What is the worst Christmas present you have received?

[KookyGreenHelper]

I will start. Every year a certain family member gets me bath bombs. I cannot use them as i am alergic to them. I have suggested things i would prefer every year like chocolates or a good bottle of wine. This family member always fails to listen. I am fed up of pretending to be greatful.

My late grandmother was awful at giving gifts lol. She genuinely thought she was getting it spot on and none of us would ever have disillusioned her, she was just a lovely Nanny. We would all thank her profusely and see the pleasure in her face.

Later on though, when home the 4 of us would curl up and die laughing as we used or modelled our gifts. Between us, a few of the stand out gifts were a dynamo torch that you’d have to wind and wind and wind for 30 seconds light for one of my brothers.

Pastel pink polyester nighties for my sister and I. Matching of course…. We were in our 20s. One year I got a gold latex stretch mini skirt in a size 12. I was a generous 18 and quite heavily pregnant lol. My sister got the matching blouse in a 16. She was a size 10. My sister and I had many happy years smuggling the full outfit into each others bags every time we saw each other.

Another brother got a turntable thing to put in the car to make getting in and out easier…… for when he collected her lol.

She died some years ago now, but the memories are gold! Like the skirt lol

I didn’t get a present last year, so probably that.

Posh brunette shampoo & conditioner from my MIL.

You've guessed it. I'm blonde. Always have been.

"Well he's never gone out with a blonde before" she shrugged.

Worst gift from MIL was a fleecy underblanket from Knightingales that had actually gone bust 6 years prior. It was in a plastic zip round bag, but where the zip was slightly undone the blanket was black with dirt.
Not as bad as her grandson who received a glass boot yard of ale, complete with dust. He'd actually donated it to the charity shop and his grandad had taken the box of stuff for them, as a favour. Obviously couldn't resist taking it and regifting it back to him 🤣

Also loving everyone's posts...both awful and hilarious in equal measure.

Here's to getting the presents we deserve this year 🥂

A skydiving experience a week after a C-section. I also have a huge fear of heights!

I asked for a 'really nice scented candle, citrus or herby scents' and SIL got me an orange-scented Yankee candle because that's what her DD (who was at the time 13) was in to. The thing smelt vile and I sold it on Ebay shortly after I received it.

UGH!

These are so so weird!

orange is sort of citrus-y and a lot of people love Yankee!

Not me but my son. One of my family members always buys him a Lynx set and every year it goes to a charity shop. He has eczema every year I tell them he can't use that but they don't listen. He's severely autistic so can't really say for himself it's not right for him. So I have to do it for him.

Another time they got DD a load of pink tat from Poundland. They buy a cheap version of what I suggested so they can get more. But it usually ends up broke or not what they wanted.

Did you ever open it? There might have been £100 , ok £50, or even £20 inside

sorry, just read more carefully and I see Krusty sadly committed clowncide and broke, so no secret stash then.

I had to Google it. Why did they go out of fashion?

Milk. They never cracked the milk issue. Defeats the purpose if you have to trek downstairs to the kitchen for milk.

Someone I know (I hope to god she’s not on here) always gives us a family parcel for Christmas and I’m pretty sure she just clears out her house of junk for the year when she does it. One of my kids got a pile of slightly battered and dog eared books, another got a puzzle with missing pieces, I got a hot pink satchel (I mean what is that?) and old mug. All very much second hand and not especially nice or ‘us’. Dh never gets anything and he’s happy about that. 😂 sometimes it’s stuff that’s clearly been sat at the bottom of her cupboard and she’s regifting eg bath and shower stuff. Other times it’s more crap like the out of date chocolates.

and I guess that’s why they’re still popular in places like Germany (no milk)

An opened tin of shortbread. It was opened as the previous evening they were having a cup of tea and fancied a biscuit. So they took a "only a couple" from the tin.

From PIL of 5 years.

This isn't a direct response to your question but when I was working, we used to run an unwanted Christmas presents table early in the New Year as a way of disposing of people's rubbish presents. We were constantly amazed at what would turn up and a favourite comment people would make was "if my relative gave me that, I would aim to change my relatives". It was a very fun event.

Sadly not... Although it did cross my mind to keep an eye out as it "sadly" fell to the floor!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@Topsyturvy78 I'd be tempted to really just lose my temper and shout "Why have you bought him this? We have TOLD you he can't use it. What is going through your head when you buy it? Seriously WHY?"
I'd be interested in their answer.

My dear mum bought me a horrendous cabbage patch doll table lamp / its head lit up 😂 I was 24

This cracked me up 🤣🤣🤣

I've remembered a few more:

1. as an impoverished student reliant on public transport: a record token for a shop whose only branch was miles away and i had no way to get to.
2. mid-teens, opened the only parcel that might plausibly have been what I'd asked for, to reveal a set of French boules. Which was certainly not what i'd asked for (and was only ever used as a door stop - they might as well have given me a brick).
3. also mid-teens, with reasonably sophisticated (i.e. adult) reading tastes, this little beauty: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Father-Christmas-Holiday-Picture-Puffin/dp/0140501878/ . I'd probably have enjoyed it - 10 yrs earlier.

I find as an an adult I cant get too worked up about shit presents, but i keenly remember the crushing disappointment as a child/teen.

That's got to be the winner!!! That's hysterical!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@izzywizzydizzy Father Christmas Goes On Holiday is a graphic novel classic though.....