Prank your friends and loved ones with these hilarious fake gift boxes

Christmas pranks are the best pranks.
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Emily Heller
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Gift bags are boring, but sometimes your loved ones ask for things for Christmas that are just impossible to wrap. Sure, you could just get a box from the customer service counter, but it's the holidays and lines are long and we're tired.

Prank Packs solve a common problem in a hilarious way. Each box is labeled with a fake product that looks like it's straight out of an awful infomercial. They have everything from the potentially dangerous My First Fire kit to the actually useful but not possible (yet) animal translator collar.

When your friend opens the box, they'll think you got them the weirdest, scariest, silliest thing you could find in the As Seen on TV section of Best Buy.

Reactions will probably range from stunned silence, to outright laughter, to a trying-to-be-polite thank you. Either way, Prank Packs will bring a little more joy to your holiday gatherings this year. One woman's priceless reaction was even featured on America's Funniest Videos.

Prank Packs come in small and standard size boxes, and have options for wine bottles and video game cases as well. Check out their whole collection here or keep reading for our favorites.

Standard Size — 11.25" x 9" x 3.25"

Small Size — 8" x 6" x 2"

DVD/Video Game Size

Bottle Size

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According to twitter, Emily Heller is a fake geek girl and a SJW. If you ask her friends, she laughs too loud and cries at cute animal videos. Prior to Mashable, Emily wrote for CollegeHumor and Reductress and most recently worked at a very bro-y tech startup. She lives in Brooklyn with three dudes, a cat who acts like a dog and a dog who acts like a houseplant.

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