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Sad Christmas

Didn't get those AirPods for Christmas you'd asked for?

So many people were secretly disappointed this Christmas to wake up to wannabe AirPods, or even worse — no AirPods at all.
Lory Gil
26 Dec 2019

AirPods up closeSource: iMore

Today, the internet is abuzz with people sharing their #AirPodsforChristmas stories. Some of them are joyous occasions, relaying the message that a dental floss-size box was waiting for them under the tree. Others lament their woes at being handed a pair of definitely-not-AirPods by a well-meaning family member. When AirPods were once made fun of for being weird-looking, they are now the gift everyone wants for Christmas.

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For those that weren't so lucky, here are our favorite tweets and memes to let you know that you're not alone out there.

So many people that asked for AirPods received something very not-AirPods for Christmas this year.

Shoutout to everyone who put on a brave face today after asking for Airpods this Christmas, only to unwrap a pair of these bad boys pic.twitter.com/pjRZcZQIZc

— Creative Rants (@Creative_Rants) December 25, 2019

The big offender this year seems to be Skypods as an alternative to AirPods.

I asked for AirPods and a mf got some “Up-tech SkyPods”😭💀 pic.twitter.com/MLJBtYWzbF

— Jonny9️⃣ (@sancheznumber9) December 25, 2019

Weirdly, there seems to be more than a few people posting the same exact picture of a pair of Skypods and claiming that "I asked for AirPods and got Skypods instead."

So apparently everyone on Twitter asked for airpods and got skypods with same exact photo on every post pic.twitter.com/BD0aavWdII

— Never been Deported (@opph20) December 26, 2019

AirPods are so passé. Bring back the wired EarPods!

Forget AirPods—Bella Hadid is bringing back the wire headphone. https://t.co/0M5XgfNeyx pic.twitter.com/pQHu4YeXpH

— Vogue Runway (@VogueRunway) December 23, 2019

Did you get AirPods for Christmas? If so, congratulations. If not, don't forget to be thankful for what you did get (and secretly envy everyone flexing on Twitter with their new AirPods right now).

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