Clara, Santa never understood exactly what I wanted. He always got it slightly or horribly wrong. I think the 'perfect' gift is more luck than judgement.
To me, Clara is the name for a beautiful china doll.
I still remember my sisters face when she opened her present from our mum to find a nightdress that would have looked old fashioned on an eighty year old. She was in her early twenties at the time!
Going off topic a bit. My missus is sneaky (I think it's a female thing). She'll see something in the sales after Christmas and say "That'll do for my birthday" - birthday in September! Muggins buys it, then promptly forgets so she gets something else for her birthday too. Same later in the year "That'll do for Christmas" in July or August. Same thing happens again. This year it's been a good coat and a tablet so far! Gotta love her though.
You know the feeling when you open a present and pray that there's a hole in it or it doesn't fit so that you can take it back and oh joy it was the last one and no, they won't be getting any more in .........lm sure there's a foreign word for it - rack your brains polyglots
We do a 'secret santa' in work... there have been some classics over the years... the best ones include: Unicorn poop (basically glittery play dough), men's pants in the 'shape' of a giraffe (?!), a hairbrush and bobble- complete with bits of hair, Christmas socks - only slightly worn and a beautiful selection of top brand chocolates - out of date by 6months.
Oh dear... I won't be entering in to the spirit of that this year!
The worst part is that you know who you are buying for (santa rules) so there is a risk that people can reflect what they think of you through the medium of secret santa! Poor report for the used socks person then!
The worst Christmas present I ever got was from my Sunday school teacher. I think I was about 13yrs old and she gave me a chocolate Santa Clause with marshmallow filing. I never took it out of the wrapper and tossed it into a box where it remained for 30yrs.lol
There were two particularly memorable 'Secret Santa' presents where I worked. The first was for a guy recently promoted to manager who was so arrogant he was unbearable. He got his first company car with the promotion but insisted it be 'debadged' (all model reference badges removed) because it was bottom of the range and he didn't want people to know that. One of the secretaries phoned the dealership and got hold of all the badges. That was what he had to open in front of everybody - he was not impressed, but the rest of the office was in hysterics. Sadly he continued to be an arrogant prat.
The second was for another manager. He seemed to exist in a continuous bad mood. You might get a grunt from him if you said 'Good morning', but that would only be on a really, really good day. His secret santa present was a 'Bear with a sore head' mask, which he proudly wore all day! He didn't change either but at least there was a human under there somewhere.
I had a disappointing christmas present when i was about 10 years old....i had asked father christmas for a Barbie doll, i hunted through my presents for one that resembled Barbie shape, very excited when i found one that fitted the shape......only to open it to find it was a Barbie look a like....the cheap version!
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Clara, Santa never understood exactly what I wanted. He always got it slightly or horribly wrong. I think the 'perfect' gift is more luck than judgement.
To me, Clara is the name for a beautiful china doll.
A friend of ours was given a Damart thermal vest by her aunt. Friend was in her 20's at the time too. Unimpressed is putting it mildly.
Going off topic a bit. My missus is sneaky (I think it's a female thing). She'll see something in the sales after Christmas and say "That'll do for my birthday" - birthday in September! Muggins buys it, then promptly forgets so she gets something else for her birthday too. Same later in the year "That'll do for Christmas" in July or August. Same thing happens again. This year it's been a good coat and a tablet so far! Gotta love her though.
You know the feeling when you open a present and pray that there's a hole in it or it doesn't fit so that you can take it back and oh joy it was the last one and no, they won't be getting any more in .........lm sure there's a foreign word for it - rack your brains polyglots
We do a 'secret santa' in work... there have been some classics over the years... the best ones include: Unicorn poop (basically glittery play dough), men's pants in the 'shape' of a giraffe (?!), a hairbrush and bobble- complete with bits of hair, Christmas socks - only slightly worn and a beautiful selection of top brand chocolates - out of date by 6months.
Oh dear... I won't be entering in to the spirit of that this year!
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AR - no wonder he wants to keep it a secret. I hope you didn't waste your money on anything nice.
The worst part is that you know who you are buying for (santa rules) so there is a risk that people can reflect what they think of you through the medium of secret santa! Poor report for the used socks person then!
I always have a fabulous gift
The worst Christmas present I ever got was from my Sunday school teacher. I think I was about 13yrs old and she gave me a chocolate Santa Clause with marshmallow filing. I never took it out of the wrapper and tossed it into a box where it remained for 30yrs.lol
There were two particularly memorable 'Secret Santa' presents where I worked. The first was for a guy recently promoted to manager who was so arrogant he was unbearable. He got his first company car with the promotion but insisted it be 'debadged' (all model reference badges removed) because it was bottom of the range and he didn't want people to know that. One of the secretaries phoned the dealership and got hold of all the badges. That was what he had to open in front of everybody - he was not impressed, but the rest of the office was in hysterics. Sadly he continued to be an arrogant prat.
The second was for another manager. He seemed to exist in a continuous bad mood. You might get a grunt from him if you said 'Good morning', but that would only be on a really, really good day. His secret santa present was a 'Bear with a sore head' mask, which he proudly wore all day! He didn't change either but at least there was a human under there somewhere.
I had a disappointing christmas present when i was about 10 years old....i had asked father christmas for a Barbie doll, i hunted through my presents for one that resembled Barbie shape, very excited when i found one that fitted the shape......only to open it to find it was a Barbie look a like....the cheap version!