For Fun!!! Worst Christmas Present Ever

slweaver0626

What is the worst Christmas present you have ever received? You do not have to tell us who gave it to you, but please do if it adds to the humor!

sharebear05

The year before we got engaged, my now-DH had two small box-like presents for me under our tree.  He told me to open a specific one first.  I got excited, thinking he was about to propose.  The first present contained jewelry cleaner.  I got even more excited, thinking "holy crap this is happening!!!"  The second box was a gift card.  No jewelry.  No engagement ring.  Womp womp.

DecemberGirl1216

Ex-SO's mother gave me toilet bowl cleaner and a multi pack of small towels with some missing (like the pack said 6 but there was only 4). Wft?!? She was bizarre, I laughed until I cried about it later.

ChristyM87

Not a Christmas gift but when I graduated college my parents got me an iPod docking station. Except they knew that I didn't have an iPod, and wasn't planning on buying one. It was weird

DecemberGirl1216

@babymamabeth‌ that is so funny! What a great use for that bracelet!

slweaver0626

My grandma is notorious for giving socks, gloves, scarves (etc) for Christmas.  One year she gave me a three piece set (hat, gloves, scarf)  all the fingers on the gloves were the exact same length.

Same year she gave me Christmas socks with blingy "Ho Ho Ho" down the side... however the manufacturer got them wrong... they said "Oh Oh Oh".

jlucal

My ex's mother gave me a Built a Bear gift card.  I was 28....

SlurpeeLove

When I was 12, my grandmother got my sister and I matching sweaters.  They had Elmo on them.  My sister was 15.

The next year, she got us matching sweaters again, this time with the Little Mermaid.

DH's family give really bad gifts year after year.  His mother usually gives him a jar of honey mustard.  That is not a white elephant gift.  That's the real present.  Mine are usually really bad fake jewelry.  Last year, his grandmother gave me a huge carrying case for make up.  I don't wear make up, ever...

caymarks

DecemberGirl1216 said:

Ex-SO's mother gave me toilet bowl cleaner and a multi pack of small towels with some missing (like the pack said 6 but there was only 4). Wft?!? She was bizarre, I laughed until I cried about it later.

Was that supposed to be a hint? Like ok. Here's the cleaner and you actually have to open the pack and use them.

caymarks

These all made me chuckle!

jessijean

Last year I got TP from a cousin....that's it. It had a cute saying so everyone got a good laugh, and it was a gift that got used (ha!) but at the time I was annoyed.

steen9713

We had secret Santa at our office today and it was a $25 spending limit. And someone gave a fruit cake, while everyone else passed out GC or more personalized gifts... Really a fruit cake.. No excuse .. this person is not broke! I felt bad for the person who received the gift.

caymarks

When my sister was 15 my oldest sister (25) gave her a set of Christmas plates. The ones that you give every year for 8 years until you have all the place settings lol. Then she only gave her 3 sets. Those plates ended up in the trash several years later.

SlurpeeLove

steen9713 said:

We had secret Santa at our office today and it was a $25 spending limit. And someone gave a fruit cake, while everyone else passed out GC or more personalized gifts... Really a fruit cake.. No excuse .. this person is not broke! I felt bad for the person who received the gift.

No one even likes fruit cake!!

steen9713

Oh one year my parents gave me car keys and a auto clicker in a box I thought they had bought me a new car... ( which I really needed) Nope.. They were going to have the auto clicker for my car at the time repaired. I was pretty bummed. And they never did fix the auto clicker

slweaver0626

SlurpeeLove said:

steen9713 said:

We had secret Santa at our office today and it was a $25 spending limit. And someone gave a fruit cake, while everyone else passed out GC or more personalized gifts... Really a fruit cake.. No excuse .. this person is not broke! I felt bad for the person who received the gift.

No one even likes fruit cake!!

We bought one as a white elephant gift one year and then everyone tried it. Gross!!!!

