Miss Manners: Brother gifted me a toy that was in our mother’s casket

Dear Miss Manners: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her casket. My mother had owned several black cats.

Months later, I was opening a Christmas gift from my brother. It turned out to be a stuffed black cat. He said, “Do you know where that came from?” Of course I knew! My mouth dropped open. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post Save on unmatched reporting. Get your first year for $20

Miss Manners, was this absolutely the worst Christmas gift ever, or am I missing something? I don’t understand how anyone could gift something that had been in a casket. Am I overly sensitive?

Back up. Miss Manners needs some clarification on the mechanics of this.

She is presuming that the casket was not closed at the visitation,