It’s become an annual holiday tradition for my husband and I to "torture" his Aunt Salome with a truly hideous gift. There was the drug-store "snow angel" that played a demonic version of "Let It Snow." And the cute plastic reindeer that pooped brown jellybeans at the touch of a lever. (It’s as gross as it sounds, I’m not proud to say.) A popular favorite with the family was a two-foot tall Santa that gyrated with abandon to a blaring rendition of "The Twist." Thankfully for Salome, she now has a way to make a little cash while disposing of these holiday "delights." Bad Gift Emporium allows you to upload pictures of the very worst items under your tree; visitors to the site can then view galleries of these items, rate their awfulness level, and email owners to inquire about a purchase. Which has me thinking: I wonder how much that deeply distubing sculpture of naked Santa and Mrs. Claus taking a bubble bath will set me back? Whatever the price, Salome, you’re totally worth it!
Dec 26
2008
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I’m pretty sure I was given the demonic snow angel you mentioned. I have fun placing it in random spots to scare my roommate or family members.
It’s “my husband and ME.” It breaks my heart to have to explain this to a journalist, but…. Here’s how to know whether to use “I” or “me” — if you eliminated the other person, how would you say it? You would not say, “It’s become an annual holiday tradition for I to….”; you’d say, “It’s become an annual holiday tradition for me to…” Since the grammar police started cracking down on people saying “so-and-so and me” indiscriminately, the unfortunate result is that now many people say “so-and-so and I” exclusively, even when it is incorrect.
Speaking of bad gifts, I would just love to get an unsolicited and pedantic grammar lesson from Beth next year under my tree. Yay!
OMG Slezak…you HAVE to buy that Santa in the tub…that is the scariest, grossest thing I’ve seen in a long time…go for it!!
I just want an Aunt named Salome. Cool.
We have a pooping reindeer and a waddling pooping penguin. It’s great! Although the Smarties-like candy they expel aren’t the best candy I have ever tasted.
I was once given JLo perfume and a ceramic angel soap/hand lotion dispenser. I’m not a fan of celebrity perfumes especially one that screams over the top diva from the block. Angel soap dispenser??? This is why Linens and Things went out of buisness.
My dad’s family (we average 50 at Xmas) do a White Elephant (Yankee Swap) and my sister submitted a christmas tree/angel that looked like the two didn’t quite make it though starship transport separately. It was the most hideous thing ever. However, I am going to look into that bathing Mr & Mrs Claus for next year.
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