A few Secret Santa gift ideas you might want to reconsider
1. A partially stamped Subway “Sub Club” card
2. A litter of feral cats 3. A postcard that reads, “On vacation in Bahamas. Will send gift from airport.” 4. A replica lightsaber, “Because I saw how you were eyeing mine.” 5. One free oboe lesson 6. That beige cardigan the receptionist used to wear before she died 7. $500 cash in a paper sack 8. A Google Earth shot of the recipient’s childhood home 9. A soap dispenser, freshly ripped from the men’s room wall 10. A book of solved New York Times crossword puzzles, with the answers whited out 11. A pack of gold paper plates that reads, “It’s Joshua’s bar mitzvah!” 12. A nacho cheese–scented candle 13. Thong panties stamped with your corporate logo 14. “Most Enthusiastic Archer, Camp Seagull 1983” trophy 15. A framed black-and-white photo of your father and his ’Nam buddies, posing with a dead Charlie 16. A video of you playing air guitar to “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 17. A firm handshake and a sincere “Happy holidays” 18. A tank top with the word “wench” written in puffy paint across the front 19. A detailed map of local bomb shelters 20. A $100 donation, in the recipient’s name, to your daughter’s college fund 21. A Swiss Miss cocoa packet you’ve stuffed with marshmallows picked from other Swiss Miss cocoa packets 22. Your old bedspread from college 23. The key chain floatie that came with your Nautica jacket 24. A Christmas wreath fashioned out of Equal packets 25. A jarful of sand from your recent Jersey Shore vacation 26. A “Diversity Training Day ’03” mouse pad 27. A hardcover edition of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda, by Philip Gourevitch, with the inscription: “Just as long as they kill the in-laws too, right?! Have a great Christmas!” 33. A 1991 Nissan Stanza with 216,000 miles and no tires 34. An answering machine message from Andy Rooney condemning microwave ovens 35. “Absolutely nothing, since I worked for what I have and believe others should, too.” 36. A tab of herbal ecstasy 37. Deployment orders to Iraq 38. Footloose on LaserDisc 39. A handwritten coupon: “Good for one free erotic back rub!!!” 40. An autographed picture of Lee Iacocca 41. A charcoal sketch of you doing aerobics 42. A “World‘s Horniest Human Resources Director” mug 43. A $1 gift card to the Dollar Store 44. Jose Cuervo sweatpants 45. A handmade coupon entitling the bearer to “Unlimited forgiveness upon accepting Christ as personal savior” 46. A paperback copy of The Da Vinci Code with the cover ripped off 47. One hamster, two tiny reindeer horns 48. A stack of Soldier of Fortune back issues 49. A bottle of Old Grand-Dad Whiskey with the note, “For when you fall off the wagon!” 50. Whatever’s available in the vending machine |