Christmas is two weeks away, and I have an idea for boys stocking stuffers. For about $15.00 and you can stuff a stocking full of Hot Wheels cars. My parents used to fill my stockings with pecans, oranges, apples, and assorted milk chocolate products. When I was a teenager, a friend got a stocking full of $1 bills. If you have any ideas to help out your fellow Christmas shopper, post them. Merry Christmas
I don't really have any suggestions, however, I get two stockings this year and one of them is going to kick ass. Last Christmas was the first one in my entire life (25 Christmases) that I spent away from my parents. RM95's Girl and I were flying up to Chicago the next day to be with them, so I spent the day with her family. So, we settle in to open presents and what not, and here they come in with the stockings, which is easily my favorite part of the day. I'm all excited, reach my hand down in, and nada. Well, I take that back, there was a hook that my Mom (I was using mine) uses to hang them from the mantle. Other than that, nothing. You see RM95's Girl thought her Mom was getting the stuff and her Mom thought she was. A little miscommunication that resulted in a pathetic look on my face. She's made it her mission to give me the best stocking ever this year. It's gonna be overflowing with DVDs and CDs!!!
Last year was the first year that my family decided not to exchange gifts on Christmas. We're doing the same this year, but I think its more out of pity of my employment situation than anything else. I feel somewhat guilty, but I have to live with it. Anyways, we decided not to swap presents last year. We had our annual plastic Christmas tree up and my parents even dug up our old stocking from when we were children. So we all wake up Christmas morning, get our daily exercise out of the way, and I start watching bowl games on TV while my mom and sister cook our vegetarian Christmas dinner. Suddenly my dad walks into the room and says "Aren't you going to check your stockings?" I laugh because when we were children they used to put candy in our stockings, and we were never allowed to eat it! So my sister and I go to the stockings and what do we find? Envelopes with $300 in each of them! Imagine our surprise! Imagine my guilt on top of that! They went behind our back and gave us gifts. This year I'm executing a preemptive strike. I refuse to be made to feel guilty. I'm planning to buy gifts even though we've agreed not to. Punks!
Yeah, I know. Punk parents giving their kids money. Why even call it Christmas? Without the turkey, ham, or gifts, it's really just Wednesday.
Man, if I ever received fruit(apples, oranges, pears, etc.) in my stocking, then I would probably off my entire family right then and there. I have a zero tolerance policy there. Some candy product is a must. Batteries are acceptable if I have gifts that require them although I would rather those be packaged with the product....cause that is just taking up valuable stocking room. Sometimes, I get those little gizmos with oil and water in them where you turn them upside down and watch the oil flow....whoopie . I will also get cans of nuts like pistachios, cashews, or the like. I don't rightly know what would be good to put in a stocking because I've never done the stocking stuffing. I've always consumed the stocking. I do know the bigger the stocking you have the better...unless you get filler like fruit . Christmas officially became a burden once I grew up. Even now, I get a bunch of material stuff I don't want nor do I need. If I complain and tell people to stop buying me surprise gifts that I don't need, then they get mad at me. My brother goes out and buys lots of stuff because he has a good job and goes overboard every Christmas. We have conversations to tone it down to one or two small gifts...and he breaks that pact every year. It really irks me. If he wants to buy so many gifts, then go buy some gifts for those in need. If I really want something, then I go out and buy it myself. I'm a grinch. I've been spoiled by Christmas too many times. Now, it's like I open a gift...then I get pissed and go off about some fluff item I don't need. Good way to piss off the fam as well. I would love to have a no gift Christmas...it's just not possible in my family. We are forced into this yearly materialistic ritual. Bah humbug, Surfguy
Oh man, one of my more recent Christmases included Lottery Tickets. I thought it was pretty tacky of my dad to do that. The worst Christmas I remember, is one time, we didn't have a tree, I got some cool G I Joes, but everything else consisted of underwear, socks, and some shirts. I was like 10 years old when that happened. I don't plan on asking my folks for much this year, last year was the most expensive Christmas in terms of the gifts I got. My dad bought me a nice $300 Citizen watch and a $400 bike. Video games make the best stocking stuffers in my opinion, any male, age 5 to 40 is down with video games. I guess I'll ask for a game myself. What do you guys suggest, Star Wars Bounty Hunter or Medal of Honor? (both for Game Cube).
When I was younger I stuffed my sisters stocking with a mannequin foot. Mostly we give my son cars and candy and such. I usually get my wife a cd or 2 and some york peppermint patties and usually a paperback book. She gets me cd's and candy and sometimes a gift card to different places. This year instead of a gift I told her I wanted to take the money and pay off a bill. CK edit: To add to the theme Oski started. One Christmas(I was like 12) my uncle got me 3 CD's. Sounds ok except I did not have a cd player. My parents told him that was what I was getting for Christmas but then changed their minds and got me something else. That really sucked.
