This
begins the season of holiday parties, and you know all the good things they
include. I'll steer away from the
dangerous topics of casseroles and desserts and chocolate—although really,
those are some of my favorite subjects for discussion at any time of the year!
Instead,
let's talk about gifts.
Not
the kind you love to give. The kind you
love to give away. You know, in
those grab bags and games you play where everyone receives a gift from an anonymous
giver.
One
year I participated in a "Silly Santa" grab bag and received a pair
of fuzzy animal slippers. Envision
this: they were purple, with red eyes
and long black claws, and—I'm not kidding—from front to back, they were two
feet long.
Let's
just say I found them...
Umm...
Spectacular!
The
slippers received a lot of attention at that particular Christmas party. And you'd better believe they went right
into the very next grab bag I could find.
(grin) The winner absolutely loved
them and wore them the rest of the night.
Obviously,
one person's "umm...spectacular" is another person's favorite gift.
To
be fair, these games—and gifts—aren't all bad.
I'll admit I've been lucky, too.
At another party, I received a pair of holiday earrings that I still
wear during the Christmas season every year.
Got
any grab-bag stories, either for the best or worst gift ever?
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who will celebrate it later this week!
All
my best to you,
Barbara
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Barbara
White Daille
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| August 2012 |
6 comments:
No story. Just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi, BW - thanks for popping in.
Have a wonderful Turkey Day!
Barbara
Happy Thanksgiving.
Worst grab bag present - peeing Satna clauses. Yuck!
Not bad grab bag present - water pistols... livened up the party.
Best grab bag present - An Irish Santa coffee mug. Fit into my collection of Irish Santas and it is my Christmas coffee mug for forever.
Oh, dear, Linda - your worst is worse than mine. LOL
But how perfect for your best gift--that person really knew you well.
Thanks for sharing!
Barbara
Worst gift I ever received was a gift certificate to a massage parlor (yes parlor not a spa). My BF at the time knew how much I despised strange people touching me, yet he thought the perfect gift for me was a full on naked massage with a stranger in a low rent massage parlor. Um, yeah, ok. We broke up very shortly afterwards.
Amanda - some people give gifts *they* would want without thinking about what the recipient likes.
They might be better off if their loved ones gave them a shopping list!
Barbara
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