Surprise Failed, funniest thing ever happen to you with X-mas Gifts

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You know on my recent post from "I'm the only one?" created by SAYWHATKID, then i started to think about all the funniest things ever happened when your SO, spouses failed keeping secret on X-mas gifts.... here's the story...

3 or 4 years ago, my wife made a big plan on getting me a x-mas gift and one day she asked me that she need to borrow my truck and I asked her why? She replied "non of your business!!" Okaaaaay.....

2 hours later....

I was watching TV and she came in and stand in front of me with a sad looking face.

My wife: Sneakernet....
Me: (me quickly thinking..huh oh..hope she didn't HURT my TRUCK!) ...yeeeaasss hon?
My Wife: I'm sooooo stupid!!!
Me: (my feeling sunk)...Whaaat hon???
My wife: It supposed to be a surprise for you!!! But I f*ckup!!
Me: (feeling little better now) Oh...suprise?
My wife: I didn't expected to get over 300 lbs box!!! my daughter and I figure out that there's NO WAY for us to get that box off the truck!! Sheesh..I'm gonna have to spoil the suprise!! I ruin it again!! I always want something to give you a big surprise!! I'm soo stupid!!
Me: Uh..uh... so you saying you need help getting it off the truck?
Wife: yes....
Me: I WOULD LOVE TOO HELP YOU!!! Thanks for early X-mas gift!!!! Yeeeaaaay!!!
Wife: (in a pissy mode) Shut up....bastard...

So, I went outside, saw a blanket completely covered the box.. I asked her, "why the blanket?" She said..."I was hoping you wouldn't figure out what in the box.."

(talking to myself) Mmmmmmm... table saw.....

Wife: I blew it! I blew it!!

I laughed... poor wife that she didn't plan ahead about all the weight involved that she would have gotten a friends to come and help her while I'm out somewhere....

So, yes she blew it 3 times in the last 3 years.... she failed every suprises for me...

So, do you have any funny stories about spoiling the x-mas surprise?
 
That's very funny ! :lol:

I haven't done anything funny like that, but if it's any help, I sometimes while telling them - kill them jokes... :eek3:

Fuzzy
 
My sister gave me a present long ago when I was in my late teens, it was in front of the entire family of 3 or 4 generation, she put it in a tampon box and wrapped it. so yeah I was embarrassed, but I got her the following year with a condom box....hehehe
 
That's why I'm very sneaky and careful with how I plan gifts for my wife. I always surprise her with these gifts.

I've read stories and seen videos of horrible gift surprises. I saw one video where this boy opened his present to see a Xbox 360 box. He started jumping excitedly and opened the box only to see that it had socks and underwear. Everyone laughed. The boy cried.

I can understand if you want to play a joke using one box for another, but you don't play a joke using something that's their "dream gift".
 
VamPyroX said:
That's why I'm very sneaky and careful with how I plan gifts for my wife. I always surprise her with these gifts.

I've read stories and seen videos of horrible gift surprises. I saw one video where this boy opened his present to see a Xbox 360 box. He started jumping excitedly and opened the box only to see that it had socks and underwear. Everyone laughed. The boy cried.

I can understand if you want to play a joke using one box for another, but you don't play a joke using something that's their "dream gift".
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Oh yeah, that's nasty, not funny :(

I hope that person got a roomful of coals the following year for breaking this boy's heart..

Fuzzy
 
When I was a little girl my godmother sent me a gift which was placed under the tree. My older sister was going crazy trying to figure out what it was. She convinced me to peek. We went into the bathroom and carefully unwrapped the gift. Boring clothes.....

The gift went back under the tree. Later when we were sitting watching TV with the family the gift started to pop open. We had reused the tape and it didn't hold up. We were looking at each other with terror in our eyes waiting to get in trouble. My mom just started laughing and years later I found out why. She peeks all the time too.
 
Angel1989 said:
When I was a little girl my godmother sent me a gift which was placed under the tree. My older sister was going crazy trying to figure out what it was. She convinced me to peek. We went into the bathroom and carefully unwrapped the gift. Boring clothes.....

