Best and worst Christmas present...

Think my favourite present ever (in the days when presents were a surprise) was a big book of disasters that I got from a sister in 1985. Being the youngest of 7 kids meant it was a good time for me, but that one still stands out as someone really putting thought into a present and getting it spot on. Only a complete set of 'Unexplained' mags could have excited me more.

Worst was a science set in '83 or a microscope in '84.

haha only time I remember being pissed off as a child at christmas, was when I got two identical lego sets and I was all wtf about it and started crying. Can't really believe I was that spoiled as a kid. Still, lego rules and it's always a great gift. Best ones have been lego-ones of course.

me and my brother weren't on good terms for a bit. he got my other brother and sister really good books, but me a little novelty Mister Men 'Mr. Grumpy'. it sounds innocuous and jokey enough, but actually hurt as i consistently give decent presents every year. he then ruined our family get together by being a massive queen and making our mum cry the following year (which was last), so this year i'm gonna exact revenge and wrap a bag of paper clips inside a giant box with a gold ribbon.

nothin beats money

my mom got me a ps3 when it came out and i made her return it.

i've got it; 'Present Submission Form'. i give him a giant well-wrapped box with a single sheet of paper; "I _______ , concede that a Mister Men book by comparison to a hardback science fiction novella is a terrible present, and that making a mother cry on Christmas day, when avoidable, is unacceptable. I offer by sincerest apologies, Signed; ______ Date; _____"

and it'll also come with an envelope addressed to Baby Jesus, North Pole, PO BOX 1451, and i'll insist he has to send it off immediately. so he'll go to the postbox and when i comes back i'll say i've just gotten off the phone with Santa and you can have this (my real present, which will be awesome).

I got a stapler and a dozen ballpoint pens from a family friend. I must of been 9 years old at the time, so I was upset that someone would even bother to wrap such lame gifts. Her son had it worse because she gave him a package of inkjet paper and socks for Christmas.

best: when my dad gave me my computer back for Christmas after confiscating it for 8 months because in his perception i defied him someway or another (i think he and my mom were going through some shit back then and it was some weird-ass power trip or something), and i could finally play Planescape: Torment again.

second best: lego lego lego lego fucking lego lego lego YAY lego

worst: a set of dorling kindersley bullshit on physics for kids from a douchebag family acquaintance WHEN I WAS IN EIGHTH FUCKING GRADE.

Best: An IBM Aptiva computer, back in '98. 200mhz AMD K6, 24MB RAM, 2.1GB HD, 20x CDROM, 28.8 Modem... First computer I could get online with, and a huge step up from the 386 I was using prior.

Worst: ... a printer. Long story. It was a bad year.

Most years my parents managed to deliver, I'm sure I had it better than a lot of people.

i get socks and lifesavers for every christmas. i'm a diabetic and i don't really wear socks.

worst back in 04 or 05 when i got Jolly Ranchers instead of lifesavers. i love jolly ranchers. a couple days later a friend came over and stole my jolly rsnchers after mocking my socks.

on the way home he dropped them in the snow and they were ruined

i was mad.

edit - the candy always came from my parents, that was the kicker

worst xmas present ever was in 1988.... a fucking clock radio that, while still wrapped up under the tree, looked exactly like the jim dunlop wahwah pedal i asked for

  On 11/27/2009 at 10:27 PM, LUDD said:

worst xmas present ever was in 1988.... a fucking clock radio that, while still wrapped up under the tree, looked exactly like the jim dunlop wahwah pedal i asked for

haha, that always sucks.

best: $500

worst: a tin can filled with assorted nuts

if people don't know what to get me, i prefer nothing at all... or socks and boxers!

Best Xmas pressy was a NES with Super Mario Bros. which seems like a million years ago. I also remember getting 'Visionaries' figures and the massive ship thing when I was quite young too.. back when Xmas was fun.

