Spill the beans... on the worst Xmas present you got

hamish222

I am fortunate and dont really get any dodgy gifts. But my nieces boyfriend gets some great stuff from his gran. She is getting a bit forgetfull and thinks every special occasion, easter, xmas, graduation etc is his birthday and she buys him a birthday card. He has had about 7 birthdays this year. And over last few years has bought him fake ugg female boots and female sloggi pants to name but a few. Its the present he most looks forward to getting.

Mia_B_2

I'm having a great wee laugh here at this thread - especially the odd slippers :-D - thanks everyone!

This is my first post, thought I'd contribute some Christmas cracker presents from our outlaws...

I received a pair of baby blue fluffy high heeled slippers (think Jessica Rabbit) in a size 4 - I'm a six and the giver is a size 4 ;-)

Hubby received a Filofax-type diary that had already been written on!

Hubby also received two of his own shirts that he'd got the year before but never taken the tags off as he didn't actually like them - relative found them, stashed them, then re-wrapped and gave them to him the following year!

Never sure whether to say outright, "these don't fit me" "oops this has been written on, did you make a mistake" or whatever, we just tend to smile, say thanks, then hot foot it to the charity shop!

Dont really mind and think that nobody is entitled to a gift, but I do wonder if people are just trying to be nasty or take the pi*s - these relatives are not short of time or money and we always try hard for them and give gift receipts.

Ah well it keeps us all entertained!

normandleigh

this thread has made me laugh :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
ive been lucky with pressies but last year my mums best friend bought her a plastic folder full of recipe cards (nothing wrong with that i hear u say) but when looked at closer some of the recipe cards had food stains on them and the costings were in old money lol x

Kittenonthekeys

From 'Friend A' who knows I detest knick-knacks
1) Three inch plastic 'metallic' high-heeled mule (shoe, not donkey) - just the one - on an elastic loop?? Answers on a postcard please.
2) Coat-of-arms, crested spoon in a box - again, just the one. 'Friend A' gives me a different one of these every year.
3) Resin wall plaque with cheesy slogan.
4) Mug with scratchy transfers - one of those with a rough surface, not because it's rustic but because it's cheap and badly-made.

From 'Friend B' who has known me for over 40 years:
1) Elbow-length woollen fingerless gloves with allover metal studs. She knows I don't wear stuff like that and never have. Wouldn't even have minded so much if they'd at least been useful proper gloves that covered the fingers! Last year she got me a b----y hat, knowing I've never worn a hat in my entire life.

From 'Friend C' and family
Nothing

From 'Relative D'
1) Cheap designer-knock-off plastic shopping bag that although is capacious enough to hold an elephant - it's bigger than me - has no gusset (oo-er missus) so won't stay open or stand up, which means it has to be balanced mid-air while you try to put the shopping in it.
2) Torch from the pound shop that doesn't work.

And last, but not least (and I don't know if this counts) but Mr. Kitten's card to me said 'Happy Christmas Dad' with 'dad' crossed out! He said he hadn't noticed til he'd got it home from the shop and started writing it out......

All gone to Oxfam, except torch that's been binned. Certainly taught me a lesson for next year, getting some new friends! :mad::mad::mad:

Lizzieb151

Ha ha some of these made me laugh

One year I got a pack of size 10 thongs from my husbands Nan however at that time I was a size 18!!!!

The next year my in laws brought us a tv (second hand and exactly the same as the one we already had???) Did not understand that one bit!

Still they have certainly got better over the years

Ess

My wife and me were in stitches reading some of the unbelievable Christmas "presents" but my wife says (with tongue in cheek) "It's the thought that counts"!

I would like to add my own story about my daughter's first husband who bought himself a top-of-the-range camera one Christmas a few years ago.
Yes you can guess what he did with his old camera...he gave it my daughter as her present!

elizabethhull

I must be so lucky - I very rarely get awful presents, but this thread reminds me of an occasion when my elder daughter received a Xmas present from her Aunt & Uncle, exclaiming after she'd unwrapped it, 'Ooh, just what I wanted!.......what is it ?'

gingerandrubarb

blue_hare wrote: »

As a kid I was given a pair of socks with separate toes (like gloves but for feet).These were useless as I have webbed feet
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Me too!!! I got these and have webbed toes too. I have also been given flip flops and toe post sandals on numerous occassions for my summer time birthday too.. #fail. :rotfl:

gingerandrubarb

My husband got a small can of Irn-Bru and a magazine for his xmas from my side of the family - he doesn't read magazines and we have tons of Irn Bru in for xmas time.

He also recieved a comedy tie, ( he doesn't wear ties) and i recieved back gifts that i had given to my family the year before. #fail *hahah* x