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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My (millionaire many times over) stepmother gives me the oddest gifts. Last year she sent a wrapped bag of wild rice from Trader Joe’s (across the country no less) for the holidays and a set of steak knives (clearly regifted from like 20 years ago) . One year when I was in grad school she sent a Costco size box of equal packets; a used pair of plastic tongs and the most phallic candle imaginable (think mottled, purple and very penile shaped). One year my dad sent me the same scarf from the met store that he had given me a few years before. Also they sent my 14 year old son a pink t shirt from an acquarium near them that was size 6x and a book appropriate for maybe a 9 year old.

I should note they are wealthy hoarders so have closets of stuff they buy and then dig through it for gifts. Even so the rice was over the top. My kids still joke about it. [/quote]

Winner.[/quote]

People who lived through the Depression or older WASP types can be like this.  But it's not passive aggressive.  Just thriftily odd.

In middle school, I once received a cosmetic bag that was new with tags.  The tags said "For the Modern Traveler" but showed a prop jet, an old school ocean liner, and a bulbous black sedan along with a lady wearing a "New Look" A-Line dress.  Probably about 30 years old at the time.  It was nice but I understood immediately that the object had a backstory.

Also received an unused 1930s scrapbook from the same grandparents.  I used it for art projects.  That was nearly over the line, as the paper it was made from was a bit strange.

The grandparents were not rich but easily could have afforded something new.  They just were thrifty and felt these were reasonable gifts for a middle school girl.

P.S. I don't understand candle gifts at all.  I think people should buy them only for themselves. Non-candle people don't want them at all.  They are a fire hazard to use, scent choice is personal, and they are a bit fragile to store for later donation (if one wants to keep them minty).
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