(cheerful holiday music)
- Hi we're Joel and Lia.
- And welcome back to Vlogmas.
- It's another video for ya.
- Today we're gonna be responding to,
reacting to not responding,
to I Gave My Kids a Terrible Present.
- We love the Jimmy Kimmel show.
We've seen, well I've seen some of these videos before
and the I Ate My Kids Halloween Candy.
- Amazing. - Hysterical,
what a genius idea. - So good.
- So we just thought we'd react to it
This is the Christmas present,
so for those of you that don't know,
it's where kid parents wrap up a terrible gift
for their children like this, you know,
just anything rubbish like an old banana,
wrap it up and give it to their kids
and film the kids and see what their reaction is.
See if they're grateful, ungrateful, see what they do.
- I love testing children, I just think
that so much is revealed, isn't it?
- Yeah.
(on screen video audio)
Oh his face!
- I don't like this.
- Aww.
- [Woman] What is it?
- An old banana
- [Woman] An old banana?
(laughing)
Isn't that exciting?
- The tops bit as well.
- Oh, she's squeezing it
(groaning)
- [Man] A battery and an onion.
What's wrong?
- I don't want an onion.
- I don't want an onion!
- [Man] Did you smell your onion?
Here, smell it.
- [Child] No, I smelled it.
- Eggs, eggs?
- [Woman] Open it.
- A hot dog.
(laughing)
- I'd definitely do this if I had kids.
- Oh the dog ate the hotdog.
- I got a girl activity book with stickers.
(laughing)
I'm not a girl!
- I'm not a girl.
- I'm a boy.
- I'm not like a boy either.
- This is the worst present ever.
- [Woman] Marissa, what do you tell me
all the time about my cooking?
- I love it.
- [Woman] You love my cooking so I made you something.
- Then why is it like, a sandwich that's like that?
- You should appreciate--
- I appreciate her getting us a present
but I didn't know it would be like that.
- Awww!
- A sandwich of mine, I love your cooking
when you cook like dinners.
Like hot pockets or buffalo wings.
- What's a hot pocket?
- Something like that, not just a sandwich.
- Not just a sandwich.
(laughing)
- [Woman] So you don't want
that peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
- I'll eat it!
(laughing)
- [ Man] Open it up.
You don't want that for Christmas?
- You stinking parents!
Take this back.
- [Man] Take it back where, this is yours?
- I want a refund!
(laughing)
- [Woman] It's a half-eaten sandwich!
- I want a refund. - I want a refund.
- [ Woman] Isn't that what you asked for?
- What'd he get?
- I don't know.
- What'd you say about Santa? - Violent.
- He put me on the naughty list.
- [ Man] Why?
- Because you gave me a stupid Hello Kitty dress.
- Get over it.
- Oh, get over it.
- What a spoiled brat.
- [Woman] Beans, cheese, and a waffle house hat.
What's in there?
Oh you got a Mr. Potato Head
(laughing)
- [Woman] They're from Santa.
- They're not, Santa did not have those things.
I saw you get out of the car in the garage.
Those things were not from Santa Claus!
- Awww.
- [Woman] Are you upset?
- Mmhmm.
- Back to him. - You stupid parents.
I hate you, I hate you all!
- Why's he so dramatic?
- Learnt behavior.
- Yeah, parents watch out.
- [Kid] What, I got ponies?
- [Woman] That was your great grandpa's hammer.
- [Kid] I got ponies?
- [Woman] You guys, what's wrong,
you're not excited about your presents?
- I got ponies, I don't want ponies, they're for girls.
- Girls.
- I think it's better when the presents are really, really
rubbish, like the potato is a better rubbish present
then giving a boy something that's usually a girly present.
- Yeah.
Of course they'll react like that.
- Of course, yeah.
- [Woman] Nessa, what'd you get?
- A cookbook.
- [Woman] Mario, what'd you get?
- I don't know!
- [Woman] It's an invisible fence for your dog.
- It was a dumb joke.
- [Kid] I think it was.
- [Woman] Well Jimmy Kimmel told me to do it.
- [Kid] Well tell him to suck my balls.
(laughing)
- He looks so proud of himself as well.
Oh, that is so good.
- Oh my gosh, that's hilarious.
- I would hope if I ever had a kid,
that they would just be really grateful.
Like there's one where, I don't think it's in that one,
where he gets something like a vegetable and he goes,
thanks and then puts it on the side
and then opens another one.
(laughing)
I wish my kid would react like that.
- That's so funny.
- Or like the Halloween candy
where the kids just sometimes go, oh that's okay,
I didn't need it anyway and you're like--
- Yeah, that's really sweet.
But you know some of them are real drama queens and kings,
like throwing an actual tantrum
and like telling their parents that
they're the worst parents in the world.
- Yeah, you hate them.
- I hate you. - Oh my gosh.
- Oh my God, I hope I wasn't like that as a kid.
- No.
- Was I like that as a kid?
- Was I? - I hope not.
- I was.
- What just throwing a tantrum?
- No there was a video, 'cause my parents
used to like video tape everything.
