# Your most worthless Christmas gift (this year.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700 "2009-12-27T12:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/141 "2009-12-30T22:12:00Z")
> [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](#): > > I received a card from both of the parents. It reads, “Merry Christmas! I gave you the miracle of life.” and a line from dad, “and I helped.” So your Christmas gift was a reminder that your parents had sex? Had it not been for Scougs’s sister, I think you might have won this thread. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/142 "2009-12-30T22:33:50Z")
> [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](#): > > I received a card from both of the parents. It reads, “Merry Christmas! I gave you the miracle of life.” and a line from dad, “and I helped.” Now all I can think of is that Shake ‘n’ Bake commercial… ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/143 "2009-12-31T02:18:55Z")
I won a Snuggie as a door prize at our Christmas party. I was thrilled to death; it was cold in that room and I hadn’t brought a jacket. The following Monday there was a picture of me on the Christmas tree at work, wearing the Snuggie, grinning and waving at the camera as I ate my dinner. I’m wearing it right now, too! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/144 "2009-12-31T08:54:50Z")
Got a Snuggie, too. Not a bad gift, seeing as I freeze a lot. The problem is the effin static. I could have sworn I saw sparks when I took it off! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/145 "2009-12-31T09:19:56Z")
> [@](#): > > The Great Wings Book" by Hugh Carpenter - full of exotic recipes for cooking chicken wings, retails at $16.95. I’ll even include one of the dozen bottles of hot sauce that came with it. A dozen bottles of hot sauce would be one of the better gifts anyone could send me. Particularly if they were local ones that weren’t everywhere. ---
**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 31, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/146 "2009-12-31T13:27:10Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > I won a Snuggie as a door prize at our Christmas party. I was thrilled to death; it was cold in that room and I hadn’t brought a jacket. The following Monday there was a picture of me on the Christmas tree at work, wearing the Snuggie, grinning and waving at the camera as I ate my dinner. The [SDMB Portrait Gallery](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/index.html) would be a good place for that…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/147 "2009-12-31T14:40:25Z")
My sister the lesbian, who is the worst gift giver in the history of gift giving, gave me a framed print of the George Washington Bridge. If I want to see the GWB, I’ll spend $1.35 on a bus ride and go see the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![KellyG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KellyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyG)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/148 "2009-12-31T14:50:20Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > A Snuggie. As sure as it snows in the northeast in the winter, I KNEW there was going to be a Snuggie under the tree with my name on it. I appreciate the time, money, and effort the giftgiver spent to procure me a Snuggie. But: it’s lame (like a Pet Rock). I’m always always always hot (yes, it’s me who keeps turning the thermostat down). I have a way to take the chill off, if I need it - the giftgiver has seen my beautiful velour throw, and was there when I bought my beautiful cashmere throw (for 70% off). So why does the giftgiver think I need a cheap, stupid fleece gag gift? (I smiled and said thank you so much, but maybe I can fold it into a nice cat bed, or regift to someone who could uses it.) For some reason my step-son is completely obsessed with Snuggies. He’s four. My sister-in-law got a matching Snuggies for her husband’s sister and her dog as a joke. I do not understand this obsession. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/149 "2009-12-31T17:18:12Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > OK, so you can sell your gift card [here](http://www.plasticjungle.com/pjweb/), [here](http://www.giftcardrescue.com/), exchange them [here](http://www.swapagift.com/)—WARNING—sites have ads, and I also cannot endorse any of them. Just passing info along. Thanks! I’ll look into that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/150 "2009-12-31T17:34:49Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Spectre, a Mac game for my PC. Little sister thought it was compatible as the format was listed on the side of the box as “CD-ROM”. Wow! I remember that game. I remember thinking “this sucks” back when I got it for free with a Mac … in the early 90s. Believe me, you’re not missing much. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/151 "2009-12-31T17:43:14Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Wow! I remember that game. I remember thinking “this sucks” back when I got it for free with a Mac … in the early 90s. > > Believe me, you’re not missing much. When I opened the intriguingly shaped wrapping paper, number 1 thing I didn’t want to say was “It’s for a Mac”. Number 2 was “I bought it full price for the SNES and was laughed at in school” :o ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/152 "2010-01-02T08:43:57Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > What’s with all the hate for these things? Am I the only one who lives in a 160 year old house with elusive and difficult to eliminate cold drafts? You’re not the only one. Well, I don’t live in an old house but my place certainly does get cold. Personally, the first time I saw an ad for a Snuggie I thought, “God damn, that’s genius.” Pity they market them as cheap and low-class. I’m very tempted to buy one, regardless. I spent today a bit hungover on the couch - the bathrobe was warm and wonderful but from the knees down I was freezing. Sure, I had a couple of throws to cover my feet but I would love a long robe-type garment that could cover me to my feet on the couch. I’m a decent height (6’) so most robes don’t cut it when I’m not standing upright. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700.md?page=7)