What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?

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For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

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A relative gifted me a really ugly tree ornament. I don't put up a Christmas tree and haven't ever in my adult life. Relative knows this and delivered it alongside comments about me needing to get a tree and get more into the "religious" spirit of the holiday.

Normally I would at least look to donate or something I don't want, but ugly, religious proselytizing junk goes in the trash.

Oh yes, we all remember that well established in the bible parable about Jesus dragging a pine tree into his house in a dessertic weather town for his birthday party every year and how mad Mary and Josef were when it started to rot in February because Jesus just refused to take it out.

The tree comes from the pagan solstice celebrations

Yep, from Rome to Rīga, they used to mark the death of nature with plants that refuse to die. Later, they started decorating them to symbolise the blossoming or the harvest of the year's last feast.

Source: school education from the last pagans of Europe.

I like the plot twist that the sister is pagan

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