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

Secret Santa one year with minimum spend of £10 a pack of plastic yellow bath ducks that you would give as a top up present for a baby bath. I was 45 at the time. Totally bemused as others in the office. Personally I hate secret santa as I worry what I have bought is not enough, tacky does not match the person or will offend so stick to generic think=gs such as wine, chocolates etc

Five David Walliams kids books. Unforgivable.

A cummerbund . A bright red satin cummerbund.

George foreman grill from Ex ( I have been veggie for almost 30 years ). I gave this away through Freecycle unused.
DH : Generic Bayliss and Thingy toiletries set (Last year )
Still unused . Might donate to foodbank this year .
Other years : second hand sewing machine. I was dead excited about this as always wanted one, butit didn't work . Tried to get it fixed and it still didnt work. If he had bought a new one it would have worked out cheaper.
Also that year an Ireland clock from my DS which didnt work .
From an aunt : mum deodrant and 3 packet by of jobby tights .
I've learned that if I want something I save and buy myself .😂🥲🎄

A Louis Vuitton counterfeit purse. A very bad one. From mil. Never used it.

Draw lining paper (what a bloody insult for me later on and my elderly mother got it She was so insulted by it from my sister in law .My daughter got a animal with cotton wool coming out of its bum (yes my miserable sister-in -law again she’s guaranteed we get the booby presents

I had once a craft thing with sparkles with my name in it misspelt - went straight into the bin - A nice thought & I thanked nicely - but could not even give it to a charity shop. I appreciated the effort but spelling name correctly would also have been appreciated.

A meerkat hand puppet from my ex bfs parents. I was about 19 at the time. I don't know what use I would have found for a meerkat hand puppet? No idea where it is these days. So strange.

A couple of handmade wooden clothes hangers with my name on (misspelled).

Some bath stuff that had a sticker on the front which read “may cause urinary tract discomfort”. Thanks - sounds super relaxing! Lol

@LittleBoPeepHasLostHerShit- I agree, if personalised - try to get the name right

Actually the older I get the more I would like a meerkat hand puppet but I do get the point

Secret Santa present minimum £10 mine was a copy of The Big Issue. I felt very silly as everyone watched me open it.

Socks…EVERY year from SIL, I hate socks…but she gave her husband pralines and he’s allergic to nuts so I guess I shouldn’t complain 😂

A watch from my sister, even though I don't wear jewellery.

A pair of ridiculously high stilettos from same sister.

A set of salt and shakers, same sister.

A spa voucher miles away from where I live with less than a month to expire from my brother.

Clothing 2 sizes too small from an ex.

Not me but a work colleague received a tv remote control. We thought maybe it was a two-part present, but no, just the remote and it didn't even have batteries.

Takingtigermountain
Shame you gave the George foreman away it cooks fab veg Brussel sprouts, broccoli, sweet pepper all yummy on it

So many of these are truly astonishing. Kind of love the air glade instead of scented candle one! My very stingy but not badly-off DS announced proudly to me one year that my present was a pair of ski gloves that she'd bought for herself on sale (50% off!!) so couldn't return, but turned out to be too small for her. We have the same size hands. I don't ski. She gave me socks for my 40th.

Coat hangers, thanks mum 🙄

My first husband would give me whatever he wanted for himself that year, tools, a telescope, car tyres.
Nothing says divorce like car tyres.

I was lucky enough to get 50 boxes of tea bags from DP .WTF? I had been slight curious as to why I had been asked what my favourite tea was in the lead up to Xmas . It was our first Christmas together . I accepted graciously but after a few hours I had to ask what fck that was about ??

Work secret Santa gifted me a box hewn from a hairy coconut shell.

Ex BF gave me an electric blanket when I was 25.

When I was 13, my horrible Mother gave me a tennis racket for school (regulation issue), a calculator and a plastic shopping bag. And she still expected me to overflow with rapturous gratitude. I was crushed.

I never receive Christmas presents, other than from DH. And he makes up for the lack from grown kids, family, everyone. Last year, an absolutely beautiful cashmere scarf with a subtle gold thread embroidery (no, it's not tacky, and no, I don't usually do gold embroidery - but this is superb). Year before, a lovely Japanese cast iron teapot for one-so elegant and so useful. He's a tough ex-sailor, but with poetry in his soul.

Broken Avon birth stone locket with a picture of my boyfriend’s niece in it.

At school, aged 10, my boyfriend knocked on my front door to give me a Christmas present.... I was thrilled. It was a bottle of old man's aftershave (suspect stolen from his grandads cabinet :) 😆 I still treasured it and kept it x

My parents don't know me very well and don't really do gifts. One year they bought me (16) and my brother (14) electric overblankets for Christmas. We already had underblankets (they didn't have central heating) although we rarely used them. We were so disappointed - what teenager wants a electric blanket upgrade?! My brother told them outright to return his and keep the money. I didn't have the heart, said "thanks", and it lived unopened at the back of my wardrobe. My bestie helped me see the funny side and bought me a hot water bottle for my birthday a month later to 'complete the set'.

I got my SIL a gift for her birthday. A lot of thought went in to this gift. When it was Christmas she wrapped it up and gave it back to me. The whole family watched and laughed as I opened it. I felt really confused and embarrassed. I still don't understand what that was all about. If she didn't want the gift she could have given it to charity. It was very odd and out of character for my in laws to behave like this. They're usually kind and thoughtful!