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Poll: Worst Christmas Gift You Ever Received?

You probably can't tell the giver, but you can tell us: what's the scariest, most embarrassing, you-got-to-be-kidding-me gift that someone ever gave you?

Bad gifts come in all shapes and sizes: A wine club membership, but you've been sober for two years; long johns, but you live in Los Angeles; a fruit basket, though you have orange and apple trees dotting your back yard.

Or, how about Christmas time's ubiquitous fruit cakes that may conjure the fibs, "Oh, love to, but I've got nut allergies.''

Singing coffee cups, illuminated underwear, an aardvark fur coat with antlers - the list of bad gifts gotten over the years goes on and on. To one person, it's a department store aislie littered with discards and rejected sale items. To another - potential gifts for someone, anyone.

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So, much like the oversized caribou belt buckle I received last year, eventually all these missed-the-mark gifts have a better chance of landing on the $1 rack at your yearly yard sale, than finding a permanent home with you.

Now's your chance to grouse, to shred, to tell us about the worst Christmas gift you ever received.

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Take our poll and leave a comment describing the fab item!


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