Not really. I do use some of the gag gift boxes though.

No. Gag gifts have never appealed to me.

Years ago, my mother brought a parrot that repeated everything it heard, moved and flapped it's wings. For some reason, this was the hit of the night. Just when you might forget it was there, it would squawk something it heard and everyone would roar with laughter. When one laughs, perhaps it is 'contagious'.

My family enjoys gag gifts. The commercial ones don't appeal to me as much. It has to be something that is a a family joke or would be situationally funny.

My face swelled up really bad when I had my wisdom teeth out several years ago. There was a Saturday morning show about 'Sea Monkey's'. My younger brother decided I looked like one of the characters. 'Sea Monkey' became my nickname for a while. He bought me sea monkeys for Christmas. I'm returning the favor and getting him a kit this year.

Last year, we all received Squatty Potty's for Christmas.

I'm getting my dad Poopouri. Here is a commercial for the wonders of it.

My nephew was going to get these awesome bass flip flops, but his feet are too big. He loves to fish.

An outfit similar to one another sibling has so they can dress like that person is fair game.

We like to have fun, but most of these gifts have some sort of practicality too.

I don't care for them either. I do like personal inside family jokes.

I have a friend who's family takes turns getting a cake that says Happy Birthday Fat Bast**d for various family members.

Oly, I think whether one laughs or not might depends on how MUCH of the alcohol one has consumed, no?

Don't like them at all, just entirely too much opportunity for passive aggression disguised as "all in good fun". And if someone's feelings get hurt, "It's a *joke*! Be a good sport!" ("be a good sport" is what people say when they have hurt or victimized someone, are not sorry, and blame the victim for ruining the "fun".)

What is a gag gift really? Years ago I ordered a gift card that was in a block of concrete. It was a useful gift, but sure took some work to get to it.

Iris, that's funny. I always give my son cash, but it's so impersonal and hard to wrap. This year I found a maze type puzzle that you can put the cash inside and you have to solve the puzzle to get the $$ out. Seems like it's a little more fun than a card with $$. Gag gift? I don't know if it is.

Eld, yes, I meant the consumption of wine. I guess I didn't consume enough to think it was funny.

Oly, a friend at work shared this idea. You get a can of something that has a tab to open. Open it up from the other side with a can opener.

Remove and clean the can. Put contents inside (some put those snakes that spring out along with the actual gift, money etc.)

The first question is ,"why am I getting this can of beans? (Even more fun if he has a favorite canned thing)

Years ago, my oldest asked me for a Kindle for Christmas. We bought him a Ken Doll. The last gift he opened was the Kindle he asked for.

My mom and I used to go to a white elephant party each year with some older ladies we'd have monthly dinners with. Well I like being creative especially with something like this. :D I got a box of nursing pads. The oldest lady in the room ended up with them. It was hilarious. She looked at them and said oh good I can give them to my granddaughter who just had a baby. :D Worked out :)

If you do a White Elephant party you don't have to worry about hurt feelings cos gifts are picked at random.

With several cotton balls add the note "You've been bad, so all you get is snowman's poop."

Dandy, I think I like that better than coal. Although one year I found coal in a little sack that was chewing gum.

Funny, we were just talking about this the other day. DH has a secret santa thing at work and it's an occasion to have fun with other people, DH is bracing himself with good humor for whatever might come his way, HOWEVER, as fun as it might be at times, you also have to think it through and decide if what you are doing is appropriate. DH is secret santa for a very kind man who he could not imagine giving a gag gift, so his gift will be among the more thoughtful ones. This is tread lightly IMO and if you don't know the person well, or the gift is too much of a direct shot, it's probably not funny.

A long while back, someone gave my mother the most hideous Christmas plate as a gift. She in turn gave it to my brother as a gag gift. From then on it turned up on most Christmases, but you never knew who was going to end up with it. Half the fun was trying to disguise and surprise. It died out after a few years though and I can't remember who had it last. Like all things, it had an expiration.

My DH has the bad habit of trying to guess what his gifts are (and usually guesses right). It spoils the surprise and it’s always made my daughter a little nuts. This year we saw those gag boxes for the first time while shopping and she couldn’t resist getting a couple to put my DH’s gifts in. She’s determined to make it so he can’t guess and I’m sure those boxes will give us a good laugh. LOL.

My Associates gave our boss a spray can of Bull Sh--t spray with instructions on the can. It was really a can of air freshener re-labeled. The instructions said he should use it at meetings when stuff got too thick and smelly. There instructions on how to push the valve button for good effect.