Some of these are hilarious! I have a story similar to Karen's. Years ago I worked in a dental office. We had a little old lady who was a patient there. I'll call her Mrs. K. She always brought gifts in for all of us each year and you could tell they were used items or, perhaps, bought at a thrift store. She was very sweet and we were honored that she liked us enough to even think of giving us gifts. After she died we continued the tradition. Each year we would look around our homes and select something to be put in what we called the *Mrs. K gift polyanna.* We'd bring them in wrapped and we'd each select one, and it was so much fun.

Personally the strangest gift I ever received was from my mother-in-law one year. I am not saying it was cheap, and it was not the only thing that she gave me that year, but it was strange. It was an apron! Maybe she felt I was a sloppy cooker and needed one.