Crap christmas presents...

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Every year around this time the dread starts to set in. The fear of being given awful presents on Christmas morning, the jumper that's too small, the book you'll never read, the nutri bullet that will sit in the back of the corner cabinet.

I'm not even ungrateful... I'd rather they donate money on my behalf to the RSPCA than be all awkward on Christmas morning - fake loving my new tennis racket...I don't even play tennis...what were you thinking?!

Worst christmas present you ever got?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Honestly off the top of my head I've never got a gift I wasn't happy with. Even if it wasn't something I'd pick for myself, I still loved it because someone who cares about me picked it out for me. Vouchers maybe cause there's no thought in them but they're not a bad present

Halloween Jack

Remote control helicopter from a parent, I was 29....

Ted111

I'll take the nutri bullet and the helicopter off your hands.

hairyprincess

A toaster.

And car mats.

Bought by an ex.

I would have preferred the thoughtless gift voucher!

MilesMorales1

Got this weird puzzle thing with a picture of Galileo or something on the front, no idea what it does or what I'm supposed to do with it.

nullzero

Ted111 wrote: »

I'll take the nutri bullet and the helicopter off your hands.

I'll have one of your helicopter smoothies.

MadDog76

Hugh Mungus wrote: »

Every year around this time the dread starts to set in. The fear of being given awful presents on Christmas morning, the jumper that's too small, the book you'll never read, the nutri bullet that will sit in the back of the corner cabinet.

I'm not even ungrateful... I'd rather they donate money on my behalf to the RSPCA than be all awkward on Christmas morning - fake loving my new tennis racket...I don't even play tennis...what were you thinking?!

Worst christmas present you ever got?

Send me your jumper, book and Nutri-Bullet .......... f*ck it, I'll even take the tennis racket ........ love free stuff!!!!

hullaballoo

Vouchers annoy the sh1te out of me. They are always for somewhere I'd never go myself because it's unnecessarily expensive like Brown Thomas and I end up spending more of my own money than I would shopping in my usual shops because the voucher is only for €50 and that wouldn't get you socks in BT.

Just get me a voucher for Dunnes and I'll be happy.

Arghus

I got one of those fake talking salmons once, that was clearly bought in a pound shop without even a micro thought. I'd have rather got nothing.

MadDog76

hullaballoo wrote: »

Vouchers annoy the sh1te out of me. They are always for somewhere I'd never go myself because it's unnecessarily expensive like Brown Thomas and I end up spending more of my own money than I would shopping in my usual shops because the voucher is only for €50 and that wouldn't get you socks in BT.

Just get me a voucher for Dunnes and I'll be happy.

Send that voucher my way ......... 6 pairs of socks!!!

http://www.brownthomas.com/brands/happy-socks/

Fluffy Cat 88

A weird ornamental naked woman posing silver coloured thing mounted on a wooden (mdf) plaque.

Wasn't even metal, it was plastic sprayed silver, a real pound shop effort.

It was one of those "oh errrr thats..... lovely! Thanks..." moments!

Tails142

The Scorpion King 2 on DVD

osarusan

For the last few Christmases my wife and I just buy ourselves a book or something and pretend they were presents from each other.

One year we hadn't bought anything so we just took books from the bookshelf and wrapped them, so we could exchange them on Christmas Day and our kids would be happy.

So, a book I already owned, would probably be the worst one.

bodhrandude

I gave my mate a three pinned plug once for Christmas for the craic, he thought it was hilarious.

the_pen_turner

i hate box sets of programs you really like or love. if i like the program then i will have seen every eposode . especially bad if its a series building up to an event that once you see it the other esisodes are pointless.its a bit like watchinga soccer match knowing the final score. its ok but there is no suspence

NiallBoo

I got a shoe drier from my grandmother when I was eight.

Tigger

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Remote control helicopter from a parent, I was 29....

i got a panda soft toy
i was 41

the_pen_turner

not sure does this count but i got a box of christmas chocolates (santa, reindeir,snow etc on the box) for my birthday in april.
whats worse is my binrthday is in march. this was a belated present.

_Whimsical_

I got a box of rice cakes and 6 bottles of Ballygowan once from an overly thoughtful friend when I let it be known I was on a health kick.
A health kick I completely intended breaking for 2 solid weeks of eating drinking and being merry over Christmas.
The rice cakes were wrapped too leading me to believe the bottles of water were a sort of joke present until Christmas morning and all was revealed.

And no I wasn't overweight at the time before anyone asks.

As said earlier in the thread, sometimes the thoughtless gift is better.

gossamer

A chipped cup and in it: a bent mini whisk and a teaspoon of hot chocolate in a crumpled plastic bag. I think they stretched to a fun sized chocolate bar too. The person who gifted it to me had a fair whack of money behind them as well. It wasn't even that the gift was cheap, it was just thoughtless.

Olishi4

An electronic typewriter. Its only because it never worked. I still played "pretend office" with it though.

Grayson

Tigger wrote: »

i got a panda soft toy
i was 41

Not even a tigger?

oEmmao

NiallBoo wrote: »

I got a shoe-drier from my grandmother when I was eight.

whats a shoe drier? :eek:

bazz26

Lynx gift pack. I hate that stuff.

