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Kerria

Also a friend of mine (who is in her 30s) was once given a plastic rain hood, of the variety favoured by elderly ladies, by her BIL.

bright_side

In my job, I tend to receive quite a few xmas gifts from my customers......chocolates, biscuits, smellies, wine etc which are all very much appreciated, even though I have to give more than half of them away due to allergies and the fact I don't drink

Last year a customer who never gives a xmas gift, stated that she hadn't got us anything because she hadn't been out anywhere, but she had found 2 little perfume samples in her underwear drawer and said she'd like us to have them. I did my best ever so grateful speech, whilst my colleague stared in disbelief and later commented that we should be grateful she didn't give us her old knickers :rotfl:

consultant31

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I'll never understand the mindset of people who do that kind of thing. I remember watching a Youtube video of a young boy, maybe 10, who excitedly unwrapped his present to reveal an X Box console box. He got so excited and wide-eyed, saying thank you, thank you...until he opened the box and it was empty. You could then see and hear the family laughing their socks off at their little joke. I actually cried watching that.

That's basically child abuse

Birdie85

When I was about 13/14 and desperate for a mobile phone I remember my parents 'hilarious' joke of giving me a mobile phone box... with slippers inside! Fortunately I didn't fall for it as I'm not *that* stupid and calmly opened it up and gushed over the slippers, wiping the smug smile off my parents' faces as their joke fell flat!

Had to laugh at the complaint about getting a printer for Christmas, I got one for my birthday last year and was thrilled as I'd been after one for ages for making crafty stuff and it was genuinely the only thing I really wanted! How sad am I?!

My in-laws are dreadful at gift giving. The first year I was with my DH my MIL gave me an obviously re-gifted box of old-lady lavender soaps, after I gave her and my FIL lovely thoughful gifts and my DH showed off the new jumper that my Mum had bought for him! My BIL once bought me a big chilli grinder (that he got on 3-for-2 as FIL got the same thing and he bragged that he'd kept the extra one for himself!). Things got so bad a few years ago we decided to do a secret santa so we only had to buy one gift and we'd be able to put a little more thought into it; sadly last year BIL picked OH to buy for, he surpassed all expectations and bought him a foot-tall 'Predator' model made out of nuts, bolts and and bike chains! Absolutely hideous and terrifying! :eek:

angeltreats

My mum is generally very good at buying presents but occasionally has a lapse in judgement. When I was 13 I had lots of nice presents (I think I had a CD player that year) but the thing that stands out was a nightie of the long t-shirt variety, with a female cartoon Sad Sam dog dressed up in naughty lingerie and the words

I'll be your Christmas present...

...if you promise to 'unwrap' me carefully!

Apparently mum, bless her, thought it was cute and didn't quite catch the meaning

LouiseTopp

a digital photo frame. i am never going to use it because all my sims are in cameras. I'm sure the person who bought it meant well.

joess

Hugo Boss aftershave from my Mother in Law.......... I'm female....... She said she bought it because "it smelled nice" Think I put it on eBay a few days later....

aileth

Birdie85 wrote: »

My in-laws are dreadful at gift giving. The first year I was with my DH my MIL gave me an obviously re-gifted box of old-lady lavender soaps, after I gave her and my FIL lovely thoughful gifts and my DH showed off the new jumper that my Mum had bought for him!

Oh my god, this is exactly what happens to me!! DH gets a fantastic new coat or jumper, and last time I got novelty salt and pepper shakers!!!! Got my own back thought by getting her a miniature swiss army knife set!

gaynormurray

Lol One of my eccentric (now deceased) old aunties was well known for her odd Xmas gifts. We frequently got, as children boxes of chocolates with her favourites already eaten and the best ever was a salt and pepper pot set, the salt had a gift from Scotland on it and the pepper pot had a gift from Blackpool on it and they were clearly not a set as they were completly different colours and shapes! Ha ha we had some laughs over who got the most bizarre presents every year!

cherylsurrey

I hate sounding a killjoy but, I no longer buy anyone Christmas presents or accept them due to the terrible ones I got given in the past, and the total waste of money. I used to put alot of thought and care into it only to get insults back

Everyone used to buy me alcohol, despite the fact that I am well known for not drinking the stuff.

Others include, childrens toys when I was over 25, paper hankys, packets of crisps, basically things they found in draws/cupboards and wrapped up with no thought. I used to end up with a cardboard box full of junk for the charity shop.