Our first Christmas as a married couple, I noticed a large, heavy box from my husband under the tree. I couldn't imagine what it must be, since it had to weigh at least 20 lbs. I kept bothering the box, shaking it, trying to figure out what it was. I tore into it on Christmas morning to find....a fire extinguisher! I started laughing so hard, I couldn't stop. And before you think, oh how cute, their love was so hot, he got her a symbolic gift, he said -- in the midst of my hysterical laughter -- "But you said we needed one." He did get me other gifts that year, but he learned the lesson that many men must learn -- when we say we need something for the house, don't get it for us for Christmas!
Trying for years to fit in in the family Christmas at my very proper Grandmothers house. I finally got the clue when she gave me a UNION SUIT for my 15th Christmas present. (Let me state quickly I am a girl, why not girly pj's?) Yes, one of those insulated underwear thing-a-majigs with the flap in the back and to make matters worse she got me me an XL ( I wore a medium). While my cousins opened up Tommy brand duffle bags and great perfume I sat there with my "little house one the prarie wear". And no Gramma was not even close to senile.......guess she thought I was cold????
It has to be a chicken cookie jar from my husband. I don't even eat cookies!
I RECEIVED A LITTLE PIECE OF A CHURCH FROM FRANCE (THE MOLDING OFA SCULPTURE) IT HAD FALLEN DOWN ON THE GROUND AND MY SISTER SENT IT TO ME,,,,,,,,,,KEEP IN MIND THE THIS CHURCH WAS A ROMAN STYLE CHURCH FOR THE 12TH CENTURY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GENEVIEVE
Think I have this one won. I received a white wooden toilet seat one year from my husband. This is just one of his many unusal gifts that I have received over 41 years of marriage.
the most unusual gift i got was a kitten whom I still have.
How about the meat slicer my husband gave to me for Christmas. I think he was the one who wanted one - and that was the best way to get it?
What is strange about this gift is that he is the perfect gift giver -and that meat slicer came out of the blue! I still haven't figured this one out?!
that would be a pink flamingo candle lamp decorated for christmas. Tacky comes to mind. I laughed and laughed. What my sis was thinking when she bought this is beyound me.
The most memorable and unusual gift I ever received came from my father. On the occasion of my eighteenth Christmas, my Dad gave me a Eurail pass and a Raggedy Anne doll. Included in the envelope with the eurail pass was a map of Europe. He had highlighted all the best things to do and see. It came with a card that said, " Even though you're all grown up, you will always be my little girl." I still have the Raggedy Anne doll and the trip across Europe made for the most memorable Christmas, but it's the tears in my father's eyes when he gave me this gift that I will never, ever forget.
It was our first Christmas together about 22 years ago, only being married about 4 months. My husband gave me an epilady! What? Did he think I was hairy or something?? LOL...Of course I never used it, never returned it either. So somebody from Goodwill has it...
