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[quote=Anonymous]The no gifts thread prompted me to think about the really odd gifts that MIL comes up with every year.  The worst was a find religion package that included a bible, a donation made in our name to a nearby church that she had researched on our behalf, a homemade invitation from Jesus inviting us to the church, and a bunch of oriental trading religious plastic toys and crafts. We are agnostic.  This was not appreciated. When DD was born, the gift package was to me and included a scale. a used copy of the Scarsdale diet that she probably got a garage sale and a tape measure to help me get my figure back. This was not appreciated.

One year she tried canning but didn't hit the mark. The cans of jelly and preserves that we received had black stuff floating at the top. DH thinks it was a mistake, I'm still on the fence as to whether she was  planning to take us out of the picture with poison jam. Other years the gifts have been less inappropriate but still weird. I always wondered who on earth bought things from the in flight magazine section from Toscana something with strange dragon and medieval decor. Well, we received a large stone gargoyle statue for our living room, some black candles and Harry Potter books because MIL heard this was what kids like now. The invitation to our house was for MIL to read Harry Potter to DD by candlelight next to the gargoyle for spooky nights. DD was 2 at the time and this would have given her nightmares for weeks.

The latest gift package included a dryer vent cleaner kit, fire extinguisher and s'more making things like marshmallows, chocolate bars and graham crackers. The graham cracker box was expired and the marshmallow bag had already been opened and closed with a rubber band. It also included an invitation to our house for more making and fire safety night. I guess we will be hosting them to clean the dryer vent together and then enjoy stale s'mores.

I don't really have a question because really what do you say when you get one of these lovely packages, let alone get them twice a year.

DH,DD and I all have birthdays in October so we get a creative package to the whole family every October and Christmas. [/quote]

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