Two friends, Ger and Jim, exchange Christmas gifts. Ger is surprised and reluctant to receive a gift because now he feels obligated to get Jim a thoughtful gift in return.
Tropes
- My New Gift Is Lame: Inverted when Jim gets Ger a genuinely thoughtful gift, but Ger hates it because now he's pressured to reciprocate the nice gesture. Averted at the end of the same sketch, when Ger and Paul get each other equally thoughtless presents.Ger: Why the hell would you get me a present? You're not in my family. And you're not on my pre-assigned list of present-givers.Jim: Because I'm your friend?Ger: No, you are a rogue present-giver. And you are upsetting the very delicate Christmas-present equilibrium.Jim: Sorry.Ger: And you gave it to me last-minute. So I have no time to get you something.Jim: OK, well, will you at least open it for me?Ger: Fine, I'll open it. Oh! Nightmare! Nightmare! It's personalised.Jim: I thought you'd like that?Ger: Yeah. That's the problem. I love it, ok? And now I can't just get you a tin of Roses or Lynx toiletries gift set. I have to put actual thought into your present.
- Convenience Store Gift Shopping: Parodied when Ger and Paul exchange generic presents and appreciate each other's thoughtlessness.
