To ask what weird Christmas presents you got that you love?

[TheChickenisaDuck]

My DM got me a waving Chinese cat, but it's solar panelled so when enough light hits it (either electric light or natural sunlight) the arm waves itself. I love it. I love cats anyway, but this is just sweet - so much thought went into it from my DM which makes a change as she usually just buys me any crap she can find it's got pride of place on my mantel piece next to my desk so I can see it all the time.

What about you? Did you get an odd present you love?

A sweary colouring book and sharpie markers I love colouring! Especially things that say fuck.

An electric, heated, neck and shoulder massager. Bliss.

My glass kettle that changes colour... I painted my kitchen and mentions to DH that our red kettle doesn't match anymore and I always really wanted a glass one. Not something I would justify getting for myself when we had a kettle that worked. Needless to say I was over the top excited 😃

Op - a waving cat was my dd's favourite present also!!! She loves them. Father Christmas was very clever indeed to know that.

This penguin velcro hat with balls that you throw and points for where it lands.

Yeah weird af.

Not me, but I got my mum a lifesize wall-mounted resin horse head with an articulated mouth like equestrian shops use to display bridles etc. It was just meant to be a silly little thing for her to hang on the garden wall and use the mouth to hold hanging baskets or something, but she loved it! She hung it in her dining room! It does look quite weird.

Slippers which you heat up in the microwave. Amazing.

Love these, especiallly the dinosaur egg. X

An oversized dressing gown from Lidl. It's so cozy!

L'Occitane Divine Immortelle face cream: it's amazing!

I just had to google what a mattock is. Thought from the photo it might be some sort of ice pick or a garden tool. It’s a hand tool!

An air fryer!

pickled onions

A giant Great White Shark cushion/cuddly toy.
I hadn't realised I needed one.

OMG Weeds thank you thank you thank you - I had a tricky present to buy coming up and now I'm going to get them an embossed rolling pin! I've googled them and they are beautiful!

A calendar of English countryside scenes. I was a bit when I received it and probably came across very ungrateful -sorry DM! but as I live abroad, it actually is a beautiful reminder of home.

Sea monkeys
Some purple playdoh (its on my desk at work i squeeze n sniff it....takes me to a simpler time!)
Pasta maker
Sylvanian families canal boat...i always wanted one as a kid, we were v poor and last year my mum got me one! Xx

The comfiest dressing gown , wish I could wear it all the time.

Measuring spoons from DS. He obviously overheard me chuntering in the kitchen about my old knackered, not even a full set any more, spoons and went to the trouble of getting me some.

Not bad for a teenager who seems to pay no attention to anything except his phone 😂.

I had a (Wilko fake) Lego pirate ship, a Last Jedi calendar and a French knitting doll I have become a bit obsessed with and now have to think of things to make with the results...

Hatching unicorn and Halloween m&ms

A personalised Gary Barlow pillow case, and hidden inside it was tickets for his solo tour 😀💕😀

Five jars of gherkins.

A waffle maker!

A Mr frosty

It was the one present I asked for growing up and never got. My mum got me one at the grand age of 32

Waving cats are awesome! Loads of fab presents on this thread.

I got a set of ‘family’ mugs - the parent mugs have sticky out ‘arms’, while the baby one in the middle has loops, so they all link together. It is much cuter than it sounds and as it is our first Christmas as parents, I love it.

We were also given a very generous gift of a family pass to a local zoo, so we will be going to get our photo ID cards done soon. I am chortling at the thought of 9 month old DD having photo ID.

I also got a tin of Twiglets which I am not sharing with anyone.