I love reading this thread. Now I know I'm not alone in receiving the crap gifts. First was when I was about 9 or 10 and ALL I got in my stocking were socks, no toys, socks. Funny thing, now my daughter loves getting novelty cute socks in her stocking. My first year married my aunt gave me and my husband a can of off-brand peanuts wrapped in aluminum foil. The next year was a cheap bottle of mad dog liqour again in the aluminum foil. The next year we got hand towels with crocheted edges and the towels said "Hampton Inn" on them. The last year was this most ugliest red "little" apron, so when my cousin, her granddaughter got engaged I re-gifted the apron to her. Told her the story and how now it's a family heirloom. And I still have those towels.