Comments on: The Art of Fake Gifting

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:03:55 +0000

Put gift in round metal tin.
Cover tin with aluminum foil.
put it on a plate and cover it with icing.

You now have the infamous “fake cake” – allow the recipient to “cut” it with a regular table knife.
Once they stop trying to cut it, tell them the gift is inside.

By: Lynley

Lynley — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:53:54 +0000

That would be the gift card was wrapped in plastic wrap. Duh.

By: Lynley

Lynley — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:52:42 +0000

@Jonny – the gift was wrapped in plastic wrap. Kid thought of everything ;0)

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:39:38 +0000

The very first Christmas that my mom spent with my dad’s family, my grandpa gave her what appeared to be a box of Ritz crackers. She wanted to make a good impression, so she pretended to be happy & opened the box. Not only had he put a nice shirt inside the box and glued it shut, he had opened up one of the wax paper tubes, but the shirt in the middle, and put crackers on either end. My first Christmas being in the adult draw was this year, and Grandpa did the same thing to me.

By: ac

ac — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:22:29 +0000

I always love the Giant box/tiny present confusion… I save large and irregular boxes and mix it up as to who has the gag present each year.
This year, I had a surprise gift of tickets to see Up for someone and I got a huge box and put a red helium-filled balloon inside. I refused to let anyone else carry the box and pretended it was heavy and fragile. It was awesome to see their faces when the balloon floated up from the box.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:58 +0000

@ Lynley

- That CAN’T be sanitary.

Recaptcha : the scrunch

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:21:19 +0000

no seriously…

https://www.thegreenbeanco.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=GBC-S-SOM

By: CropTillDawn

CropTillDawn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:20:14 +0000

Martha Stewart actually dedicated an entire segment on her show to all of these different salts (Table, Sea & Kosher from different locals around the world) and how to use them.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:13:13 +0000

Hey guys, how about gifting us readers with a link to the site? I surfed over to the onion and found they don’t seem to carry half of those boxes anymore.

Thanks!

By: Lynley

Lynley — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:10:50 +0000

A few years ago, my family starting playing “Dirty Santa” instead of drawing names for Christmas (as we had for years). My 11-year-old cousin’s contribution was a huge jar of marshmallow fluff. Of course, nobody wanted it, and finally my aunt got stuck with it. What nobody realized, of course, was that hidden inside the fluff was a gift card. Smart kid! Fake gifting – fun for all involved!