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I am a very grateful person. I am always appreciative of even a small gift or a card. This year for Christmas, DH and I received a lineup of the most bizarre gifts from family members. I don't even know what some of them are. I guess I will just donate, but some I guess I will just toss. First, we got a $100 gift card to a very nice restaurant that isn't even in our state...in fact, it is on the other side of the country and we never travel there. Next,I got a giant faux fur sack about 18x24" with one plastic handle on one side of it. It was filled with oranges.  We also got a strange-looking spceramic pievpce that must be a vase or figurine and DH and I are still debating what it is...it is pale pink with a duck painted on it at the bottom. We each got very expensive-looking monogrammed notepads. Both of our middle name initial is wrong. Both of us have L as the middle initial but his has a D and mine has a B. Are we living in the twilight zone? All of these gifts came from wealthy, successful young adults. I am totally baffled. Were we pranked? 

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Sounds like regifting has really caught on in your family.  The gift card must be one for sure.  There's some website where you can sell gift cards for a portion of their value.  Perhaps you should  investigate it or plan a road trip.  I'd send it back to the giver explaining that because the restaurant is not in your area, perhaps he can use it.

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Sounds like you've been "re-gifted" with stuff the giver didn't want!

 

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@Trailrun23 You definitely win the award in the bizarre gift category. I can offer no explanation. I wouldn't even know what to do with this menagerie.

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Wow it does sound very strange!  I agree that it might be regifting.  As for the restaurant gift card, could you order something from them and have them ship to you?  A gift basket or something they are known for?

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I agree with the others...sounds like regifting to me.....

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It really has felt like the gifts from Christmas' past.

 

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@Trailrun23    Do you have a cat or small dog?  Stuff the fur bag with batting and whip stitch the top closed and you'll have a nice pet bed.  You're on your own with the figurine.

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Your post made me laugh! What absurd and bizarre gifts. The worst gift I ever received was a package of frozen boneless, skinless chix breasts, but at least I knew what they were and how to use them!!
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@Trailrun23   In case you are not aware, there is a web site where you can sell a gift card.  We did it once, and had no trouble.  You might give it a try.   I do not recall the name but I am sure you can find it by doing a bit of online research.