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.

A velvety throw (which is lovely, but l already have eight throws) from a friend who lives over 100 miles away, and obviously doesn't know l don't need one, it's a very kind thought, but a bit pointless.
My best friend gave me a heated one last year, which is fantastic, l can only assume the friend who sent this one forgot that, because l've been raving about it while l've had this flu bug. Or thought I'd be even more cosy, bless her.
I'm going to ask at our local foodbank if they know anyone who would appreciate it. If not, l'll take it to the local charity shop.
She also sent me fluffy socks (brilliant) and fingerless gloves, which l'm thrilled with as l've struggled to find any locally.

Foot cream ........

Got a four pack of 'Misguided' eau de parfum sprays from hub. ( No I'd never heard of it either) Thought I'd use them as room sprays and put them on one side.. When he was passing he said, oh.. I hadn't opened them I got them on ebay..They cost a lot..I said, 'what? tuppence?'.. he said, you're joking they were around forty quid!
Whaaaat !

B&M sells Misguided toiletries, they're really cheap.

I sent a couple of people a Hotel Chocolat Christmas gift box (and have done so in prior years too) - I love HC, nobody ever sends it to me! Now worried that I've sent a crap gift!

I cut down a lot of present giving this year but maybe I'll give up on even more next year...such as HC!

Is it really for him?

Sorry you are feeling this way but you are probably right to feel this way. It's the old 'actions speak louder than words' thing.

Next Christmas things could look so much better for you.

No, he doesn't use game controllers either.

I got men's toiletries!

Can I please add a 2021 entry? Cheese maker and a fake oodie for someone 5ft. I am 6ft

There is usually a ‘gift swap’ thread on here, one man’s rubbish and all that!

@Chikapu that's really weird then.

I got a candle from my MIL. She gave it to my 1 year old to "hand" to me. He dropped it and it smashed.

Complete waste.

Another one here with a Bath Bomb related grievance! I am allergic to them, they dry my skin out and bring me out in a rash. MIL doesn't "believe" in allergies and thinks it's just me being a "typical woke snowflake millennial" so she buys me a set of fucking bath bombs every christmas as a little passive aggressive 'fuck you'.

That sounds like someone won it in a raffle and passed it on .

Bath bombs make my fanny flaps curl up like roller blinds, followed by an immediate dose of thrush.

I love Hotel Chocolat!

And I don't think that people 'giving a shit about you' is measured by imaginative presents.

Deliberately giving someone gifts that would make them ill if they used them, like the OP's siblings is another matter, and uncaring at best, hostile at worst.

I think he has inadvertently given you the best gift you will ever receive. Have a brilliant 2023.....without him.

I think I might have given crap gifts.

I bought my four year old niece a unicorn dressing gown (she loves unicorns). I'm told no children that age would wear a dressing gown (it was towelling) and told off for not checking first. Should I have done?? I thought my choosing it was part of the thing as they have loads of money. Also soft toy which parents don't want her to have for unspecified reasons. I will now have to buy alternative gifts and have been thoroughly told off. Genuinely aibu to be miffed? Should I have checked first?

I often wonder what the people who are so dismissive of gifts people have bought them (HC chocolates clearly are not vile) buy other people? Do they take the same amount of effort to find out the likes/dislikes/allergies of their giftees as they expect their gift givers to put into presents for them?
Caveat: if you are genuinely allergic then fair dos, but there seems to be an inordinate amount of people with eczema that only seems to be triggered by Bayliss and Harding - I wonder why that could be?

As far as I'm concerned, anyone who 'doesn't believe in allergies' or other health issues and deliberately disregards them when giving presents is a MONSTER!

Do you play games at all?

Luckily ok in our house but a bit of hilarity to cheer you up! I gave DH a bottle of wine with a tag saying “including a trip to taste it”. His response “I’ve been there before” (he hasn’t). DM nearly 90 chipped in with “X&Y buy 2 seats for him on the plane”! 🤣🤣

There's nothing wrong with this! My DS is similar age and loves a dressing gown.

@needtonamechange1000 my kids love a dressing gown, perfect for keeping cosy post bath and in the mornings. Is it your sister or brothers kid? Because your sister or sil are utterly batshit....who refuses a soft toy????

I bought my four year old niece a unicorn dressing gown (she loves unicorns). I'm told no children that age would wear a dressing gown (it was towelling) and told off for not checking first.

My 4 year old loves her Olaf dressing gown and wears it every night before bed.