Worst gift you got this Christmas?

[Zavulon]

I got a pair of reading glasses by someone who basically took a guess at what prescription I'd need. She couldn't have been more wrong; I don't need glasses to read to begin with. Out of all the things to get a person, how the hell did she think of this?

[mvd]

1. It's more like least favorite

I guess the chocolate from relatives.. the radio, CDs, iTunes gift card, and Tales Of Beedle The Bard were all asked for and enjoyed. My family has nice Christmases without going way overboard.

[fizzgig]

10. i loved the tales of beedle the bard

i know it's going to be my new 'i can't sleep and need something the read' book

[tigereye]

17. I was gonna, say, you don't like chocolate?

:hi: I did get a combo teacup and teapot, but it was actually kind of cute! I was gonna order Beedle the Bard from Amazon for us all to read, but I forgot. I did order my husband a book of Remedios Varos prints, though.

[hedgehog]

23. There's chocolate and then there's chocolate like substances

that are mostly corn syrup and hydrogenated vegatable oils.

[tigereye]

37. true -

once you have the hard-core serious chocolate, it's harder to go back. But not that hard! ;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. Ooo! Where did you find the book of Varo prints?

I would love to see an exhibit of her work!

[tigereye]

57. I think on Amazon - let me look and see what I ordered...

and we have you to thank for telling me about her! We both think she is amazing!


on edit, it wasn't a retrospective, but a book about her paintings.



I think we did find a record of a retrospective of her work somewhere as we were googling around to find out more about her! But I don't remember what it was...


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[GoddessOfGuinness]

59. Thanks!

I'll check it out!

Happy New Year! :toast:

[alphafemale]

2. Like the Aunt...that buys a sweater you'll "grow into?"

Put them up. You'll probably be able to use them eventually. :evilgrin:

Me? I've grown accustomed to getting crap like skittles and slim jims from my SO.

NOT as a stocking stuffer...as the GIFT. :rofl:

[hedgehog]

3. A lime green and hot pink flannel backed vinyl table cloth -

with the packaging AND the tablecloth itself obviously slashed by the stock clerk when the shipping box was opened!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. Well.....

my pony was brown and I asked Santa for a white pony with wings. I feel betrayed.

[grannylib]

5. Hmmm...not a question of "worst" but "least thought went into this"

I love shopping at home improvement stores (and God knows our home needs improvement!) but getting a gift card from my only brother always seems so impersonal...I always try really hard to find something that will be meaningful to him and his wife (and it's hard, they've got money falling out their assholes and don't need anything) but every single year we get the same thing: a GC to Menard's.
I suspect he gets a bunch of them free from Menard's since he is part owner of a construction company that builds a lot of them. *sigh*

[harmonicon]

48. I wish I would have thought of that

I didn't get my brother anything... (it was fine - we'd said we wouldn't exchange presents... he got me a pair of gloves anyway). He would LOVE a gift card to Menards.... damn.

[Broken_Hero]

6. None, but the best I got was...a Magnet!

its a 8lb magnet, you can use it for picking up screws/what have you's, that are in a tight spot....

Its like an anntennae wand of sorts(where it can be really short, you pull it and it comes out), and I got about a two foot reach with it...I told my wife for my Bday I want a 300lb magnet, I want to be able to aim the magnet at anything metal, and have it float across the room to me...like I'm using the force! :D

[leftofthedial]

7. this cold

I ab drowdig id by owd sdot.

[LynzM]

24. Awww....

:hug:

[murielm99]

8. Not this year, but about four years ago,

my mother gave me a horrid relish tray. It is so hideous that it has become a family joke. It would not be Christmas dinner without the astonishing relish tray.

The hideous thing is about two feet long. It is a painted ceramic Christmas tree with a star on top. It has raised decorations and garland on the tree. There are wrapped presents and teddy bears under the tree. For some reason, there is a large raised star on the bottom left side of the tree. This is for the dip.

The paint is garish. The dish itself is unwieldy and much too large to place on a holiday table. The only redeeming thing about it is that when it is filled with raw veggies or condiments, one cannot see the uglier features of the piece.

I take very good care of this relish dish. I wash it carefully and store it in the original box. It has become such a source of Christmas mirth that it would be a shame to have it broken.

However, I did tell my younger daughter on one occasion when she was being a Scrooge that she better be careful. If she wasn't nice, I would bequeath the relish dish to her when I died.

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. Nothing can top what my mother gave me a few years ago

Three words: Fake dog poo. Wrapped in cellophane, with a red ribbon around it.

That same year, she gave my husband a small, ceramic tow truck with a frog's head on it. On the side was written "Toad Truck."

[Tuvok Obama]

9. Has she been known to shoplift?

kidding


(unless she actually has been known to shoplift, in which case I may be on to something)

[Tom Kitten]

11. a flaming plastic bag filled with dog poo

Those damn Goth neighbors!

[sakabatou]

12. I didn't get anything on Christmas.

[Skittles]

13. me either

didn't want anything

[sakabatou]

14. If only I got some money

[underpants]

15. Neither my mother nor my wife paid attention to my short, brief list

I listed a Ladder as a joke-my wife ordered a $200 20 foot ladder with the extensions for window painting. All I need is a 6 foot deal to trim the hedges and maybe clean out the gutters.

As for running gear I said "Gift Card to Dick's Sporting goods" and what I got was clothes head to toe that I don't need. I had to return all of it (they were cool with it) and get what I wanted which was two pairs of shoes and running pants. I still have one pair of shoes to return because they were order online and the receipt was not kept here at home.

[Bucky]

16. This is the best Christmas gif I ever got!

It's animated!

[Danger Mouse]

20. Wow. There has to be a new word for 'awesome'.

[CreekDog]

18. ummmmm...

:eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

26. Ouch. They should have named it "Killen Time".

There's a photo of Joe Pesci with Elvis, right above Dolly Parton. What's up with that?

[Danger Mouse]

19. Dark Knight on BluRay...

and I don't have a BluRay player. :crazy:

[JeanGrey]

21. I can tell you my best. That I had people that loved me enough

to even bother.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

22. My mom has officially lost her mind

She has a knack for going to thrift shops and yard sales and finding precious pieces of art at ridiculous prices--like a Pillin bowl for 25¢ and a Tiffany lamp for a buck. The bargain is part of what makes her gifts fun.

Except this year. . . a month after my last kid left the nest, leaving me with no roommates, no local friends, no romance on the horizon. I don't have anyone to entertain. I've been desperately trying to decide where to move so I can get out from under this house before it collapses in on me, and she knows I've been giving crap to Goodwill, freecycle, and the kids in hopes of getting 20+ years' worth of shit to a manageable pile. So what does she give me? A cake plate. Granted, it's 22K gold-plated, but damn. She even knows I already have one and my little Cracker house has very limited space.

So I make my call on Xmas day and she giggles about the gift. WTF am I supposed to do with it? Well, she figured I didn't need a cake plate, per se, but I'd do something "creative" with it. I suppose I could turn it into an altar or something, but I think eBay will be as creative as I get. :shrug:

Of course, as bad gifts go, this is far from the worst. A friend just told me what could be the all-time winner for bad gift stories. Seems her stepmother gave her a pair of boots--in two different sizes. She took them back to the store to exchange them for something decent and they threatened to arrest her. Seems the boots were shoplifted. I'm not sure what the woman's excuse was--"Gee, I confused those with the other pair of mismatched boots at home. . ." It was apparently the catalyst for her to leave home at 16 and never look back. Sheesh.

[skygazer]

31. I can at least tie that story

When I was sixteen, my stepmother gave me

A bottle of shampoo

A bottle of conditioner

And a douche!!!


Imagine being 16 years old and opening up a fucking douche on Christmas morning. :wow:

[buzzycrumbhunger]

33. Awwww

FWIW, that makes me feel really sorry for you :hug: . . . but did she shoplift them? That's probably the only thing that doesn't put you in first place.

[flvegan]

25. 2009 Lexus ISF in Mercury Metallic

She new damn good and well I wanted it in Ultrasonic Blue Mica.

Might as well set it on fire.

[AwakeAtLast]

27. Did it have a huge red bow on it?

:D

[flvegan]

28. Yes, but it really wasn't big enough. I was very disappointed across the board.

[AwakeAtLast]

29. You can always re-gift

Do you need my address?

:hi:

[flvegan]

30. I'm going to see what I can get in trade on an M3

otherwise, it's all yours.

[LeftyMom]

44. You liar, I gave you twenty year old Buick.

And you liked it.

[orleans]

62. lol! that is very funny. it must be HELL to be so spoiled/pampered/whatever

we could trade places for awhile. wanna?

[Arger68]

34. The flu. Getting over it now, but this has been a nasty one.

:puke:

[derby378]

35. I wouldn't say it's the "worst," but the least "gifty"

White tube socks. Six pair. Quite useful, sure, but you see where I'm coming from.

