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Tell me about your Christmas cock ups!

27 replies

Wanttobeok · 06/12/2023 13:59

I have 2 this year.

Bought a present for my niece which I was really excited about then found out yesterday that she's already got this thing...so I've managed to palm it off on a mate for her daughter (to be fair it is a great present so her daughter will love jt)
I've then had to buy a replacement gift for DN.

My 2nd cock-up is also present based. Forgot to check my basket before I checked out of an online store and have ordered my sister 2 of the same thing...no returns or exchanges allowed 🤦‍♀️

Anyone else had a nightmare?

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flyingvisit · 06/12/2023 14:25

I bought a tissue box cover( *we're not really strangers) which had a cool logo (cry proudly)..so I thought. The brand name overwhelms the logo and I dont like it. Its no return,

psuedocream3 · 06/12/2023 14:40

An acquaintance bought me a plant in a lovely fabric pot alongside a small square sparkly Christmas card, bit of a surprise as we weren't close but luckily had a spare gift and card to reciprocate.

At Christmas we had a surprise guest arrive, and the only one who we hadn't bought a gift for. I instantly thought of the plant, it was a lovely plant. It was only after everyone had left gift in hands, that it had dawned on me that after opening the card, I slipped it back in it's envelope and into the fabric pot. Nothing was said, but I cringe at how thoughtless that must have come across and feel so guilty. I've never regifted anything since.

SugarCookieMonster · 06/12/2023 14:48

Earlier today Amazon delivered DH’s present, handed to DH but it was one of those where they don’t put it in any packaging so he saw what it was 🤦🏻‍♀️.

Only a stocking filler but highly annoying that I didn’t notice the lack of packaging mention at checkout!

ApolloandDaphne · 06/12/2023 15:02

I ordered a pile of books from Amazon for various people in my family.

I scanned the list of books DD1 had requested and i bought her:

Midnight's Children (book by Salman Rushdie)

What she actually requested was:

Midnight Chicken (A foodie story/cook book)

Moral of this story - read the list properly!

CoffeeChocolateWine · 06/12/2023 16:21

Not too big a cock-up but a slight annoyance...a couple of years ago DH and I arranged a magazine gift subscription for his parents. We designed and printed out our own little voucher so they could have it to open in on Christmas Day (we were spending it with them). Anyway, come Christmas Day, they opened it and said 'Oh! That's what that magazine was about...the first issue arrived last week!' 🫤

spidermonkeys · 06/12/2023 17:58

SugarCookieMonster · 06/12/2023 14:48

Earlier today Amazon delivered DH’s present, handed to DH but it was one of those where they don’t put it in any packaging so he saw what it was 🤦🏻‍♀️.

Only a stocking filler but highly annoying that I didn’t notice the lack of packaging mention at checkout!

Yep! This happened to me too.

Also Alexa proudly announcing what was being delivered. So annoying

FusionChefGeoff · 06/12/2023 18:01

My business has done well this year so I was making some online charity donations - I sent a hefty amount to the wrong charity and now I don't know what to do!!

They sound like a great charity, of course, but they're not a) local or b) working in the area I wanted to support.

I think I need to suck it up and then make the right donation as well!!

GingerLiberalFeminist · 06/12/2023 18:13

I wrote cards but then lost them or forgot I'd written them and so wrote more. Now I have double the cards for people 😖

FusionChefGeoff · 06/12/2023 18:17

@GingerLiberalFeminist yes but now you can be your best friend in Nov 2024 if you put one set away with the decorations et voila - all done for next year!!!

Fairylightgirl · 06/12/2023 18:20

I ordered a wallet for DH from Fossil and it arrived and said "leather wallet" on the sticky label and the Fossil logo too. I was gutted. He obviously opened the door to the jolly postman and saw his gift straight away.

this happened last week :(

MentalLoadOverload · 06/12/2023 18:34

@ApolloandDaphne 😂 they are very different books indeed!!

Tulipvase · 06/12/2023 18:40

years ago on holiday my youngest won a New York Yankee plush ball type thing from a grab machine. He loved it and then promptly dropped it down a stairwell at Birmingham airport never to be seen again.

A few days before Christmas that year he declared that he’d asked FC to bring him ‘cutie’ for Christmas…… After a panicked day or so I found the same toy on Amazon, secured for a Christmas Eve delivery.

