Worst Christmas Gift Ever

I was just starting to "date" (if you want to call it that...) this guy around Christmas time. So it was that awkward "should I get him/her something..." I decided to be nice and get him a gift card to a restaurant he liked. Not too "romantic", but thoughtful. I gave him that... He went out in his car and dug around in the trunk and came back it a manicure kit :indifferent:...that I'm fairly certain was opening before.

Now besides the fact that it was a sh!tty/probably used gift, why in the heck did he have that in his trunk???

Edited to say: it wasn't even wrapped. :huh:

When I was 21 my Grandfathers wife gave me one of those big sleep shirts and it had cat's all over it and said "I'm the cat's pajamas"

Or every year when my husband gets me nothing

Not my gift, but my son's. My ex mother in law bought him a well used Garfield angel stuffie at the 2nd hand store. (She did most of her grandchild gift buying there, her husband was a doctor.) I gave it back to the goodwill at some point during the year, and the next Christmas he got it AGAIN!! I almost had to forgive her at that point. She obviously thought it was really cute! Ick! It was so grubby! She also said because his birthday was so close to Christmas (Jan 5) that there was no point in getting two gifts. He was a little boy for crying out loud!!

As an 8-year-old, I went to my school's holiday fair and ended up buying my brothers some crappy pens.

I never made that mistake again. *bad sister*

I always bought my mom those God-awful big cheap sparkly rings at those Santa Shops for Christmas every year... Then I would get mad at her if she wouldn't wear them to church for Christmas service.... Gotta love the woman, she would always go back into her room and put those hideous rings on before we left. :ohwell:

Every year my mom sends me really nice wool and/or cashmere sweaters. I'm allergic to wool. She knows this. I don't understand at all.

Have you ever asked her? Maybe she has you confused with a sibling?

a snow globe with jungle animals inside. so weird. I was 20.

My ex FIL gave me d*ck shaped cookie cutters the first Christmas we celebrated together.

Oh my! That is not ok.

Worst present in our family was when I was married to my ex. Our first xmas my mom put deodorant and toothpaste and body wash in his stocking because our family always does that (practical stocking suffers) and he thought she was trying to comment on his hygiene. Also she knows I did all the grocery shopping and HATE mayo of any kind and he always complained there was never any in the house. So that year she wrapped up a costco size jar of miracle whip (his fave) and he really thought she hated him! Lol. In the end, miracle whip was too good for him and he could use the hygiene products.

A few years ago my mom bought my sister a Magic Bullet and when we looked at it I specifically said I did NOT want one as I'd have no use for it. My sister decided it was too small for her big family and gave it back to my mom. 4 months later my birthday came and I got that exact Magic Bullet...it even still had a piece of the wrapping paper from Christmas.

My mom is notorious for getting random gifts that no one wants and not really putting good thought in to gifts. I love her, but she needs to try a bit harder.

I really can't believe I am the only one who had to read this twice to figure out what kind of Magic Bullet we're talking about here.

When I first got engaged, MIL got me a book: "Letting Go of Shame." I responded: "You like me! You really like me!" Father in Law was very amused.

This is literally the funniest think I've read all day.

As an 8-year-old, I went to my school's holiday fair and ended up buying my brothers some crappy pens.

I never made that mistake again. *bad sister*

I always bought my mom those God-awful big cheap sparkly rings at those Santa Shops for Christmas every year... Then I would get mad at her if she wouldn't wear them to church for Christmas service.... Gotta love the woman, she would always go back into her room and put those hideous rings on before we left. :ohwell:

As I child one year I bought my dad a tie for Christmas. A horribly gaudy tie with giant pink roses all over it. And then I got up really early the next day to make sure he wore it to work. And he did. All day.

I once got a mint green 'housecoat' (I think that's what it's called) from my Grandma. It zippered up the front, went all the way down to my feet, and had bows, lace and ribbons on the front it. It looked like something an old woman would wear. She got one for each of the females in the family, all in different nauseating pastel colors. Every last one of us returned them to the store, but we didn't have the heart to tell her.

When I was 14, in 1994, in the hieght of "grunge fashion", my Grandma gave me this thing, i don't know what it is called but it's like a headband that you wear to keep your ears warm - it white faux fur. My best friend was over at the time and I said, "I'm going to go try it on." We went into the bathroom, shut the door and burst out laughing. She always gave horrible gifts but the WORST was the year she didn't give me anything, but then went around telling all my aunts and uncles how rude I was for not calling to thank her for the gift :huh:

My husband is giving my inlaws (his parents) a CoCo toilet seat. I called my mother-in-law to tell her that I "had nothing to do" with this year's present. I sent her some Christmas ornaments that I think she'll like, as the CoCo was a whopper on the budget. It has everything and does everything for you, including a dryer and seat warmer. It's nice, but just a wierd present.

My older sister gave me a, um 'adult toy'. Wrapped it back up pretty dam quick and wouldn't show it to ANYBODY! :blushing:

When my husband ( soon to be ex) and I bought our first house my mother - in -law bought me a garden hose. REALLY??? I about died. Like I want a garden hose for Christmas.