Spoiler Alert: One of These MIGHT Be Your Christmas Gift This Year
As the holiday season approaches, I start looking at one of my browser bookmark folders in which I save gift ideas throughout the year. To some of you, this may sound like an extraordinarily organized and proactive way to handle shopping for presents. In reality, though, it’s like some kind of cryptic diary that my psychiatrist would probably love to get his hands on. The problem is that I indiscriminately bookmark items of interest to that folder. It’s possible that I thought of someone when I saved each one, but I don’t actually label them with anyone’s names. Some of them are gift ideas for me. Some of them might be good for hostess gifts. And some of them would be better off never invented.
For example, could someone please tell me why I felt the need to bookmark the Star Wars sunshade?
picture from Amazon.com
My husband loves Star Wars, but I’m pretty sure this gift would quickly find its way to File 13 if I chose to stuff it in his stocking.
And which of my beloved family and friends was I planning to bestow this lovely gift on? It’s an alarm clock that sends your own money to your most hated charity every time you hit “Snooze.”
picture from: http://www.thinkgeek.com
Could someone please tell me exactly what was I drinking when I saw this Golf Drinking Game, and thought it would surely make a great gift for someone some day?
picture from: www.outblush.com
I have about 100 products that I’ve saved in this folder since January – and about 2.75 of them make viable gifts.
So, the question is, which will offend people more? Receiving a Star Wars car sunshade, or getting a polite phone call from me requesting that we put our relationship on hold until after the holidays?
I guess I just need to consult Dr. Freud’s Therapy Ball.
Can someone send me one for Christmas?
picture from: http://www.amazon.com
Posted on November 17, 2013, in Humor and tagged gifts, holidays, humor, life, presents, random. Bookmark the permalink. 34 Comments.
whatimeant2say 
I have no answers but you made me laugh…
That’s the most important thing!
The wife also started the annual listmaking this weekend and perused two years’ worth of craft magazines looking for gift ideas. I kinda get why some people go away for the holidays and don’t give anyone presents. It’s so much simpler.
That Star Wars sunshade looks nice, by the way. I wonder if my brother-in-law’s a fan…
I TOTALLY get the idea of going away for the holidays! The other option is to pick a fight with everyone you know just in time to avoid gift giving.
Except I don’t like conflict. I’ll end up giving everyone two gifts just to make up for it 😉
Thanks for the much needed laugh!
You are so welcome!
I loved the alarm clock that donates money every time you hit the snooze button 🙂
The only person I can think of that would benefit from that is me – and I’m certainly not subjecting myself to that!
Lol
Tee hee. I do the same thing. Actually, that golf drinking game looks like good fun for Christmas day, even if never used again. You can add my name to that one 🙂
You got it!
Is it wrong that I like the golf drinking game? That looks like fun!!
Maybe I should stick that one back on the list. It seems to be more popular than I expected!
Hey, don’t knock Dr. Freud’s Therapy Ball. It’s one of the most anticipated events of the year!
Clever! Can you imagine the angst that prospective attendees would suffer beforehand? What am I going to wear? Why didn’t my parents ever teach me proper ball etiquette? What if terrorists set off a bomb?
I could go on and on…
Those things all exist? My first thought with the golf drinking game was whether or not it’d be more fun to watch than beer pong.
I think that would depend on how much you, the watcher, imbibe as well.
Ha! My husband does the same thing! Oh well, mark me down for a sunshade!
I bet you’ve gotten some great gifts over the years!
One year I got a Star Wars book from the Ottawa Public Library. It was due two weeks later. 😛 Another year it was a case of Kraft dinner. We have fun with it…
Are you kidding me?!? The Star Wars sunshade is fabulous! I must go and search that one out for Hubby. But I’d truly need help if I had to squeeze Dr. Freud’s ball every time I got stressed. I presume they sell them in pairs…? Or is that too Freudian?
I think the ones in pairs are painted blue 😉
OMG! I just hurt myself laughing!
Maybe you were looking not for regular Christmas gifts, but for White Elephant gifts! These would be great for that!
I tried to tell myself that. But then I realized that it’s been about 10 years since I’ve attended any kind of party where White Elephant gifts are acceptable.
Maybe it’s not you. Maybe these are the perfect gifts. Maybe you just need new friends. And a new family…
OMG! I think you hit the nail on the head! You are absolutely right!
This is awesome! I personally think I may need the donation alarm clock. I may not hit snooze 4-5 times a morning! 😉
I think the only thing that would keep me from hitting the snooze would be thinking the money might go to Donald Trump. That would be a good deterrent in my case.
you’re so thoughtful. I guess? 😉
Oh, darn! You’ve ruined the surprise. Well, at least you don’t know which one of the 4 I’m actually giving you.
These are TOO good. Ha! Proof that you and I could be the same person: I’ve never bookmarked potential gifts throughout the year, but if I ever did, I am CERTAIN I’d drunk-bookmark all the time, and have a very similar list.
OMG. Drunk-bookmarking HAS to be a thing! Are there support groups for that? Granted, it’s not as dangerous as drunk-texting. But it could completely ruin relationships!!!!