posted
12/11/10
Last week on Facebook we gave away a bunch of Christmas Vacation shirts from 80stees.com. The company liked the promotion so much it gave us one more shirt to give away to you. In the spirit of Clark Griswold’s Jelly of the Month work bonus, in the comment section below tell us the worst gift you have ever received. Made Man’s editors will choose the winner. Contest ends Fri. Dec. 17, 2010 at 5 pm PT. Remember to log in, or we will have no idea who you are, and you will not receive your prize. If you do post anonymously, leave an e-mail address. Or, like we said before, we will not know who to send the prize to.
I’ll start. My parents gave me batteries for Christmas one year. No toy to go with them. Just batteries. A big old bag of batteries. Just what every boy wants. An energy source without a toy to put them in.
Worst. Christmas. Ever.
COMMENTS
December 30, 2010 3:04 am
Joe Donatelli
These are all great. First person to send me their e-mail address wins. Send to altcontest (at) gmail.com.
December 13, 2010 8:46 am
inkrap
While it wasn’t my WORST gift ever, easily the most memorable. My family follows the tradition of opening a single gift on Christmas Eve. Being an awesome 6-8 year old the go-to presents were always the biggest of the bunch. My parents, showing their humorish side decided to take advantage of my greed. That Christmas eve I went for the biggest, heaviest box. The thing was massive, I could barely lift the thing! I tore off the wrapping as fast as possible and ripped the box open. At this moment my heart sunk. Inside my massive box was a variety of one thing, someone I never want to receive as a gift. Rocks. Being around 2’2′, you could imagine the wide variety of rocks inside. I remember to this day crying because my sister got “real” gift, and I had to wait until morning. Oh how I love you mom and dad.
December 15, 2010 8:15 am
Ballentine23
Last year for Christmas my mother in law bought me a package of Christmas tree ornaments because she did not like mine from my childhood on our tree.
December 13, 2010 5:34 am
rgrogan
My grandmother, thinking it would be a cool thing to have, gave me a breathalyzer for Christmas last year. Now, whenever, I come out from a night of partying My mother wakes up, runs over to me, and says blow into this… The entire next day I have to hear my mother’s mouth for blowing whatever number it may be. She doesn’t even know what the numbers mean anyway. I’m 22 years old….. Thanks Grandma
December 12, 2010 1:26 pm
ddburn
When I was young I like castles and for christmas I wanted my own toy castle. So for christmas my Mother gave me a toy castle but this wasn’t a cool castle, It was pink and came with a princess I no long liked castles anymore
Worst. Christmas. Ever.
December 12, 2010 6:36 pm
estemaileoriginal
My father once gave me a dehumidifier, best father to son gift ever, can’t beat that
December 14, 2010 1:53 am
Joe Donatelli
Princess castles, dehumidifiers, breathalyzers, rocks — these are excellent.
December 12, 2010 12:22 am
Joe Donatelli
Tom – that’s pretty damn good. Like Cousin Eddie would say, guess the shitter was full.
December 11, 2010 9:46 pm
tomk
Christmas Day, 2003, Al-Rashid hotel parking lot, Baghdad. I (a US army officer) took three guard shifts in a row to give the soldier the day off. So I’m in the tower, bored, and a bus full of Iraqi men pulls up and unloads. One of the guys comes around in front of the bus, squats down with his man dress around his ankels, and takes a shit on the ground. Ho ho ho.