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Worst Christmas present

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Spidey66 · 22/12/2023 20:46

So we’ve had the best present….what about your worst?

last year my husband’s mate bought me a Tesco Value loo roll holder. Why he thought I’d like it is beyond me.

He has longstanding mental health issues and is on benefits so I wasn’t really expecting anything, but I would have been happy with some chocolate or a small bottle of own brand vodka.

He actually asked my husband next time he visited why it wasn’t up in the bathroom, but fortunately our house is up for sale and a lot of stuff is packed away for photos and he was told it was packed away and would get pride of place when we moved!

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Elmeux · 22/12/2023 20:53

My list is endless....one year, after having had a go with my FIL's air rifle and casually saying I enjoyed it, my DH bought me a technical book on long range shooting.

sparkedsparkle · 22/12/2023 20:55

From dp on two separate years...

Electric toothbrush
Smart scales

I mean they both got used but not what you ideally want for a Xmas prezzie!

Actually one year my aunt & uncle bought me and dp a joint present of red wine and a travel set of Milton brown shower gel - we don't even drink alcohol

DilemmaDelilah · 22/12/2023 20:57

A pair of HUGE granny pants from my FIL's girlfriend, which I opened in front of EVERYONE at the ritual family present opening session......

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Mumaway · 22/12/2023 21:04

There was a great big wrapped box for a few weeks under our tree, with my name on it. I obviously gave it a bit of a shake, and it felt empty. I immediately decided it must be an engagement ring, disguised. I was beyond excited.
Cue Christmas morning, and I go to open the box, although now it's not empty. In fact it's crazy heavy. That's because our friends had snuck in during the night to install the gift. A terrarium, complete with a lizard that needed to be fed live crickets. FML.

RicherThanYews · 22/12/2023 21:08

A lizard?!? That's wonderful but was the poor wee baby traumatised after you shook his house like Tictacs?

Ifancythegrinch · 22/12/2023 21:08

I like 1950 furniture and have lots of it.

So some family members got it into their heads that I love everything about the 1950s. And 60s. And 70s.

I got a life size bust of Elvis one year. Huge, ugly fucking thing that made then baby dd cry.

I fucking hate Elvis. I’ve told them all I hate Elvis. They just shrug and say, “50s”. I’ve had every Elvis piece of shit imaginable. I’d rather have the money.

Bloops · 22/12/2023 21:26

Mumaway · 22/12/2023 21:04

There was a great big wrapped box for a few weeks under our tree, with my name on it. I obviously gave it a bit of a shake, and it felt empty. I immediately decided it must be an engagement ring, disguised. I was beyond excited.
Cue Christmas morning, and I go to open the box, although now it's not empty. In fact it's crazy heavy. That's because our friends had snuck in during the night to install the gift. A terrarium, complete with a lizard that needed to be fed live crickets. FML.

HAHAHAHA

yoshiblue · 22/12/2023 21:40

My DH was bought a cartoon reindeer ladies handbag hand sanitizer by his mum during the pandemic. He's an NHS doctor and was given vats of it for free. He was deeply hacked of and still moans about it!

updownleftrightstart · 22/12/2023 21:42

@Mumaway How is that not the best Christmas present ever?!

reallyworriedjobhunter · 22/12/2023 22:14

When I was 8 months pregnant my MIL gave me a pair or American tan hold up stockings and some rubber gloves saying that they went together as a sexy outfit. I also had to open it in front of her vet who she had for some reason invited for Christmas without telling us.

Readers, this was now 15 years ago and I have never spent another Christmas under her roof.

Bippitybobbityboing · 22/12/2023 22:20

My girlfriend a few years ago took her ex shopping for my Christmas present.
They were both size 10s, I was (at the time) a 16/18.
They decided on a walking jacket. They phoned me from the shop laughing because they were trying on coats that they thought would fit me then shoving pillows and cushions into the coat where I was fatter so they could check.

It was actually a nice coat but I couldn't look at it without feeling mortified.

mynameiscalypso · 22/12/2023 22:22

reallyworriedjobhunter · 22/12/2023 22:14

When I was 8 months pregnant my MIL gave me a pair or American tan hold up stockings and some rubber gloves saying that they went together as a sexy outfit. I also had to open it in front of her vet who she had for some reason invited for Christmas without telling us.

Readers, this was now 15 years ago and I have never spent another Christmas under her roof.

Oh, I'm feeling really shit this evening but I can't stop giggling at this. The vet just makes it 👌🏻

CrispsnDips · 22/12/2023 22:25

A flannel
nor even a bar of soap with it
😆

Sidebeforeself · 22/12/2023 22:29

A long slim box beautifully wrapped ,underneath the tree with my name on it. Necklace? Watch? Bracelet?

Nope.

Marzipan fucking fruits.

We’re divorced.

CrikeyMajikey · 22/12/2023 22:35

20+ years ago I got 3 Woks for Xmas, two off my mum and one off my SIL who’d asked mum for ideas. My mum is now 84 and as bright as a button so it wasn’t any sort of dementia, I’ve no idea what it was all about.

Fridayfederica · 22/12/2023 22:38

When I was about 35 a cousin let her young children choose my gift of a device that generated random farting noises. She thought it was ok as I could have fun with it in the office where I managed a team of accountants.

Maaofatoddler · 22/12/2023 22:38

Hand moulds for couple. Yuck !!

DisforDarkChocolate · 22/12/2023 22:39

My ex used to buy me perfume every year. Not a favourite perfume, or even one I liked but wouldn't treat myself to. Just whatever was new and offered free gift wrapping.

It says everything about his feelings for me.

carmerondaydee · 22/12/2023 22:45

Hold my beer.

My mum gave me a John Frida Brilliantly Blonde gift set. I am - and had been since I was a toddler - a dark brunette. When I pointed this out, she said 'oh, but you were such a blonde baby'.

The same year she gave my (new) DH a bottle of aftershave (he has a full beard), three books from the middle of a series that my ex used to read, and two half-complete six packs of a beer he'd told her he disliked.

moana1234 · 22/12/2023 22:49

An ex bought me a toaster... because i like toast 🙇‍♀️

sleepysummers · 22/12/2023 22:56

An ex of mine really hyped up my Christmas present one year. Said it was so expensive I'd need to insure it etc. not that I'm materialistic at all.

Opened it up. It was a Thomas Sano necklace with horse shoes on it.

I had not ridden a horse since I was a child- i had no interests in horses whatsoever.

It was about £50 too 😂 what an idiot.

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Spidey66 · 23/12/2023 12:42

I've just remembered. My mate in her early 20s was engaged to a lad who told her he was going to buy her an ironing board for Christmas. That's when she had a vision of her future and called it off.

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Bonjovispjs · 23/12/2023 16:13

Friend gave me a box of jaffa cakes a couple of years ago, was really glad I spent £30 on her as well as buying presents for her husband and 3 kids 😡

WhamBamThankU · 23/12/2023 16:39

My mum is a bit batshit and last year she adopted a donkey for me as my main present. Thought I was gonna be really excited when the 3 monthly updates came about Kevin. I was not.

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