What DON'T you want for the holidays? Lighthearted fun!

[Aptor Hours]

I do not want sneakers or some sort of food that you can add water and make or accessories to a grill. I also don't need any more racoon, moose or deer statues.

[Aptor Hours]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by abrant:
My mom would pick me up random things that she found on sale and give them to me... from my horse.

One year my horse gave me a pocket encyclopedia.

I can't decide whether my horse thought I was dumb and needed the help... or if my horse thought I was nerdy enough to enjoy carrying around something like that.

Bad horse!

~Adrienne </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

My horse must have great taste because over the years he has bought me loads of nice expensive horsey jewelry and I mean the stuff you get at horse shows that you drool over....I suspect my mom helps him though because other than these times he shows no interest in jewelry

[Reynard Ridge]

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Er, sorry.

He did give me a fax machine for my 40th birthday. I already had a fax machine. So, he's not perfect.

[Peggy]

My family is seeming more thoughtful and considerate and practical by the post.

My grandmother used to make some interesting clothes and often left the pins in them, but she also made some pretty cool stuff.

My mom got sheep shearers for Val Day one year from my dad. Her response was, "how romantic, where's the herd of sheep?" He'd intended to buy horse clipers.

[Lambie Boat]

I do not want a Chia pet or porn for Christmas please.

My brother just called me all pissed off:
"What's your address again?"
I tell him
"OK, I'm sending you this box of CRAP" and hung up on me! Sheesh! This is probably because he just got a box of (nice) presents I sent to him, and it makes him angry and guilty. Which is NOT why I sent it, either.

So a holiday without family b.s. would be great too.

[Goodyfourshoes!]

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[monizuki]

My mom one year went to Germany with my dad and picked up all 3 of us grown kids coo-coo clocks. We, at the time were terribly poor, and so my parents gift was usually the one that was just awesome. They have a big budget, and while you can't request anything, you get awesome stuff. My sister opened hers first, and so I knew what I was getting. I was still hoping by some slim chance that my sisters was something she bought thinking just of her, and nope. I got a clock too. It didn't even work, and still doesn't, although to avoid the guilt of her asking where it is, it is hanging on the wall. Later, she said I looked so dissappointed at what I got, didn't I like it? Oh, try having that conversation. I blamed it on being tired since I DID have a brand new baby on his first Christmas that kept me up all night. That and it was not a great gift. Most other years have been really nice though.

This is the first year in many years that she's bought something specifically for me and something specifically for my husband. She told me his, and it's pretty decent, so if mine sucks, I'll just pretend his is mine too. After all, we are married, and what's his IS mine.

[monizuki]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Goodyfourshoes!:
Oh, and the lovely sentiment from my stepfather as I was packing up my gifts "go, and don't bother coming back".

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Oh gosh. That's horrible. I have good family. Thoughtless at times, but good family.

[flyinglikethewind]

Things I don't want for Christmas:

1. another horsey beanie baby(it was very cute the first two years, but now it's kinda gettin old.)
2. a box of horsey stamps(always given by the same person as above, ie my dad. Was very cute when I was 12, but now at 20, it's a bit old)
3. Surgery....never good around the holidays
4. More vet bills
5. pairs of jeans that are a. not my style(tight ankles, go a foot past my waist), b. in wonderful colors like bright red, bright purple or bright yellow and c. not my size

anything else i dont' really care what i get... just can't stand anymore of those jeans. My family does try hard though.

[Kestrel]

Another package of bug-infested Yak cheese. Yes, really. From my Mother in Law.

I also don't want anything in kit form that I can't build all by myself. Like my shed kit, that sits in a pile in the back yard.

[Ridgetop Ghost]

Things I WANT, but won't get:

Blackberry 8700
video Ipod
new computer
anything from Cartier
a new designer purse (LV, perhaps?)
ariat riding breeches
cashmere sweaters in yummy colors

Things I have actually received:

a tube of toothpaste, and bottle of vitamins and some drugstore handcream (happy birthday from Mom)
a book of the Karma Sutra from a boyfriend, complete with pictures of real people doing it (that was his only gift--needless to say, he was fired and the book was mailed to his mother with a nice note from me about what a nice son she had raised and how proud of him she must be)

a set of dust mite-free bed/mattress covers from Wal-Mart that sounded like plastic bags crackling (thanks again, Mom, another winner)

Things I don't want and may actually receive:

deformed horse jewelry/shirts/lamp/wall hanging

jammies--I sleep nekked

[Jessi P]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DressageGeek "Ribbon HoHoHo":
For another SIL, who doesn't read these boards, thank goodness, I would keep my eye out all year for something in her taste. It had to be at most 25% of its original price, 10% was better. And it had to have the original price sticker. One year I got her a ceramic pitcher and platter in her style and color, original cost, $50, I bought it for $5. But she thought I paid $50.
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OMG!!! I thought I was the only one who did that! Its my only recourse with Mother - whose champagne tastes simply dont mesh with my wine cooler budget. She is the hardest person I buy for (and I have 4 kids!!). I was very proud of this years birthday gift - a last ditch stop at the jewelry store to see if they had anything suitable yielded 18 kt earrings at 70% off! They also offered free gift wrapping and when the saleslady wrapped the tasteful chunky hoops I selected for Mother she "accidentally" left the original pricetag on the inside of the earring box. Mother was ecstatic. My budget was happy.

And I know she does the same thing to me. But would never admit it!

[Goodyfourshoes!]

