The shit Christmas presents of 22 thread.

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Another year, another round of presents from family that I cannot use. I have a serious food allergy and another health condition that means that I can't eat or use some foods/cosmetics. These are not new health issues, had them since childhood, yet there is not a single gift out of the few that I received that I can make use of. I decided to be blunt this year (after years of unsuaitable gifts) and tell the givers that I can't use their gifts due allergy etc but thanks anyway. Now I'm an ungracious brat. Am I? "It's not their fault I'm fussy." I'm really not, I just don't want to get sick. I would prefer not to do the gift thing as I'm not overly bothered about that part of Christmas, but I would be ruining it for everyone else, everyone else who gets decent thoughtful presents based on knowing what they like, it's shit when those thoughts are not reciprocated.

Anyone else want to join the naff presents club.

From DB, a cheap, hideous throw rug and a calendar, saying he thought of me when he saw it. Called the Daily Bitch.

From DM, a tea towel. (I bought her 12 months streaming channel subscription. She knew she was getting it, too.)

Nothing else, from anyone, except what I bought for myself to wrap up.

DH got cool stuff from my family. Annoying since I do 100% of gift buying & he just turns up.

They wonder why I want to do Christmas only giving to the DC's & not adults.

@WomanhoodIsABirthright - only glitter if there is glue...

@needtonamechange1000 my eldest daughter (now 9) loves a dressing gown and wears hers all the time. Always has done since she was little. She would have loved your gift.

Oh I definitely think you should.

The strangest gift I got was a plain white tea cup that's probably not new and not fancy at all with a six or seven packs of individually wrapped herbal teabags which must be from my sisters tea bag collection at home. Very odd.

Two this year that aren't intrinsically terrible, but are useless for me.

Box of milk chocolates from work - fair enough, they have no reason to know about my dairy allergy.

Milk chocolate and marshmallow hot chocolate set from my MiL. Joint present for DH and me. As well as my milk allergy, we are both vegetarian and the marshmallows are made with pork gelatine.

Ah well - the intentions were good, and there will be a couple of treats going to the local food bank next week.

Anyone else get lingerie from their spouse? 🙄

Uum a really weird one.

My mum usually gets us pants for Xmas, which is fine, no biggie.

However for whatever reason, she bought me a bra and pants which matched the pants she bought my brother in law....and she bought my husband pants which matched the bra and pants she bought my sister. So they didn't 'get mixed up in the washing basket'

Don't ask 🤣🤣🤣

Re Hotel Chocolat
I genuinely look forward to getting a box every year. Its the one gift, I'd be really really disappointed NOT to get. Its my way of surviving January, by looking forward to them and making them last the whole month.

Re Ferrero Rocher
They are naff, but wonderful. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without them. When DS was 2, he decided to pick one up and woof it down. Now Santa brings them and his eyes light up when he sees them.

I have come to the conclusion, that I'd much much prefer food and drink to anything else from everyone but DH. Sod being clever - its too easy to just go wrong and to end up with disappointment / resentment all round. I'd love books, but I think that without an explicit list, family would go horribly wrong - MIL once gave DH a biography of the Two Ronnies - fuck knows why as he's barely old enough to remember who they even are, and certainly never expressed any interest in them!

My husband decided we had agreed we would not buy each other gifts. We had not agreed this, we had suggested it but then decided not to buy for extended family so that we could afford to spend on each other without overstretching. He, if his version is to be believed, immediately forgot the conversations and only remembered the one fleeting suggestion prior, which is that we were not buying for one another. Despite telling me things he wanted for Xmas. Despite me telling him I had bought him things and not to snoop in the cupboard. For some reason he still felt as if he was exempt from buying me anything.

Anyway, Christmas morning rolls around, he has a stack of well thought out and quite pricey presents from me and dashes out to his car to grab me an unwrapped TV series calendar (watched it a few years ago, never bothered with the newer seasons- it's ok, I don't exactly love it though and I don't get why I've got the bloody calendar now) and a quality street chocolate bar which I hate. These are gifts he was intending to present me with as a triumphant "I couldn't see you with nothing" gesture. But actually, they're all I got for Christmas, handed to me still damp from his horrible condensation car, while I watched everyone else unwrap all their carefully selected (exclusively by me) gifts. And then I went to toil in the kitchen for hours on end.

DH Liquirice Allsorts which upsets his guts Ive told family umpteen times
A Boots daily mini treats cranberry body wash and body butter gift set which looks like its from some time in the 2000s

What was the dvd?

I got two scented candles today - and they are both minging! One from my DP you could smell even before I unwrapped it, always a bad sign. I thought maybe Lush. Some sort of Christmas spice candle, but powdery & not nice. I had to quickly shut it away in a cupboard before it stank everything up. The one from my son had that old grandma smell.
I am actually really easy to buy for. A decent bottle of wine, £6 would do it, but I never get this.
I have actually had long convos with DP about scented candles, the best brands & he has bought me Diptyque in the past.
Grim

Not shit but definitely unwanted: an Apple Watch. My mother asked me in October if I would use an Apple Watch and I immediately said no, that I had no interest in that sort of thing and wouldn’t wear it if I had one. Guess what I got this morning?

Will be interesting to see what my brother does. He is notoriously terrible at gifts. He once gave me an oscillating fan. When I asked wtf he said I had mentioned hating fans (I do, hence the wtf) but that this was a nice fan so clearly I’d like this one.

No, there is no obligation to check. If they feel the need to have an input they should contact you about it well before Christmas. Also nonsense about preschoolers not wearing dressing gowns or unspecified reasons for rejecting a soft toy. On top of that, if they did have those views it’s only polite to accept the gift gratefully, not to tell you off! That’s outrageous and there is no need to buy an alternative gift, what absolute nonsense you shouldn’t even consider it. Good grief!

My four year old would have loved a unicorn dressing gown! Your niece can wear it to dress up if not as a gown.

A wine bottle stopper (from parents) I don't drink wine.

I had a tiny necklace with my initial on it. I wouldn't mind but l am 62 and never wear any jewellery. The same present was given to my daughters as well 🤣

MIL keeps consistently buying me a hand cream that I’ve had several allergic reactions to. Every. Single. Year.

I’ve handed it to my SIL in front of MIL this morning, she’s not old and forgetful, she knows what she’s doing. I’ve now started buying her a candle I know she doesn’t like. There’s a cupboard full of them in her house.

I LOVE hotel Chocolat- feel free to send any unwanted boxes my way!

Not being unreasonable, the parents are being so rude imo. My 3 year old loves her dressing gown and every single soft toy she lays her eyes on!

brother and his gf got me a nail voucher for a gel polish… I’ve bitten my nails for my whole life and can’t use it.

SIL every year gets me a gift that says how much she dislikes me. For the last 2 years she’s gotten me a purse that is obviously either one of her used ones or from a charity shop. No labels or tags on..Last years had someone’s library card in it and this years is full of crumbs. I had been feeling guilty as I only gave them Ted baker perfume / aftershave and chocs each so I also handed them a bottle of gin on the way out the door. Wish I hadn’t bothered

I am absolutely floored by this. What a bitch!!

brother and his gf got me a nail voucher for a gel polish… I’ve bitten my nails for my whole life and can’t use it.

Thoughtless pressie, but could you use it to get some gel nail extensions? Otherwise I guess it might make a nice present for someone else!

Do you have a hungry pet gorilla to feed?