And there was one we watched back
when I'm probably like three or something,
and I'm like ripping open the presents
and putting it on the side like not even looking
at what they are and then one of them is Maltesers
and I go, I don't like these and then put them on the side.
- Oh really?
- And the camera kind of just pans to my grandad
and he just goes.
- Awww, three years old and knows he doesn't like Maltesers.
- And I don't know what I'm on about 'cause I love Maltesers
so I don't know what, - I actually love them.
- three year old Joel is on about.
- No idea.
But do you know what, buying Christmas presents
is so stressful anyway for parents
and for people that aren't parents.
Like just buying for everyone can be really stressful.
- Yeah, I've been watching this money program
that's on in the U.K. right now,
it's like a live show for an hour
where they've got like a money expert on there,
and he was saying that he's been sort of rallying
against buying Christmas presents that are unnecessary
and like inspiring people to be like,
if you've got a friend or a friend of a friend
or cousins or you know people that aren't immediate family,
that you feel like you've got to buy presents for,
to like be honest with them and be like,
I'm not buying you a Christmas present this year.
Because it's like people spend so much money,
get so stressed out.
- Yeah, like just to be bold enough to have a conversation
with someone and say, hey I know every single year
up until now, we've bought each other Christmas presents,
but I want to let you know
or I'm wondering if it would work for you
if we both didn't buy each other
Christmas presents this year,
just because I feel like we're just doing it
for the sake of doing it.
Those people that are at the bottom of the list,
you get them something because they got you something.
- Yeah and often it isn't anything thought out,
it's something--
- Of equal value
- Yeah, and that isn't very, it's like a box of chocolates
or some alcohol or some like a scarf
or like some thing generic it's not something personal.
- No, never.
You know when you're visiting people at Christmas
and you've got so many, you see so many people.
I think it was me and mum,
we have like emergency presents in the back of the car
but don't have anyone's name on it,
but like emergency, in a bag,
that we, if someone gives us a present,
we're like gosh left yours in the car
and run to the car, get the emergency present
and give them it and it's a generic gift.
- That's amazing you just gave the game away now.
- I know, sorry guys.
(laughing)
- That's so clever.
- But this is what we're talking about.
It's all like unnecessary stuff,
- Unnecessary spending, and that's the thing
if you can afford it, then obviously it's a non-issue.
Especially 'cause right now, we've been,
both of us are trying to like, like on Skillshare,
for example who are sponsoring this video.
You guys know we're working with them
over the last few months, we share with you
what we've been learning and this month we've been learning
about money and money management, like how to just
be efficient and effective and sort of stable
with your money and so that's just reinforced to me.
Doing those Skillshare classes, watching that money program.
And then stuff like this, I'm like actually yeah.
- Yeah, you can just like wake up with your thinking
and like make some changes that can actually
save you and them loads of money.
- Yeah 'cause most people respond to it quite well, I think.
And I've heard from that TV program they're like,
most people that said it to their friends,
their friends are like oh my gosh thanks so much
I feel the exactly the same way,
I just didn't know how to tell you.
I don't want to spend this money.
And everyone's been really good about it.
- That's amazing.
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- I know we've said in other videos about Christmas presents
and a lock free gift guide, but this is all like
it's ideas, if you can afford to do something like that,
then obviously do it but if money is causing you stress,
debt, anxiety, seasonal Christmas anxiety.
It's a real thing, guys.
- And I think it's important for us to say,
'cause we're doing vlogmas,
a video everyday until Christmas Eve.
And we're doing things like ice-skating,
going to Harrods, all these things.
It's important to just be clear,
if you're one of those people watching being like
well, I'm getting overwhelmed with the amount
of Christmasy stuff, and like money.
These are just ideas and things like that.
They're not like, and it's entertainment.
So if you can't and you find
this period of the year stressful--
- Then know that you're not alone in that
and that a lot of people are in the same boat
where like work, personal life, family life,
buying presents, all of that it can really weigh you down.
So just know that like entertainment for entertainment sake
right here on our channel,
you've still got real people right here.
- Yeah, right here.
And it's not talking about like immediate family.
Like of course I will still buy presents for my family
and my very close friends but remember
for the last few years me and you had an agreement
where we just didn't buy each other
birthday presents or Christmas presents.
- Yeah it's just fine, we just have,
we literally see each other everyday.
So it's like the amount of dinners, lunches,
amazing experiences that we get to do together.
Like, our life is Christmas, I mean that sounds so spoiled.
- Also, because it's like we run a business together
it's sort of like our money is, we obviously split it
and we get our own money,
but the money comes from the same place, so it's like--
- So your money is my money.
- Yeah exactly, so it's like if I'm spending money on you,
I'm just spending your money on you
and you're spending my money on me
- It's like it all came from here anyway, so it's like
hey Joel I've bought you this for 20 quid,
from that money that we earned.
It's exactly what we've just spoken about in this video.
- Yeah it's the pointless exchange of things
where you don't really need to.
So if you've got friends that you know you can be like,
hey should we just not give each other gifts,
we'll just go out for lunch?
I think that's a great way to save some money.
- Save some money guys.
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- Yeah, so this is a video that everyday until Christmas Eve
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