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Can you top this worst Christmas gift ever, as posted on the New York Times a few Christmas ago:

“We received a can of haggis (yes, I guess haggis comes in a can) and a copy of the book “The Road.” It was quite the depressing Christmas.”

There is an entire collection of troubling, funny, disturbing, unbelievably bad gifts collected in this New York Times article—and it should serve as cautionary tales about what NOT to buy anyone this year.

For the next seven weekdays we will post a holiday or winter themed blog to our Facebook page. We’re giving you our favorite holiday carols, epic ice slips and Santa fails and also…prizes! The first 20 likes we receive to our Facebook page will be entered to win. If you already like our page, don’t worry! Just like and share the post to be entered, make sure to mention you shared in the comments section!

Today’s winner gets a $15 gift certificate to Crow’s Feet Commons, because beer and coffee are never a bad gift.

This article appears in Dec 12-18, 2013.

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12 Days of Giveaways: Worst Gift Ever

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 13, 2013

<h1>12 Days of Giveaways: Worst Gift Ever</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 13, 2013</p> <p>Can you top this worst Christmas gift ever, as posted on the <em>New York Times</em> a few Christmas ago: </p> <p>"We received a can of haggis (yes, I guess haggis comes in a can) and a copy of the book “The Road.” It was quite the depressing Christmas."</p> <p>There is an <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/you-shouldnt-have-i-mean-it-worst-gift-ever/?_r=0" target="_blank">entire collection</a> of troubling, funny, disturbing, unbelievably bad gifts collected in this <em>New York Times</em> article—and it should serve as cautionary tales about what NOT to buy anyone this year.</p> <p>For the next seven weekdays we will post a holiday or winter themed blog to our Facebook page. We're giving you our favorite holiday carols, epic ice slips and Santa fails and also...prizes! The first 20 likes we receive to our Facebook page will be entered to win. If you already like our page, don't worry! Just like and share the post to be entered, make sure to mention you shared in the comments section!</p> <p>Today's winner gets a $15 gift certificate to Crow's Feet Commons, because beer and coffee are never a bad gift.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/12-days-of-giveaways-worst-gift-ever-2303003/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25359&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/12-days-of-giveaways-worst-gift-ever-2303003/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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