If you wish there could be less of the horrible things that the Christmas season can bring out in people, well, then you’re in for a bad time. It’s time for another holiday horror story from the Shelf Critter Secret Santa exchange, which will not be appearing on The Hallmark Channel anytime soon…
Well, if it isn’t one of The Nest’s most prolific “givers,” Rainy Skunk.
RAINY: Don’t try my patience with your backhanded compliments! I’m trying to stay on the Nice List this year so Santa will bring me some rain!
Sure, don’t let me shoot down your far fetched fantasy. Just pick a name…
Well, this could get awkward………..
RAINY: So I drew your name in the Secret Santa thing, and I have no idea what a fox might want for Christmas. So I bought you this cheap sofa pillow from Mecca which I’m sure will look just lovely in your home. Foxes do live indoors, don’t they?
MR. FOX: …………………………………
RAINY: Well, I mean, it’s alright, isn’t it? Do you like it?
MR. FOX: ……………………………….
RAINY: Don’t you have anything to say about it at all? I mean, I didn’t need anything from the store, so I literally went out of my way to buy this for you….
MR. FOX: …………………………………
RAINY: You’re not even going to thank me for this present, are you!?!?!? And people think skunks are rude! Well, Mr. Jerk Fox, here’s a bonus gift from me that will let everyone know what a rotten critter you really are!!!
Rainy stomps off after reclaiming her place on the Naughty List….
MR. FOX: (Gagging) …………………………………………
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
We got left the same gift by a family of skunks this summer but there were no cute little pillows to soften the blow—or the stench!
There must not be skunks in the neighborhood I live in, but we sure do get them where I work. And if they spray close enough to one of the receiving doors, the odor will get in the store and literally stink the customers out!
EWWW…..skunk stink is one of the longest lasting scents in the universe…..why can’t perfume or deodorant manufacturers make THEIR products last that long???????
Pam
That’s one area where man has been unable to beat nature… making smells that never go away! I’m sure the skunks find the smell very pleasing…
Those shy quiet types are tough to read, aren’t they?
Especially when they have such a poker face…
Poor Mr Fox. To keep one’s silence in the face of impending stink takes great courage…
He was probably gacking and cussing up a storm once the cameras stopped rolling…