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.

Not me, but my dad has gifted my mum a Hoover and a teas made (yes a teas made, like it’s 1965) for Christmas .

His reasoning was she could keep it in her room as she loves a brew in bed 😂

Last year my mum gave me a soft cloche style hat. I put it on and DD said "you look like the lady in the Christmas film." Which didn't seem bad until she clarified "the pigeon lady in Home Alone 2"

BRENDA FLIPPING FRICKER.

Mum said she'd return the hat.

I laughed a lot, and it makes me smile even now. I've had many bad presents but that's definitely the worst one.

So much choice with my MIL. I should have known the bar was set low when the first year I was dating DH she got me a crochet toilet roll holder for Xmas . Nothing says welcome to the family more than that
There followed numerous random presents over the years . I particularly liked the purple dress phase where I received no less than 5 purple dresses in a row for birthday and Xmas. All different styles and sizes from an 8 to a 14 and all arriving without tags so couldn't even return. I have never shown a preference for purple clothes so who knows where that came from
She died a few years ago and I do miss her at Xmas

A box of biscuits from my mother. The same year my sibling got a car.

Our tradition was we unwrapped presents in turn around the tree. I would have been I think 12/13 and quite self conscious with the entire family watching I opened up a stocking filler from my mum- four quite Lacey thongs. I nearly died on the spot and the boys in the family started sniggering. I asked why? She said she thought they would be useful when I played sports! I also had a bottle of greasey hair shampoo from an aunt and a set of coat hangers from another aunt- practical I suppose.

A stuffed squirrel wrapped in a tea towel !

I've just laughed so hard at that! Thank you! 🤣😂

A teddy bear that moved around on wheels and played Thriller when you switched it on.

I don't think I've ever had anything bad apart from make up sets as a teen that I'd never use.
@KookyGreenHelper why are you suggesting alternatives to bath bombs though?
Surely you need to say firmly and clearly
" I Am Allergic To Bath Bombs Do Not Buy Them For Me Thanks" 🤔

What?

Did you find it in your bed? Are you sure it was a gift and not a message from Don Vito Corleone?

My mother has form for this- if you told her something you really dislike you would definitely get it as a present. So for example my sister is a good baker but would never use a cake stand, got a cake stand 3 years in a row.
The year before I went no contact she filled a bin bag full of the worst rubbish she could think of including horrible costume jewellery, presents I had given her the year before (that she asked for) and a farting cuddly monster ( I was in my thirties).
Still doesn't top the year she got me a piece of designer luggage and my twin a bin bag full of second hand gypsy skirts from the charity shop. She did love to play favourites

When I was about 17 my mother and sister got me a pair of next jeans a couple of sizes too small so I could “fit into them” because I was “going to go on diet anyway”

for context my sister has seriously disordered eating even years after this incident so it’s more a reflection of her own self esteem I think

I have never been keen on wearing revealing clothing; have always felt the cold; and always hated the feel of anything scratchy on my skin.

So imagine my surprise when, one Christmas morning aged about 15/16, I unwrapped a set of cheap cream satin (polyester), pajamas that consisted of VERY short (think half your arse-cheeks on show, but loose, so BEYOND revealing), shorts and itchy lacy/embroidered vest top.

Understandable had they been gifted by my clueless, skint desperate for a shagteenage boyfriend, but no. They were from my own DM.

A bath bomb from DH which contained real dried flowers and herby leaves. It smelt fine, but the leaves and flowers got suck round the bath, and couldn’t be washed down the drain for fear of blocking it. ( some also stuck to me, so I had to follow my nice relaxing bath with a shower to detach them). Then I had to clean the bath , ensuring the flowers stayed on the cloth….

However, he also bought me my two favourite Dior fragrances and a bonus box of L’occitane hand cream , so he had a nice Christmas.

The gift that helped me realise my ex boyfriend was cheating on me!

After having my first baby in the November, I asked my mum for a pair of boots for Christmas, when she gave me my present I was quite excited as it was a box the same size as if it was the boots I wanted, when I opened it I was mortified to see it was a soft doll with a baby one in its pocket,
when I asked her why she thought I would want that as I had a 4 week old baby, her
response was “well I like it so if you don’t want it then I’ll have it” she then went and put it on her bed 🤷🏻‍♀️

My relative keeps a stash of Baylis and Harding bath sets and I get one every year. I try to give them away (like you, sensitive skin and the stuff brings me out in a rash!) but nobody will take them 🤣

I feel bad because she clearly thinks they're posh/a treat, but my Baylis and Harding gift sets now have a cupboard all of their own!

The winner though has to be getting a second hand printer from another relative. I already had a printer which was used maybe once a year. Why they thought I needed another printer I will never know 😬

My sister in law once got me the cheapest, most awful neon pink gloves.
We no longer exchange gifts.

Pringles.
Nicely wrapped but they were a flavour I would never eat ever. That was the whole gift. After I had specially ordered something very expensive from America, paid extra postage for it to come to the U.K., and import duties and fees. All because it was the “one thing she really wanted” that year and I knew there was no one else who would get it for her.
Our relationship has expired since.
Tickets to go and see a film my SIL’s husband wanted to see was very weird. I ended up giving my gift to SIL because I just wasn’t interested and everyone who knows me knows I already have a cinema pass for that cinema and free tickets through that pass. It was weird.

A box of naice but out-of-date chocolate biscuits from an Uncle. It was a regift as we had given them to him last year. He didn't even bother to remove the gift tag that I had stuck on!

I don't know why but this made me laugh out loud. I wish I could see it!

@Andoutcomethewolves again - have you told them firmly and clearly you can't use them?

Oh and DH got me a chocolate orange once. That was it.

A book on napkin folding from MIL

A bottle of perfume from MIL (who I detest) called Envy that was so vile it made me nauseous. I’m sure that wasn’t planned…..