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Thanks to all for participating in the (oops) Holidays Tales contest!
Here are your 2008 winners!
- Storyteller's name: K. McNichol
My boyfriend had been out of town and was to return on Christmas
eve. I thought I would surprise him with an early Christmas present
by wrapping myself in a bow and getting in a big box I had wrapped
and put in middle of the room with a big OPEN NOW tag on it. I heard
the door open, footsteps through the rooms and him calling for me...then
I hear scuffling, tearing of paper and as he opened the top of the
box I jump out to see him and his parents he brought as a surprise!
- Storyteller's name: S. Catamount
I was at an office Christmas Party and it was a good time to sing
some carols. I asked our Program Director if he could lead us into a
song. He looked at me for a moment and said, "Sure!
I'll start." He
stands before us and sings, "Maoz tzur y'shuati l'cha naeh l'shabeach..." OOPS!
I had no idea he was Jewish!
- Storyteller's name: K. Padgett
I was putting the finishing touches on some little dolls that I
was sewing and I didn't want my 2 little girls to see them until Christmas
so I ask them to go outside and play for a little while. As they
were meandering out the door the phone rang and the littlest one
answered the phone and said, "No
she can't talk right now, we have to go outside and play because
she is making babies and she doesn't want us to watch and she hung
up the phone. (I still do not know who called that day.) Oops!
- Storyteller's name: A. Higgins
I'm nearsighted and forever taking my distance-glasses off and
misplacing them. One Christmas I was overwhelmed by my having to cook
for 12 guests with no help. (Read recipe, glasses off/greet arrivals,
glasses on.) I made a huge bowl of stuffing, repeatedly putting glasses
on and taking them off again. I finally lost them completely, until my
guests began to help themselves to the turkey's stuffing: I'd stuffed
my glasses right into the bird. Am still "hearing
about that one" every
holiday :)!
- Storyteller's name: Nikki
My
parents had just bought a new oven for the holidays. We decided
on a chicken dinner for the holidays since we just bought the house and
new oven. While the chicken was cooking, I thought it would be a good
idea to look at the oven. All the buttons were explanatory but, a certain
sliding lever was not. I slid the lever over from right to left and locked
the oven door. The lock activated the self cleaning mode. We could not
get it open until the chicken was burned to a crisp.
- Storyteller's
name: Elisabeth
I was at my aunt's for one Christmas. There was
this really cute guy there that I assumed one of my female cousins brought
as a guest. He was much older than me and on a dare, my older female
cousin dared me to kiss him under the mistletoe. I spotted him by a table
and called him over. He was drunk but let me kiss him. Soon after,
I was accosted by my aunt. "You
know he's your cousin, right?",
she told me. And I never go under the mistletoe any more.
- Storyteller's
name: Joanna
A few years back when I was married, I purchased a
little gift as a joke for my husband which was an elephant thong with
a face of an elephant. The nose of the elephant was meant to hold the
male "package".
I had gotten my new boss a tie that year and with the weight of
each gift box being so light, I must have gotten the tags mixed up when
wrapping. Imagine my red face when my boss saw the elephant thong!
- Storyteller's name: Beckie
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not
a creature was stirring -- except my daughter! A little girl wanted to
know what was hiding in the gifts tagged with "Jamie" under
the Christmas tree. Thinking that her parents, were all tucked in
bed, she crept down the steps, and was at her destination when she
heard a low voice exclaim, "Ho, ho, ho! I think you are being naughty!" from
a prerecorded tape placed strategically in the fireplace and remotely
controlled by her Dad.
- Storyteller's name: L. Stixrud
The relationship with my in-laws has been strained since our marriage.
Soon after we married we moved 1500 miles away to get a little
breathing room. Unfortunately, that meant being away from my parents
as well. Every time we go home for a visit with the in-laws it ends up
being a big deal. So one year we told them we weren't going to be coming
home for the holiday. Too bad it is a small town. We ended up pulling
up next to them at the light! We ducked down, but we were caught. Embarrassing!
- Storyteller's name: Terri
When I was growing up in Wisconsin, in the 1970's, my family decided
to go to our cabin for Christmas one year. To make room in the
car, my dad tied two big black trash bags filled with our Christmas gifts,
to the roof of the car. After a five hour drive in blizzard conditions,
and arriving at our cabin, we discovered that both bags on the car roof
top, had blown off! My brother and I were so upset, no presents to open!
Someone between Madison and Rhinelander, someone had a very merry Christmas
Contest
ended December 31, 2008
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