Can't think of any really bad presents really. I love getting socks.

as far as i can remember i've never gotten as excited over a christmas present as when me and my brother got a sega megadrive (genesis for you yanks), and i've never gotten as upset as when i got a black and white "the phantom" comic book, while my brother got a "the gummi bears" book in full color and i practically threw a fit and was all "i dont need this black and white piece of shit book! black and white sucks! aarrghh!". spoiled brat.

its a difficult question to answer, generally the younger i was the better the presents seemed. my most distinct memory of being insanely happy was christmas when i was 5 years old and got the biker mice from mars model i had been slobbering over, although it probably only cost 10 pounds and did absolutely nothing. i get bad presents every year but its just nice to be given anything tbh , even if its really ugly socks. its more of a , i know you exist and i like you enough to give you a present thing.

The best present by far was a Playstation 1. I was being filmed when I opened it and asked for permission to swear and Dad said "yeah Sure" and I went "fucking hell thanks" I was 8 years old and my Nan was really unimpressed.

Worst present ever was when my parents got me a Fraggle rock character (The one that looked like Kermit) and I cried and woke them up in the middle of the night (They used to leave a present at the bottom of the bed for me to open when I woke on Christmas day but I always ended up opening it in the middle of the night) and I bawled at my mum because I had asked for a little miss piggy, and my sister got her.

On par with the PS1 though was definetly the Scalextric set I recieved the year after.

ZX Spectrum in '82, still the best thing ive ever owned. I am who I am because of Sir Clive and acid.

  On 11/27/2009 at 11:14 PM, abusivegeorge said:

Worst present ever was when my parents got me a Fraggle rock character (The one that looked like Kermit) and I cried and woke them up in the middle of the night (They used to leave a present at the bottom of the bed for me to open when I woke on Christmas day but I always ended up opening it in the middle of the night) and I bawled at my mum because I had asked for a little miss piggy, and my sister got her.

lol, you shit. i got a jumper with ABC blocks and teddy bear on it. i went and sobbed on the stairs, not because it was shit and i wanted a different present, but because i felt horrible feeling in my belly from hating something so much which had been been given with affectionate intention (and sent 400 miles). that's sooooooo adorable.

  On 11/28/2009 at 3:09 AM, idrn said:

  On 11/27/2009 at 11:14 PM, abusivegeorge said:

Worst present ever was when my parents got me a Fraggle rock character (The one that looked like Kermit) and I cried and woke them up in the middle of the night (They used to leave a present at the bottom of the bed for me to open when I woke on Christmas day but I always ended up opening it in the middle of the night) and I bawled at my mum because I had asked for a little miss piggy, and my sister got her.

 

lol, you shit. i got a jumper with ABC blocks and teddy bear on it. i went and sobbed on the stairs, not because it was shit and i wanted a different present, but because i felt horrible feeling in my belly from hating something so much which had been been given with affectionate intention (and sent 400 miles). that's sooooooo adorable.

LOL, apprently after speaking to my Mother to make sure that was correct, which it was, shes now told that the following day, I asked for him back because I felt guilty about being so horrible towards something they had bought me, so I feel ya bro lol.

  On 11/28/2009 at 2:24 AM, Dirty Protest said:

ZX Spectrum in '82

same

  On 12/2/2009 at 3:27 PM, LUDD said:

  On 11/28/2009 at 2:24 AM, Dirty Protest said:

ZX Spectrum in '82

 

 

same

this

best: sega genesis

worst : this one is recurring, scratch tickets

I was never given a present.

  On 11/27/2009 at 10:25 PM, essines said:

i get socks and lifesavers for every christmas. i'm a diabetic and i don't really wear socks.

 

worst back in 04 or 05 when i got Jolly Ranchers instead of lifesavers. i love jolly ranchers. a couple days later a friend came over and stole my jolly rsnchers after mocking my socks.

 

on the way home he dropped them in the snow and they were ruined

 

i was mad.

 

edit - the candy always came from my parents, that was the kicker

lol, damn it's a hard knock life!