Let’s all take a minute and have a little laugh at the materialism that comes with the Christmas season. Don’t get me wrong, I, like everyone else, love buying gifts for my family and friends. And I like being on the receiving end, as well. This is not a rant about how the real meaning of Christmas has been trampled by consumerism and greed, blah blah capitalist culture blah. Rather, I think as human beings we all enjoy getting and giving gifts. But here is a collection of gifts that are off-the-charts expensive. So much so that we can just skip the envy and go straight to the laughter.
I understand that there are people in the world who can actually afford this stuff (most of it expensive crap), but I hope they have sense enough not to buy something just because they can. Like, for instance, a $700 stuffed rabbit that looks like it was recently involved in a bar fight. The thing is intentionally missing an eye. And it looks like it may have, at one time, had hands, but it doesn’t anymore. The poor thing is ugly and not worth $7, let alone $700.
Does your husband or boyfriend need a professional suit for the job interviews he’ll be going on now that he’s out of work? Why then, for the very low price of $103,000, this snazzy Alexander Amosu pin-stripe number can be yours to give! Out of your price range? Too bad. Why buy a house or pay rent when you can have this suit? No suit is worth that much cash.
The only “gift” I wish someone would buy is the legendary couturier, Christian Lacroix. Come on, it’s only going to cost you around $100 million. Peanuts! Perhaps we can all pitch in to help save the extraordinary French fashion house that has fallen on hard times, much like the rest of us. It will be democratic fashion! Fashion for the people, owned by the people!
