I'm normally really good at shopping for Christmas presents. I've been awesome. My coworkers all loved my coffee spa kit I made last year and my family always loved what I'd get them.
But this year....this goddamn year.
My family is doing secret Santa and I drew my uncle the most noncommittal quiet shruggy person in the entire freaking family. "What do you like?" I unno. Okay what's your favorite color? Eh don't care. Okay WHAT FOOD DO YOU LIKE? anything.
And of course no gift cards allowed. ARGHHHHHH
And then I ordered my coworkers stocking stuffers and realized only one of them could use what I got. So I have to revamp my entire gift bag for them.
Talk about stressful.
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Does the uncle drink coffee? Get him a nice mug and:
-- Find some fancy coffees someplace, and put them all in a $1 store basket or bag.
-- Or different flavor teas, fancy cocoa blends -- whatever your interests dictate and your budget can handle.
-- Or put together some "cake in a mug" baggies for him to use with the fancy mug. I know there are recipes for one-serving cakes online, and there might even be places that sell such things, but I've never looked so I don't know. Happy brain-wracking!
P.S. I just googled "cake in a mug" and there are commercial cake mixes as well as recipes.
citronella
Level 7
Dec 4, 2018
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Buy the guy a 10lb bag of fertilizer and tell him to be more helpful next time someone tries to buy him a gift.
Merry Shitmas Uncle Dickhead.
Sgt_Spanky
Level 8
Dec 4, 2018
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First rule of holiday gift giving... If you are getting stressed out about it, you are doing it wrong!
Also you guys appear to be doing secret santa wrong.
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But if you are going to break the rules of secret santa then just go ahead and break the gift card rules for your unhelpful uncle's gift.
AndrewInVail
Level 6
Dec 4, 2018
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Which part did we do wrong exactly?
Your gift-receiver is not supposed to know that you drew their name. Hence the secret part of secret Santa. Your gift receiver is supposed to submit a list of gift ideas/options ahead of time for their secret giver to pick from. Then when the gifts are opened, each receiver gets to try and guess who gave them the gift.
It sounds like your uncle is either indifferent to the whole affair or just a stick in the mud.
Alternatively there is the white-elephant gift exchange where you take turns giving one random present of your choosing to whoever's name you draw from the pot. Then the next person that receives a random gift can either keep it or exchange it once for a gift that has already been opened.
However, there is no law forcing you to do it any way. Whatever works for your family.
@AndrewInVail no we did it right. Those are what he wrote down in on the paper. We wrote down suggestions of what we like, things we like, colors we like, etc. And when I talked to grandma about it, she just shrugged and said "its Ethan"
Ok, that was not made clear to me by what you wrote in the original post. Please disregard what I wrote about you breaking the rules. Your uncle just wasn't playing along and you had the misfortune of drawing his name.
@LadyAlyxandrea So here you go, you're welcome...
Opt out and have a great season, enjoy your life and be happy.
jlynn37
Level 8
Dec 4, 2018
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No. I enjoy christmas and giving thoughtful enjoyed gifts
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