Unwanted Gifts

I hope you all had a wonderful Chrismas with family and friends. Were you spoiled? I hope Santa left you lots of presents and you got all you wished for…unlike me…

Unwanted Gifts

It was the worst time of year,

One that filled me with great fear,

It was Christmas day, you see,

I knew I should be full of glee,

To receive presents and gifts galore,

But I didn’t want them, not any more,

Not out-of-date sweets from Uncle Ken,

Or twee ornaments yet again,

I didn’t want toasters or a wok,

Nor an annoying cuckoo clock,

I’ve got earrings coming out of my ears,

And pongy smellies have reduced me to tears,

Though there was one thing that would have been quite good,

And that’s money. I just wish they’d understood. 

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Seriously, I was thoroughly spoiled and feel very lucky. Though, the best gift of all was spending time with my loved ones. I can’t ask for more than that.

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13 responses to “Unwanted Gifts”

  1. I got my rather expensive Dyson Air Wrap 😍

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      1. I know! Jt6was a flippant comment I made and he bought them! Now I’ll really need to learn how to use them!

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  2. A lovely poem, Esther. It gave me a giggle. Terence bought me a new ipad for Christmas. It was nice of him. Now I can give my mom my old one.

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    1. A lovely pressie!

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  3. Ha ha, I’m happy with money or Amazon vouchers and same for the kids.. I get so much that I really don’t need.. today my 6 year old has stained the carpet, my wool rug and the wooden table with food colouring. My rug is ruined… the present was a science experiment kit which she just started playing with… money would have been so much better..

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    1. Oh no! My daughter had one of those and it gets everywhere so I feel your pain.

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  4. Unwanted gifts can be a bit of a laugh. One year my hubby got 12 jumpers and a pair of oversized canary coloured boxers. He put those on his head; his mum wasn’t amused! Hope you had a lovely Christmas Esther.

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    1. Wow – 12 jumpers! I love that he put the boxers on his head! I had a lovely Christmas, thank you. Hope you did too xx

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      1. Yes me too! Lol. We had a lovely restful time and everyone loved their pressies!

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    charliecountryboy

    Problem solved, some years ago with a ‘no present’ policy for adults 😂 Glad you had a lovely Christmas 😀

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    1. Good idea! Hope you had a great time 🙂

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  6. I feel exactly the same way, glad you had a good Christmas 😊

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