what is the worst xmas pressie you ever received?

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or a child of yours? i know it's not all about giving and receiving presents, just thought it would be interesting. my dd was 8 months on her 1st xmas and received 4 jigsaws aged 6 and up LOL

My MIL gave me an avocado slicer one year

The same woman has just given her son (for his b'day) a wicker basket of 'goodies' like a huge bottle of cherries in Kirsh, a jar of pate, a bottle of chilli olive oil and 2 boxes of chocolates. Oh and a bottle of cheap showergel (well I was in sainsburys and wondered what else to get you) HER SON ffs She gave him these just after telling me that I should put him on a diet as he was fat. The same refrain that happens everytime we see them.

She had also asked what he wanted and he had mentioned a wifi thing for the PC - so wtf was cherries in kirsch.

As he is an actor he also ALWAYS get various shakespeare goodies, like a doorknocker with a shakeseare head etc.

The thing is that they are very generous if you were to add everything up, they kindly left most of the prices on, but they insist on wasting their money in this way, telling him he is fat and telling him they have no money Ooooh teh guilt trip that woman does, it is a class act

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Set of mugs from SIL with ' N E X T ' written on them. Always used to buy me housy things and DH something personal.

Anything my SIL gives me...
Yuck red glasses
Yucky christmas bowl
Yuckyglass tumblers
Bottle of Tia Lusso....

Come to think of it Blackduck, I usually get shite presents from my SILs, really thoughtless crap like smellies from M&S, olive oil with things in it or Jamie Oliver type food kits. Gah.

I suspect mine of either A. recycling things she is given b. buying cheap in the post xmas sales c. having appalling taste
Actually, on reflection, I reckon its C.

a mixture of b and c I think here.

My MIL bought me a tomato knife last year and Winnie the Pooh pyjamas (I'm 33!). I'm expecting knickers with tigger on them this year!

Whats a tomato knife? Im uneducated me.

my aunt once gave me 1 napkin ring holder. just 1, and she kept going on about how she spent ages choosing my gift.

Theres something about just one napkin holder isnt there? I think people buy them for babies sometimes as well. Cant remember though.

Loving reading this thread. I think about the worst present I've received was a jar of preserved fruit that went out of date 6 months before (and I hate preserved fruit!)...

My MIL regularly gave me talcum powder & bath salts. Was it a hint?

Now she renews a Good Housekeeping subscription. Much better.

mmh - a tomato knife has a jagged bottom to grip and cut the tomato properly and a big round bit at the front to scoop it up off the chopping board....such fun! (sadly, my dh thinks its a great device...he wasn't the one who got it as a present though). Every year though my MIL buys her 3 boys (43, 40 & 36) the same things (deodrant, socks, toblerone, etc) and they each get a sachet of cat food for the cat...they sit by the tree each and every year and have a good feel then giggle like school children pretending they have no idea what it is they're about to open! I swear she thinks they have no idea and is chuffed to bits each year. I'm smirking at the thought of this years already!

Years ago, my mum desperately wanted a Sony Handycam. My stepdad gave her a Sanyo or something & she hit the roof. I remember him saying "but the Sanyo is a better deal!" & my mother crying. It was truly horrific.

A terracotta boot with dried flowers in it, and a display of dried and varnished bread rolls.

Nice!

My dear mum brought be a oven glove with a big floppy reindeer head on it last year. And the year before a cookery book for ages 8+! {i'm 25}. She has also brought DS (9mths) a load of stamps for Christmas "in case he wants to collect them when he's older". Bless her!

For my dd2: a woolen handknitted jacket and hat that smelled as though it had been in a loft for years and would only fit her at the height of summer.

i've got to go & fetch dd from school but i'll have a think, morethan1. you could give them a "russian doll" series of beautifully wrapped but empty boxes with a little paper saying "happy Xmas" in the smallest one...

If all else fails, there's always the preserved fruit (I have one now 18months out of date) or maybe some 34 metres of elastic - it always comes in handy...

Dh bought me a bag of pot purais (terrible speller) as part of my stockig filler

morethan1 - sponsor a donkey for her

When I was about 6 months pregnant my parents gave me the most hideous shortie nightie... sort of sub-Laura Ashley (probably came from C&A, though) with sprigs of flowers all over, all gathered round the neck. It was a size 12 and I am at least a size 14 when not pregnant and a DD chest (again when not pregnant) so even if I had wanted to wear it (which I didn't) I'd never have got it round my chest. It was so short over my bump that it came to about my belly-button. My mum said 'I thought you'd like something nice to wear in hospital'. (Hmmm... stayed in for approx 12 hours and was suitably attired in blood-stained t-shirt! LOL!) Might have been suitable for a c-section, because the appropriate area was nicely exposed. Don't remember what happened to it, but I don't recall seeing it again after Christmas day!