Worst Christmas Gift You've Ever Received

Not that we're all not grateful to receive Christmas gifts, but some are definitely better than others.

What are some of the worst gifts you've ever received for Christmas?

And don't worry - your great Aunt Mildred isn't going to see this thread :wink:


Let's see, bad gifts...

• knitted head scarf thing, suitable for an 85 year-old woman
• quilt displaying rack, again, suitable for an 85 year-old woman
• the usual less-than-wearable sweaters
• a christmas ornament bought at the dollar store that looked like it was painted by a blind person, and the person who gave it to me scratched my name, badly misspelled, onto the bottom of it.

I'm sure there are more, but I'll have to give it more thought...

I always get these horrible board games and childrens books from my aunt. I'd rather get nothing than something I'd never ever use.

5th grade Christmas exchange at school. While others were playing with their games or cars, I was looking at one of those small 3x5 notepads, you know the ones with the spiral wire at the top, and two felt tip pens, one black, one green.

Guess I'll never forget that

The usual sweater thats too small or just looks horrible.
The most book.
And the occasional out of date chocolate that wasn't eaten from the previous Halloween.

Actually I'd appreciate a notebook or paper and pens moreso than a game. I like to write, whereas I find games (some) pretty pointless.

But I'm very anal about the pens I write with and the paper I write on. :content:

So you like shoving pens up your butt?

Anyways, my worst gifts has to be when I got some toys for 8 year-olds, when I was ~14. I dont know what the shit is called, though.

Ooooh boy. My uncle is a notoriously bad gift-giver. One year, he gave me a box wrapped in newspaper. I open a small patch, and see the word 'Kraft' written in yellow.
Okay, so maybe he took old boxes and-

Nope, he gave me a package of macaroni and cheese. This is when I was around 12, also. That's the only bad gift I can recall off the top of my head.

I don't mean to be cynical, but I don't like gifts that I find inpractical. Weird-looking sweaters, books I'm not interested in, and little trinkets that serve little or no purpose and simply take up space.

If someone doesn't know what to get me, they can just ask. I'll write up a whole list for them. :bigteeth:

No contest. A plastic two-person picnic set bought from the f#%$ing warehouse.

2 guilders and 15 cents (which is like 1 Euro) and a second-hand childrens book that was 2 generations old. :(

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No contest. A plastic two-person picnic set bought from the f#%$ing warehouse.[/b]

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Haha, yeah, that's pretty bad...

Oh I thought of another one, a set of sheets for my bed... but get this - they were TRIANGULAR. No joke. The tag said made in Pakistan, and I don't know what shape beds they have there, but I'm guessing they're not triangular. And I know it wasn't a gag gift because it was from my grandparents... :? I had to cut them up and make them into cleaning rags because they certainly weren't going to fit any mattress I've ever seen.

Tough call. I've received some doozies and given some really bad ones too. I was a pretty dense teenager, and I am profoundly embarrassed at some of the things I thought were great gifts during those years.

For several years, one of my ex-brother-in-laws and I engaged in very deliberate bad gift-giving. One that I recall receiving from those years was a jar of pickled pig's feet. A fun one I received a few years ago from a different family member was turkey and mashed potato flavored soda pop. No kidding. (The cranberry pop that came with it was great though!) That gift was given in fun, and I certainly had fun with it.

(That ex-brother-in-law was my friend before he met my sister, and I had nothing to do with their meeting. He is still a dear friend in spite of the family involvement. We stopped giving bad gifts long ago though.)

It's the thought that counts. That's what someone's present to me was once, so I punched them in the face as way of festive "share and share alike" ideology. You see, they had given me a broken heart, and not one to pass up and opportunity to share the love, I gave them a broken nose. Aha! Ahahahaha! Oh how I need another appointment for my shrink and my God am I lucky the guy in question couldn't afford a lawyer.

In grade 4, my class was doing a gift exchange. The teacher brought in this huge gift. It was like the size of a car. Of course every one wanted. I ended up getting it. So I unrapped it and torn open the box, and to my SURPRISE it was another box. I unwrapped that box, and it was another box!! This went of for about 20 boxes( I was soo curious to see what it was I didnt bother going out for recces). When I got to the last one, I was soo relieved that I didnt have any more boxes to unwrap. I was filled with excitement to finally know what my present was. So I unwrapped the last box and there was a card. I opened it up and it read ' Merry Christmas, Hope you had an enjoyeable time opening the boxes'

Waow I was soo pissed off. I missed my recces because of those stupid boxes.

Hm.. I'm not sure if this was a Christmas or birthday present, but many years ago I was quite sick and my grandma gave me this... guy... He was green and I don't remember what he did. I just remember feeling really sick, and every time I looked at him it would make me feel like throwing up even more.

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...a christmas ornament bought at the dollar store that looked like it was painted by a blind person, and the person who gave it to me scratched my name, badly misspelled, onto the bottom of it.
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That's so bad it's brilliant.

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...So I unwrapped the last box and there was a card. I opened it up and it read ' Merry Christmas, Hope you had an enjoyeable time opening the boxes'

Waow I was soo pissed off. I missed my recces because of those stupid boxes.
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That's pretty classic, but it would have been better if the card said "You win the prize".

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What are some of the worst gifts you've ever received for Christmas?
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lol, just joking :) I think I hated the lame puzzle I got last year the most.

No present at all. :(

It was a whole Jehovah's witness thing. I don't really want to explain.

socks.... and lots of em XD

An offspring album. Basically I heard an Eminem song on the radio when I was probably about 5 years old, I liked the sound of it and I asked my mum who was singing it. She wasn't keen on the idea of her 5 year old son listening to gangsta rap so she said the first artist that came into her head that wasn't Eminem - Offsping. A month or so later I told my aunt that I wanted an Offspring album for xmas. Chrst, was I disappointed :P .

Lets see.. when I was little I got gold courdoroy (sp?) pants w/ a white mickey mouse turtleneck.. i about puked on them

~R~

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A fun one I received a few years ago from a different family member was turkey and mashed potato flavored soda pop. No kidding.
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Ah, good ol' Jones soda :D I haven't tried that kind but I can almost imagine what it would taste like.

Um, as a gag gift my dad gave me a spatula. He thought it was funny. I gave him a polite smile in return.

haha wow some of you have it really bad! (epecially the Jehova's witness person) i guess some bad things ive got over the years were many many shirts that were probably meant for someone in grade four. :shock:
a lame book (from my teacher) about barn animals (grade 7). An Avril Lavine CD (i relly hate her). And Lizzie McGuire books (i ABSOLUTELY HATE HER GUTS.) and probably a cooking pan. now that was a weird present. :?

I got a cooking pan once. But it had a bunch of attachements, so you could cook eggs like 4 different ways using the pan. I was glad I got the pan, because I enjoying cooking.

I got a cooking pan once. But it had a bunch of attachements, so you could cook eggs like 4 different ways using the pan. I was glad I got the pan, because I enjoying cooking.

Like the saying goes....... one mans treasure is another mans garbage.