# My kid and misleadingly boxed xmas presents **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-and-misleadingly-boxed-xmas-presents/677160 "2013-12-25T19:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-and-misleadingly-boxed-xmas-presents/677160/21 "2013-12-26T20:42:49Z")
My Grandfather was really surprised to get one of my metal hotwheels cars in a pretty pink box. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-and-misleadingly-boxed-xmas-presents/677160/22 "2013-12-26T21:27:06Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Yeah, toys in particular are so insanely locked in their packages with twist-ties, wire ties, screws, little plastic key blocks… hate it. > > A lot of our presents were in either white shirt boxes or Amazon shipping boxes, and there’s all kinds of loud exclamations when one of those is revealed. “ANOTHER white box! Wow! Now I have the whole set!”… etc. > > There a famous family picture of me at about 4-5. The Big Boss truck and trailer, almost as big as I am, are off to one side while I play fort in the empty box. [The five best toys of all time](http://www.waldorftoday.com/2011/12/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time-by-jonathan-liu/) - a box is #2. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-and-misleadingly-boxed-xmas-presents/677160.md?page=1)