Disappointing/weird/inappropriate christmas gifts

bigmomma051204

redpete wrote: »

Lush, lovely smellies ... no, sorry I don't get how those words go together.

(Might be because the factory is near here.)

Factory?? You mean Lush products aren't all handmade by ethereal hippies who mould them and then dance around them, chanting incantations thus ensuring that the user of each delectable, beautiful bomb has a soothing and enriching experience?? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Next you will be telling me that it wasn't Father Christmas who brought me my (good/non floral) pressies......

Mrs.W_2

My out-laws gave us, as a family, a huge picture of kittens in a basket. Which would be fine, if completely random, but it also moves; it is one of those freaky hologram pictures.

The OH left it propped up on the dining room table. As I walked through the room on my way to the kitchen, the little kitten's heads flicked round, constantly watching.

It is now in the garage, waiting any freecycler brave enough to take it on.

bigmomma051204

Mrs.W wrote: »

My out-laws gave us, as a family, a huge picture of kittens in a basket. Which would be fine, if completely random, but it also moves; it is one of those freaky hologram pictures.

The OH left it propped up on the dining room table. As I walked through the room on my way to the kitchen, the little kitten's heads flicked round, constantly watching.

It is now in the garage, waiting any freecycler brave enough to take it on.

Now THAT sounds super! :rotfl:

Money_maker

SIL bought DS1 & DS2 breathalyzers. DS1 is 18 and doesn't drive, DS2 is 16 :rotfl: she didn't even buy batteries for them:(

Mind you, MIL bought them liquer chocolates. None of us can stand liquers.

Goldiegirl

Apart from each other, the only people my husband and I buy presents for is my husband's long standing friend and his wife.

We've tried to hint for a long time that perhaps it's time to stop the tradition, but they've always been keen to carry it on.

But I'm not sure why they carry on with it - for quite a while now the presents have never been that appropriate for us, and about three years ago I realised why. The present I received had a gift tag inside, addressed to the wife from somebody else. So it looks like they are recycling gifts.

Since then, it's become our new Christmas entertainment to see what bizarre present we are given.

This year, after a quick eBay search, we've been able to confirm my travel toiletries set was given away by an airline, and my husbands small binocular set was a freebie from a heritage organisation!

LisaLou1982

Money_maker wrote: »

SIL bought DS1 & DS2 breathalyzers. DS1 is 18 and doesn't drive, DS2 is 16 :rotfl: she didn't even buy batteries for them:(

Mind you, MIL bought them liquer chocolates. None of us can stand liquers.

At first i thought this was my favourite reply so far....

Mrs.W wrote: »

My out-laws gave us, as a family, a huge picture of kittens in a basket. Which would be fine, if completely random, but it also moves; it is one of those freaky hologram pictures.

The OH left it propped up on the dining room table. As I walked through the room on my way to the kitchen, the little kitten's heads flicked round, constantly watching.

It is now in the garage, waiting any freecycler brave enough to take it on.

And then i saw this!!!! OMG!:eek::eek:

nuttywoman

Supernatural wrote: »

For Christmas my aunt gave me a big bag of lentils a couple of years back, but my personal favourite was the bright red flannel and bar of soap she got me the year before. My nan died a couple of years back so we don't see much of them now, I appreciated the thought but I'm hoping she doesn't bother with pressies from now on!

I got a kilo of Blue Peas :rotfl:never knew they exsisted

GobbledyGook

DD1 was desperate to 'buy' her own presents for her Dad and I this year.

I got a Lynx set, an imitation Yankee candle that is rank, some chocolate coins (that she gave up wrapping as they were 'a pain') and a pair of slippers that are like something someone's granny would wear, but I have to wear because she was so proud that she remembered I wanted new ones. OH got a pack of 50 pens (he's always losing his pen) a very plasticky wallet and a bottle of cheapity cheap aftershave.

However she put infinitely more thought into it than my MIL used too. She would harangue and harass me for weeks to make a list then completely ignore it and buy me something utterly useless or unusable.

Rowingirl

A pack of ferrero rocher and a Martini rose gift pack (with extra ferrero rocher) from my friend. I don't like either and have told him this in the past! I think he did his Christmas shopping with Marty & the Doc.

barbiedoll

My brother is a terrible present-buyer.

One year, he bought a tiny, floral-patterned pillbox for my mum. She wasn't on any regular medication and is one of those people who won't even take tablets for a headache unless she is practically dying. I'm not sure what his reasoning was behind that idea?

He bought me a home-made wine kit. To use it, I would have needed to buy demijohns, bottles and corks as well as rubber tubes, bungs etc, not to mention a shed in which to ferment it. When I asked him why he bought it he said "Well, I know you like wine", which I didn't, particularly. When I asked him why he didn't just buy me a bottle of wine he replied, "Well, where's the fun in that?"

He also bought me the largest ever stuffed toy gorilla you can imagine. It was at least 5 feet tall (and in a sitting position), and it was wearing a red Hawaiian shirt. Worse of all, he bought one for my mum too! :eek::eek:

Thankfully, we don't exchange presents any longer! :rotfl: