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Andra horrified us with what her now-ex-husband got her their first Christmas together: "He bought me a Chucky doll and when I got upset, he said, 'You ...
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Andra horrified us with what her now-ex-husband got her their first Christmas together: "He bought me a Chucky doll and when I got upset, he said, 'You look so cute when you get mad! You stomp your little feet and turn red...just like Chucky."
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It needs to be said one more time -- loudly and firmly -- nobody wants a vacuum as a gift. Ever. No matter how neat-freaky she is, no matter how much he covets the kind with the super-duper HEPA filter. Not a $600 sweeper, not even a Dust Buster. Never, ever wrap up a vacuum cleaner for someone you love.
Every year when we ask what the very worst gifts you can give or get are, many of you tell us (shouting it out emphatically in all-caps or pathetically attaching sad-face emoticons) how awful you felt opening a vacuum cleaner. We hear you. Now it's time for your boyfriends, husbands, partners, wives, girlfriends, crushes, friends to hear you. So, are we good now?
Let's move on to all the other wonderfully bizarre, totally kooky, just-plain terrible gifts that have been passed on to us in the spirit of the season. We asked you to share those crazy presents your partners have given you and you did not disappoint.
Here are the best of the worst of holidays past and here's hoping this year something much shinier (and with no tubes attached for getting dust off the baseboards) is under the tree with your name on it!
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