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Great Hunt: What's the worst Christmas present you've ever received?
Former_MSE_Sam_M
Posts: 346 Forumite
We don't want to dampen the Christmas spirit, but we are curious...
What's the worst Christmas present you've ever received?
Whether it's a dubious looking ornament from the charity shop or the wet wipes that one MSE'er received from his mum, we want to know.
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What's the worst Christmas present you've ever received?
Whether it's a dubious looking ornament from the charity shop or the wet wipes that one MSE'er received from his mum, we want to know.
Share yours below...
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A Tie with a stain on it!0
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I got THIS bloomin' horrible garden ornament several Christmasses ago! :eek:
It went straight to a charity shop a few days later.You didn't, did you? :rotfl::rotfl:0 -
Some sheets of paper and a book on Origami.0
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I got THIS bloomin' horrible garden ornament several Christmasses ago! :eek:
It looks a bit like a death mask :eek: :rotfl: Not surprised you wanted rid of it!Some sheets of paper and a book on Origami.
I quite like origami
Can I swap it for the Yankee Candles which my in-laws bought for me one year. I can't stand the smell of them!! left the forum due to trolling/other nonsense
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A second hand used white towelling dressing gown.. from my brothers wife.. and to add insult it was 'for birthday & christmas' .. off to chazzer it went!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0
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My Mam got an ashtray off her best mate many years ago. She has never smoked and absolutely detests it.0
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A pack of candles (no idea why) and a "pre-loved" jumper that was too small, stained and covered in bobbles due to wear. Bypassed the charity shops, the jumper went straight in the recycling.0
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a dented bottle of bubble bath that was 2 years out of date. From my MIL.0
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A packet of tea- which had been opened! From my brother and sister- in - law
The same year they gave my OH a way too large shirt which had been re- folded badly and stuffed back into its packaging.
The hardest thing was stifling our giggles in front of them!0 -
A bottle of chocolate flavour bubble bath. Was horrible stuff.Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free
Mortgage free since 20140
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