Xmas gifts I hate receiving

[JammyRed]

As Christmas is approaching the gifts I dread getting that I get every year are : Xmas themed socks , slipper socks , body lotion , body scrub. Christmas ornaments , Christmas mugs and glasses . Really cheap pound shop chocolate . Mulled wine or spicy biscuits. They don’t go to waste as I donate them to charity . What are the gifts you dread getting ?

Me too. Lindor is the only chocolate we buy at Christmas, except for one small box of ridiculously expensive handmade ones for Christmas Day.

Mulled wine, chocolate, Christmas themed stuff, cheap toiletries

Everything that's been mentioned plus literally anything that's been bought from Temu or AliExpress.

Who on earth buys you tea towels?

House plants. I can't even keep artificial ones alive.

Nothing anymore 😉
I put a stop to buying for family adults some years ago...
No more lavender body lotion, horrid thights, cheap slippers, nasty mint chocolates! 🙌
I have a list I give to dh and dc...if I get anything on there I'm happy 🎄

Those custom made blankets from Moonpig or similar, where you can choose your own photos to go on the blanket.

My SIL gifted us this blanket which is nice I guess, it has about five pictures she chose of our family, so me, baby, cat and husband. The photos, to allow for the size of the blanket, are all a bit stretched. And she chose a photo of my husband where he's pulling a really silly face on purpose and it's the largest photo in the middle. And to me it just looks odd draped over the living room armchair. And I appreciate a good blanket but this is the sort of thing I'll have to keep for life, it's not like anyone will buy it and I can't donate it.

There’s something to be said about being an only child married to an only child who only have one child and not being close to any relatives. I don’t get enough presents to get any rubbish ones!

husband and teenager get me lovely ones, two close friends get me token but thoughtful ones. Elderly father in law gives husband money and he gets me a voucher and my mother wouldn’t dream of putting any effort into getting me a gift so puts £30 in a generic card. some booze from my boss.

I’m an avid, experienced gardener who can buy whatever I want need.

I hate gardening gifts especially cheap gloves, “gardener” soap or hand cream, cheap tools, plants, “lighthearted” gardening books, and gimmicky stuff that doesn’t work.

Most of us have too much stuff.

What I would prefer if people didn't give my kids selection boxes or any sweet things as a present but people think it looks bad if they don't give them a present - it really really doesn't!

They eat so much rubbish especially Christmas time. Ten percent of the sweet things they get at Christmas is still way more than enough

For both adults and kids Kris Kindle works out so much better if at all.

Scented candles, scarves & gloves (I have enough to sink a battleship already).

Polo-neck jumpers or any clothing item that is either itchy or woollen.

Hand cream/body lotion (as battleship above)

Dressing gowns (I have two nice ones already thanks).

Underwear (just no).

Pictures (I already have more pictures than space on walls to hang them).

Gardening books (there is such a thing as too many gardening books).

Tickets to random events unless I have specifically mentioned an interest (so don't go buying two tickets to something you want to see and try to con me into thinking it is a present for me and not yourself).

I don't hate receiving anything like that, its nice to have been thought of although of course there is a difference between what you will keep and use and what you will donate and toss so it's sad to see things end up in land fill. I think things like socks, body lotion, body scrubs, Christmas ornaments, mugs and glasses or edibles can all be really nice if good quality / beautiful. I'd probably rather have a really nice pair of socks or box of tea that cost £12 than the same value of cheaper bits but I try to accept gifts in the spirit they are given. I got my friend an Emma Bridgewater Mug with midnight animals, some luxury hot chocolate a book and some nice sweets Hopefully she will like it and not be dreading getting it.

I do have a relative though who gives me and my partner every year a bag of "goodies" that comes from the pound shop so a packet of biscuits, a calendar, a diary, a pack of tealights that kind of thing which is fine, its just a minding but when I gave them back something similar thinking that was what they would like I was met with obvious disappointment. That is what they gift everyone and if anything they are better off than the rest of the family and I've been out with them in these shops where they are buying Poundland shop stuff for themselves. Anyway I tried something different last year and filled a bag with M&S goodies which they did seem to really like. So I'll do the same this year.

There are people I know who "regift" to me which is fine, I don't really mind I don't expect anyone to be sweating over what to get me if I'm honest.

Perfumes, even though I've told everyone I know that perfume gives me migraines people still buy it! Baylis& Harding and similar, never gets used. Cheap beauty sets, just no. Also any type of liquor chocolates, yuk!
The last few years dm has bought me a black handbag every year. I never wear black and rarely use a handbag! Also got black leather gloves one year from a relative, eurgh. People really don't listen, they seem to get what they like themselves. Just buy me Baileys please!!!

Anything Bayliss and Harding - my ex gives it on behalf of the kids and i hate seeming ungrateful but its not me!

And Victoria’s Secret stuff isn’t cheap is it, she’s surely spent £40/50 on those. How odd.

Designer handbags. Not another, I sigh to myself.

I don't think I dread anything except DD getting tat from DH's family. It's always something she already has, or is completely age inappropriate, or cheap tat that breaks immediately, or something we have no space for. I don't understand why they can't just check with us before they buy it

Cheap toiletry sets. If it's not L'Occitane or Aqua di Parma it goes to the charity shop.
Life's too short to go around smelling like a laundrette or bordello.

Yes when you have a hobby or special interest with it comes various tat that is not needed or wanted, or that you already have .

Would you be happy with them if they were bought??
I love making things and baking but I'll remember not to make you anything in the future.

My DM throws in just any old thing she's thought of to "make up the numbers". It's not usually tat in the traditional sense but I have quite a lot of her badly made lavender bags already.
I particularly hate a cheap version of what I've asked for but that's her style.
In fact this Insta reel is precisely what she does. I don't know why she asks what we want when she isn't going to get it.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ1rymMkeV7/

Anything at all Christmas themed, mugs, slipper socks. Complete waste of money. Mugs in particular. I am insanely picky about what I will drink from, yet mugs seem to be the panic purchase of choice.

I don't really like toiletries as I know what works for me and what doesn't, and when you KNOW that eg Palmers hand cream is the most effective and least greasy, Cath Kidston stuff just doesn't get used. I keep it with the intention of using it and just end up stockpiling not great products.

I do try to be grateful, but honestly would prefer that people just didn't exchange gifts unless they were SURE about it, and I don't believe anyone buys hand cream, wraps it up and can't wait to give it because they're so chuffed they've found the most perfect gift for that person. "They have hands, it's for hands - I cannot wait to see their face..." Money is so thin on the ground for everyone at the moment - make it matter!

MIL. "I thought you might need some new ones".

Anything for the house, my in laws tend to get me stuff for the house, appliances or towels or fancy guest soaps, it’s feels like another gift for DH on the sly.

Oh, ours does. It's quite funny seeing a grown-ass Maine Coon chasing a ball. 😄

It's SO strange!