Warring families...
Our daughter is about to experience her first Christmas, and what's more she'll be old enough to appreciate the fun of it, given that her first birthday is only a few days afterwards.

The only problem is her grandparents.

My folks are coming to visit, but they've already sent the present on ahead and it's fucking massive. I have no idea what it is, but on box size alone I'm guessing it's an African elephant on growth hormones. All well and good, apart from the lack of anywhere to put the damn thing, however it being in our house means that my inlaws have seen it...

COMPETITION TIME!

Both sets of grandparents are now intent on having regular updates as to what the other is planning to get / has already got, each trying to upstage the other for their granddaughter's first Chrimbo. To make matters worse, my folks are staying with us and the missus parents live five minutes down the road so they'll all be in the bloody house to smirk at each other and start a war over what present curries the most favour.

Solution: Lady Doom and I are buying our daughter a cardboard box. She fucking loves boxes and giggles like a mental whenever she's allowed to play with one.

Fuck spending a fortune on presents, it's not worth it, not for a baby, not for an adult. The best Christmas present this year is going to be a cardboard box.
( Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 26 Nov 2009, 20:34, 8 replies)

I love this
Simple ones are the best, and what's better than a box for someone who loves boxes?
(friedel, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 20:53, closed)

I love this also
Going mental over a cardbox ftw! :D

I miss being entertained so much by so little, after watching friends children play for hours with boxes, crayons and what not.
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 20:57, closed)

Make it a big box
and fill it with balloons -- best present EVER! My boys loved it last Christmas, and I'll probably do it again this year.
(Sir Reginald Slapknackers last slapped his knackers at, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 22:50, closed)

this is all kinds of awesome
You Sir are a genius.
(Angio can smell your fear just by looking at you., Fri 27 Nov 2009, 15:06, closed)

What you really need is a box of cats.
She'll grow up with the cats and she'll be able to communicate with them. When she gets older she can tell us how to talk to cats. We can engineer a breed of monolithic supercats and control them by telepathy. The half mechanic supercats will leave a trail of destruction, pestilence and vomit in their wake as they rampage through the cities and towns of anyone who should stand in our way. The pre-apocalyptic future would be ours to rule. People would tremble beneath our metallic kitty paws and they'd weep uncontrollably and soil themselves. Also kids love cats.
( Ttssattsr, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 23:17, closed)

Where
can i get such cats, or can i upgrade my two kittens? my kittens also love boxes. coincidence, i think not......

hail our kitteh overlords *bows*
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 10:16, closed)

All cats are supercats..
They just can't be arsed to make the effort.
(syllopsium, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 17:20, closed)

I am guessing
that your parents had already thought of this and have filled the large box full of other boxes - a bit like a russian doll. You think you have no space now, wait until all those mothers are opened on Christmas morning!
(turtles head is touching cloth poked a dwarf on the forehead at, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 7:13, closed)