re: Have you ever received a truly bad gift?

When I was about 8 or so my mama and her latest boyfriend (who would be husband #3 of 5) took me to my maternal grandparents home on Christmas eve. I had not seen these people in about 3 years and I did not know them and they did not know me. They were having a BIG party and everyone there had gotten pretty deep in their cups...there were about 10 kids there and they had all received a gift when they arrived...we were unexpected (and unwanted but that never slowed my mama down) and when I showed up there was a scramble to find a gift for me. My grandmother, a woman I did not know from Adam's housecat and whose only memory I have about is her warning my sisters and I, in the few times we sat foot in her house, that were we to get into her "pills" she was going to whip our arse. We were 3-8 years old at the time and apparently had drug problems. Anyway, this inebriated woman who I did not know at all presented me with a store bought stocking full of...wait for it...dog toys and dog treats!!! It was the damned stocking they had bought for their dog! That dog followed me around until I gave the dog the stocking and he seemed to be grateful. My grandmother was pissed that I gave it to him and my mama was embarrassed no end that her son would do such a thing LOL.