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    November 28, 2008

    Tell us: What was your worst Christmas gift?

    We just finished the first major holiday of the season, and I hope you all are recovering from any Turkey overload you may have experienced. Now that it's officially Christmas season (or at least that's what the stores want you to believe), USA WEEKEND's annual gift guide is in newspapers now. Cover girl Miranda Cosgrove, star of Nickelodeon's hit iCarly, shares her shopping tips and secrets and we share the best gift ideas for 2008. We wondered about our readers' own gift-getting experiences, because while the season is certainly about the spirit of giving, sometimes the givers are a little misguided. So tell us in the comments below: What was your worst Christmas gift?

    Comments (113)

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    Christmas is such a bittersweet holiday. I grew up in a very dysfunctional family and the holiday didn't involve church traditions or spirituality.
    When I grew up and could form my own traditions, I really tried to find the "true" meaning of christmas with and for my three children and myself. During this time, my ex-husband had gone to prison, and I faced life with my three little children and nothing, absolutely nothing. I figured out how to get into college, fed my kids with food stamps, lived on a welfare check and started a home cleaning business to make money so I could keep in school. I wanted off welfare. I did pretty well, I managed to save enough money for a little car. I was driving 100 miles daily to get to college, and my ten year old car literally fell apart. I answered an advertisement from a military couple who had to move and needed to sell their car. It was a yellow Subaru, and it was nearly new. My friend checked it for me and told me it was perfect. The price had not been advertised and it was way too much, and I was having to catch rides to school etc. About six weeks later the military couple called me and asked me if I still had my car money and I told them I did, that I hadn't been able to find anything decent. They told me to bring them the money and I could buy their car with what I had. I bought a nearly new Subaru valued at 9,000.00 for 4,000.00 cash. This occurred during my christmas school recess. I never asked my church for anything, and took care of my kids the best I could. The church my family attended gave my children one gift and our family a gift basket. I didn't ask for it. I had just bought my car, and some of the deacons followed us out to our car chatting all the way. They stopped short when we got to our new car, and then they got mad at me. They called me into church just after Christmas, and asked me if I had saved drug money from my husband, and accused me of cheating at welfare. I asked them where was their faith in God, that the Bible says that God will take care of the widows and the fatherless, if we lay claim to his promise. They tried to make me get up in front of the church and say I had sinned when I hadn't. I had merely worked hard, saved my money, followed all rules in place at the time, and had let God provide for my children.
    My little car was the talk of the church and people hated me for getting it. Around this time, I was also informed that "welfare wenches" didn't deserve to go to college on the government. That was in 1993, and I have long graduated from college and have moved into a very nice professional career and welfare is a long distant memory.
    Needless to say I quit that church, which is one of the the biggest and fanciest churches in my city. I have a hard time going to church now, and I very carefully observe the conduct of people who claim they are Christians, every time I encounter them, because I want to see how they live their lives everyday, not just at Christmas time.

    Posted by: Kay | Dec 31, 2008 1:17:37 AM | Flag as abusive

    Too much emphasis on what you received and not enough on what you gave. This year I received some cookies mailed to me by my aunt. I gave 20 gift cards for the foster teenagers of my county--as I have been doing for the past 4 years. (In previous years, my gift cards were the only thing some of the teens got that year). An acquaintance who had experienced a very difficult year received (from me) a Barnes & Noble gift card so he could have the dignity of buying. things for his loved ones.

    Posted by: Phil | Dec 30, 2008 10:32:16 PM | Flag as abusive

    I got a box of Kleenex from my boyfriend's mom. It's like...I have been dating your son for three years and this is what you think of me??? I have bent over backwards to be nice to this woman...but...Kleenex? That is insulting. I'd rather she just not give me anything!

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    My brother got me a rubber chicken with a peg leg and eye patch. The chicken is wearing a pirate's hat, holding a sword in one hand (which is a hook), and drinking what appears to be a bottle of rum in the other hand. He is also wearing a red and white striped shirt. Oh if you squeeze his "beer belly" he makes an awful chicken moaning sound. They told me that they got him in a pet supply store.

    Posted by: Craig | Dec 28, 2008 12:41:51 AM | Flag as abusive

    We spent about $1000 on the kids 1 is mine 3 are his and I got a pair of slippers and gloves. Total price taken from bank account at K-mart $13.23 after he received a pressure washer, tools sweat and slippers lol. He didn't even wrap them in two differnt packages so I got to watch everyone open presents and I got the one. Well I guess it's better than some people. I am not greedy or that materialistic but come on!

    Posted by: April | Dec 27, 2008 4:32:00 PM | Flag as abusive

    My family got me a rubber chicken with a peg leg. The chicken is wearing a pirate's hat, holding a sword in one hand, and drinking what appears to be a bottle of rum in the other hand. He is also wearing a red and white striped shirt. Oh if you squeeze his "beer belly" he makes an awful chicken moaning sound. They told me that they got him in a pet supply store. Hilarious :)

    Posted by: Craig | Dec 27, 2008 12:03:16 PM | Flag as abusive

    I have been getting great gifts from my in-laws year after year. Last year was one of the best, I got a pair of gloves from the dollar store and a "home made scarf" that looked like a 5 year old made it. This year I got gloves AGAIN ( a little bit better but please spare me) One year I got a large jar of cashews! ( I was told I was given "my own jar" as if I ate so many) You could imgagine my surprise when I got these gifts.( I can't hold back my expressions usually) I am sure the expression on my face was priceless!!! Everyone else that got gifts from my in-laws did not get such a "great" gift as I did/do.

    Posted by: riss | Dec 26, 2008 8:57:36 PM | Flag as abusive

    After dating for 3 months. I received for Christmas an airline eye mask and a used Kenney G CD. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Now I am just laughing. Because I wrapped it up and put do not open until Ukranian Christmas. I won't be dating this one again.

    Posted by: lin | Dec 26, 2008 7:41:09 PM | Flag as abusive

    My rather skinny Mom made a comment around Thanksgiving that she wanted to lose 10 pounds. I told her that would not be a good idea and that she looked fine. This made her mad.

    At Christmas Mom got me a shirt, size XXXXL, big enough for two people. Guess she taught me a lesson!

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    Posted by: bobby | Dec 26, 2008 4:45:53 PM | Flag as abusive

    When I was 35 my mother gave me a card with three rocks (ordinary rocks) glued to it. That was it. She gave my husband a nice sweater and after shave. Actually for my mother it was pretty normal. My father gave me a statue that said, "If you want to lose ten pounds of ugly fat, cut off your head." All I ever got from the man. Amazingly I have avoided therapy.

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    After dating for 3 months. I received for Christmas an airline eye mask and a used Kenney G CD. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Now I am just laughing. Because I wrapped it up and put do not open until Ukranian Christmas. I won't be dating this one again.

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