or a gift card. Nor did I give either of them.) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948/20 "2010-12-13T20:04:17Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Cool. I’m giving you your birthday present in July. Please tell me your birthday is nowhere near July. My birthday is in March. I would be happy to receive a birthday gift from you in July as a means of illustrating your post here. Truly, my dedication to this message board knows no bounds. I hate almonds and coconut in my chocolate truffles, btw. Just throwing that out there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-christmas-presents-are-trashy/563948.md?page=2)