The gift went back under the tree. Later when we were sitting watching TV with the family the gift started to pop open. We had reused the tape and it didn't hold up. We were looking at each other with terror in our eyes waiting to get in trouble. My mom just started laughing and years later I found out why. She peeks all the time too.
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I've heard stories where this happened. But... some parents got wise to this. They would leave a good-looking present under the tree. When the kids peek into it and see that it's worthless (underwear, socks, etc), they put it back. What the kids don't know is that the parents knew this would happen and actually switched the gag present with a real present. Imagine the kids' surprise when they groans while opening that present only to find out it's something awesome. :)
 
One of the things that I have the most fun memories of was quite simple.

I was a young adult living with my folks, going to a community college and working part time. I happened to need a new bed pillow about Christmas time; so they wrapped it up with the other Christmas gifts. Dad kept cautioning me to be careful as I opened it. The only box they had was small enough that it had to be stuffed in to get it in and he saw visions of it popping out when the box was opened!

I did a similar thing to Mom many years later. She was staying with me while recovering from a broken wrist and had reached the point close to Christmas that the doctor had suggested squeezing a small ball to gain strength. I kept giving her excuses as to why I had not gotten it. What I had done is put it in the pocket of the robe that I was getting her for Christmas anyway. The surprise really went over well.
 
my husband just give me christmas present 500mls of wrinkle cream,i dont know what to say as he really think i want it...he could been more tacktfull...he say two years worth of it..
 
when i was in high school, playing varsity baseball..

on christmas day during my sophomore year..

was so exciting and opened the tube present, saw the bat and i pulled it out. know what i did? spoke myself, "Little League bat?!" I told my mom, "im playing Varsity baseball now and im not playing Little League anymore, that is like.. 5 years ago". My dad said, "Oh s***, i must placed wrong tag name on present. Sorry, son and here it is right one" [wrong tag name on it and its my cousin's name] so i opened THAT and im HAPPY with baseball bat.

That day, my dad and i had to wrapped that little league bat back in the tube and re wrapped again for my cousin, lol.

LITTLE LEAGUE bat for VARSITY?! thats got me LOL.
 
One year for my birthday my father got me a coffee table book about Alaska (I'm an artist, and I like having books with large color photographs to look at as reference sometimes). It was very beautiful, and I thanked him for it and put it on my shelf.

Three months later, at Christmas, I opened my gift from him... and it was another copy of the coffee table book about Alaska. My Dad had already forgotten that he bought me that book for my birthday.
 
lololol
that's funny :)

did you exchange the book?
I hope you did.. if yes, what did you get?

btw I LOVE, LOVE LOVE!! these album books and other picture books!
I have a number of them, and my favorite are plant animal and other artist
illustrations. like, botany book etc...

This year, I have my eye on this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-8-m1QJ+L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
or the other one, depends what's inside.
It's awesome!

Fuzzy
 
I did exchange it. I can't remember what I got... I think it was a different coffee table book.

That Earth From Above one looks amazing. I love any books like that with beautiful landscapes.
 
It is !!!!!! and I am waiting for Boxing Day, as at the store (Chapters) I found out the prices are usually 100%,
whereas online already is about 30% - 40% off.
But I hope this book will be perhaps cheaper after Christmas.
I also have my eye on this:

Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections From The American Museum Of Natural History Library: Tom Baione: Books | chapters.indigo.ca

It has beautiful illustrations, and also separate prints that can be framed.
$60 at the store, $39.60 online, again I can't wait for Boxing day !!!!
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At Chapters there were so many great albums - music, fashion, art, nature and more -I thought I will go C-R-A-Z-Y !!!!
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Fuzzy
 
VamPyroX said:
I saw one video where this boy opened his present to see a Xbox 360 box. He started jumping excitedly and opened the box only to see that it had socks and underwear. Everyone laughed. The boy cried.
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I saw that as well. I was expecting for him to get another surprise that he actually get 360 but nope. Poor boy.
 
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