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 mum once said me she was gonna get me a Pandora bracelet (hot stuff at the time maybe 15 years ago). I really wanted one and couldn’t afford one myself as I was early 20’s. I was so excited and decided I’d buy a few charms with my next wage packet.

On the day I got a plastic ring and a tea towel. She said “That’s a good quality tea towel don’t be mopping up meat juice with it!”. My now-DH got a bottle of £90 aftershave. I was absolutely gutted (but not surprised, this is very typical of my mum)

Nothing.
From my ex husband. It wouldn’t have been so bad, but he came to the office party on Christmas Eve and told a lot of people. I was mortified that they were all sorry for me.

My only examples are all incredibly thoughtful but misplaced.

For example my sister made me a beautiful clothing item which is about 3 sizes too small. I can't bear to get rid of it as she put so much effort in. Maybe DD will wear it one day!

We live overseas from family so tend to ask for small things which will fit in a suitcase (e.g a box of chocolates) and quite often get super extravagant and very large and/ or breakable versions of whatever it is (e.g. a splendid bag of meringues the size of a butter barrel).

A dirty plate from SIL.
Thong swimsuit from my Nan when I was 12.

A dustbin.. for my bedroom .. I didn't know what to think/say.. who buys their SO a bin???

The staff must have been running a post Christmas competition on who got the oldest item brought back!

Oh the misery of childhood Christmases.

If I had something my older sister wanted, I had to swap with her, or she would scream the place down and hit everyone in her way.
‘You don’t mind, do you’ my mother would say. She was frightened of her too.
So I had to do it to keep the peace.

There would inevitably be a screaming tantrum at some point in the day, but at least not first thing in the morning.

Eventually my mother would just buy us things the same as the only solution.

Then a further misery aged 13, sharing a room with this jealous older sister.
Perhaps this doesn’t sound like much, but our presents were put in the bedroom by my mother.
When I tried to bring them to the sitting room where the little ones (who I loved) were opening their presents under the tree, I was sent back to open them in the bedroom.
I was not allowed to participate in the family Christmas morning.
Some people will say At least you had presents. I know.
But to sit in the bedroom, excluded and unwanted, while the little ones unwrapped exciting stuff that my sister didn’t want, and I had to stay in the bedroom with her.

For a work secret santa I once received a little small bottle of fresh breath spray called "instant irish accent" with the £1.99 sticker on it. The limit was £10 for secret santa. I'm also irish so the gimmick was lost on me.

😂 love that.

An aunt gave me a large clothes peg with a pen in it. Looked like this

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Wow thanks. Her presents tended to be a bit unconventional.

My millionaire ex SIL gave my son a small toy broom with the price tag still on( was equivalent of 1 pound). I had spent a lot of money on her kids. I was cranky but then I got the giggles and couldn't stop and nobody knew what I was laughing about . Same person who invited 6 people for dinner and bought 2 small pizzas. I guess there's a reason she's rich.

Sooo many! A friend once gave me some out of date cookies and an open packet of napkins (in fairness, she was having a tough time and I think just panicked). DH once gave me a far too small bikini and a kind of cake I absolutely and very vocally hate. He said the shop staff said it was 'one size fits all' but I'm a size 10......

^ Argh.. forgot to quote.

You lucky thing you.

A treadmill from my dear narcissistic mother. The reasoning? So I could become prettier and lose weight!! Never mind that I was in my teens. Some people shouldn’t become mothers.

This “present” was the driving force for me to cut all contact in adulthood so maybe it was a blessing in disguise?

Omg this sounds amazing. Totally unhinged. I would love it.

Not me but my sister-in-law brought all 4 of my children bars of nougat they were 4,3,20 months and 2 months old!! She got the oldest 2 colouring books from a car boot sale half filled in!

Hmmm… maybe the badge that read “If it’s not Scottish, it’s mince.”

I’m not Scottish

This.

Solar garden ornament from my MiL.

My boss bought me see through underwear one year

Oh I forgot about the lovingly given to my DC from a friend a colouring in book that was already coloured in. She was so pleased with herself too! DC and I laugh about it till this day.

I'd love that !

I got a Secret Santa gift at work a couple of years ago that consisted of a purse that was clearly used/secondhand and was a childish design anyway, and a recipe book to go alongside it that I think was probably also used, although not in such poor condition as the purse. I don’t think the purse would have even come from a charity shop - I don’t think they’d sell something in that condition. I ended up binning it straight away.

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had any bad gifts apart from that.

That’s so unkind.
What was the reason for not being allowed to open your gifts with your younger siblings?

That was a very popular shade in the early 70s 😄

None. I was 8 years old. Given to me by my mother