Hi Guys,
It’s Jess this time. I was out braving the crowds this weekend, doing some shopping for my mom and my boyfriend’s mom (among other lucky present recipients). I played it safe with my gift purchasing, but I was wondering if you’ve ever bought your mother something positively inspired for the holidays.
Or, even better: has your mother ever given you something absolutely bonkers or inappropriate for Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa? A subscription to eHarmony? A year’s supply of Victoria’s Secret Underoos? A flowbee? We want to hear all about your most hilarious gift experiences. Leave them in the comments section!
My mother-in-law always ‘paints/decorates’ stockings for my husband, me, our son and my husband’s brother’s family and fills them with stuff. I’m beginning to think she doesn’t like me any more….she got everyone else comfy PJs and me some sort of glass high-heel shaped thing filled with bubble bath…the kicker…we don’t have a tub in our house! BTW – the glass high-heel thing is by my bed to use as a deadly weapon…it weighs around 5 lbs!
Bless her…she tries:)
December 30, 2008 at 10:58 pm
My mom is one of 5 children so the last two Christmases that all of our family was together she gave everyone a pen, you know the ones that come a dozen to the box, so for $3 she covered Christmas shopping for 20 people. The worst part was that this year she asked my 10 year old daughter to hand them out – I told my daughter to make sure she told everyone they were “from Grammy”. I may one day end up a lot like my mom, but I wanted to make sure they know I’m not there yet.
December 30, 2008 at 11:18 pm
For years I have been receiving cat-themed gifts from my mother. I admit to liking cats – especially my own, but am a fan of the real variety, not so much the painted-on-stuff kind. I have accumulated 3 cat mugs, 2 cat espresso sets, cat dishes, cat journals, cat calendars and a book of cat stories over the past few years. I’m waiting for the cat sweaters to start coming.
January 1, 2009 at 4:48 pm
My mom usually gives okay gifts…practical gifts, but usually ones that aren’t too bad, like an electric mixer. HER mom on the other hand…oh goodness. My Grandmother just turned 85, and for Christmas this year, she tried giving me underwear…that were hand-me-downs. From HER. :D At least she thought of me. (We had been discussing how I needed some new ones.) Best gift I’ve EVER recieved….needless to say, I laughed the entire way home.
January 2, 2009 at 12:29 am
I’m happy to see so many others get “practical” stockings. My dad always supplements the stockings with weird candy and sodas, though. I look forward to stockings the most, probably. The worst Christmas gift my mother ever gave me was a toilet seat. From SANTA. (I was 15-ish.) It was sitting in my present chair with a red bow on it. When my sister and I were asking about it a couple of years later, she said that I was really hard to shop for that year, and our bathroom needed a new seat. Thanks, Mom. (To add insult to injury, my sister got a bike that year!)
January 4, 2009 at 12:24 pm
My sister is a hairdresser and got a flow-bee on year. She HATED it and considered it a huge insult. My mom also gives usefull “filler” gifts. This year it was a tweezer and a lingerie bag to wash bras in. She used to be big into the self-help books and once gave me a book about finding a “good man”, AFTER I was engaged. Subtle mom, very subtle.
January 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm
My mum always goes for safe gifts to be honest, smellys, pyjamas, slippers… The usual. Last year my dad got me a little cocktail set (For two) which was awsome, and then, randomly, a stuffed frog thing that when you press its little froggy hand sways and sings “It’s a Wonderful word”. Weird and wonderful. I have to say I love it, but it’s just so odd. Especially considering my brother got an iPod and my sister got a dvd player. It now sits pride of place on top of my TV wearing some lab glasses.
January 7, 2009 at 5:01 pm
i left my husband this past summer and it’s just been me and my 3 year old. so for christmas this year, my mom gave me a $100 giftcard to the local sextoy shop. when i opened the card and saw what she had given me (in front of the whole family) i asked her why?! and she’s like, “well, you’re living alone now, without a man. you’ve got to do SOMETHING to relieve stress.” dear god. she’s nuts. but you know, that card’s come in pretty handy……
January 26, 2009 at 4:45 pm
My grandmother this year gave me a shovel for christmas..she got me tons of great stuff, clothes, new boots and then the shovel. I had no idea what to say. a little black plastic shovel. she said its for if i ever get snowed in some where i could dig my self out. it make sense but its kinda unlikely..a shovel? random.
