I thought it might be fun to share Christmas Faux Pas / Amusing Disasters (light hearted only!)
I'll go first! This was the one that made me think of the thread idea. We've lived in our current house for 2 years. There is a lovely old ish man who lives alone opposite who has made us really welcome. He bought the kids presents last year and some sweets for us and we hadn't got him anything (he delivered Xmas Eve!). To avoid this issue this year, I was very organised (and smug about it) and started thinking a couple of weeks ago about what to get. My husband tells me he's seen his rubbish bags out on bin day (no wheelie bins here) and they have a lot of real ale cans in. So, I order him a (big) box of real ales. Then, for good measure I also put some liqueur chocolates on the Tesco shop to go with the ale.
Earlier in the week, I stagger over there early evening in the dark (no street lights) with his goodies and announce that I've brought gifts as an 'early elf' (cringe). He looked soooo pleased. He takes the chocolates (all wrapped up) and then goes to pick up the crate of ale. I tell him to be careful as they are breakable and tell him it's a little 'tipple'. Reader, he tells me he is an alcoholic and hasn't drunk in years. It was his neighbours rubbish my husband saw! The poor guy was obviously uncomfortable and dithering by this point. I apologised profusely and politely asked if he'd like me to take them home with me which he did. I mentioned the rubbish bags and blamed my husband! (Last time I ask him for gift ideas!)
So, I staggered home mortified. I delivered a crate of beer to an alcoholic! Later today, I am taking over a Yule Log!