A young girl saved up all her pocket money throughout the year to buy a special gift for her mother. She bought a beautiful locket and had a picture of them together put inside. On Christmas morning, when her mother opened the gift, she was so touched that she cried. It was a moment that showed the deep love between them.
Homemade items are great. Like baking cookies and putting them in a beautifully decorated tin. It shows effort and is very personal.
Sure. There's the story of a group of friends who did a Secret Santa exchange. One friend received a book from another that she had been longing to read for ages. It was a simple gift but it made her Christmas really special.
One Christmas, I decided to give my best friend a handmade photo album. I spent weeks collecting pictures of our adventures together, from our first day at school to our recent camping trip. I carefully arranged them in the album and added little captions. On Christmas morning, when I gave it to her, she was overjoyed. She said it was the most meaningful gift she had ever received because it held so many precious memories of our friendship.
One year at a Christmas party, we did a gift exchange. I got a beautiful hand - knitted scarf. The person who got my gift, which was a set of fancy candles, was so excited because they loved scented candles. It was really fun to see the different reactions as people opened their mystery gifts.
At a family Christmas gift exchange, my cousin got a book that she had been wanting for ages. It was an old, out - of - print edition. The person who gave it had searched for months in second - hand bookstores. The look of pure joy on her face was priceless. It really showed how much thought can go into a gift exchange.
One interesting story could be about a family that had a left - right gift exchange where the gifts were all homemade. As the story was read and the gifts passed, there was a lot of laughter because some of the gifts were really creative. For example, there was a hand - knitted scarf that ended up with the youngest family member who really needed it.
One bad Christmas gift story is when I got a sweater that was three sizes too big. It was clearly a generic gift that the giver didn't put much thought into. It made me feel like they just grabbed something at the last minute without considering my size or style.
A really funny Christmas gift story involves a family. The grandma thought her grandson wanted a live chicken for Christmas. So, she showed up with a squawking chicken in a box. The whole family was in shock and then burst into laughter. Also, I heard about a man who got a huge inflatable dinosaur as a Christmas gift. He had to drag it all the way home and it became a local spectacle. There was also the case of a woman who received a gift - a coffee mug that had a really unflattering picture of her from a party on it. It was meant as a joke but was super funny.
One worst Christmas gift story I heard was when a person received a used and broken hair dryer. It was clearly something the giver didn't want anymore and just passed it off as a gift. It was so disappointing as it showed no thought was put into it at all.
One interesting left - right Christmas gift exchange story was at my office. We sat in a circle and passed the gifts left or right depending on the roll of a dice. I ended up with a beautiful hand - knitted scarf. It was so warm and cozy, and I found out later it was made by a colleague who loved knitting in her free time. It made the gift even more special.