March 12, 2009 at 2:14 pm
One year for Christmas my Dad was really excited to give me and my mom our gifts. I opened mine first and it was….a stainless steel lifetime-warranty cheese-grater from Williams and Sanoma. I was 15 at the time. My mom got a fancy hand blender that only has one blade (read:useless). I joked with my Dad as I opened my next present that I really wanted a spatula and was shocked to find he had gotten me an MP3 player. I had told him I wanted one about 6 months before but didn’t think he would actually get me one….
I really like my cheese grater too : )
March 27, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Since my Mum married my step Dad about 18 years ago, they have sent me and my two step siblings what I colloquially termed “the xmas box of crap”. It’s a box, usually the size of a box of photocopier paper, and it’s filled with stuff from the dollar store like a cat food scoop, mechanic’s hand cleaner, green pot scrubbies. The weirdest year was the one where my box of crap included a used coffee mug (it had spoon swirls in the bottom) and some past-the-sell-by-date candy that had been marked down for quick sale. lol On the bright side, my friends always look forward to when the Greyhound arrives with my box of crap for the year.
April 22, 2009 at 1:09 am
My Mom tended to lose her freaking mind around the holidays. One year, all the boys in the family got a paper back on the evil’s of porngraphy. My Brother got 2 of them. I may mention I’m the youngest and was like 30 at the time.
Another year, we were going through our stocking Cristmas AM. Mom would always include a couple stocking stuffers along with candy, etc … I’m unwrapping an oddly shaped gift to find a large metal salt shaker, the kind a commercial kitchen might use, I was pondering this, looking to see if my siblings had seen this only to see my brother looking right back at me with a very large pepper shaker He’d just opened.
June 2, 2009 at 1:26 pm
These are fun !
I’ve been getting pot holders, dish towels, turkey basters and other assorted useful items for yrs.
I’m thinking the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree tho. because this yr I included 6 boxes of condoms in my 17 yr old sons stocking.
No , he didn’t have to open the stocking infront of the extended family.
June 2, 2009 at 2:15 pm
My granny would take a handful of candies from her small ‘bodega’ that she ran and put a few pieces in each stocking, as well as post-its with glittery pens, new three-to-a-pack undies to KEEP IN THE CAR (just in case), etc.
We really miss those silly gifts now that she’s gone. At least she thought of us, even though the thoughts were really scattered…
June 2, 2009 at 5:10 pm
My grandma send a Jesus night light to me the first Christmas after I married my husband. I was 36. God rest her soul!
June 2, 2009 at 7:32 pm
The answer is yes – See story below
Ever since I was 6, I would sneak into one of my sister’s rooms to wear their panties. this happened 2 – 3 times a week – Made the mistake at age 9 by trying on my mother’s panties – Sure enough, got caught – Also caught hell – She tried to embarrass me by dragging to buy panties – It back fired – After she purchased them for me, she said, ” Now Bill, aren’t you embarrassed.” I said, ” Mom to tell the truth, I like the fact that you bought them for me.”
If looks could kill, I would have been murdered. ” Just wait till we get home,” she said ! “I am going to tell your father” I pleaded with her not to tell him, but she just let me stew for a while – When dad came home nothing happened – Boy was I relieved.
When I went to bed that night, mom came into the bedroom to say good night – She pulled down the covers and saw that was sill wearing my boy’s underwear – She said, “Since you like wearing girl’s undies, I am going to make you wear them all the time” – She went back to her room and brought me a red pair on panties – “Here she said, put these on” – So i did – “Listen young man, I’ll be right back” She went into the just washed laundry and brought back one of my sister’s bras – “Okay Bill, put this on”- I said, “are you sure mom?” – and she said yes – After I put on the bra, mom said – “Now stand up and lets see what you look like” so I did – “Boy, I mean girl, you really look pretty!” – It looks like I am going to have to buy more girls undies the next chance I get – Is that Okay with you?” I said yes. She kissed me and fixed the covers over saying – “Have a great nights sleep” – With that she left the room – I fell asleep really quickly
June 25, 2009 at 12:41 am
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February 28, 2010 at 11:09 am
Ok, im late I know… but my great Grandma bought me a Hannah Montanah t-shirt… I am now 21 … she also bought me a flash light for my birthday… oh and forgot a barbie make up set ……
March 8, 2010 at 5:25 pm