Great Hunt: What's the worst Christmas present you've ever received?

2gorgeousgirls

My 13 year old got Jack Wills gift set and Lynx gift set full of bath/shower/hair products.

She cant use them - we spent several months when she was younger finding products she could use without irritating her skin.

Who bought her them? Her dad! She was not impressed.

Her sister is delighted

Kazykazbar

the first present i ever got from my husband of 33 years was a set of pans i said if you ever buy me anything like that again i will leave you he never has

lulu_92

My in laws didn't get me a present this year because I'm pregnant. That was probably the worst one this year :rotfl:

steph2901

When I was about 12 my grandma gave me and my sister a plastic toddlers cooking set, with fake sausages!

Spendless

lulu_92 wrote: »

My in laws didn't get me a present this year because I'm pregnant. That was probably the worst one this year :rotfl:

lol. Why does being pregnant preclude you from getting a present?

megela

My husband went to a great deal of time and effort to make me my own stocking this year. However one of the presents he picked was a packet of wet toilet tissue! (in his defence he though they were facial wipes - which I do use). He also bought me some really lovely presents including a day at a spa, unfortunately when someone asks what I got for Christmas.....

PenguinOfDeath

megela wrote: »

My husband went to a great deal of time and effort to make me my own stocking this year. However one of the presents he picked was a packet of wet toilet tissue! (in his defence he though they were facial wipes - which I do use). He also bought me some really lovely presents including a day at a spa, unfortunately when someone asks what I got for Christmas.....

Goes to show, men just can't do right for doing wrong

Out,_Vile_Jelly

A friend got a spade, wrapped in a bin liner.

Another friend's very rich boyfriend got her a small Body Shop gift set; the kind that teenage girls buy for their mates with their pocket money.

mademoiselle_2

Have really enjoyed reading this thread, it made me laugh!

I think I've posted here before about not enjoying some of the gifts I've been given in the past - which makes me feel a really ungrateful XXXX, because basically I do believe THIS:

wishus wrote: »

Your folks might send you mad gifts, but at least they've thought of you, even if it's only, "Well, I don't like it, but I need something for X, so I'll palm it off on them."

I think we are wrong to expect the gifts we want or desire. Let's face it, if we got what we desired, we'd all be getting very expensive, custom-made presents!

I much prefer giving, than receiving, gifts. It really is (and should be!) about letting someone know they are in your thoughts. Even if the thought is quite hasty, or haphazard, or small. Bless 'em!

Having said all that: here's some of the presents I've got, that made me smile (even if the smile was wry!):

• A used make up bag (with a tag inside it saying '3-part set' - no sign of the set) containing a used-to-the-point-of-empty Impulse spray, and an opened and used lip gloss.
  
• Granny slippers, complete with pom-poms - except one of the pom poms was missing. (I am definitely not a granny!!)
  
• A nice little jewellery box, containing... a diamante pair of wings. I eventually worked out, via web browsing, that the wings were originally the front of a ring, with the (expandable elastic) finger band of the ring missing. Therefore a) used b) broken c) completely useless. (Unless you like just looking at a diamante pair of wings!)
  
• A 'pendant necklace' made out of gold-coloured plastic, with a dent in it. Accompanied by one Green & Blacks miniature chocolate (??)

Ah, roll on next Christmas!

springchicken

This thread has made me laugh a lot. My worst this year was 8 Minion advent calendars wrapped all together as 1 gift lol, obv saved on a box of chocolates!