Cortina_MK_IV

I was given a toaster when I was 10... I was in the bath at the time.

suicide_circus

In my day we were given a sound thrashing for christmas. And were glad to get it

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

I was given a toaster when I was 10... I was in the bath at the time.

That's absolutely shocking.

Cupcake_Crisis

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Remote control helicopter from a parent, I was 29....

I got one of those for my dad 2 years ago..... he was 58. He LOVED it!

whoopsadoodles

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

I got one of those for my dad 2 years ago..... he was 58. He LOVED it!

Same!

whoopsadoodles

Hugh Mungus wrote: »

Every year around this time the dread starts to set in. The fear of being given awful presents on Christmas morning, the jumper that's too small, the book you'll never read, the nutri bullet that will sit in the back of the corner cabinet.

If the jumper's too small maybe you should consider using that nutribullet.

You're right to leave the book aside, go for a run instead pal.

MintyMagnum

A frying pan & a block of pretty blunt knives. From a soon to be ex.

SeantheMan

Back when I was 9 or 10....a FAKE United jersey.
It was so obviously fake too.

SeantheMan

Back when I was 9 or 10....a FAKE United jersey.
It was so obviously fake too.

Fozzie Bear

A pack of socks, not just any old socks though. They were "day-glo" ankle socks in bright pink, baby blue and yellow.

I was a 17 year old guy and my Granny (God love her) was not exactly on Fleek with fashion trends at the time.

OldMrBrennan83

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gramar

3 cans of shaving gel. I had had a beard for a few years at that stage.
Maybe someone was trying to tell me something.

JustAThought

I was fired.

Christmas Eve - had worked like a slave all year - working between here & the USA - starting 7 am til typically 7 or 8 pm & often confrence calls to America at stupid o'clock - came up from the Christmas Party to find email from HR to me & 48 other staff - cc'd - classy - giving a weeks notice & saying we would no longer be needed in the new year because the department was being disbanded as part of strategic realignent.

Suffice to say I never went back.

I know you'll say they did me a favour with those working conditions but the shock & betrayal. Thankfully I never go OTT or spend too excessively at Christmas but there were a lot of people with families who would have been destroyed by that. Not to mention the callousness of the timing or the pure evil of yhe cowardly Irish HR department to sent that email at 7pm on Christmas eve.

Turtyturd

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Got this weird puzzle thing with a picture of Galileo or something on the front, no idea what it does or what I'm supposed to do with it.

A jigsaw?

Sue Pa Key Pa

SeantheMan wrote: »

Back when I was 9 or 10....a FAKE United jersey.
It was so obviously fake too.

Could've been worse. You might have been given a genuine one

kfallon

JustAThought wrote: »

I was fired.

Christmas Eve - had worked like a slave all year - working between here & the USA - starting 7 am til typically 7 or 8 pm & often confrence calls to America at stupid o'clock - came up from the Christmas Party to find email from HR to me & 48 other staff - cc'd - classy - giving a weeks notice & saying we would no longer be needed in the new year because the department was being disbanded as part of strategic realignent.

What company has their Christmas Party on Christmas Eve?

Anesthetize

bazz26 wrote: »

Lynx gift pack. I hate that stuff.

I hate this. Nearly every Christmas or birthday I end up with one of these, and I don't even wear Lynx. Even worse when it's Lynx Africa.

myshirt

Not one ironing board, but two ironing boards.

Wanderer78

JustAThought wrote:

I was fired.

****, hope you nuked the place

snowbabe

My friend got a step ladder so she could reach the hotpress and a smaller box which she though contained jewellery. But,no it was a miners light she could strap to her head to see inside the hotpress !!!! He got the pleasure of going home to his mammy for the dinner as his was in the bin:):)

MilesMorales1

Turtyturd wrote: »

A jigsaw?

I wish. A jigsaw would be more useful.

joey100

Not a present I got but my Da used to be the king of bad presents. My Mam works in an office so he got her a silver pen one year she could use in work, not a parker or anything, just a silver pen in a box. Another year he got her a pocket digital translator. No idea what the thinking was behind it, they never went abroad on holidays. That and a casio pocket digital diary, that wouldn't be the size of an Iphone, had tiny little keyboard and a two line screen for a woman who never used a diary in her life are probably the 2 worst things that stand out.

Acne cream when I was 12. Wasn't sure to be offended or not...

razorblunt

Definitely the Lynx or Nivea boxsets. Thanks for buying me something that's usually on sale for £1 on alternate weeks.
I'd be happy with them a week after Xmas when you buy them for pennies.

On the other side, I love people that buy you something but drop in where they bought it "that aftershave was one of the last of that type in BT" aka bring it back and exchange if you think its rank.

One_Of_Shanks

A 'my little pony' doll from my Aunt. As a 7 year old boy.

She was always a strange cookie. Thankfully I swapped it with my sister to whom the same Aunt had given some Lego.

My parents tried to imply that the Aunt had just put the wrong tags on the wrong presents.

But I knew she was just out to get me!!! Evil cow! One day vengeance shall be mine!

NiallBoo

oEmmao wrote: »

whats a shoe drier? :eek:

It dries shoes.

It had two little electric heaters that you popped into your shoes to get them to dry out faster.

Endless fun for a kid.
I think she won it in a raffle or found in at the back of her wardrobe.