Collateral Damage from Christmas
This year, Mrs. Zen and I hosted Christmas Eve for my relations. Though it was not a maximum possible turnout for a variety of reasons it was still a significant affair as Mrs. Zen believes in a good presentation and a menu cooked from scratch ( as a result, we entertain maybe once every three or four years – LOL!). A festive time was had by all. Or…possibly except one.
As it turns out, a gift was left behind. Or more correctly, abandoned. It appears to be a kind of sweater, perhaps one worn by an upscale shepherd or by a Scottish noble in Braveheart. To augment this woolen tunic, the gift-giver guiltily included an off-brand colonge of some kind, one marketed to young urban men of limited means who make a point to wear baggy jeans that sit low on their posterior so as to reveal a large portion of their underpants (I suspect a re-gifting on this aspect).
We have polled everyone in attendance and no one will cop to having received this interesting juxtaposition of merchandise. Or to have given it either. Whoever received it had the foresight (or anxious sense of shame) to have methodically peeled off the incriminating gift tag before slinking away into the night.
Is it just me or is this some kind of common holiday hazard ?
January 10th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
What kind of shady people are you inviting into your home? 😉
January 10th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
LOL! Relatives.
January 11th, 2008 at 4:20 am
C’mon Zen, I think you know who gave the gift…and I have my bets who left it in the discard pile. And no, it was not "the brown guitar".
January 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
"The Brown Guitar" is in the clear Dona Julia, not his style.
January 12th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Well you’ve got next Halloween covered there, William Wallace.