It’s a holiday classic… You give someone a gift that appears really crappy, but when they open it further, it turns out to be totally awesome! You psyched them out but they came out as the winner in the end.

The video below is an example of the opposite. A family plays a mean joke on a little boy; making him think that he’s scored an Xbox 360, when in fact the box is filled with clothes. They proceed to mock the boy as his eyes well with tears. I find this act of cruelty to be indefensibly despicable.

The fact that this involved a video game is circumstantial. I fully believe his mother (or whomever’s female voice that is) that the boy knew that his family couldn’t afford to buy him something that expensive. But when he tore into that wrapping paper and saw that logo on the box (you can see that exact moment), that boy thought he’d experienced a true Christmas miracle. He’d had his heart set on this one thing only to have his own blood use it to ridicule him.

And that’s what gets me the most. There was no apology or remorse from his family. They continued to make fun of him for wanting the 360. As an adult, your values change, but when you’re a little kid, material things like that can mean the world to you. By mocking this boy, his family essentially told him that his dreams are a joke. And in turn, he was a joke for having such dreams.

I seriously hope this comes back to haunt them. Shitheads.

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