Derk wrote :
One year in particular, I bought my fiancee a clock and a pillow pet. I had put off buying gifts and waited way too long. I'm surprised she agreed to marry me after that one. I still feel guilty about it. -end quote

Don't feel too bad. One year I bought my wife a push mower for Christmas.

Also, once on a trip with a friend, I wanted to bring back something for her. I ended up buying a pooper-scooper (because of our pets). Yeah. I've never lived that down yet.

Practical gifts are never fun when given but are always the ones still being used when the novelty stuff is forgotten, broke or lost. 

On Saturday my parents got a Black Friday deal on a microwave at the Home Depot. They didn't have to deal with all the craziness.

I always thought it was funny when stores that no one would ever think of going to on Black Friday would hold sales.  Like Rite Aid luring customers with cheap Craig tablets. 

It should be televised.

If you mean on truTV, then yeah, it should be televised.

Any riots break out yet?

Is the sky blue?

I wonder what the "hot" or "it" item(s) is(are) this year?

Folks already fought over a big screen TV at Wal-Mart. Pathetic.