Yes this is a shopping website and I love to shop as much as the rest of you but you listed your opinion on a public forum under a holiday thread. It had nothing to do with shopping, your subject was about getting. I'm sorry if you though I was rude as I was not trying to be, however, Christmas is a religious holiday. Your family is being generous and suggestions are just that... suggestions. I have asked ppl what they want and if it isn't something I find interesting they don't get it. That doesn't mean I didn't put time or effort into shopping for them. Maybe the presents I buy ppl aren't what they wanted but I try to make them happy. Your mother bought your son sneakers that he really wanted and instead of focusing on that your focusing on a sweatshirt he may not have wanted. Does your mom know the difference between skater and hip-hop (if that is what you call it) clothes? If you didn't have a teenage boy you prob. wouldn't. Is a throw useless to your son? Maybe but his grandmother was prob. picturing him cuddling on the couch in it with a bowl of popcorn watching his favorite movie. Donate the throw to a women's or animal shelter so someone else will be able to cuddle with it if you have to many. The gifts your son is getting are practical... no teenagers aren't practical but Grandmothers are. Meat, bras and bikes are not practical gifts for those ppl but good analogies anyway. There is always two sides to every story (or in this case reason to buy a Christmas present). Merry Christmas!