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The little annoyances of Christmas

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  • My annoyance is the fact I always get given Lavender gift sets at christmas, without fail!
  • pukkamum
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    Invisible sellotape, scissors, gift tags etc.
    After being trapped for a hundred years in my bedroom yesterday wrapping the entire worlds presents, I found myself shouting at said empty room, whos hidden the bloody scissors again!
    I swear the second I put said items down they instantly become invisible.
    I bought a tape dispenser to try and fool the invisibility fairy, unfortunately she was ready for me.
    Despite weighing half a ton and being the size of a small car, said dispenser vanished with 10 seconds of my putting it down.
    I gave in and self medicated with a pint of Amarula.
    I don't get nearly enough credit for not being a violent psychopath.
  • balletshoes
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    wrapping your pressies on a table, sitting down, does help to thwart the invisibility fairy i've found ;).

    my mum sets up the wallpaper pasting table in the spare room in december to wrap up all her pressies.
  • pukkamum
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    wrapping your pressies on a table, sitting down, does help to thwart the invisibility fairy i've found ;).

    my mum sets up the wallpaper pasting table in the spare room in december to wrap up all her pressies.

    Unfortunately in my bedroom with the door barricaded is the only place the small army of spies I live with can't freely enter.
    Add to that my complete disorganisation and the invisibility fairy has a field day.
    I don't get nearly enough credit for not being a violent psychopath.
  • Indie_Kid
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    How a certain relative managed to forget to get presents for my sister, me and brother. But remembered to get my parents something. I can't see how they forgot. The younger (sister) is in her early 20s.
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  • I don't see the issue with it myself. If someone wants to stockpile and not have to set foot in the shops from today until after New Year that's entirely their business. Although I don't understand the interest in other people's shopping habits at all.

    The rudeness is just something else at the moment in shops. People are possessed.

    I agree, people's shopping habits are their business. I think it's more to do with people's rudeness, and as you say, people are possessed.

    People go mad like it's the last loaf of bread and manners go out of the window. Manners cost nothing, but people seem to totally forget them this time of year. :mad:

    I read an article about people scraping over fruit and veg in tesco....I mean how desperate do you have to be?!
  • sh1305 wrote: »
    How a certain relative managed to forget to get presents for my sister, me and brother. But remembered to get my parents something. I can't see how they forgot. The younger (sister) is in her early 20s.

    A lot of people stop buying for 'kids' once they turn 18, or in some cases even younger.

    Did you and your siblings buy for this relative? After all, if you're in your 20's, you're old enough to buy presents on your own accord.
  • pukkamum wrote: »
    Invisible sellotape, scissors, gift tags etc.
    After being trapped for a hundred years in my bedroom yesterday wrapping the entire worlds presents,

    Ooooo what you got me? :D

    I was like that with my gold pen the other day. I was writing cards, and then all of a sudden it disappeared! I stood up, nope, wasn't sitting on it, wasn't under the rug, wasn't in the card box, couldn't see it anywhere :mad: Now I know who to blame, those invisibility fairies must be busy this time of year! :rotfl: Ps, I did find it eventually!
  • pukkamum wrote: »
    Invisible sellotape, scissors, gift tags etc.
    After being trapped for a hundred years in my bedroom yesterday wrapping the entire worlds presents, I found myself shouting at said empty room, whos hidden the bloody scissors again!
    I swear the second I put said items down they instantly become invisible.
    I bought a tape dispenser to try and fool the invisibility fairy, unfortunately she was ready for me.
    Despite weighing half a ton and being the size of a small car, said dispenser vanished with 10 seconds of my putting it down.
    I gave in and self medicated with a pint of Amarula.

    Wrapping prezzies in the bedroom is the worst place as the Invisibility fairy will have a field day , I must have said a thousand Times this year 'Where's the scissors? Where's the tape?' and even The pen vanished , I found it under the bed eventually.
  • Indie_Kid
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    A lot of people stop buying for 'kids' once they turn 18, or in some cases even younger.

    Did you and your siblings buy for this relative? After all, if you're in your 20's, you're old enough to buy presents on your own accord.

    My parents usually got them a present from all of us. It just seems wrong to me that we got presents for them and their children; but only my parents got something.

    Regarding wrapping presnts - for a few years when we were kids, my parents never bothered. We were given a gift bag which had our presents in.
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