DecemberGirl1216

caymarks said:

DecemberGirl1216 said:

Ex-SO's mother gave me toilet bowl cleaner and a multi pack of small towels with some missing (like the pack said 6 but there was only 4). Wft?!? She was bizarre, I laughed until I cried about it later.

Was that supposed to be a hint? Like ok. Here's the cleaner and you actually have to open the pack and use them.

I have no idea...I think she was trying to give practical/useful gifts in her own "special" way. My house was clean and I bathed regularly utilizing towels when I was done, lol. I guess I will never know.

caymarks

DecemberGirl1216 said:

caymarks said:

DecemberGirl1216 said:

Ex-SO's mother gave me toilet bowl cleaner and a multi pack of small towels with some missing (like the pack said 6 but there was only 4). Wft?!? She was bizarre, I laughed until I cried about it later.

Was that supposed to be a hint? Like ok. Here's the cleaner and you actually have to open the pack and use them.

I have no idea...I think she was trying to give practical/useful gifts in her own "special" way. My house was clean and I bathed regularly utilizing towels when I was done, lol. I guess I will never know.

I hope you know I was teasing My mom is a practical gift giver too.

sutavim2

One year an ex-co worker gave me a cat necklace and a faux fur vest... She got her 5 yr old daughter the exact same one as well

caymarks

My mom bought all the grand kids lots of toys this year but she bought them all socks too. My nephew opened his and said "Socks? Socks? You really got me socks?" It was funny! And not nearly as rude as it sounds. He had an inquisitive smirk on his face.

ahsile10

These are hilarious.

c-elizabethf

My aunt is a regifter and is kind of cheap when it comes to gifts lol, she's a Vice President of a company so she isn't hurting for money. I'm grateful either way. One year she got me a pen from an airport, a baby moon mirror that is seriously for a babies nursery and I was 16 (she gave the same gift to my sister for her 14th birthday) another year she gave me a scarf, snow hat, and mittens for my birthday in the summer and I was 15 and the size was for a 5 year old kid lol.

amc1087

I once participated in a white elephant that had a $30 gift limit. It was the first time I was meeting my now-DH's extended family so I went all out and got a $30 gift basket from Starbucks, which I thought would work for all of DH's workaholic family.

The white elephant begins and there are a lot of $30 gift cards and then a bunch of fun things, like wine glasses, a bar tool set, even a crock pot! It comes my turn to pick and I'm too nervous to steal anything from DH's family, who I've just met, and I pick a little box that has a recipe book in it. At first I'm really excited because I love to cook, but then I realize it's not a cook book with recipes... It's a blank book in which you can write your recipes.

And there's a $10 label on it from Marshall's. Which - eh, these things happen... BUT IT WAS ADDED TO THE PILE BY THE PERSON HOSTING. If you run a white elephant and make the limit $30, you best add a $30 gift to the pile!

Ugh. Rant over.

cschissell

One year from the little Secret Santa store at school I bought my mom a ceramic chicken vase with hideous fake flowers in it.  It was so ugly.   My mom displayed it for the longest time too to spare my feelings and then once I got how dumb it was she still displayed it to mock me.

amc1087

cschissell said:

One year from the little Secret Santa store at school I bought my mom a ceramic chicken vase with hideous fake flowers in it.  It was so ugly.   My mom displayed it for the longest time too to spare my feelings and then once I got how dumb it was she still displayed it to mock me.

Your mom and my mom have a similar style.

caymarks

One year I was shopping at Santa's cottage at my elementary school. I wanted to get my dad an ice scraper but they were out of worlds greatest dad so I got #1 grandpa instead

DaBearsFansWife

My adorable grandma works at Walmart and can not pass up good deals when things get marked down. I remember for three years in a row my sister and I got the exact same Disney jewelry box for our birthdays, valentine's day, and Christmas. She really bought like 20 of them when they went on sale and forgot that she had already given them to us before. We had to keep hiding the older ones when she would come over to spare her the embarrassment.

