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What DON'T you want for Christmas?

66 replies

ohIdoliketobebesidethe · 10/11/2008 11:04

I don't want anything and wish I could do a please don't get me list. I would include:

Body lotion - who really uses the stuff. I never have and have annual clear outs of unused suff from gifts that go in the bin.

Ditto - bath oil - horrible slimy stuff.

Novelty bottle openers.

Velvet party dresses for my dds which they wear on x mas day and never again.

OP posts:
PestoMonster · 10/11/2008 11:12

I would include socks.

DH gets me these every year. Why? I have plenty.

Madness

expatinscotland · 10/11/2008 11:13

pants

Flamesparrow · 10/11/2008 11:13

Yup - no lotion here too

expatinscotland · 10/11/2008 11:15

i actually want a particular lotion and shower gel.

from Victoria's Secret.

but not just random ones, no.

Furball · 10/11/2008 11:16

don't put anything in the bin!

Schools/playgroups would love any unused christmas stuff for raffles etc.

Our school do a 'secret room' where only children are allowed in and they choose a present for their mum or dad, body lotion would be ideal! unless of course it's for you

FiveDollarShake · 10/11/2008 11:16

I dont want my MIL. Ive had her for the past two christmas's. Well not this year!!

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ShowOfHands · 10/11/2008 11:17

I don't want dh to have to work for the whole thing.

I love body lotion and bubble bath and the like. I don't buy it myself as it's a luxury so it's nice to have it as a treat.

bobsyouruncle · 10/11/2008 11:18

Feel very ungrateful saying this but... chocolates and boxes of biscuits, always get FAR too many, have no room in kirchen cupboards to store them all and end up giving them away. Or eating them Apart from that I don't want the flu, get it every christmas without fail

quickdrawmcgraw · 10/11/2008 11:19

I don't want anything. I hate getting presents. I'm a miserable old bint.

LOL FiveDollarShake

Mercy · 10/11/2008 11:24

No lotions or clothes (especially 'sexy' underwear)

southeastastra · 10/11/2008 11:29

lol i don't want mil either, and i've had her for the last 18 years

DiscoDizzy · 10/11/2008 11:33

Stress. I. do. not. want. stress. I don't care if its wrapped up with lovely bows on it.

cmotdibbler · 10/11/2008 11:38

Any chocolates apart from some really high end ones (not ungrateful, but the same choc that I buy myself isn't a treat)
A cheese selection
Food that I can't eat (allergy)
Candles (two cats, one toddler, they just won't get used)

SIL specialises in things that we don't want/need or can't use. The year she gave us a bottle of dip (and only a bottle of dip) that was clearly marked as containing gluten (which I am allergic to, and had been for the previous 8 years she had known me) was a highligh

Dibsie · 10/11/2008 12:06

Anything for the house. I'm not being ungrateful but over the years my MIL has bought me tablecloths, umpteen cookery books and a hand crafted spoon (which is still in it's special bag in the drawer) My DH now tries to catch her before she buys anything and points her in the right general direction.

iheartdusty · 10/11/2008 12:12

a selection of marginally useful gadgets and tools, all of which you can easily do without.

eg a special box with a slot in it for slicing bagels - I have managed to slice bagels just fine for many years now.

special welly liners - just wear socks!

I usually accumulate a bagful each year.

TeeBee · 10/11/2008 12:48

A row with DH...or soberness. Other than that, I would prefer people not to waste their money and just come and get pissed with me.

happywomble · 10/11/2008 12:51

I'll second body lotion - will never use it.

Chocolates or other high calorie food - love them but they do my figure no good.

ornaments

scarf

MrsTittleMouse · 10/11/2008 12:56

I wouldn't mind socks. I only seem to get "novelty" ones though, which is a bit of a pain as I'm not a teenager any more, but actually a grown woman with two children.

I also do not want any more pink things from my SIL. I wear black, lots of black. I have never once been seen in any pastel colour as they make me look like I have a deadly illness. Maybe that is her intention!

lumpsdumps · 10/11/2008 12:56

anything electrical or to do with my phone, I don't want it!!! The amount of gadgets that I have been bought over the years that are just sat on the kitchen side, or in cupboards is silly.

Hassled · 10/11/2008 12:58

I don't want candles, I don't want expensive lovely clothes which I will never wear and which have to be handwashed or drycleaned (and yes, DH means well and tries hard, I should be grateful etc) and I don't want kitchen gadgets. I have muttered way too often about wanting a food processor this year - I suspect something that slices onions really really quickly might be coming my way. I should have been muttering about jewellry.

nowtygaffer · 10/11/2008 12:59

I don't want my oven to catch fire just as my MIL arrives.

mamaspanx · 10/11/2008 13:00

car windscreen cover, dh and i got one each from my parents one year...for our ONE car..bhaaah i get the message

ohdearwhatamess · 10/11/2008 13:00

Body lotion, or any bath stuff in fact (but it always is body lotion)

Books of 'humorous' gardening quotations

Chocolates (peculiar brands that taste odd)

Dog memorabilia with a vaguely spaniel theme (I like spaniels, I don't like tat. If I want to see what a spaniel looks like I will look at a real live one not a hideous picture of one)

tbh, I don't really want anything.

Luxmum · 10/11/2008 13:00

My Aunt in Law specialises in giving us large very ugly or heavy presents, despite the fact that we have to bring things back on the plane. Usually she preceeds each 'gift' with the words 'This was donated to the Church Bingo but nobody wanted it... so I though you could have it.' Once it was a set of liquid soaps in a heavy metal cage thing. Cost approx 99p. Last year was an amazingly large, scratchy, lumpy blanket in NEON green acrylic wool. i got an electric shock every time I touched it. It was more annoying because I had been very carefully selecting her very nice and expensive gifts, as she is an old aunt with a large georgian town house...