Every year, people ask me what I want for Christmas. Every year I tell people to buy me candles. Then, all I get is NHL gear. I have received 8 items of NHL team merchandise, and it isn't even Christmas yet. I truly do love hockey, but I don't need my clothes to remind people everyday that I am a big fan.
Am I being juvenile? Am I looking the gift horse in the mouth? Does anyone else get bombarded with ridiculous amounts of NHL shirts, hats, and key chains? How do you tell people, I like hockey, but I am the opposite of a packrat, and I already have way too many clothes as it is?
2007-12-22 23:31:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
I hope you got lots of gift receipts.
Tis the season for returning,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Buy the candles, keep them burning,
Fa-la-la-la-la,la-la-la-la
Do not tell them what you're up to,
Fa-la-la, fa-la-la, la-la-la.
Or they'll send a cross-check to you,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la,LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
* This is what spending a day taking my 68 year old mother Xmas shopping(she doesn't drive) will do to me. The bar is now OPEN!!!
2007-12-23 15:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by Laying Low- Not an Ivy Leaguer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is funny to me, because my boyfriend's mother got me a Buffalo Sabres scarf for Christmas. It matches my Sabres earband, ball cap, socks, tee shirts, coffee mug, Christmas ornament, and stadium blanket very nicely. I'm just glad nobody's gotten me any of that God-forsaken "women's wear" with the rhinestones and the pink and the skin-tightness. I suggest wearing/using as much of your NHL stuff as you can whenever you see someone who has you on their Christmas list, and making some sort of crack about how you feel like a billboard and couldn't fathom what you would do with any more NHL stuff. Simple and not mean, just truthful.
2007-12-23 13:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It took a few years to get the point across, and I'm a lot older too, but our family doesn't get carried away with stuff.
I kept telling them that I don't need team clothing because I like to buy what I want. I suggest telling them that instead of saying you want candles, tell them in such a way that you sound like you are thinking out loud.
"Wellllll, I got more hockey merchandise than I'll ever need, but I'm really into candles."
2007-12-23 08:49:02 · answer #3 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
LOL i have the same problem as R Z!! on my b-day they will ask me what i want & one of my really close friend tells them you know she loves hockey so...what do you think!! they all go like oh ok ok then gues what i end up getting on my b-day?? all this jewelry & bath stuff & stuff i dont even care about!! out of all my friends, there are only about 2 of them that get me hockey stuff. but i dont mind that much, as no dirt said, its the thought that counts.
R Z- when you find a solution, tell me too :)
2007-12-23 13:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by Angie: No end in sight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tis the giving not the receiving that matters. that why baby Jesus regifted the muir that he couldn't use yet was given anyway. serious remember the power of the regift, buying gifts can be hard and while u say u like candles people hear blah blah blah. so on anything over 10 put a sticker of who gave it to you so u don't regift back. under 10 throw in a box for lil "office" gifts. it is the thought that counts believe me getting nothing sucks....
joe
hell i didnt bring anything figured it was being supplied for us...
ouch that is some kind of punishment... didnt she pick the wings to win at some point... not even curses can stop us only chicago and the lou
2007-12-23 08:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by Jay Argentina 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Bobby Gaylord - "Stop Getting Me Useless Crap For Christmas". Great song!
2007-12-23 16:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by pricehillsaint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i for one actually enjoy it.
maybe your the hockey Grinchette
haha, come on, if your a fan, you gotta flaunt it right? (And whatever else you have ;])
if you really dont want to, then next year when asked what you want, make it clear, "I want this and this, but i dont think i want any hockey stuff this year"
haha, i dont know why, but your questions make this section fun, oh and btw, stay away from those horses, i hear they bite.
2007-12-23 13:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow Haley I have the opposites problem I always tell people if there going to get me anything make it hockey. And they look at me like I'm insane and get me something girly:) But when I find a solution I tell you:)
Edit: Just some makeup and your decomposing body looks as good as new:) LOL
2007-12-23 11:31:33 · answer #8 · answered by RZ (LPPBS) 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
At least you are getting something. I know what you are saying about to much stuff, but I have been at both ends of the spectrum. I have had to much stuff and I also have been homeless on my as$ with NOTHING. Let me tell you from experience that to much stuff is a whole hell of a lot better than no stuff.
2007-12-23 07:39:22 · answer #9 · answered by gr8grapesoda 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What have you got?? I have 8 bottles of aftershave I can trade. Maybe more, get back to me in a couple days.
2007-12-23 13:14:37 · answer #10 · answered by cme 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What I would do is keep getting them the same type of gifts over and over then they might ask why?
PS. I guess I would have given you a better answer but I'm the "new guy" who brings "crappy beer";)
2007-12-23 11:12:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