I obviously didn’t read the description very well as a rather enormous version of cutie arrived. I think we just about got away with it……

FrazzledMCPremenopausalWoman · 06/12/2023 19:35

Fell asleep, exhausted and poorly, on Christmas Eve and slept right through till morning 🤦‍♀️

Santaiswashinghissleigh · 06/12/2023 19:39

Opened a bottle of Bacardi one year to have a small drink with a quick visiting mate.. Ended up drinking the whole bottle between us.. Puked out the car window all the way to the family Christmas destination.. Never drank on Xmas eve since and was 30 years ago!

GingerLiberalFeminist · 07/12/2023 07:51

I've got an awful feeling they're the same cards or I totally would!

Starabella · 07/12/2023 08:56

Thought I was being really smart buying things throughout the year and stashing them away in various places, until yesterday when I got it all out. It would appear that not only have I bought enough for dd's Christmas and upcoming birthday but every kid in the towns Christmas and birthday too! Feel really stupid!

SingingSands · 07/12/2023 08:59

I was going up into the loft to fetch down some Christmas decorations when DS was about 3 and suddenly a little voice shouted "Mummy, if you see a Kindle don't look because it's a surprise!"

Followed by a groan from DH...

🤣🤣

wouldbeflowerfarmer · 07/12/2023 09:29

When DS was 2 he lept into DH's arms shouting daddy I'm not going to tell you that I've got you a hammer for Christmas !

Stephisaur · 07/12/2023 09:46

It's not my fault as such, but DH wanted a particular cup from Corksicle.

Wasn't on the UK website (annoying) so ordered it from the US site to my MyUS forwarding address. Then paid small fortune for it to be shipped over here. Felt very jammy because I knew he'd be thrilled.

2 days after it arrived, I had an email to tell me that it was in stock on the UK store for less money and free delivery 🤦‍♀️

Stephisaur · 07/12/2023 09:52

Oh and, for balance, DH's fail this year is that he's not only let slip that he's bought me a new record player, but also that it was £20 cheaper on Amazon AND I ended up signing for it 😂

WagathaCreamT · 07/12/2023 10:13

It was 24th December, many years ago and we were heading back to my parents' for a big family Christmas and had offered to bring and cook the turkey - DM for some reason decided a long time ago to cook all meat for Christmas Day weeks before and freeze it, to then defrost and reheat on 25th. I've no idea why, but all the meat eaters try to find a way around it each year now, hence us bringing the turkey.
Anyway, halfway down the M6 from Carlisle to Devon and I glanced out of the window to see a sign in a field about collecting your turkey.....instant panic when I realised we'd left it in the freezer! We spent about a minute debating what to do but had to turn round and go home. God knows how we didn't get stuck in any traffic in either direction but we made it, a few hours late but with the turkey. No one lets us bring the main dish anymore 😂

Aaron95 · 07/12/2023 10:13

Worst cockup was the year I took the goose out of the oven and some fat splashed on my arm. As a result I dropped the tray on the floor which resulted in 1 goose and about 3 pints of hot goose fat on the kitchen floor, which ran under the cooker and all over the place.

Managed to save most of the goose (although it wasn't exactly intact) and then after dinner spent about 2 hours trying to clean goose fat off the floor, cupboards, cooker, wall etc.

Vanillarose1 · 07/12/2023 10:27

Last Christmas DS got his first iPhone (actually my old one but he wouldn't know as it was in perfect condition). I was busy building toys and dealing with a poorly DD so DH started setting the phone up, even though he's a bit of a technophobe.

He kept bringing it to me for my finger print to approve installations and app updates and distractedly, I was just agreeing to everything. When I picked up my own phone, I had a notification - using my fingerprint, DH had managed to erase the entire contents of my work laptop.

Of course, a lot of stuff was backed up either to iCloud or google photos but not everything, including a few months worth of invoices and a really important presentation for the following week. He turned white when he realised and couldn't apologise enough but it certainly dented my Christmas spirit! (I now pay for storage so have learnt my lesson!)

Stephisaur · 07/12/2023 10:50

@WagathaCreamT my Mum has always cooked the turkey on Christmas Eve and reheated it because apparently there used to be loads of power cuts on Christmas Day!

Thereisnoname · 07/12/2023 11:19

Not a massive issue more of an annoyance.
I ordered some new yoto cards for my kids.
Forgot that they immediately come up on the app and gave my daughter my phone to listen to it the other day and she was like what are these ones?

I denied any knowledge of them but the cards will now be coming from me and not Santa.