Guess what.
There are only 4 days until Christmas.
And that means, if you haven’t bought your gifts yet, you are so screwed, because online shopping won’t get here in time, and the mall smells like a hot, sweaty, bowel movement.
Now, I didn’t do a gift guide like a lot of other bloggers, because you probably don’t even like the same weird shit I do, and I prefer to passively aggressively tell my husband what I want for Christmas in person, usually when his balls are within squeezing distance.
But, it’s the holiday season, and I feel charitable to all you poor sacs who still have people to buy for, so I put together, um, actually a pretty sweet ass gift guide, of the last minute nature.
You’re welcome.
1. Kittens. They are totally free. Get in your car, look for a sign with poor penmanship in the lawn of a house with lots of old lawnmowers and a broke down Trans-Am sitting out front. Preferably one with either an eagle or a Confederate flag on the hood. The lawnmowers and stuff may look trashy, but it just means there are lots of places for cats to have unprotected sex.
2. Puzzles. Adults love puzzles. Find a great picture. Like the very last non digital one your mom and your grandma had taken together before she died the very next day. Cut it up in puzzle shapes. Put it in an envelope. Label it something exciting like, The Last Puzzle of Grandma to EVER Exist, EVER! Boom. Done. They don’t even have to be pictures. You can make puzzles out of anything. W9s, wills, rebate checks from the giant TV your husband just bought that he didn’t know came in the mail yet. If you can cut it up with a dull pair of kitchen scissors, it can be a puzzle.
3. Jars of Soup. I see this shit all over Target, jars of soup mix with pretty bows and ridiculous prices. Go into your pantry, and by pantry, I mean, cupboard where you keep the Kool Aid and Lowery Salt, and dump every dry ingredient you have into a clean jar. Label it Soup from Homeless kids. Be all, I bought it from this AMAZING charity, and when they open it to smell it, even if it smells like balls, they’ll be like, awwww, homeless kids are so cute.
4. The gift of Music. Old people love when younger people sing and dance around, reminding them of all the shit they can’t do anymore without falling or pooping themselves. Harmonize and choreograph a totally appropriate song, like Paradise City by Guns N Roses or Get Low by Lil Jon (but don’t use the word crunk because old people do not know what that means). When you get to the point where you are unbuttoning your pants, and your father in law is all, this is making me really uncomfortable, be like, YOUR FACE IS MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE. Jesus, I love Christmas.
5. Me. Instantly. FOR REALS.
You can do other creative things like framing art your kid paints or making coupons for hugs, but everybody secretly hates that shit, they just won’t tell you to your face.







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Brilliant! I’m cutting up my power bill and parking tickets right now! You’ve changed my whole outlook on life. Yay Christmas!
Dude.
In the process of cutting up the nudie pics of me and turning them into puzzles for my IL’s. GREAT idea!
OMFG you’re Kindled! That’s so awesome I’m having a hard time coming up with something to say that doesn’t belie my true vulgarian nature. YOU ARE THE SHIT!!! and you don’t even smell like it!
Today that is debatable, but I LOVE YOU for saying it:)
Great it’s official, I AM AN OLD PEOPLE! I have no idea what crunk means, off to google and text my youngun so I don’t feel so old and out of touch. Merry Christmas!
holy crap I can buy you! If I was only cool enough to have a kindle
I think I will do the stinky soup mix considering the photo books I ordered for my dad and FIL still have NOT come in the mail!!
Sadly no Kindle yet. But looking forward to getting one and reading you!
Kindle? You awesome bitch! (and I mean that lovingly.)
Your gift guide is the best I’ve ever seen. I’m getting out my dull scissors as we speak! (or write…I guess, but that sounds stupid.)
I got a gift certificate for a backrub from a boyfriend once. I was so pissed, I punched him in the thyroid and broke up with him. Now he’s fat. Karma is a bitch, is all I’m saying.
You could always bottle up your farts and send them along as “inert gasses.”
