Worst/Strangest Christmas Present!

Chester_Draws

Mrs Draws told me one xmas that she would love an animal skin coat. (imatation of course)
I hunted everywhere for one in my price range with no avail.
Eventually found one on the market .... a donkey jacket.

Penny_Farthing_2

I meant well tewnty years ago when I was a student and decided time and thought was better than cash (overdraft) spent. I decided to make my prezzies. I am v disorganised and a last minute Lil so when I finished knitting a v trendy pair of fingerless gloves for my sister and wrapped them up past midnight on Christmas Eve I was well chuffed. She wasn't so chuffed next morning when she opened them and found I'd mistakenly knitted two right hands!

It's funny how they never remember the NICE presents....

never_enough

slobbery wrote:

Several years ago my MIL gave me a pair of red crotchless knickers and my other half (her son) a whip and handcuffs!
We were both speechless......

OMG!!! I nearly fell off my chair!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

never_enough

abijanzo wrote:

I was once given a..... glass head. The kind that opticians have in the window to put specs on. I honestly thought it must be a joke but no - it was deadly serious!! Not the kind of gift you'd usually give to your 15yr old friend - but I've never forgotten it LMAO :rotfl:

Now, I would actually like that! I'm always looking for places for my hats.

never_enough

SSB wrote:

Few years ago one of my neighbours was SO excited about her Christmas present since her boyfriend kept hinting that the present will be really special and something that she have wanted for a while. Since there had been some vague conversations regarding marriage, she was convinced it will be a proposal and a lovely ring.

Imagine her surprise when it was pet rat... Her boyfriend thought she was feeling a bit lonely and a pet would help...

On the floooooor!!!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penny_Farthing_2

'Range of things from my Nana, she buys for over 50 people, her children (5 + partners) my cousins I have 20 and their partners, my cousins children, her other family like sister and brothers and their partners and her friends. Honestly I tell her every year she is mad but we have to swap presents usually, over the years I have had 5-6 year old boys undies (I was 16 and a girl) mens hankies, cigarettes (I was 8) adults smellies (about 11) mens socks, oh yes you name it as she wraps things then tries to remember what they are and won't accept any help with it. '

:rotfl:
Oh my God - this is going to be me - I just know it!!

StudentLife

I've never had anything disastrous, but when i was ten (i.e. going to take my 11+ the next month) my Auntie bought me a 'My First Dictionary' with hardly any words and lots of pictures! Great...thanks... that's lovely, will come in very handy :rolleyes:

carrie6874

Last christmas surprised my now ex-boyf and popped in to see him and family on xmas day with nice pressie for his mum and dad of posh biccies, chocs and wine. His mum went into the kitchen, came back 2 minutes later with my carefully planned pressie of a box of tissues (just opened) wrapped in scrap bit of paper (no sellotape)!!:rotfl: How thoughtful!! Wasn't expecting anything and would have prefered nothing really!

Why do people think that giving this c**p is better than nothing at all?

honey28

This has to be the funniest thread ever. Told myself I was going to just read a few but here I am 30 mins later PMSL!!

OH's granny is cracker at presents. One year she had gone on a knitting spree and made DS an aaron jumper - lovely except she had forgotten to make a hole for his head. She also made a hat to match,and gave it to DS for Easter - it resembled a chefs hat and both DH and I were able to fit into it at the one time - still have photo pinned up in kitchen.

Last year she gave me a box of chocolate. Nice present. They were the same ones we had given her the previous Christmas and were all white and mouldy inside with several missing and the empty papers still inside. I have also had handkerchiefs off her embroidered with her initials, not mine!!

Last year a relative from England came to stay with my folks for Christmas. She bought all the couples hot water bottles, DS (7) barbie bubble bath and DD a pack of dummies (she was 3!!) one cousin (21) got the free toys from a cereal box - she had been collecting them. The creme de la creme was when she presented my brother with a balaclava to wear to work on cold mornings and home again - not the best thing to buy someone who lives in N Ireland and travels by train and bus to Belfast :rotfl: She made us all open them one at a time so she could see our expressions. By the time it got to my bro I was in full on hysterics. They had to tell her I had too much to drink :rotfl: We all got the presents after dinner, and all were wrapped in paper she had salvaged from earlier in the day

amanda40

My mum gave my other half a Scottish Quiz book one year as part of his Christmas - he already had it so told her so she could give it to someone else. He got it again the next two years!!!!!!