pointless Christmas Presents

hayley11

I love this thread! I wonder what goes through some peoples mind when they buy naff pressies like these!!

A few years ago (at christmas) my ex got a keyring with a bug in it off his mum, the only thing she got him!! I felt so bad for him!!

Everyone (kindly) bought me pressies for my hen night and my best friends MIL gave me 4 thongs size 14 (i'm an 8's) I later found out from my best friend that she had got them in sets with matching bras but she didn't like the thongs when she put them on!!

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zekepes

DH and I don't do presents with our siblings anymore (we do buy for the kids though) - which I thought worked out for all of us. However, two Christmases back SIL decided to give us a broken christmas ornament (it was broken when wrapped as the missing piece was not inside the wrapping and she didn't comment on its large missing chip when it was opened). We saw here a couple of days after Christmas, this year, and she had clearly wrapped up one of her presents that she didn't want for me (a size 6/8 top - I am a size 16!). WHY?! It is worthy of note that she and her DH are very wealthy. I think choosing to give us this tat, when we have all agreed not to do adult presents, is pretty insulting.

Mistyang

Happyshopper wrote: »

bubble bath !! book and cheap candles from sil , i brought her leather gloves and a expensive key ring Next year iam getting her bubble bath

why not save the bubble bath she gave you..and give it back next xmas :rotfl: :rotfl: moneysaving...;)

Jue_xx

nikflo wrote: »

my mil got me tea-towels and christmas pot pouri!! quote]

Tea Towels??!!! Hope you had her making use of them after the Christmas dinner!

I got a meat thermometer off my SIL. How nice. And no, I didn't test it on the turkey.

Jue_xx

Sola wrote: »

I got a sock one year from an elderly friend. Just the one. It was nicely wrapped though.

LOL! I bet if you dig deep enough in your sock drawer you will find a matching odd one to make a pair!

Mistyang

I recall in the 70's when I was a young married lass....size 12 and my MIL gave me a pair of pants which were so huge they came up over my boobs...(I only ever wore bikini briefs though and she knew this cos I lodged with them in those days before we got married)...these big granny knickers she gave me had big yellow daisies on.......:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
after we got wed she gave me a set of plastic orange bowls, with a matching plastic spoon:eek:

since my divorce in 1986 I dont recall any other inappropriate gifts:rotfl:

bringmeshoes

i will explain a bit about the chickenpies!!
my grandparents get my sister (and every man and his dog except me) a hamper for xmas every year, they also buy a huge meat hamper and split it amongest eveyone (again except me). last year my grandad asked if i liked chicken, i said yes thinking i would get the chicken out of the meat hamper so he goes into the kitchen and comes out with a box of chicken pies from the freezer

as for spelling my name wrong, my grandmother is my mums mum so she called my mum sarah....shes had 48 years to try and get the spelling right :rotfl:

Girlywhurly

I strangly got a steak skillet from a friend, I think that is what its called anyway, huge in the shape of a bull, the problem is she knows I am a strict vegan!!!!, what demons take over in the minds of friends and family with the present buying at christmas?

sarah.l.smith22

bringmeshoes wrote: »

well i did very well this year, all presents are fab. although i havent been to my grandparents maybe ive got some tinned potatoes to go with my chicken pies from last year!!! every time my grandmother sends me a card she spells my name wrong for 29 years!! she puts the 'h' in a differnet place each time so instead of 'sarah' i get shara, sahra,sahara or any other varaiation. the thing is she is my mothers mother and gues what my mum's name is...sarah or should that be sahra!!!:rotfl:

I used to get this all the time, although I was always Sahara according to my great aunt May, apparently Sarah is not easy enough! I thought it was just her but have recently had a lot of people asking how to spell if they call me at work to check my work email address (which is my name) and they all seem to get it wrong! I wonder how they deal with Anastasia or Patricia!!

SugarSpun

I did really well this year, the only really strange gift was a pack of (89p, Home and Bargain) hair dye from my mother, in a brownish red.

She knows, since she's been observing me since I was born, that this is precisely the colour my hair grows out of my head.