to start a random/unsuitable/shit xmas present thread

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Please share your absolute shockers here!

SIL & BIL have given my 6 month old a small (90p) selection box. It consists of a bar of chocolate, a chomp and a curly wurly. These are tough even on my teeth but my baby doesn't have teeth yet and won't be going near chocolate for the foreseeable!

Nothing spectacular for me, just the usual smellies, socks, pants and chocs.
My mum isn't speaking to me after I apparently 'lied' about her saying something to me (apparently she never said anything of the sort, but I never quote what anyone has said unless I'm 210% sure of their exact words). I think she tried to get back at me in an indirect way by getting DS and DD clothes that are 3/4/5yrs younger than their actual age. DS is 12yo and DD is 11yo and the clothes for DD were aged 7-8yo and DS's clothes were the same age.

The DC go round to her house every week, so there's no excuse for not knowing, except that she isn't interested but likes to make out that she's a doting GM. Ah well, such is life

Not as outrageous as some presents on here though.

A few years ago a friend gave me a really massive silver metal heart/key ring enstudded with big crystals. Fair enough I'm always losing my key to my locker at work. Then the crystals started falling off.

Next year, she gave me a hideous necklace, like a choker type thing and something you would buy in Claire's accessories! I wear a thin chain with a cross on, not bloody great necklaces.
Following year, earings of a similar nature. Why?

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius they would be very much appreciated and played with here

If you'd like to pm me your address, I will pop them in the post when I can get to the post office, Feeling.

My father inexplicably bought me and my DP a DVD of Peppa Pig.

We don't have children much to my father's disappointment (nor do we have any plans to have them in the immediate future).

'Don't get offended by this, its just a joke. Don't read too much into it' he said as we opened it. WTF?

Give and receive presents from such a small number of people that I normally avoid this.

Seriously though, what thoughts go round the head of someone who thinks a packet of pegs from the supermarket is a good Xmas present?!

DH wrapped one tray of cheap chocolates from a box that had 2 trays and put that in my stocking. Worse still the chocolates were a gift from a friend 2 days earlier and I'd put them in the bin so I wouldn't eat them (post baby diet). So he fished the chocs out of the bin and rewrapped them...pretty crap!

bulldogmum - WTF?! This is disgusting and mean. I'm struggling to put any kind of positive spin on it. Is it possible he was just wanting to give you the message you don't need to worry about dieting? Did he give you other, kinder, presents? Because if that was it, I think I would actually LTB.

Omg, most of these are truly awful. I'm kind of glad that I don't get a lot of presents, less chance of disappointment that way.

Well my 5 month old son now has 16 3-6month cardigans / jackets and around 20odd hats, numerous mittens etc. I really want to give most of it away but my husband thinks it's rude

Oh yes we got a selection box too for the 5 month old

A shopping bag. It folds up into a tiny little bag. I'm sure it's really useful to keep in your handbag if you use public transport/unexpectedly go shopping/want to occasionally save 5p, but we're rural and I have a three month old, if I'm shopping I'll have the car, or at least the pram, and I don't actually carry a handbag. Also another family member got the same gift from the same giver, so no thought whatsoever.

If baby clothes arnt right swap them. It's not rude if it's awful it's never going to be worn anyway.

My dd has just arrived home from her dads.... with a new pair of trainers, odd trainers. He hadn't checked them and they are completely different.

Anyone seen the Amazon advert for the knee pads?

I got a pair of those from DP........ so I could errrm, use them in the bedroom if you get my drift.

I will be back in January when I get the gifts off the BIL & wife ( they are out of country ATM) Every year they have given us some tat that goes straight into the bin. Wish they would just give us booze and chocolates ffs. And to add injury to insult, we only see them once a year ( they have no interest in us rest of the year despite living 30 mins away) to exchange gifts. So looking forward to their company and gifts....

Secret Santa with my DH's extended family, budget £15. I usually get a generic shower gel/body lotion combo or similar that I would never use but my reaction is always "omg! so grateful! Thank you santa! " This year I got a tiny box of chocolates that my Secret Santa got as a free gift (I know because it still had the FREE GIFT sticker on ) and notebook that had been half used, had some pages ripped out and a couple of random shopping lists near the back

Next year I am going to buy myself a bottle of wine for £10 and shove some cheap chocs in a bag for whoever I get. Merry Christmas

I received a large wrapped box from my dad and his wife....I foolishly got excited.

It contained a used ( as in had dirty cooking oil) oven glove. A guide dog tea towel ( musty smell) an obviously acquired in a charity shop coin purse in a box with several rips and holes and a previously owned plain navy handbag which again I suspect from a charity shop.
Nothing I had suggested nothing of any use to me whatsoever....he also gave d's their Christmas money at the beginning of the month....in their birthday cards .. £15.

I would be so upset but having seen the mountains of gifts for his wife's family ( none of which I suspect has come from a charity shop) it just seems such a let down I know he's not short of money which somehow makes it all worse.

We are still waiting for the d's lego sets

Legon set from 3 years ago ...which is still in the loft.... given to wife's grandson no doubt

I'd quite like a mermaid blanket!

I have just opened size 7-9 slippers from DH family. My feet are size 4-5. It almost tops the 36inch length checked trousers from her a few years back - I am 5ft tall...or the size 16 plus belt (I was a size 10 then!).

Zombie waterproof first aid survival kit.

Vacuum cleaner.

Both from DH.