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 ?

I do sympathise.
My diamond encrusted shoes are a bit too tight.😂

I do check in with the parents of the kids I buy gifts for but you also see people posting on mumsnet complaining that relatives can't just buy something for their kids without hassling them or adding to their mental load.

I know, I'm quite taken aback! I've treated myself to a Lindor advent calendar 😂

Love chocolate, hate getting it. Very jealous of your slipper socks, live in those. Those close to me know to get me a day out, an event, holiday, or something that isn't a physical object and we can do together. As you get older people generally have what they need, so it's really tough. Other half is getting me a full body MRI this year. I put too much effort into other people's gifts, and seem to just know the stuff they already wanted, or get something completely their style, but don't have anyone who seems to know my taste since my mum died.

Got to be hampers. The in laws ( they're divorced so do presents individually) always send hampers of "treats". Lovely thought but we don't do dairy in the house as youngest is allergic, but they always send stuff like clotted cream fudge, shortbread, Belgian chocolate.

We've tried telling them about the dairy thing and also tried "you really don't need to buy us anything" or even, "make a donation to charity" but nothing works.

(They know about the allergy - not a new thing - been the same for about 16 years😂)

I sound really ungrateful but I just don't want to see them waste their money. Although my colleagues and the food bank appreciate it every year😉

im happy with everything except supermarket gift sets, like Nivea or dove as I have ridiculously sensitive skin so they break me out. Chocolate would do a better job!!!

Nice clothes that either don't fit me or suit me. Not only the disappointment, and the faff of exchanging, but also can't help the feeling of my body being 'wrong' for the garment rather than it being wrong for my body, that makes me feel a little depressed.

Bath or body stuff. I don’t use it and if I did I’d be picky.

This! I never understand on these threads why people get so many crap presents year after year.

Use your words and tell people you don’t want to exchange gifts any more. They spend £10 on crap for you so you feel obliged to spend £10 and mental energy on them. Keep your tenners and make your life easier.

I don't dread anything.
However, I have just told the family that I will no longer be doing adult Christmas presents. (and they agreed)
We waste time and money trying to find new and interesting gifts that are usually neither of those things for the receiver. My eldest has never had any interest in presents of any kind, and my youngest who is now 16 will get a few things to open but all he really wants is cold hard cash.
My friends however, will get whatever random shite I pick for them, and I will get the same from them and love it!

Chocolate, chutney, mugs, glassware (any houseware or kitchenware - love cooking and entertaining, but I like to buy my own), vouchers for an activity, clothes, decorations.

Me too 😂

Not keen on the Lindor chocolates either, but plenty of people like them so it’s good for guests.

it’s novelty books for me - I love books but things like Murdle or Sherlock Homes quiz books are not good.

Oh hell, I've given tea towels before now. I like getting them as well - small, practical, not clutter, and more use than a joke present.

There are a couple of local printmakers I like who have Etsy shops with their designs on tea towels. I bought some for a friend to match her newly installed kitchen a couple of years ago.

Also those tea towels they make in school where each child in the class draws themselves and stick them all on a tea towel - for grandparents and godparents (along with other stuff, I'm not a savage).

Bayliss & Harding and other cheap toiletries like that. Just yuck.
Hand cream/body lotion. My skin is soft enough, I don't use it.
Scarves. I am really fussy about textures against my neck and also what patterns/colours I like.
Wine, I don't drink it.
Chocolates. There's only a few I actually like.
Calendars or diaries, I only use these at work and they supply nice ones already.
Anything lavender scented. Makes me feel ill.

Also for dcs any cheap plasticky toys or markers!

I hardly ever get gifts I don't like except from my DM, but I have some random friends and acquaintances who seem to decide on a whim year by year who they are giving presents to. So they don't give one, but then the following year I get something totally random.

Cheap tat from B&M Homes, The Range etc. Am delighted with anything usable or consumable eg cheap chocolate, Baylis and Harding gift sets. Also any kind of book or stationery.

Pyjamas. I like what I like, and the ones my MIL chooses ain't it.
Shitty gift sets - eg a miniature bottle of gin and a gin scented candle. Literally, what is the point?!

ferraro rocher or guylian sea shells, bleh.

the inevitable toiletry gift set.

’novelty’ gadgets, it’s not funny it’s just wasteful.

I agree with others on this thread, if you’re skint or not sure what to get I’d much rather you just didn’t get me anything, it’s really not an obligation!

I have 15 tubes of hand cream from Christmases over the years. I can't use them fast enough.

I hate tat, I'd rather receive chocolate/sweets wine even if they are not to my taste they will be eaten by someone, or i'll take them into work.

Martin Lewis made a video about this years ago - it’s a zero sum game & if everyone stopped doing it they’d have more money and less tat.

I've never liked receiving or buying presents at all, so Christmas used to be a nightmare.

Until I banned it. I give no gifts and receive no gifts these days.

Much less wasteful and stressful.

Me too.

I stopped receiving birthday and xmas gifts a few years ago. I don't want anything. It all just landfill.

I don't see the point of buying for the sake of it.

Candles.

Bath sets.
Alcohol. I hardly drink, and only do so when out for a meal/at a wedding/party. I never drink at home.
Gift Vouchers. Always get forgotten about and unused.
Slippers. My Ugg slippers have lasted me years and I ain’t getting rid any time soon.
Hot chocolate sets. They always taste shit.

I think I’m the ultimate Scrooge