My mom will hate me after Christmas >:3

[Alex Shelley]

So my mom always liked to torture my brother and me by giving us elaborately wrapped presents, with boxes inside of boxes, that turn out to be nothing but a single sock. Or in some cases nothing.

This year, I'm getting the woman back.

I bought her this little glass snail that she fell in love with over summer. She collects glass figures and we both love snails, so I got it for her.

This is how the present opening will go:

The box is about 1 foot by 1 foot by 1 foot. It's very heavy. My mom will open it up, and there will be a small present wrapped at the top, on top of a bunch of tissue paper. My mom will chuckle about how I weighed down the gift to make it seem like it was something heavy.

She'll open the little wrapped present to see that it's a little box. She'll open the box to see another present wrapped inside. She'll open that to see three highlighters stacked on top of each other, with a note attached that says "keep looking".

So she'll dig under the tissue paper to find another wrapped present. This one is heavy and fills the entire bottom of the box. She'll pull it out and unwrap it to see two more wrapped presents between cardboard. One of them says "open this one first". She opens it to find a plastic bag. Inside the bag is a brick with a note that says "check the advent calendar".

So she'll walk over to the advent calendar, and snoop around until she finds a note in the number 4. The note says "Just kidding, go open the other one."

So she goes and opens the other present. It's another plastic bag with a brick inside. This one says "check the display case". She'll go over to the display case, where a small wrapped box (that I put in there earlier in the day) will be hidden behind some of the other figures. She'll open that up to find the glass snail.

And this is why you never mess with Citten

[Mister Pigwell]

It'd be funnier if you just stole one of her own figurines and had that in the final box.

THEN give her your gift.

[Bearer is God]

She'll hate you more if you throw it at her and shout "CATCH!"

Or perhaps the most ironic plan would be to simply hand it to her with no wrapping.

[Viva]

Nah, I'm only kidding. Honestly, I think if Christmas was like that for everyone, it'd be a lot more fun.

You could retell the story of christmas being that Santa Clause was a fantastic scavenger, and in order to celebrate his legacy, we hunt for our gifts on that glorious day. I mean, that's just off of the top of my head. It might need a little work, but other wise I think it's pretty strong.

[Alex Shelley]

Dec 18, 2010 17:47:46 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

It'd be funnier if you just stole one of her own figurines and had that in the final box.

THEN give her your gift.

That's perfect. I haven't wrapped the snail yet... I will totally do that.

[Chainsaw]

You should also rig it with a tiny explosive to turn the snail into glass shrapnel. Just because.

[Throwback]

I have 2 things to add to this thread.

1. My bro used to do the presents inside of presents thing. Then one year I got 2 rolls of duct tape cut them into inch wide strips and weaved all the tape over the present I got him. He never did the present in present thing again.

2. I used to give my mom notes that said "check here" that would lead to another note and so on and so on. But I never thought to do it for christmas. One time I even did it and it lead her to a glass candle holder I broke.

[AFN: Judge Shred]

I do this stuff to my mom every year. I got a 3 by 3 by 3 foot box, filled it with packing peanuts, and taped something to on peanut. That was fun.

[Mister Pigwell]

Dec 18, 2010 17:51:12 GMT -5 Alex Shelley said:

Dec 18, 2010 17:47:46 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

It'd be funnier if you just stole one of her own figurines and had that in the final box.

THEN give her your gift.

That's perfect. I haven't wrapped the snail yet... I will totally do that.

I demand a photo play-by-play or video of this event. :-P



I did this same kind of crap to my mom when I was little, tho I thought I was actually being "good" by stealing her scissors or favorite coffee cup and wrapping it for her.

"What's in the present Mike, you don't have any money... oh it's my scissors, I've been looking for these since October..."
"YOU'RE WELCOME MOMMY I KNEW YOU'D LOVE IT!".

[Grendel]

I had a cousin who used to do stuff like this. His best was having like 12 boxes of varying sizes, the largest being about the size of a refrigerator. It took his then fiancee like 15 minutes to get to her engagement ring.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

this one guy i knew gave me a b. dalton gift card betweent two blocks of wood. i used the card to get a dictionary and a stamp pricing guide, while the blocks are currently rotting in the basement.

[rapidfire187]

Reminds me of a present that I got when I was around 10 years old.

Huge box, I mean the thing was too heavy for me to even pick up or move. I opened it and inside were...logs.

I started removing the logs. One by one. Until I got to the very bottom and there was nothing inside.

Turns out that there was a Playstation game wrapped in bubble wrap in the middle of the logs, but somehow I had managed to move it along with one of the logs. I was in tears until I found that damn game lol. Mortal Kombat Trilogy in case anybody was wondering.

EDIT: And yes I realize the screwed-upness of a 10 year old getting a Mortal Kombat game. It's ok though because my parents worship Satan.

[Alex Shelley]

Another thing my mom likes to do is hide money IN THE WRAPPING PAPER

So you have to delicately open each and every gift because you might accidentally tear apart a $20.

...That woman will pay

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

Dec 20, 2010 0:35:17 GMT -5 Alex Shelley said:

Another thing my mom likes to do is hide money IN THE WRAPPING PAPER

So you have to delicately open each and every gift because you might accidentally tear apart a $20.

...That woman will pay

oooook, that has yet to happen to me, but now i need to ensure that my parents don't read this thread.

[AFN: Judge Shred]

Dec 20, 2010 0:35:17 GMT -5 Alex Shelley said:

Another thing my mom likes to do is hide money IN THE WRAPPING PAPER

So you have to delicately open each and every gift because you might accidentally tear apart a $20.

...That woman will pay

Shit, I need to do that. But with lotto tickets.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 20, 2010 0:35:17 GMT -5 Alex Shelley said:

Another thing my mom likes to do is hide money IN THE WRAPPING PAPER

So you have to delicately open each and every gift because you might accidentally tear apart a $20.

...That woman will pay

I have to say, reading that, I have no trouble believing this is your mama. I don't know why, but I get the feeling you got a fair amount of your cunning from her. ;D

[Cranjis McBasketball]

This thread reminds me of this

www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/pants.asp

[Alex Shelley]

Dec 20, 2010 2:39:05 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

This thread reminds me of this

www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/pants.asp

Oh, our family used to do that.

With a toilet.

It was between my parents, two of my mom's sisters, and my mom's parents. Somehow the family acquired this old toilet, and it ended up getting passed around for years and years each Christmas in all these inventive ways. My aunt and uncle snuck over to our house in the middle of the night one year and put it on our roof.

The toilet disappeared a few years back, though. I'm not sure who has it.

...I love my family.