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hollykate

My OH's aunt gives the most bizarre presents -its become a family tradition to open them together as we have such a great laugh! The funniest ones are: A squidgy!! for my brother in law , a pair of children's army bincolars (£1 ones) for my 18yr old brother in law! A dap bag for a 40 yr old man. for My OH birthday she bought him.... cheap brand anti dandruff shampoo.... i nearly fell off the chair:rotfl:
she is really lovely though!! Can't wait till this xmas.

hemophobic

I remember once when I was younger I got my friend a spud gun, but I also wrapped up a potato to use it with and gave him the potato first. Hehe

kloana

A packet of boiled sweets. From a close relative who is not short of a bob or two. They weren't even wrapped in Christmas paper, just presented 'as is', complete with a 59p price sticker. I, however, had spent £30 on said relative on a gift voucher for their favourite shop, and I was short of a bob or two!

The same relative has also given clothing gifts that are either much too small, much too big, or went out of fashion in 1846. They also once bought bought me a £10 mobile phone top-up voucher for my birthday. Not a bad haul, considering this person's poor taste and general tightness. However, it was for the wrong network, and I wasn't even on Pay As You Go. My OH's birthday was the month later - he got 5 bottles of beer from said relative, in what should have been a six pack (the relative had drank one bottle!).

Luckyred

This is by far the funniest thread I have read for ages. What a laugh...its had me in hysterics ( apart from the one about the little boy and the X Box) that was shocking. What sort of a parent would want to hurt their child like that.
The ones that literally made me cry laughing were the Belmarsh Prison mug, the Madonna Pig and the box of Ryvita.
All the rest were brilliant too. Thanks so much to everyone who has posted.
My worst ever was a "Christmas Stocking" shaped selection box from an aunt. I think I was about 38 at the time. I presume she thought it contained chocs but if she had looked properly she would have noticed it read "A Christmas Present for your Dog". I gave it to a neighbour who had a dog.:rotfl:

lelasuzi

A nail file. Small, metal and plastic thing. My flat mate at the time gave it to me. We worked but were always skint. I got her a small bottle of Channel and a bottle of rum. I thought it was a joke and she`d give me my real pressie later. Nope - just my nail file.

desert_rose

A set of three wooden tulips and a gold plastic passport cover from my sister one birthday. A second hand grubby brown 'shawl', thingie off her last Christmas and a year ago, a travel set of two tins of shoe polish with brushes!!

Had a word with her about present buying and agreed not to buy for each other at birthday and Christmas time.

I've never had a decent present off her (and we're both in our 50's) and I've always bought her thoughtful and on occasion, expensive gifts too.

Just fed up with it now and though I used to find it funny....feel more insulted of late...

Kalama

My mum went through a phase of sending me a pair of furry boot style slippers, along with a (very nice) hand made fluffy scarf or big heavy cableknit cardigan etc for Christmas every year. My hubby got jumpers for several years running.

Lovely thought, but we live in Kenya. I open her presents wearing a vest top and summery skirt..... We had to ask her to stop, as there is only so much stuff you can put to one side and say 'it will be lovely for when we eventually move back!'

Chaos_Monkey

I have just remembered a present my in-laws got my DH one xmas. Some pretty naff plastic figurines of an African man and a woman, in traditional dress. They'd brought them back from holiday (not Africa!), and neither family (his or mine) have any connection to Africa, and none of our decor resembles anything ethnic. We were baffled. They went straight down to the charity shop.

I often wonder whether the charity shops manage to sell some of these wildly random donations?!

The mind boggles!

DavidSmith78

:rotfl: That’s great,

Birdie85

Chaos_Monkey wrote: »

I often wonder whether the charity shops manage to sell some of these wildly random donations?!

Judging by the gifts written about on here these wildly random donations go into the perpetual cycle of charity shop >> well meaning elderly aunt >> baffled recipient >> charity shop!