Caroline Castle, Reporter
@ccastlecourant
It all started with the macaroni necklace I gave my mom when I was 5 years old, and it’s only gone downhill from there. Every year, I seem to struggle to figure out what my mother wants as a gift for Christmas. When I ask her, she always responds with something like “love” or “peace and quiet.” No matter how hard I try, I always seem to get it wrong. To save you from the nightmare of watching her cringe as she opens her present, here are ten Christmas gifts your mom will tell you she loves, but doesn’t.
- Kitchenware – By buying your mom kitchen appliances, you are basically implying to her that she needs to cook more food for you, but really? I think you’re old enough now to make your own mac-n-cheese.
- Makeup – Making it seem like she doesn’t look good already and that she needs to cover her perfect imperfections is just a little rude, don’t you think?
- A sweater you really bought so you can borrow it from her – Nothing’s better than buying for yourself, but come on.
- That gift you got for your birthday, but you didn’t like so you decided to re-gift in a last minute panic – She’s spent years raising you, at least spend 20 minutes trying to find her something for Christmas.
- Wrinkle cream – As time goes on, she ages. She’s aware of that. Don’t let her know that you’re noticing too.
- Homemade hug coupons – Nothing is worse than a gift that’s not really a gift.
- Cards Against Humanity – Just because you think it’s funny, doesn’t mean that she does.
- A passive-agressive book on how to be a “good mom” – She has her life together. Don’t question it.
- A gym membership – She already works her butt off to make your life easy, don’t imply that she needs to shave a few pounds.
- New shoes – We all know you don’t actually know her shoe size, so don’t even try.
