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lemonsherberts6 · 2025-12-25T23:09:06+00:00

2 soap and glory gift sets. My skin is sensitive, so I can’t use anything like that. Baylis and Harding hand set - same deal. A candle - never use them. Pink gin - don’t like and never drink it. It’s always the same people, no thought put into it. I think they just grab random bits from the 3 for 2 at Boots. I’d never say anything, of course, but it’s the same stuff every year and it gets a bit disappointing as I always make an effort to buy gifts that people actually enjoy or will use. Honestly, I’d prefer if they just saved their money. What has everyone else had?

Isayitasitis · 28/12/2025 15:55

Brightbluesomething · 25/12/2025 23:29

A relative who’s known for very bizarre gifts has outdone herself this year. Not even the charity shop would want it!
I dug out her previous contender for worst gift and my DC’s couldn’t decide which was the ugliest. This years is certainly the heaviest. I’m going to keep it in case we get burgled as a weapon (for self defence of course).

Please enlighten us!!

Isayitasitis · 28/12/2025 15:49

I was really grateful at everything I got but there were a few things I won't use as I already have a lot of them. So my partner's sweets and biscuits went to the food bank and I sent some small bits and pieces to the charity shop. I feel guilty but at the same time, it's helping charity and hopefully someone will love the things I don't need.

Most of mine were a hit though and I'm lucky to be surrounded by thoughtful people who know me well.

I have stopped friend's Christmas and birthdays though which has stopped a lot of things might not like but I always appreciated the thought. It was just too much money in the end.

redboxer321 · 27/12/2025 10:03

I wonder what the record is for how many times an individual Baylis and Harding gift set has been regifted 😆

ToffeePennie · 27/12/2025 10:00

I had a lovely gift set from a posh spa but sadly I have dermatitis and can’t use it. That’s a donate present for sure. Everything else is what I bought or put on my list.

brightnails · 27/12/2025 09:50

DolefullySingingMotherfucka · 26/12/2025 07:24

And how would that work on an anonymous forum?

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by PMing that’s how it would work @DolefullySingingMotherfucka🫠

Buscobel · 27/12/2025 09:31

Our gifts came from a supermarket and a garden centre. There isn’t anything to charity shop, but I’d love something connected with our interests.

Gettingbysomehow · 27/12/2025 00:51

Nucleus · 25/12/2025 23:29

My Avon room scents Advent calendar from MIL that she says lots of people recommended it to her as a perfect Christmas gift. Can someone make it make sense to give an Advent calendar as a Christmas present?!

I get migraines from room scents/air fresheners etc, so I cannot use it, which she does know. I am also pretty sure it is from last year as it says packaged in 2024 on the back and that she probably got it as a tombola prize. It would not be the first time she has done this.

The only acceptable calendar Xmas gift is a diptique calendar. Id love to get one of those for sure but its £399.

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 27/12/2025 00:43

therewasafishinthepercolator · 26/12/2025 22:57

Temu slippers and socks. 4 pairs of each.

Is it OK to send to charity? I've read that Temu stuff does not meet safety standards so we don't want it but I'm not entirely sure what to do with it. It's so wasteful to bin it but I don't want to pass on potentially unsafe items...

I really wish SIL would stop present buying. Every year with the Temu stuff. So wasteful. And i hate her wasting her money. We have tried. We agreed no presents from now on as our kids are all adults but then she sent a pile of presents down to us via MIL anyway.

It’s cheap electrical goods, toys, toiletries or foodstuffs that could be a problem, or candles maybe. I can’t see that there would be a problem with socks or slippers.

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 27/12/2025 00:29

Coffeeishot · 26/12/2025 08:13

I have chocolates that i don't like, I can't even charity shop those,

Food bank?

therewasafishinthepercolator · 27/12/2025 00:08

JDM625 · 26/12/2025 23:20

100% polyester duvet set- bed size unknown as still in the vacuum bag from possibly temu and MIL didn't know the size she bought us. OH, and the pattern is a massive head of dog 😬

Wow. That sounds both terrifying and a little bit awesome.

Moortown · 27/12/2025 00:04

I didn’t get many gifts but two from my mum will be going to the charity shop. A wooly hat, nothing wrong with it but it’s the exact same one she bought me last year 😂. And a calendar, I never use a paper calendar these days as everything is in my phone diary.

PermanentTemporary · 26/12/2025 23:46

I’ve had a wonderful Christmas for presents but I did get a shower gel which I will give away somehow. I like bar soap and very particular smells. I used to keep all toiletry gifts and use them even if I disliked them, but after nearly vomiting from the smell of some hand cream one year I would rather pass it on to someone who might like it.