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[Catersun]

LOL
This is my hubby and mine's first Christmas together, and he is learning the hard way that it is NOT wise to inform me that he has or is going to buy me something because I will NOT leave you alone if I know you bought me something. LOL... for instance... He works at best buy in the geek squad... so he got me a new laptop for christmas.... and was STUPID enough to mention my christmas present in my presence.... I harrased him for 12 hours straight.... needless to say he sung like a canary. hahaha Then the other day,his day off, he thinks he's going to tell me he has to go off and get me somethign for christmas.... I told him I was most certainly coming.. he informed me we were taking the motorcycle (we live in SC it's till pretty warm) So we are driving and driving and driving... I told him.. You aren't going to freeze me off this bike... haha so he pulls into barnes and noble... and I get a gift card for christmas... hehe.. now what makes these two gifts horsey is I got the new puter so we can turn my OLD one into a barn monitoring center with stall cams and weather sensors and water sensors ect on it... hehe I love being married to a geek, he's great with the horses (horse hubby too) and he's great with the eletronics.... and the Giftcard is to buy all the books that I keep drooling over like centered riding 2 etc. ;-)

Worst present I got was makeup from my dad's girlfriend.... that year he bought me a toolbox for my truck.... that got a bigggg smile cause that was what I wanted. the makeup.... well it's sitting in some box somewhere.... it's not like I was 15 she did this when I was 20 and have all the makeup I could need (I worked in a salon at the time DUH)

THe only thing that could top that would be this christmas when my inlaws.... who are having a time of accepting me into the family (hubby and I got married pretty fast after starting to date so they weren't really ready for it) is when they asked hubby what they should get me for christmas... hehe I can't wait to see this.. it should be hilarous. Hec I was just impressed that they even asked. LOL

[monizuki]

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I'm assuming he meant it. I'm feeling destroyed. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I've got that before. When I married my hsuband, my previously unbigited mother disowned me for it. She did bounce back shortly thereafter. Just took a long time for them to treat my cuban husband as family.

[RHdobes]

Make-up. I worked in a (dirty) factory for 13 years and couldn't dress "nice." I went from that to an office job (which I love), and I "dress up" (at least my FACE) every day.

HOWEVER, my dear friend, there are not enough days in the years to wear ALL of the make-up that you buy me for my birthday AND Christmas. Scads and scads of eyeshadows, lipsticks/glosses, fingernail polish (which I DON'T use), etc. To do so, I would end up looking like "Mimi" on the Drew Carey Show.

And dear Aunt, the horsey, puppy, AND cat calendars that you get me every year are NOT needed. I buy my own (except for the horse-driving calendar), because I am SO particular about the pictures I look at.

And also, dear Aunt, no more 'Doberman Pinscher' statues. You are repeating yourself, and to tell you the truth, they're not all that good. If you want to buy me something really nice, buy a "Rescued (and placed) Doberman" calendar, or better yet, donate to an animal shelter in my name. They need your 'money' more than I do.

[flypony74]

My MIL, bless her heart. She is very sweet, but I always get very random gifts (a package of toilet seat covers to keep in your purse, a bookmark, Chapstick, a candle tin with a dog and cat on it, etc), or SOMETHING with a horse on it. A shirt, a coffee mug, a calendar...if it has a horse on it, it is fair game. How 'bout a simple gift certificate to Olive Garden or something??

My mom and hubby are great about ordering the circled items out of the horse catalogs. Hoping for a new custom Tipperary vest from mom this year....I ahve discovered that, even when you are an adult, parents LOVE to buy you safety equipment!

[LessIsMore17]

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This wasn't a Christmas gift, but a few months ago this older gentleman here at my office left me a poster on my office doorstep w a note that said : "Found in my basement to be thrown away. Thought you might want it"
The poster is of a palomino (I think), it's so didgy and dirty and the color has all faded off of it. The caption is To Love Something is to Give it Room to Grow.
I have it hanging in my office with the post-it note attacted </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

OMG... perhaps I just have a really sick sense of humor but I am ROTFLMAO over this one!

Thanks! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
The next time I saw him he asked if I got his gift and I said "yep, thank you" and pointed to where I hung it up. He is a sweet man, but for gosh sakes just throw the thing away- you said it yourself you were going to! It does make me smile when I look at it because ,seriously, what was he thinking?

[ThreeHorseNight]

Well, god bless my mother-in-law. She does try. She remembers every birthday, anniversary, holiday when gifts should be given. Unfortunately, the boxes from her (and only her) always arrive dented and torn. We've gotten several broken items from her. To go with the: placemats that badly don't match the dishes, the ugly tic-tac-toe set, the tie-dye shirt with the rearing horse on it, and I'm sure I"m forgetting many other lovely items. It's kind of a blessing that some of them arrive broken. My sister-in-law and I were discussing the gifts that my mother-in-law sends, and my sister-in-law explained that most of them go straight to exit 4. Huh? She explained that exit 4 is where Goodwill is.

Honestly, after hearing other people's stories, I appreciate the fact that my mother-in-law always remembers and sends a gift. I just wonder why she never asks my husband what I might like. My mother has it down to a science -- I send her a list of items, complete with catalog numbers and prices, she buys some items for me, tells my sister what to get for me, and I basically have picked my own birthday and holiday presents. Sounds kind of cold, but if I don't send my mother a list she calls and bugs me for it.

What I really don't get are the people who have known me for a long time, see me frequently, and buy things that are totally not my style. But again, I guess I should be thankful that I have friends who remember.

We had our barn gift swap last week, and I was as thrilled as I could be -- I got a gift certificate to State Line. Whoo hoo!

[Darkstar]

Besides not wanting the calendars, and misc "western" gear....
The one that kills me..is every year I get a horse book. You know those big books that list all the breeds and tell you basic horse care. You usually find them in the discount bin.... Yeah...I have a million of them. It seems like every person in the family thinks that is the "perfect" gift for me. It doesn't matter that I have been riding for years, and know how to actually pick a foot...

Oh well.
What I really want is a pair of custom chaps. Seeing as my parents have not gotten me measured I am postive that is not on the list.