“It’s the thought that counts” is an excuse made up by people who are terrible at giving gifts. You can’t convince me otherwise.
Not only is it hurtful and embarrassing to unwrap something completely useless, but it’s also a hassle to figure out how to get rid of it—making the whole thing unnecessarily wasteful. And let’s not forget the awkward act you have to put on to pretend you like it. Truly, a nightmare from start to finish.
With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of some of the worst Christmas presents people have ever received. Scroll down to see them, and let us know if you’ve ever been stuck with something just as bad!
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#21
A box of naice but out-of-date chocolate biscuits from an Uncle. It was a regift as we had given them to him last year. He didn't even bother to remove the gift tag that I had stuck on!
26points
#22
Twilight pin badges from an ex. I don’t even like the movies that much
24points
#23
A size 18 to 20 dressing gown from DH. I am small size 10 🤔. I was less than impressed and managed to wrap it aoj d me twice. Thankfully I took it back to Tesco as he kept the receipt to swap it. The lady who swapped it burst out laughing when I told her it was for and wondered if he wore his Christmas dinner instead of got to eat it.
23points
#24
Cotton wool pads. Two packets, each separately wrapped and under the Christmas tree. From my parents. I was 22, broke and certainly not someone who "had everything" or hard to buy for- I love reading, music, you name it. Even a voucher would have been fine!!
23points
#25
So much choice with my MIL. I should have known the bar was set low when the first year I was dating DH she got me a crochet toilet roll holder for Xmas . Nothing says welcome to the family more than that
There followed numerous random presents over the years . I particularly liked the purple dress phase where I received no less than 5 purple dresses in a row for birthday and Xmas. All different styles and sizes from an 8 to a 14 and all arriving without tags so couldn't even return. I have never shown a preference for purple clothes so who knows where that came from
She died a few years ago and I do miss her at Xmas
There followed numerous random presents over the years . I particularly liked the purple dress phase where I received no less than 5 purple dresses in a row for birthday and Xmas. All different styles and sizes from an 8 to a 14 and all arriving without tags so couldn't even return. I have never shown a preference for purple clothes so who knows where that came from
She died a few years ago and I do miss her at Xmas
22points
#26
My sister in law once got me the cheapest, most awful neon pink gloves.
We no longer exchange gifts.
We no longer exchange gifts.
21points
#27
Well, as the steam mop was for my birthday, and to stick to the Christmas present theme, probably a Ralph Lauren jumper from a charity shop with a weird blue stain on the shoulder and actual gravy on the sleeves. I've never worn or wanted designer clothes in my life, and this one was two sizes too small and made of horrible tightly knitted thick wool, it was almost solid.
21points
#28
A £50 voucher for ASDA. Every year for a decade. Nothing wrong with an ASDA voucher at all, It's just at the time I lived about 70 miles away from the nearest one, I asked from the next year if he could swap it for a Tesco one then I would be able to use them..
He went mad and never got me anything again!
He went mad and never got me anything again!
21points
#29
A stuffed squirrel wrapped in a tea towel !
16points
#30
On the light hearted side of things my then boyfriends step mum bought me a Hannah Montana lipgloss set when I was about 19 or 20, I might have even been a bit older! She'd only had sons and had no idea what was age appropriate for women, but she was the best so i didn't mind.
More recently an in law gave me and my DH a joint gift of a small box of those little incense cones, but the box was all smashed up and broken where they'd clearly pulled it out from the back of a cupboard where they'd sat for years.
More recently an in law gave me and my DH a joint gift of a small box of those little incense cones, but the box was all smashed up and broken where they'd clearly pulled it out from the back of a cupboard where they'd sat for years.
12points
