Best Bizarre Xmas Gift (Page 2)

You just made me feel so much better!  We get the strangest gifts from my MIL.  She will only shop at Goodwill or the Dollar store usually.  I wouldn't mind, but she isn't even thoughtful with most of the gifts.

I've gotten:

Cheez its

re-gifted gift cards with her name crossed out (she is a teacher)

Used earrings

A can of something that you use to put out a fire

But I think these two top the list.  My then 9 year old daughter got a Starbucks gift card.  Just what every 9 year old needs - gourmet coffee!  MIL told her she could use it for snacks.

My favorite - DH (her only child) got 5 frozen Amy's dinners for his birthday.  She said, oh, he'll like them, they're the expensive ones.

Now, that's the kind of crazy uncle I can get behind.  You gotta love the randomness of it. 

This has brought tears of laughter to my eyes.

I went rock climbing a couple months ago and one of the girls there and I were talking when she stated that her dog is a vegetarian.  Luckily most of the time I can just hold my breath and be silent, but in my head I really wanted to ask her when her dog made this decision.  Just because YOU feed your pet a vegetarian diet does NOT make them vegetarians!  I bet you put a nice big chunk o' meat in front of them and they'll eat it! 

Before any vegetarians here get all mad, I have no problem with her feeding her dog this way...I just think it's funny that she gave her pet a "label" that is developed through a conscience decision.  You know, that'd be like saying "my dog is a Christian!"  No...he's not lol

One year my husband's grandmother got us both mugs that said "Hot & Sexy". We still talk about that one and wonder what the heck she was thinking!

Before the mugs she would give me something broken - every freaking year. Now once is an oops but EVERY YEAR?!

What, no Shake Weight?

Our first year of marriage I got my wife a set of jumper cables.  My mom almost peed she was laughing so hard.  We still have them and they have been used many times.

This year 23 years into marriage, I got her a Ruger 10/22 take down.  She was real impressed!

I did of course buy other things

Mywife got a set of floor mats this year.  If its questionable, I'll address it from the kids or the dog.  I think the lizard gave her a pair of socks this year.

Glad I could be of service
Here's another, from the same uncle. For my Mom's birthday he got her a 6-pack of bottled root beer - because it was labeled 'gluten free'. My mom is gluten free, but so is all root beer. My mom is also Diabetic and hasn't drank a non-diet soda in likely 30 years. 

Happy Birthday - here's some root beer you'll never drink

Exactly!  Our son turns one in another week and we had a heck of a time finding a "first Christmas" type outfit for him because he has outgrown most 12 month clothing. 

On the other hand, your MIL deserves a smack for not even pausing to consider your daughter's size. 

Big babies.  At 12 months, my daughter is wearing 18-24 month clothing.  

Monica THIS:

Made me laugh and laugh and laugh. I am still laughing. I don't know why the table cloth for fudge exchange makes me laugh, but it does. Still. Right now. 

No idea.  She's got no excuse on that one.  It's similar to my MIL who bought my very tall 12 month old summer clothing that is size 12 months.  How does that work?

When me and my sisters moved away, my parents continued to garden and can vegetables like they were feeding five, so every year we would all get at least one 12pk of some type of canned vegetable.

I once got my wife a 45 record of "Snoopy and the Red Baron" signed by John Burdett the drummer for the Royal Gaurdsmen, the group the recorded the hit in the 1960's. The only problem was John misunderstood what I wanted and signed the record to me instead of her, awkward!!

I owe this thread a picture of a gift we got about 10 years ago from grandpa after grandma had died.  He was long-since "losing it" and must've been regifting stuff from the back of the closet.  We got a 1970'ish electric can opener that looks something like this:

I still have it sealed int he box because to be honest, it might be quite rare in the world.  And simply because it's too funny and outrageous to simply throw out!!!

Aww I think gifts like this are sweet. I usually get homemade pear jam and strawberry jam from my mom and sister. It's delicious!

Jam would be good, 12 quart jars of pickled beets, not so good. I didn't like them when I live at home 25 yrs ago, I like them less now.