ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
NFBuck;2275282; said:
Throw this mother [censored]ing gift down on the MIL. It'll shut up her and the FIL.
........and quite possibly, the wife.
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Throw this mother [censored]ing gift down on the MIL. It'll shut up her and the FIL.
........and quite possibly, the wife.
scarletmike
Researching the Magic!
That's why when I'm asked, I just say "Gift cards, unless you want to buy me the $400-600 camera lens I've got my eye on." I replace the lens with whatever other expensive electronics toy I've got my eye on for the year if I'm not looking for a new lens at the moment, and it usually always works. I either get something related to said electronics device (which is fine by me), or a gift card. The day someone goes nuts and decides to purchase said expensive item will be the day I have to find a new tactic. 
That, and simple clothes items like socks are also acceptable gifts. But gift cards are very much preferred.
That, and simple clothes items like socks are also acceptable gifts. But gift cards are very much preferred.
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Every year I end up getting the same BIL in the drawing. This inevitably means his wife is going to buy something that she saw on one of those "gift idea" racks at Kohls, Sears, or JC Penney for me. Then I will end up returning it or giving it to charity.....the Circle of Christmas or t.he Island of Misfit Toys....
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Buckeye doc
Hall of Fame
My family does the whole draw names routine as well. They still take it so seriously. I refuse. Last year I got my nephew one of those horse head masks, "Pull My Finger" the fart cd, and beer. He loved it all, of course. What's the worst your family will do? Not invite you next year? Would that even be a bad thing? 
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Crump's brother
Moxahala Park Carnie/ Rehoboth Strangler
Buckeye doc;2275370; said:My family does the whole draw names routine as well. They still take it so seriously. I refuse. Last year I got my nephew one of those horse head masks, "Pull My Finger" the fart cd, and beer. He loved it all, of course. What's the worst your family will do? Not invite you next year? Would that even be a bad thing?
I'm in the same boat, here. We buy gifts for the kids-all under 10 still, none of them mine-and go gift card crazy for the rest of us. We usually wait for the after Christmas sales to cash in the gift cards.
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WyoBuck
Hall of Fame
Really, if we could do away with Christmas altogether, or just turn it into a drinking holiday like New Years or St. Paddy's, or Cinco de Mayo,that would be optimal. It really is the most overblown, narcissistic, convoluted and completely nonsensical holiday that we have. Does anyone really celebrate this shit for fun? No, it's an obligation, like being drug to a fucking wedding for your girlfriends distant friend or a fucking funeral. I've actually been to funerals that were more fun than Christmas. Compounded with the fact that I am an atheist, which sort of makes the whole idea of the faux pageantry of some sort of "spiritual" message even that much more comical for it's misguided idealism, I'm at a bit of a loss. The best thing about Christmas is that, generally, traffic is pretty light. The worst thing, liquor stores close early.
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BayBuck
Buckeyes are best
NFBuck;2275190; said:
"You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!"
Also from the man who created the Victorian ideal of Christmas which we have been re-enacting ever since:
"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour."
Happy Christmas NFBuck!
:cheers:
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Buckeye513
Stable Genius
I tell people not to get me anything and the only people I buy for are junior and his mom. If someone else gets me something, they're at a net loss and I don't feel bad about them not being able to follow directions.
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Buckeye513;2275479; said:
I'm amused by the assumption that someone suffers a loss if they give without a return.
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Buckeye513
Stable Genius
Considering the circumstances for "giving", that's a perfectly fine assumption.buckeyegrad;2275483; said:
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BayBuck
Buckeyes are best
buckeyegrad;2275483; said:
Me too: I spend enough of the year being a miser that I enjoy racking up the red on a couple of accounts to gift the people I love, and while I am a man of few needs, I will happily accept presents from the people who enjoy Christmas-giving to me. And the seasonal spirit of giving is also a great motivator to catch up on my charitable donations, since like I said I'm a miser most of the year.
But now birthdays, that's another story. Sure, let's get together for drinks and dinner, but please, do NOT buy me anything. Birthday presents for adults are ridiculous (okay, maybe your parents and spouse are acceptable). Bah humbug indeed.
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