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.

@Iloveburgerswaymorethanishould Good God. 😂 I hope you dumped his sorry arse! 😂

For 10 years DW’s sister bought me aftershave. I’ve had a beard since I was 22.

A coin counter. A hideous necklace for Christmas. Then the matching earrings for my birthday.

The worst thing I think was when I was a child.
DF had a huge family and my mother received a pair of (admittedly very pretty) white lace covered pants for a baby from a distant cousin - along with a letter congratulating her on the birth of her first child. Slight problem.
I was 11!

One oven glove from my mother, the following year I got the second glove

From my mum: my baby teeth she'd collected and saved. I was so astounded I couldn't think of anything to say. Which is unusual for me. 😂

Brilliant post @BooBooDoodle

“a mouldy pair of squirrel piss slippers”

😂😂😂

Donate them to charity or a homeless shelter. I'm not a fan but if my situation was very different I'm sure they would be gratefully received.

This made me laugh. My hammer is still going strong 15 years later. It's one of the best presents I've had from my husband. Having said that I have pretty much single handedly renovated the entire house in that time!

The more I read on MN about present giving, the more I feel that "weaponised" present-giving is a thing. Giving a load of old crap in a bin bag must surely have felt like a massive insult and you did well to go NC. There are some deeply unpleasant people around.

A carrier bag of tat- £1 gloves from primark, £1 cherry lip balm, £1 pack of bobbles. You get the idea.

A small tin of vaseline lip balm. It was wrapped. Thanks, I guess.

Due to a house fire, I had a huge phobia of fire for a good few years. A family member bought me indoor sparklers.

A fish named after me. This was my then husband (now ex and no, not because of the fish). He wanted fish, I said the whole tank and upkeep was too much. So he bought it when I was out and thought calling it my name would somehow make my heart melt. It did not.

Another ex got me a large yellow cone which said "Warning! Deeply satisfying poo in progress" on it.

I also once bought recently married friends a Mr and Mrs bath duck set. I thought it was quite cute, until I remembered that they only had a shower 😅

I’d quite like the dollhouse gift

O no no to the cone!

I agree, there are loads of collection banks around this time of year and I can’t be the only one who actually likes them too

See I would find that thoughtful!

I haven't rtft (there's a lot of it), so this might have been suggested - but maybe speak to a local women's shelter or homeless charity etc and find out what kind of things would make useful donations - and ask for that? She doesn't have to know you are donating it...

This is lovely though!! But maybe not for an 8 year old

Same!

I got a bar of Dove soap at a work Secret Santa once (the budget was £10). I was quite a shy intern at the time, and my friends reassured me I didn't smell or anything and were equally perplexed. Must have been some weird joke or message from someone? But I think about it and cringe every year! It was just really embarrassing to open in front of everyone, when everyone else had got quite nice thoughtful or fun things.

My friend got given scales so she could keep on top of her weight. She was a size 10 (her mum an 8).

It’s so hard to pick
exercise bike from EX I didn’t ask for but to be fair his father got him a car care kit ( chamois leather sponge ) from the garage so maybe it’s in the family and that was the only present .. they were not poor and lived in a massive house
candle holder which exploded from stepmum
various boot sale gifts from ex MIL including used toiletries and a very scary ornamental doll
I consider myself very easily pleased gift wise so a cheap bath set I would be fine with .. just not if it’s been used by someone else 🤣

BIL/SIL gave us some almost out of date chocolate truffles (which had obviously melted, then solidified in different shapes and the whole tray of them was just one big flat powdery slab) along with a bottle of unusual beer we'd seen in his fridge in a few months ago.

Oh yeah and MIL.
She doesn't have much money so one year she told me she'd make me a lovely lunch one day when I picked DD up from her house.
The lovely lunch was a huge mound of spaghetti with that carbonara sauce you get in a tin from Lidl (I love Lidl btw).

It had pork in, but I'm a veggie and had been for 5 years at that point.
When I said I think this has pork in, she said it wasn't pork it was mushroom. When I looked at the label it did in fact contain 17% pork 😳
MIL then said could I eat round it and I managed about 2 forkfuls out of politeness, she then told me she'd put it in tupperware for me to take home in case I changed my mind.

Later, partner and BIL both scolded me for upsetting her as I hadn't eaten her lovely lunch and hurt her feelings.
The family is batshit and I hope to one day be out of there.

I got a big puffer coat when I was about 18 off my now husband it made me look like Marshmallow man. I wore it once then my sil said she liked it. I gifted it to her and said it was too big.