Still, I shouldn't complain. How many unemployed people in America could even afford to buy socks this Christmas?

[4 t 4]

36. Are you and her not the best of friends?

not wanting to be a bummer but sounds kinda like an insult-no?

[Zavulon]

42. Good question.

Actually, the lady in question is advanced in years and kind of senile. We get along fine, she's my mom's cousin. My mom seems to think the gift was actually meant for MY cousin and she just screwed it up, because my cousin practically needs a magnifying glass to read.

[bigwillq]

38. All my gifts were great!

I picked most of them out! :bounce:

[Lost-in-FL]

39. That's a very strange gift. nt

[musette_sf]

40. a "spa set"

from (i presume) well-meaning friends of my H.

butt-ugly red and white cheesy brocade-looking cosmetic bag...

filled with stinky lotion, shower gel, bath fizzies, and some other item that i can't remember...

ALL (bag AND toiletry items) MADE IN CHINA.

there is no way i am using these on my actual skin.

[FloridaJudy]

41. A DVD of "The Wedding Date"

What the hey...I like weird little movies with subtitles. This one looks like a bad American sit-com.

[Jamastiene]

43. A visit from Aunt Flo on Christmas morning.

EVERYTHING pretty much went to Hell after that.

[Chan790]

46. A box of books.

I'm an avid reader and I know that the thought was well-meaning but it's a huge box, probably close to 40lbs and I'm shipping everything for my big move...so what I really got was a UPS bill.

[Kali]

47. A shitty timex indoor outdoor thermometer rain guage that can't find itself

unless the two parts are sitting on a table right next to each other, and even then it loses the signal after about a half hour. What a piece of shit. I think my dad found it in the discontinued bin at wally world. It's the thought that counts right?:eyes:

[dawgmom]

49. A bottle of cheap white wine

I drink red.

It's so bad, I can't even cook with it.

[harmonicon]

50. a plane ticket...

Sure, it was nice to go, but then I had to leave and come back here. :( *sigh* Man, that was a vacation that I needed more than I have ever needed one before, and it was also the best one ever. Damn stupid space-time rules.

[Lorien]

51. A whole lotta nothing from several people I thought I was close to

including my "best friend" of 36 years. She's forgotten me two Christmases and one birthday in a row now, and I've sent a big box of gifts for her family every time. Just a card would have been nice. A card from my neighbors would have been nice too. I take care of their cats for a week every month (they're journalists and travel a lot). I brought them a box of homemade cookies and a card two weeks ago before they left for another trip, but they didn't even give me a "thank you" for the last week's worth of kitty sitting. I hate feeling like I'm being taken for granted. :-(

[orleans]

60. that's too bad. does your best friend send you belated presents?

maybe next year don't go to any trouble to shop or mail things to her. if she sends you something then you'll have the chance to send her a little something in return--but don't overdo it.

i hate it when i feel like i'm taken for granted or being taken advantage of. if those were my neighbors i'd tell them i can't catsit because i'm probably going out of town then too.

[Bombero1956]

52. It could be the giant Pez dispenser

or the cinnamon scented candle.

[orleans]

53. that is hysterical!

was it a kid who couldn't figure out what to buy for you?

reading glasses?? and you don't even use them!

my mother and daughter thought buying me an "ugly" sweater from uglysweaterstore.com would be hysterical. as it turns out, i rather like it and they are the ones who are forced to look at it!
it certainly wasn't the worst gift--i don't think i had a bad gift actually. and this sweater is funny and i appreciate the humor my family has that sent the thought of my new sweater my way.

check out some of these samples:

http://uglysweaterstore.com/closet2.html

http://uglysweaterstore.com/closet.html

and their advice:
http://uglysweaterstore.com/care.html

[Mollis]

58. I think I have some teachers that shop there

hehe

[Angleae]

54. I got presents?

Where?

[dembotoz]

55. a bunch of old star trek tv tapes--vhs

must be 14-15 of em
my "true love" fessed up she got them at a resale shop for 50 cent each

[Dulcinea]

56. Last year I got an UGLY fake designer purse.

Ugh. I gave it to my favorite consignment store & got $50 for it.

Why do I keep getting bath stuff? I have 2 young kids. I have no time to sit in the tub! (Regift.)

This year I was happy with everything I got!

[kentauros]

61. A relapse on my cold,

directly from my sick parents


I sill love'em tho ;)

[BarenakedLady]

63. Chocolate?

It didn't go to waste, but I didn't eat it.