rainbowBOOM

When we were kids my sisters and I got my mom a sweatshirt that said something along the lines of "moms taxi service" or something like that. I never realized how offensive that probably was. She pulled it out a few weeks ago when she was moving and we laughed about it as I apologized profusely. She did say at the time she was annoyed that that was what we thought of her. .

puppygurl21

Last year my Dad gave me a hat with a penguin head and these long arm things that went down over my ears and ended with penguin fin gloves for hands. I was 25. About 2 years ago, my grandfather and his wife gave everyone in the family a butter dish. And they told everyone excitedly "it holds 2 sticks!" It's been a family joke ever since. But, they completely forgot me anyway so I didn't get one or a card not that I actually wanted a butter dish.

mrsklm09

DH's grandmother gave really great gifts when he was young. A new Patriots jersey or some other great piece of sports memorabilia, etc. 2 years ago, she gave DH a windchime and me a very country looking fake sleigh door hanger thing. Last year she didn't give us anything (we split holidays and it was our year to spend Christmas with my fam, so I think she forgot, though she had a gift for DD). Better than my SIL who got a windchime two years in a row...

daniellelea1985

orange cat porcelain salt and pepper shakers (with red scarves!)

I'm not a collectible and cutesy type of person... it was from SIL. They had gone to PARIS and that's what she brought me for Christmas.  

They are currently with the toys. :-/

crason

When I was 11, my father sent me a maternity shirt. I'm hoping he didn't realize what it was.

JennyJensing

God knows I love DH, but he is a terrible gift giver! One year he was SO excited about giving me an iPod Touch. Which would have been an awesome present if I didn't already own an IPhone 4...doh!

RWPhoenix

At our Friendsgivig we usually have a white elephant or Yankee Swap. This year my H was trying to get rid of crap so he put Spam, a 40, and some cheap electronic beer thing I gave him one year as a gag gift in a gift bag. Guess what? We ended up with our gift bag because only a few people participated. It was so lame!

Two years ago we went down to PA and visited my extended family. Again we have a Yankee Swap and my cousin ended up with a candle that smelled like bacon.

jr0310

One year my ex so's aunt gave me, my so, his brother, and their cousin, each our very own car emergency kit. We were all in our 20's, but she wanted us each to have one in our trunks in case of emergency. It was a nice thought, but for Christmas??

NYMominCA

My DH is THE KING of horrible gift giving. I always give him a wishlist, and he usually strays from it saying "There's no fun if you're not surprised." Last year I think he learned his lesson, though. I can't post the pic, but it is so incredibly priceless. He gave me a wand scanner. He shopped on Christmas Eve, so apparently that was his genius idea. Anyway, in the pic I've just opened it and I'm looking at the box like, "What the hell is this?" and DH is sitting next to me looking at me with puppy dog eyes apologetically. My daughter took the pic at JUST the right moment. I'll never let him live it down. I also got a money jar that counted coins last year.

I've gotten tool sets, a seal-a-meal, and countless other strange gifts as well. Gift-giving (off the list of suggestions) just isn't his love language.

Tgrrl10

A tomato scented candle. ???? The creator of that should be fired.

kleinjm1

Silicone muffin pan...from my now husband the first year we were dating. I was like thaaannnkkss...to add to the horror, I had gone crazy and bought him boots, electric razor, and a bunch of DVDS. Needless to say he had some work to do for Valentine's Day LOL!

desquinones

My maternal grandmother whom I have never met tried to mend things with my mother one year and sent us all Christmas gifts. She sent me a latch hook of a horse that was not even completed. So random!

emwithpeanuts

Before I was married to my husband, I was ALWAYS over at his house with all of his family members. One Christmas, I was spending it with his family. I was no stranger. I was always with them. One of his family members gives me a regular white letter envelope with dollar tree Chapstick shoved in it. I did everything I could to not look totally weirded out and say thank you! All the while they are giving out giant gifts And money to everyone around me. At least my hubs had it going on because he gave me my engagement ring

intensivepurposes

My ex gave me dried soup ingredients one year...the kind in mason jars with fabric over the lids that they sell in flea markets. God I hated him at Christmas.