Disappointing/weird/inappropriate christmas gifts

Gingernutty

purpleposting4 wrote: »

A pink flowery address book. Lovely, except I dislike pink flowery stuff and the person who gave me it bought me an Emma Bridgewater one last year (which I love)!!!

A bottle of Baileys - fantastic, except I knew it was the bottle that I had given her last year, as she'd told me a couple of months ago that she still hadn't drunk it, it was in her shed and thought she was going off it!!!

Other gifts this year include:

A bin for the bathroom (which I really like!)
A can of De-Icer for the car (useful I suppose)
Some WD-40 (?!)
A large old purse in pink, no labels (they like car boot sales)
Car air freshener (it's not even my car, it's my OHs)
Teabags.

Oh well, it's the thought that counts!!!!!?!!!!!

I did buy someone a can of de-icer as a 'thank you' for giving me a lift home one evening. She ran out de-icing the windscreen and I thought it would be a nice gesture. I brought it into work the following morning.

But seriously, a can of de-icer as a Christmas gift? !!!!!!?

Georgiegirl256

MessyBetty1 wrote: »

Thank you so much for the laughs on new year's eve:) You have had me crying x x :A I have been very fortunate this year :j however in the past my DD said that she liked cows! Guess what,she got them every birthday and Christmas the pot one's which are awful! They went on ebay.

I have an Aunty who used to always buy us sticker books of flags of the world, or capital cities, we never rushed to open them.

I think there should be a vote for the worst gift this year. My vote world go to the shared mug and gloves. Bless you all for your contributions xxx

My vote would go to the person who received a Tesco's Value shower gel! I mean, that's got to be taking the !!!! surely?! :rotfl:

balletshoes

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

By the way, in case nobody realised, some of us didn't get any presents at all this year - like every other year.

And sometimes, it would be nice to have something, no matter how awful or cheap, to open on Christmas Day.

my favourite christmas pressies this year (as we don't gift between adults in my family, except from and to my mum), were the ones i bought myself - 2 items from Clinique, ordered online with free samples, and each gift-wrapped so beautifully i've kept the boxes and all the wrapping .

this thread has made me chuckle - hologram kitten picture wins so far for me :rotfl:!

CATS

A bag of dried apricots from the MIL

kerri_gt

celyn90 wrote: »

kerri - that's a wonderful idea; would they take that sort of thing? I have a lot of christmas chocolate I can't eat and that would be a great way to pass them on to someone that might enjoy them.

(Normally I just keep them for a bit then put them in the common room at work.)

I think they will, I know they aren't the kind of ting listed on food bag 'shopping lists' but I did ask our local one if I could drop in some Christmas biscuits and chocs last year and they welcomed them. Might be worth checking first but I don't see why people wouldn't be allowed a little treat just because they have been forced to a food bank, esp at this time of year too.

Loving this thread, shame we can't do a mass meet up to display the gifts mentioned

neneromanova

DH's Parents got a 4+ jigsaw for DD1 when she's nearly 6. And DD2 got a wooden jigsaw set for a 2+ year old when she's 3 1/2 and can do 6+ Jigsaws.

Neither looked too impressed.

Homeagain

warehouse wrote: »

Little Hotties, can be purchased for as little as 30p each on ebay. Absolutely fantastic for cold hand sufferers. Those clicky things are useless.

Sorry to butt in - am enjoying this thread! The little hotties you mention - are these the ones that you click and then have to boil for about three days to get them to work again. Someone I know has tiny little wheat filled hand warmers which you put in the microwave - that sounds better. Where can I get these and what would they be called - thank you

jellyhead

Homeagain wrote: »

Sorry to butt in - am enjoying this thread! The little hotties you mention - are these the ones that you click and then have to boil for about three days to get them to work again. Someone I know has tiny little wheat filled hand warmers which you put in the microwave - that sounds better. Where can I get these and what would they be called - thank you

Mine came from the body shop, but they were in last year's sale.

building_with_lego

Homeagain wrote: »

Sorry to butt in - am enjoying this thread! The little hotties you mention - are these the ones that you click and then have to boil for about three days to get them to work again. Someone I know has tiny little wheat filled hand warmers which you put in the microwave - that sounds better. Where can I get these and what would they be called - thank you

They're very easy to make- I used old t shirts, sewed almost all the way around a 4- layer pile, filled in between the middle two layers with value rice and sewed up the top. No turning right way or hemming as it's jersey (and you must use 100% natural fibre fabric in case it melts!) and they took about 30 minutes to make two pairs. Cost about 15p for the rice; the jersey was free! Mine take about 30-40 seconds in the microwave.

Idea from Pinterest

building_with_lego

Oh, and mine were blokey, for Dad and brother presents so were dark grey rectangles. Those hearts ^^ look so purty but I'd worry about the felt being synthetic and melty...