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What is the worst Christmas present you ever received?

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Newdad19 · 12/11/2021 18:08

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 Blush

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Ryannah · 14/11/2021 17:22

My live-in boyfriend once spent weeks dropping hints about “something sparkly” for Christmas. I was expecting an engagement ring and he knew it. On Christmas morning he handed me a parcel which I unwrapped to reveal... a jar of glittery jam to spread on my toast. I remember his facial expression was like this is the best practical joke ever, it’s hilarious, and he was clearly expecting me to laugh and find it equally funny. But I didn’t. I cried. And cried. And then I walked out and went to my mum’s house. I only went back to pack my bags.

HyacynthBucket · 14/11/2021 17:26

For years my SIL gave me earrings at Christmas and birthdays, always for pierced ears - mine are not pierced. And without fail my DP was given aftershave - he had a beard for all the years she knew him. My DM got bathsalts and bubbles although she had not been able to get into a bath for years, and only had showers. All of this went on for years
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Ameanstreakamilewide · 14/11/2021 17:37

@Ryannah

My live-in boyfriend once spent weeks dropping hints about “something sparkly” for Christmas. I was expecting an engagement ring and he knew it. On Christmas morning he handed me a parcel which I unwrapped to reveal... a jar of glittery jam to spread on my toast. I remember his facial expression was like this is the best practical joke ever, it’s hilarious, and he was clearly expecting me to laugh and find it equally funny. But I didn’t. I cried. And cried. And then I walked out and went to my mum’s house. I only went back to pack my bags.
What a bastard?!

I have a deep loathing of 'practical jokes/pranks'.
I'm all for comedy, but pranks really are the lowest form of wit.

HideousKinky · 14/11/2021 17:49

[quote lentilsforever]@HideousKinky

Impressive they allowed to stay over pre marriage in a vicarage in the seventies![/quote]
lentilsforever we were NOT in the same bedroom!! I was put in a room just about as far away from his as possible.... Grin
(There was a lot of creeping about in the night and as it was a very old house the creaking floorboards I remember being quite loud)

NoPaintedPony · 14/11/2021 17:51

100% serious. I could bore you all with other things she has done & in my opinion worse. But we were talking Christmas presents.
Yes I cook her Christmas dinner every year as well as collecting her & dropping her back home.
This year we’ve had enough & have stopped all contact.

HideousKinky · 14/11/2021 18:00

Ryannah What a shitty thing to do.

How emotionally unintelligent do you have to be to think that crushing disappointment is funny?

AnnaBegins · 14/11/2021 18:04

My parents are terrible at giving my DH gifts. We've been together since we were teens so it's not like they don't know him! Highlights include, freebie tshirts from charity events in size XL (he's a very slim M), many variations on coffee beans, coffee gift sets, coffee syrups etc when he has never ever liked coffee but is a big tea drinker, promises to take him to certain events (think track days, sports taster days) which never materialise. They really like him so it's extra weird!

When I was about 9, my sister had just started riding lessons whilst I had been riding a while and helped out at the stables every weekend. Our horsey aunt got my sister a full horse grooming kit, and I got a book on history Hmm

imreallyamermaid · 14/11/2021 18:15

A tiny square China bowl filled with a handful of quality st. 😒 for me and dh to share, from my aunt...she's loaded, bowl was clearly from a charity shop/car boot and she'd shared a tub of quality st out between the family (we'd all received differing bowls 😄).

Stovetopespresso · 14/11/2021 18:23

omg the psychology of presents is amazing isn't it! the underhand ways of saying "I dont like you" or "I am not coping with life" or 'you should be more like this' or, quite simply 'I cba"

Carrick27 · 14/11/2021 18:28

A big heated boot you put both feet in. Think old lady foot warmer you see advertised in women’s weekly. This was one in a long line of shit presents my hubby bought me.
We got divorced last year Grin

LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 14/11/2021 19:06

@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.

I got one of these from my mil

DH got a blue one

Barmychick · 14/11/2021 19:24

Bath bombs/mugs haven't even got a bath!

Socialistmisanthropist · 14/11/2021 19:41

My mother in law bought me some walking poles. She uses walking poles. She is in her 70s.

I'm very fit and regularly walk upwards of 20km....I don't NEED walking poles. Luckily my nephew who has aspergers exclaimed "How humiliating!".

So I didn't have to....

TuftyMarmoset · 14/11/2021 19:53

@MyButteredBread

A kitchenaid mixer, with every single attachment wrapped individually. Bastard ex was mocking me the whole time. That was my only present.
This isn’t something I expected to see on this thread - Kitchenaids are really expensive and a lot of people lust over them! Hopefully you sold it and got something you did want?
mrsbitaly · 14/11/2021 20:13

A device that looks like your TV is on to prevent burgers so they think your in the house. 4 box full of light bulbs attached to ropes battery operated. I could go on. I prefer not to open the presents in front of the kind buyer as I've got a crap poker face 🤣

GreyhoundG1rl · 14/11/2021 20:16

I thought the KitchenAid post was a joke, tbh 🤔
It couldn't possibly be anyone's nightmare present, even if they weren't particularly keen.

Pumpkinsonparade · 14/11/2021 20:17

Never had a problem with burgers personally!!

PeonyRose80 · 14/11/2021 20:22

My H once filled my car up with petrol on Xmas Eve and then announced on Xmas day that was my gift

entropynow · 14/11/2021 20:28

Office Secret Santa: Enamel mug with TEA on it in big letters. I hate tea, never drink it and everyone knew it. I also know who gave it to me and...no surprise.

thenightsky · 14/11/2021 20:37

@TheLightSideOfTheMoon

As a child I got a lot of crafty kits and sticker books and such.

Nice presents. But my control freak parents never let me do them.

The kits they would do for me, I’d have to sit and watch. And the stickers were never allowed to be used, they had to stay in the sticker books.

So basically they were not presents I could use. Disappointing.

Shock WTF?
thenightsky · 14/11/2021 20:40

@Carrick27

A big heated boot you put both feet in. Think old lady foot warmer you see advertised in women’s weekly. This was one in a long line of shit presents my hubby bought me. We got divorced last year Grin
My DH got me one of those for Xmas 2019. As someone with shockingly poor circulation and ice cold feet, it ranks as one of my best presents ever. I bloody love it. My feet are snug in now, as I type.
Shufflebumnessie · 14/11/2021 20:41

My ex-boyfriends mum gave me a china doll. It was a creepy looking creation! I was in my early 20s and had never shown the slightest interest in such things. What made it even worse was the fact my ex-boyfriend had spent weeks telling me that his mum had bought me the perfect gift and how much I was going to love it etc.

Stigsmother · 14/11/2021 20:45

Another one for padded coat hangers from a friend at work. We were both in our twenties and her grandma had made them.
They were filled with bubble wrap, so didn't last very long Grin

cannedheat · 14/11/2021 20:45

Knickers! My at the time MIL to be gave me a 3 pack of full on belly warmers in pastel shades

Juniper68 · 14/11/2021 20:57

@Socialistmisanthropist

My mother in law bought me some walking poles. She uses walking poles. She is in her 70s.

I'm very fit and regularly walk upwards of 20km....I don't NEED walking poles. Luckily my nephew who has aspergers exclaimed "How humiliating!".

So I didn't have to....

Hmm loads of hikers use them. They save knee stress especially hill walking.