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

mickyfin

Last year from my freind I got a polishing cloth for people with bald heads and a toilet roll with crosswords on.So after talking to the person concerned about how annoyed I was to receive such gifts from my best freind,this year I was poised with anticipation as to what I would be getting.Alas for the second year running the Xmas gifts were not a patch on last years.I got a packet of rich tea chocolate covered.biscuits and a three inch wide book of old git quotes,and my wife got a packet of Jammie Dodgers,and some smellies.I am dreading opening my presents from my mate next year.:(

lollol

olliesmom wrote: »

:rotfl:You made the whole family collapse with laughter with your story! :rotfl:
My worst Christmas present was from my MIL and it was 3 pairs of Tesco knickers (from a 5 pack). My SIL was given the other 2 pairs for her Christmas present!!!:eek: :rotfl:Was absolutely furious at the cheek of it lol!!

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birdonabike

My MIL bought (or more likely acquired ) for my daughter (her only grand daughter) an elf candle holder (complete with candles) a cheep and tacky enough present at the best of times but if you take into account my daughters not even a year and a half old! I really do wonder what was (or wasn't) going through her head at the time. Unfortunately (after first checking value on ebay) my daughter happened to drop the elf (minus the candles) and it snapped in two *sigh*
Her one other present from MIL was a £3 paddling pool at least she might get some use out of it in the summer.

Next year we're on a mission; MIL's present needs to cost nothing and also be entirely pointless!

gorgeousgirlie

liz-paul wrote: »

My 5 yo son told his Dad this year that he would like to buy me 'a wee pot of that stuff mummy puts on her moustache to make it lighter'!!!! :rotfl:

At least it shows that he pays attention

Oh fantastic - sounds like he's shaping up to be a perfect husband for some lucky girl one day!!!!

crimplteem

A jar of Tesco Silverskin pickled onions wrapped in a Charity Shop hand towel!:money:

PenguinOfDeath

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Wow, some people have some really mean relations, don't they? Especially the meat hamper for the vegetation! As well as all the really weird and thoughtless gifts!

Sorry that made me chuckle! :laugh:

Worst present this year was probably a mug with a Santa face on the side and a santa hat on the top. Pretty useless and tacky at this time of year, never mind in later months!

Probably matched by the bottle of blue WKD I receieved a previous year, I was mid twenties at the time and hadnt drunk said drink since I was 15 and it made me violently sick, luckily my pallet has matured a little since then :A

northernjay

3 years ago I got a jumper off an old aunt. When I opened the present it looked ok, purple/lilac colours and a cable pattern. There wasn't a label in it as it was obviously hand knitted. The problem was the sleeves. I am a tall person but they overhung my extended fingers by 8 inches. Also they were so tight that I could barely get my arms in it anyway. I had a mad 5 minutes of flicking anybody within range with my newly acquired woolwhips before I had to have help in getting it off me. Shame as it must have taken her a while to knit - especially the sleeves.

winterwhite11

northernjay wrote: »

3 years ago I got a jumper off an old aunt. When I opened the present it looked ok, purple/lilac colours and a cable pattern. There wasn't a label in it as it was obviously hand knitted. The problem was the sleeves. I am a tall person but they overhung my extended fingers by 8 inches. Also they were so tight that I could barely get my arms in it anyway. I had a mad 5 minutes of flicking anybody within range with my newly acquired woolwhips before I had to have help in getting it off me. Shame as it must have taken her a while to knit - especially the sleeves.

..........lol

bundly

jap200 wrote: »

One year my husband and I were given a plastic or resin 'mountain' water feature. You filled a reservoir with water and clapped your hands (or any other noise) and the most atrocious music started playing and water started flowing down the little mountain stream - in which tiny gnomes were fishing! This was bought by my husband's elderly aunt who genuinely thought it would be a lovely addition to our new conservatory!

I was so awful that we kept it for a while for its kitch qualities, but eventually couldn't stand the sight or sound of it any more so it went to a charity shop.

My brother bought me one, its ghastly beyond words. I kept it in case he ever visits and asks where it is.

THE-WIFE_3

Thank you everyone who has taken time out to comment on this thread, it's given me such a huge belly laugh. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

As for the giving of a meat themed hamper, I think I would try and find a day trip to an abattoir for a treat or a video of the program that was on sort a while ago, a sort of 'Kill it. Eat it'. It went through the whole gamut of how our food is produced. I eat meat very rarely, only when the body craves it.

I'm lucky as OH treats me throughout the year and me likewise with him. We only get a couple of presents from two of my four children but they are single and know exactly what we like. My other two have lots of children between them so I'd rather they spend their hard earned money on the littlies and one of them lives in Canada anyway. We treat the the grandchildren not the adults now. Other stuff is mainly home-made fudge and I love it.