What is the worst Christmas present you ever received?

[Newdad19]

In the spirit of helping others prevent the same mistakes... what is the worst Christmas present you ever received?

Mines has to be the sculpted hand photo frame I received one year... that looked like someone's decapitated hand that held a photo for you in its palm

A penis shaped egg fryer, the giver thought it was hilarious

@DavidDevantsSpiritWife

Many years ago exH bought me a beautiful personalised artisan leather makeup bag. Only problem was it was personalised with the OW's name. The one he gave her was personalised with my name.

I can laugh about it now but I've had better Christmas mornings

Oh my goddddd @DavidDevantsSpiritWife- I feel like we need an entire thread just about this Christmas morning!!!

When I was a child after my mum kicked my dad out, she'd phone him up at some point at Christmas to ask him if he was coming over to see his child. So he'd come round and my present would be whatever he had to hand. One year it was half a bag of toffees and a fiver, another half a box of Maltesers. Same at birthdays.

One year I had spent some considerable time choosing a present for my aunt. I'd driven an hour to a specialist shop, and spent another hour choosing the gift. Imagine my joy when the following year it was her present to me.

@DavidDevantsSpiritWife

Many years ago exH bought me a beautiful personalised artisan leather makeup bag. Only problem was it was personalised with the OW's name. The one he gave her was personalised with my name.

I can laugh about it now but I've had better Christmas mornings

Urgh - what a dick!

Still… sounds like you are well rid of him! Can’t imagine the OW would’ve been thrilled either, so karma in action!

A small rooster shaped chopping board. Hideous and too small to be of any practical use. Same person gave me a present last Christmas which I’d bought her the previous Christmas - the best before date had well expired by then

Kitchen roll holder

Bath cubes😔. SIL bought me a bobble hat a few times. Don't like wearing hats and they made me look like Benny from Crossroads🤣🤣

She arrived at our home, and expected to rule. She brought a bottle of Bells with her. I had already bought a bottle of that. Sadly, after her visit, and the lack of support from the husband, I decided enough was enough. That dreadful woman drank our Bell's and took her Bell's home with her. Grubby little oik.
I think our marriage broke apart, because I was not willing to accept American Tan tights as a "present". Even in my world. She's a DEADER!! YAY!! American Tan tights? Really?

My aunt got me and my brother a share in a cow one year from a charity. That aspect didn’t bother me, it was more the fact that it was a cow rather than something cute like a penguin, kitten or puppy. It was chosen based more on what my dad liked rather than us kids.

As a teenager I got some earrings of a grandparent even though I hadn't had my ears pierced yet 😂😂

When I was younger my papa bought me frozen eclairs.. He wrapped it up and put it on the radiator by the Christmas tree 😂 honestly didn’t know how to react whilst opening it infront of him. He’s passed away a few years later but it’s always something we all laugh about now! It was a great memory x

Two large green unscented candles from IKEA, from my husband.

Luckily not my only presents or he'd be my ex husband!

From my husband’s mum - he received a clothes/lint remover brush and I got a child size pair of ski gloves. Mine was a lot more thoughtful as I have very small hands and always cold

From ExMIL a second hand knitting pattern book, & she was sat in front of me on Christmas Day halfway through one of the patterns. Ugh!

Newdad19 Doesn’t decapitated mean ‘one’s head cut off’?

A walker for my ds from MIL from charity shop with bits of old food in it when we opened it up

Brother got a brand new moped.
Sister got a trip to Disneyland and a ride on mechanical pony.
I got a set of handkerchiefs with an initial embroidered onto them- not my initial.

different strokes for different folks, I had a hand held vacuum - love it,
plus a sander one year, looking forward to using it but my son used it first then my h. brother borrowed it and came back broken after he sanded every door in his house. Have since bought myself belt sander - soo usefull

From my now exh, a lovely big Christmas stocking with lots of presents neatly wrapped inside….these included a bottle of cif bathroom cleaner, some bathroom cleaning sponges, washing powder, toothbrush, deodorant, and some fairy liquid!!

Nothing else, that’s it!!

Bastard!

@Flossie44

From my now exh, a lovely big Christmas stocking with lots of presents neatly wrapped inside….these included a bottle of cif bathroom cleaner, some bathroom cleaning sponges, washing powder, toothbrush, deodorant, and some fairy liquid!!

Nothing else, that’s it!!

Bastard!

@Flossie44

Did you throw it back in his face?

DH usually buys very lovely and thoughtful gifts, however about 13 or 14 years ago he bought me a humongous fluffy white dressing gown. I have never worn a dressing gown, had no desire to own or wear one, and this particular item made me look like a fluffy version of the marshmallow man and completely overheated me. It went unused. 10 years later, DH obviously felt one was not enough and bought me another. I now have 2 bundled unused at the bottom of my wardrobe.

Free diary off the cover of cosmo... from someone who worked in magazine publishing and would have got the mag for free as well...

And... fuck all from my dad for most of my life. Useless turd.

A pack of diet pills and garish colourful clothing when I was 13. My mum said I was too fat and wore black so much I looked like a goth 🙄

@HPandTheNeverEndingBedtime

Secret Santa, a pink ice scraper with an attached glove. I can't stand pink and couldn't drive at the time and had no family members with a car either. Obviously the giver probably didn't know that.

I'd quite appreciate it now, I'm forever misplacing my scraper.

A neighbour gave my 5 year old niece that exact gift. She didn't drive either lol.

@TheCreamCaker

My Mother-in-Law gave me a candle snuffer one year.

Ooo! That reminds me…my PIL’s gave me an a beautiful antique solid silver candle snuffer, I love it and still use it 30 years later.🙂