Worst/Strangest Christmas Present!

purpleimp

I always got knickers from an elderly family friend when I was a child, and every year they were always the same, kingsized douvet covers with the corners cut off!

One of the funniest I've heard was a lad thinking he was being really thoughtful bought his mum something practical for christmas, a nice new saucepan, mum was obviously appreciative in a !!!!ed of sort of a way, her birthday then fell on the 29th, the lad wanting to get his moneys worth then gave her the lid for her birthday!

earthmother

Is this just Christmas presents? My grandma, who has never been great with presents, outdid herself for my 21st Birthday - a £1.99 kitchen utensil set on a carousel that wouldn't turn - I was still living at home at the time :rotfl:


When it comes to Christmas though, MIL (again, lol) would always buy me 'sensible' granny knickers (white, and often thermal, and I was a 20-something goth/hippy) and always 2 sizes too small (well, I suppose it's better than 2 sizes too big :rolleyes: ).

Anyway, that was bad enough, but then one year the sensible white knickers were replaced with sexy, skimpy black ones with lip motifs decorated with red sequins - apparently FIL did the shopping that year (and had done the same for SIL) :eek:

slobbery

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......

*Louise*

My MIL once gave me a bra from an Ann Summers party she was at - pity it was a B cup and I was an F:rotfl:

Another time she gave me 3 CD's...which on closer inspection were all copies, and not by anyone I even liked:rolleyes:

My gran is terrible at buying presents - she will buy a 12pack of socks from the market, then divvy them up amongst the men for christmas so they all get a couple of pairs each.:rotfl:

And my little sister always gets something pink and girly from our gran....which is a pity cos she is 18 and an emo :rotfl:

culpepper

M aunty crotcheted bras for the girls in the family. My cousin got one and she was only about 8. My brother got a balaclava.

nearlyrich

I once got 2 christmas tea towels in a secret santa at work just what I always wanted not.

*zippy*

One year my Nan gave my husband James Bond pants, with shoot to kill written on the front

Lillibet_2

My parents once bought me a bathroom door They knew I wanted a new one so went to Wickes & picked one out & turned up with it with a bow around the handle! That said, it was the kind I would have picked myself & is still in use to this day;) (and Dad did hang it for me too!)

My ex-husband once bought me a layered mirror in the shape of Eey-ore He was so pleased with himself as he thought I would love it:p:p:p. As soon as we split up I car-booted it but couldn't find any takers. In the end I bribed a small girl to take it away by also giving her 2 teddy bears & the rest of my packet of jelly babies:rotfl:

MY MiL.....just a couple of of her gems include shoe box containing a twin pack of Odour eaters:rotfl:(her 2 daughters also got these...there was much telephone grumbling between us!), half a packet of custard creams (apparentely the whole pack wouldn't fit in:rolleyes:) & a tube of toothpaste with a very obvious squeeze out of with a note saying she couldn't use this brand it made her tounge itch?:p Last year I got a thermal mug which we had given her (on her request I might add!) the Christmas before:mad: This year she is getting a Boots voucher from us, at least if she gives it back we can use it!

benbenandme

The first year I went to my (ex) boyfriends house for Christmas I had already been pre-warned that gran always knits her presents ... and the family "tradition" of having to wear grans knitted garments for Christmas dinner. :eek: I got a balaclava as she thought it would be useful for when I was waiting at bus-stops in the winter (!??!?) how ridiculous did I feel trying to make a good impression while wearing a bloody balaclava for dinner!!!!

Psykicpup

We have a tradition (well we started it) that one person gets a spoof pressie ie when our friend was staying with us over Xmas we wrapped a little bag of Gummi bears in layer of wrap, tape, boxes the works till it was just over a foot square - he thought he was in for a 'big' pressie lol -& yr before last my bro got a pack of sausages - he felt it for ages trying to guess what it could be
That being said the reciepient alwasys gets a decent pressie too!