“any Christmas present is a gift, how ungrateful would you be to deem the actions of selecting and presenting a gift as bad? Even if someone gives you something at the last minute, they've still given it to you.

My Brother in law and I used to get each other useless presents on purpose as a joke, to see who could find the most useless item without damaging it or rendering it useless.

I got him a Japanese wiper adapter, he got me a moulded plug with nothing attached to it, and as it came from a factory he hadn't cut the cable so it was therefore in the rules. However I used it as a safety blank...”

“This message.”

“this year,I recieved absolutely nothing from my partner or our children.Possibly the most miserable and contemptuous christmas on the planet so far,hope to be elsewhere next year.”

“troutfree51..is not being with them enough?? I actually asked my partner not to get me anything for myself from him or the children simply because its tough times and id rather the money went to good use..and just the excitement of them opening thiers and dinner is enough :)”