What's the Weirdest/Worst Christmas Gift You've Ever Received?

jennifer_417
jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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I'll go first:

One year, my stepdad put a small can of feminine deodorant in my stocking (I assume he thought it was just a regular trial-sized deodorant), "in case I was ever out and needed to freshen up!"
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  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    A white vinyl purse with a BBQ lighter tucked in the pocket my brother and sister in law got at a cirque du Soleil performance. It was hideous and I was pregnant and cried and then saw the BBQ lighter and was like wtf. I gave her a nice coach wristlet. of course I guess it wasn't any worse than the bronze horse statue she gave hubs the next year. luckily she's an ex now
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    My (now ex) husband got me a "Twilight" novel. I was pursuing a graduate degree in English literature at the time. It was really sad. He didn't know me at all at that point.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    My brother-in-law gave me the the autobiography from Carly Simon.

    .... I'm still waiting for the punchline.
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    My ex hubs was really horrible at gift giving. Like would call me from the mall on my birthday and ask what I wanted because he'd been shopping all day and couldn't figure out what to buy.

    Legit....one year I think on valentine's day he gave me a candy bar, some funny card, and a shower head. And not the good massaging kind. It was so random and weird.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,905 Member
    A rock in a box from my brother.

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  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    a scarf ring holder thing from my ex husband. A 65 year old woman would have loved it I bet. I didn't
  • FeraFilia
    FeraFilia Posts: 4,664 Member
    My grandmother gave me an urn she found at a yard sale because "it'll make a pretty vase!"

    It seriously looked like it was supposed to be holding someone's ashes.
  • Karb_Kween
    Karb_Kween Posts: 2,681 Member
    peppermintpudgy wrote: »
    My (now ex) husband got me a "Twilight" novel. I was pursuing a graduate degree in English literature at the time. It was really sad. He didn't know me at all at that point.

    Lol
  • Karb_Kween
    Karb_Kween Posts: 2,681 Member
    D got me a bunch of *kitten* that I thought had no thought put into it... I mean what he got me qas sweet I guess but he took most of it back and kept the money so I guess we spurned each other pretty fine
  • OcalaFL
    OcalaFL Posts: 173 Member
    a Alpo Frisbee and I didn't even own a dog at the time.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Bump now that it's morning.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited December 2016
    An electric toothbrush and toothpaste.. I opened it up and looked at everyone and blurted out, "is someone trying to tell me something"? They said that was for someone else, they ended up giving me kitchen pot holders and dish cloths (did not match my kitchen).. Maybe I should have kept the toothbrush..

    eta this was from my brother and sister in-laws.
  • mdonsbach
    mdonsbach Posts: 102 Member
    An Indiana Hoosier shirt from my brother-in-law. Problem here is I'm an Illinois Fighting Illini fan.
  • mskimee
    mskimee Posts: 228 Member
    A (now ex) gave me a wall clock in the shape of a wrist watch. With a picture of a car as the clock face (no, I am not a car person and have never shown any interest in cars except to put petrol into my own car and occasionally wash her). He left the price tag on, it cost €6. I bought him over €500 worth of LOTR memorabilia that he practically begged for. And he then sold it all. 3 months later. For €100.
  • Tea_A_Holic
    Tea_A_Holic Posts: 36 Member
    a box of tea bags from an ex bf
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Land of the lost. The one with Will Ferrell. Yeah...
  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,237 MFP Moderator
    edited December 2016
    @Jenilla1 - I lol'd... I could share some truly... interesting MIL stories, but she's a great gifter so I won't share here... She'll be here on Sunday, and under the tree for her is a giant bottle of gin (among other things... some of which include a really soft blanket - and no I'm not trying to turn her into an indigent. I actually like her, in spite of herself).

    The gift that came to mind when I read the title was from my husband (who I still rib about it). One year he got me a sewing needle. That was it - the only thing under the tree for me was a sewing needle. I don't sew (or at least I don't like doing it if someone makes me). :lol: After that Christmas he's promised to either get me nothing OR put some actual thought into a gift. Either one is fine with me. Christmas in my house is more for the kids than the adults.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    The worst was when we went to my mother-in-law's for Christmas soon after my husband and I were married. To the casual observer, she seems like a nice lady, but there's something not quite right about that woman...

    Anyway, the favorite son got a new snowboard and a 4-wheel, off-road type vehicle. Big bucks were spent. The other one (my husband, who happens to be the product of her disastrous first marriage and whose presence serves as a reminder of the ex-husband she despises) got an 8-pack of cheap quality shop towels. I got a small gift bag with a candy cane, 3 mints (the individually wrapped kind that you get with the check at restaurants) and a tacky plastic Christmas ornament. I thanked her, of course. I'm polite like that. And when I turned the ornament over, it said, "Merry Christmas! Love, the Hollingsworth's" on the back. I don't know who the Hollingsworth's are, but I can guess that they're probably family friends of my mother-in-law. Probably not a good idea to regift without checking to see if there's some obvious proof - like a stranger's name - on the gift before you regift it. I didn't say a thing, just smirked a little, I think. If it's the thought that counts, I don't think she thinks too much of us...Personally, I would have been embarrassed to have such obvious disparity between my kids' gifts - especially when they were both opening them together in the same room in front of family. That takes a lot of balls!

    Now, my sister and I take turns regifting that infamous ornament back and forth to one another each year - it's been a tradition for at least 10 years now. And it's still one of my favorite Christmas stories. Everyone knows about it. Take that, mother-in-law!

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    haha that's so awesome it's nice you can keep getting laughs from it.

    My mother in law gave me and my sister in law (who's now ex) a sweater set. Mine was two sizes too big because I'm taller than them all so I must wear xxlarge right? The sister in law and I DO NOT have the same taste at all so when I realized I had both of the gift receipts and offered one to the sister in law she was already wearing it and was like why would I return this it's beautiful. Ya mine sat in the closet for a year since the store she got it from wasn't anywhere near where I lived and then gave it to a charity. Someone must have enjoyed the nice cashmere taupe twinset

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