 The
weirdest Christmas presents ever!
We've all had odd Xmas presents but some of the ones these babyworld
members have received take the biscuit! Read and enjoy… and be warned
in case you are contemplating buying someone Tweed cologne as a present!
"OK, I know Christmas is a time for the act of giving and receiving and
its the thought that counts, but just for a bit of fun, what's the daftest/strangest
pressie you have ever been bought?"
"My mam has bought us some corkers.... the year after we married, we
had mugs with pics of us on our wedding day on the front and a mousemat
with a pic of us on it. We have also had a laminator, coin sorter, electronic
digital safe, an engraving set, an umbrella with a torch on the end...
and my brother had a metal detector when he was 17! This year she has
ordered mugs with pics of Sam and Seren on them... and they are from me
so I have to pay for them. How embarrassing that they think it's from
me!" Tam
"Years ago, when my nana was alive, we got a couple of strange pressies
off her: a toby jug and a bell!" Andrea
"A toilet duck - from someone who believes in not wasting money and wanting
to buy something that would be used." Tass
"A dog collar and lead... we didn't have a dog! Perhaps she thought I
was in to S&M or something!" Kate
"My husband received a glove puppet filled with sweets from his mum.
He was 26 at the time!"
"My Grampa got me a nurse's set (in a wee first aid box, with toy stethoscope,
apron etc) when I was 14. He was a bit senile, bless him, and I am the
baby of the grandkids I suppose!" Angela
"I got a jar of that edible chocolate spread one year - the stuff you're
supposed to lick off. We organised a Chris Kindle for everyone working
on Xmas day and Boxing Day and that's what I got. Funny, still haven't
used it!" Trixie
"A red fluffy beret with a pom pom on the top from my gran. Her excuse
being that I supported the local football team and could wear it there
(they didn't even play in red). Needless to say I never wore it! Bless
her, she was renowned for hilarious presents but this year she's just
phoned me to say she can't be bothered to go Christmas shopping for me
and all my many kids so would we like to go with her and Granddad to Cyprus,
all expenses paid!" Sarah
"A black-and-red striped (across) sweatshirt with a pussycat on the front.
I was 27 and it was from my grandmother-in-law. Scott says my face was
a picture!" Liz
"Christmas 2002, a few weeks before my daughter was born, cash was a
bit tight. My (now) ex bought me some perfume and wrapped up a... breast
pump that we had already bought! As it happened, we realised we'd forgotten
to buy a couple of presents (we thought we could get away with Xmas shopping
on Xmas eve), so I ended up giving the perfume away anyway!" Stacey
"A three-pack of chewing gum from my mother... (it was to even out so
I would receive from the same amount of money as my siblings!)." Lonnie
"Can't think of one for me but my husband got a horrendous cardigan once
from his gran - it was like one of those really old-fashioned ones you
see advertised in the back of magazines! He also got a balaclava one year
as he cycles to work and his gran thought it would be useful for the winter
weather! He looked like a bank robber though! Sam
"My mum once got a suitcase full of second-hand old granny shoes from
her sister! She was delighted." Lynz
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