SusanChurchouse · 26/12/2025 23:45

TwooooDoooozenRoses · 26/12/2025 23:13

Not a charity shop job but four(!) bottles of wine and a bottle of gin. All from close family and friends. I’ve been sober for nearly two years and have talked about that with all of them at various times…

Well done on your 2 years. That’s shit, I’m sorry. I’m 4 years in and found that the booze gifts have slowly dropped off now people are aware of the situation. I handed a lot of bottles in to fetes etc the first few years.

Needmorelego · 26/12/2025 23:43

LokeyCokey · 26/12/2025 23:31

No because I can’t bring myself to appear ungrateful and I think they’d be offended.

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It's not ungrateful if you literally can't use them.
I don't understand just not saying anything. There's a difference between "we don't like this gift" vs "we can't use this because there's nowhere we can get to in order to use it".
One might be considered rude, the other is stating a fact.

SusanChurchouse · 26/12/2025 23:42

A scarf from my in laws. It’s actually a good brand and nice quality but it’s wool which I don’t wear and it’s also beige which isn’t me. Also a board game that we already have.

AmarylIis · 26/12/2025 23:37

Dollybantree · 26/12/2025 22:45

Some pyjamas I won’t wear (I only wear the stretchy jersey type material) and a necklace dh bought me is being returned (not to the charity shop). I had seen it online and coveted it but it’s arrived and is unfortunately a really weird yellow-y gold colour - it looks like it fell out of a Christmas cracker yet cost over £200!

Sounds like it’s plated gold rather than real gold. So much jewellery is plated gold now. It’s super bright now but… Give it a few years and it all rubs off, it’s crap junk!

Makingpeace · 26/12/2025 23:34

Smellies from my colleague, mug and coaster from another colleague, gloves and hand cream set, a range of terrible socks from DH, a nodding tat thing from Japan (family member biz trips souvenir),

LokeyCokey · 26/12/2025 23:31

Needmorelego · 26/12/2025 23:07

Have you actually said "we have difficulty using those vouchers so don't get us those please" ?

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No because I can’t bring myself to appear ungrateful and I think they’d be offended.

bridgetreilly · 26/12/2025 23:31

RaisinRainbow · 26/12/2025 04:54

Gutted that a F Hind box contained cat shape earrings rather than the plain gold or pearl studs I actually need and had been hinting for. What a waste of £55. Vinted here we come!! The giver gives USUALLY sticks to A gift script but these were an impulse buy - the exception proved the rule!! A 2 foot tall Balinese style wooden cat statue has already gone to the charity shop - I opened it early as it was obvious what it was. My home is vintage cottage core and it just doesn't suit. That giver is horrendously tone deaf around gifts, it's an annual cycle. He even joked about just buying from the rare book series which I would LOVE, then goes ahead with his own whims.

I’m really struggling to imagine the parcel which obviously contained a 2 foot tall Balinese statue of a cat.

JDM625 · 26/12/2025 23:20

100% polyester duvet set- bed size unknown as still in the vacuum bag from possibly temu and MIL didn't know the size she bought us. OH, and the pattern is a massive head of dog 😬

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lemonsherberts6 · 26/12/2025 23:20

TwooooDoooozenRoses · 26/12/2025 23:13

Not a charity shop job but four(!) bottles of wine and a bottle of gin. All from close family and friends. I’ve been sober for nearly two years and have talked about that with all of them at various times…

blimey that’s awful!

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Needmorelego · 26/12/2025 23:17

TwooooDoooozenRoses · 26/12/2025 23:13

Not a charity shop job but four(!) bottles of wine and a bottle of gin. All from close family and friends. I’ve been sober for nearly two years and have talked about that with all of them at various times…

I would actually physically hand them back.
What a bunch of inconsiderate people 🙁

TwooooDoooozenRoses · 26/12/2025 23:13

Not a charity shop job but four(!) bottles of wine and a bottle of gin. All from close family and friends. I’ve been sober for nearly two years and have talked about that with all of them at various times…

WinterBerry40 · 26/12/2025 23:08

Sartre · 26/12/2025 11:52

MIL got us disgusting matching pyjamas with King and Queen on the shirt. We pissed ourselves laughing once she’d left. My Mum got us really random weird presents too, I’m not entirely sure what she was thinking with some. A salt lamp for example? I don’t know why anyone wants a lump of salt with a light in it.

Be aware those salt lamps can be toxic to animals . Some pets are drawn to licking them and being salt can damage their kidneys .

Needmorelego · 26/12/2025 23:07

LokeyCokey · 26/12/2025 23:04

Every year my in-laws get us one of those “experience” voucher things, there is never anything I want to do and/or that’s local so it seems like a massive waste! I so wish they’d just do a voucher for normal stuff!

Have you actually said "we have difficulty using those vouchers so don't get us those please" ?