OK, so no one likes the hug coupons. But I was at my mother n law’s house and she showed me this coupon that my husband made for her when he was like 7, and it was for him to do the dishes and clean the house. And I was like, ” I would kill for him to give me that present now.”
Homeless kids ARE damn cute. I will be mixing up mah spices tonite. The moms-in-law will love that.
Great ideas! I’ll start chopping the family album up now…I think before I give that gift to my grandmother, I’ll dip it in her holy water from Lourdes…just to make sure it’s good enough.
Do I need to tie a bow on the random dry spice jar?
Perfect. The ILs are doing a stupid white elephant gift exchange and I couldn’t decide what shit to get rid of. Soup mix and puzzles it is. And possibly Aunt Becky’s idea of bottled farts. Just because.
Your on Kindle! Do we get a discount on Kindle if we buy you? A package deal?
You are on Kindle.
Reviewing you was awesome.
Hippopotamus.
(Haikus are so easy.)
I’m totally doing the soup in a jar but I will tell the man that it was a “for the dog shelter” charity and then sit back and watch him eat the whole damn thing. Jello power and all.
You rule.
Definitely the best Christmas gift guide ever written! There is nothing more important then ruining your in-law’s holiday with some inappropriate grinding in front of the man who created your husband. Awesome.
**cutting up Brit’s Christmas Coupon book**
I’m absolutely making a puzzle out of a $900 medical bill on my counter. Then, I’m going to send it to my doctor in a red envelope because that’s what the Christmas spirit is all about. Even if I’m Jewish.
You’re like Santa Freaking Claus.
The soup idea is awesome! Because no one actually makes that shit when they get it for a gift anyway. It’ll just sit in THEIR pantry for a few years until they re-gift or throw it out.
I would totally buy you for Christmas if only I had a Kindle. Sorry, gotta run – got some more hints to drop to the husband who is still asking what I want for Christmas after me dropping hints for three solid months.
LOVE your list!!! Can’t wait until you do one for Valentine’s Day. Seriously. Do it quick though, because I am one of your older readers and it takes me more time…..
Bwaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……….
Homeless, orphaned, street kids are also great gifts. Once you coax them into the car, you can wrap them nicely to accompany the jarred soup, clad in a big red bow. Really, they can be very helpful around the house.
And go you with the Kindle!
Love your list and even though I never leave comments (sorry), LOVE your blog. You are the most hilarious and honest blogger out there, in my humble opinion.
Being on Kindle? That’s the shit! Congrats.
Dude!
You’re on Kindle?!
I am in awe!
And I bow to your greatness!
Also, a case of Ensure makes an awesome Christmas present. It says you care and that you like to shop in bulk!
Merry Christmas!!!
First, to be clear, I love you. Wait, that sounds weird and stalkery. I love reading you. Your blog. I mean your blog. I love reading your blog.
But I don’t get Amazon’s notion of charging me $2 a month to get something on my Kindle (which I don’t actually have, so maybe that’s why I don’t get it?) that I can get on my computer or phone for free.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope LOTS of people subscribe to you on their Kindles and you make ASSLOADS OF CASH from it. But as of now, I don’t get it.
But I totally love you.
HA! Fair enough.
BUT!!!!!! Subscribing to me on kindle means they can read me offline.
SEE, SEE!? Totally rationalized now, RIGHT?!
Also….are we hanging out when I am in LA?
OK, you have a point about the offline reading. For all those times I’m lost in the wilderness without food, water, or wifi. I just hope the Kindle will still work after I’ve used it to bludgeon my dinner to death.
And yes, we are hanging out when you are in LA, as long as I am in LA. When are you here?
I’m gonna steal like 8 of those.
I know there were only 5, but I was so inspired, it felt like more.
It’s official. I love you.
I love that “people who also view [your kindle page] also viewed” the Schwan’s frozen food. Because what is better than a box of frozen corn dogs delivered to your door? Brittany delivered to your kindle. that’s what.
So mad at myself for not reading this until after Christmas. So is it ok to ask for stuff back that I actually bought and paid for or do I have to wait until next year to use your list?!