[QUOTE=Mozart;3733763]
Oh, lord that’s trippy. More like the “LSD Country Collection”[/QUOTE]
ok, is it just me–or does the cow on that plate look really evil?
Re: the goat-on-a-cabbage: oh my, there just aren’t enough words.
I’d be worried about those things being in my china cabinet overnight:lol::lol:
[QUOTE=Artful;3734213]
I’d be worried about those things being in my china cabinet overnight:lol::lol:[/QUOTE]
They might reproduce!!!
[QUOTE=Reynard Ridge;2053799]
A large white t-shirt (I am not a size large) with a cheezy photo of three horse heads that says: “Let’s Be Friends!”[/QUOTE]
O. M. G.
I got this shirt from my mother about nine years ago. Brilliant!
[QUOTE=nightsong;2053641]
I don’t remember who posted, but one o f our CoTH’ers got a little stuffed horse. The relative who brought it proudly proclaimed that it was made of real horsehide and hair. The CoTH’er’s little girl turned GREEN but had the manners to not say anything. They later gave it a humane burial in the back yard.[/QUOTE]
Ah yes I got one of those from a nutty grandmother a few years ago.
When I figured it out I almost dropped it. Luckily that wasn’t the worst… My cousin got a wind-up witch toy whose eyes glowed green. The worst part was my cousin was 24 at the time… Yes Grandma is a little interesting with the presents.
[QUOTE=amastrike;3734210]
A few years ago, my aunt suggested redesigning Christmas. All the adults (except my grandma) have names drawn, and only buy for that one person. Everyone knows who has who, and people give their gifters a list of things they want. It greatly simplifies Christmas. I’m still a child this year, so I get presents from everyone . Last year, my aunt gave me a Trail of Painted Ponies figurine, and I’m hoping she got me another one this year.[/QUOTE]
That’s the sort of Christmas where I ended up with NOTHING off the list I asked for!! (Got a cheap, smelly, acrylic sweater, junk jewelry…argh!) The SO’s sister was SURE she knew me better than I knew me!!! :mad:
I’m glad your family has it down better than that (ex!) SO’s family!!
Kim
[QUOTE=Reynard Ridge;2053799]
A large white t-shirt (I am not a size large) with a cheezy photo of three horse heads that says: “Let’s Be Friends!”
From SIL. Who genuinely and sincerely dislikes me. 
[/QUOTE]
Well at least those kind of shirts are good for cleaning stalls, water buckets, or painting fences. I mean while wearing them, not using the SHIRT for cleaning said items.
my boyfriend was telling me about how his brother’s friends hate their grandma because every year, on EVERY DAY of chanukah (HOW THE HECK DO YOU SPELL IT!!!) she gets them TOWELS!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
hmmmmm one of my grandmas got me this fairly hideous fabric carousel type thing, but its just one big horse and the pole thing and i think it has potpurri in it, but its actually pretty useful for putting my headbands on ! but my gosh its made of the most tasteless fabric ! :lol: i tlooks like its made of hotel curtains. then again, grandma is extremely old but she is fairly awesome even though her gifts are always almost-useless (actually, this is probably the most useful gift shes given me!) :winkgrin:
my dad is by far the worst about gifts, though ! get this…
one year, a long time ago for christmas, he gave my mother a sink.
no, not even the sink…he CLIPPED THE PICTURE OF THE SINK OUT OF A MAGAZINE, BECAUSE HE DIDNT ORDER IT QUICK ENOUGH! :lol::lol: it made my dad’s mother cry because she thought that my mom would leave him for such an awful present (it was a pretty ugly sink!) :lol::lol::lol::lol:
Superpony,
send this to your mom, I think she will really enjoy it!
http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/VideoPage.aspx
[QUOTE=LisaB;3736074]
Superpony,
send this to your mom, I think she will really enjoy it!
http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/VideoPage.aspx[/QUOTE]
LOL, I just sent that to my husband. He did get me a new computer for christmas this year, though, and it’s awesome 
Hey y’all, I recognized a bunch of these stories in the Christmas issue of COTH! Congrats on making terrible presents into wonderful memories!
okay, weirdest gift ever…a nut roaster. Worst horsey gift, one of my clients gave me a t shirt with a picture of me riding her horse on it…would you wear a shirt with your own picture on it???
[QUOTE=cllane1;3737821]
Hey y’all, I recognized a bunch of these stories in the Christmas issue of COTH! Congrats on making terrible presents into wonderful memories![/QUOTE]
Yeah, I got an email from COTH a few weeks ago, asking for more details on the intercoms. I wrote it up, and they used most of it.
[QUOTE=LisaB;3736074]
Superpony,
send this to your mom, I think she will really enjoy it!
http://bewareofthedoghouse.com/VideoPage.aspx[/QUOTE]
OMG! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
LOLLLLLLLLLL
i’m sending that to my parents
…and my boyfriend
Bumping for any new additions.
I may have erased the memories of last year, if they were that painful…
Years ago, I was the proud recipient of “a bit.” Yep, a relative decided to give me “a bit” - and did not realize that these come in sizes, styles, functions. He went down to the local Western store and studied their wall o’bits with awe, then finally, of course, decided that if they came in variety, bigger and flashier must be better and more “high status.” :eek: Wrapped the thing up proudly and gave it to me, a dressage rider, for Christmas.
What do you say when opening something like that?
i hate when people get you everything and anything they can find that has a horse on it or is a horse. I may be a horse person but really i don’t need 10 ugly horse shirt, 8 figurines, 4 towels, not to mention the ugly pictures of horses. It’s like they go oh look theres a horse on it she will like it. I do have other hobbies you know.
But i have gotten a few good horse things for xmas thankfully.2 royal daulton horses and a saddle pad.sad i have only gotten 3 nice present when i have been riding for 15 years.owed/leased for 8 years
We have solved this issue in our house by asking that charitable donations be made in lieu of gifts…
But I hope that some of you DON’T do that because this thread has given me so many laughs! :lol:
You say “Oh, my, you shouldn’t have, this is just too extravagant! Thank you so much.”
Then sell it on eBay right after the holidays.
I love this thread! I wait for it to be resurrected every year:D
When I was a teenager, one of my great-aunts used to send REALLY juvenille gifts to my sisters and me. Like the year I was 16 and she sent me “The Care Bears Holiday Cook Book for Kids.” WTF?
I was about 10 years too old for care bears and I had ZERO interest in anything domestic or kitchen related. Then my mother would make us write these gag-inducing thank you notes, like so:
Dear Aunt Paula, Thank you so much for the cook book. I cannot wait to try making the “Share-a-Lot Sugar Cookies.” I will think of you whenever I bake them. Love, BES
My mother tried her best to explain to her aunt that her daughters were not little girls anymore, but young women. She tried to explain our individual interests and make suggestions of what gifts we might actually like.
The next year, I got a horse Beanie Baby.:sigh:
BES
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