Best and worst presents?

Worst Christmas present from DH a "central" hoover, one that plugs in to the wall with 12 meters of cable behind it, works well and a good idea, but a disappointment at Christmas. Best present, on my 70th Birthday a present from the family, flight to Stockholm (we live in Gothenburg) to see Paul McCartney perform there.

Worst present a copy of Vagina Monologues from my son in law to be.
It was the first time we had met him! I didnt know what was in the book and just saw the title!
Best present was from my daughter

a framed picture of Monets Tuileries my favourite place in Paris.My daughter and I had just got back from celebrating her 21st there.

It is all relative. If someone gave me the fly fishing lesson, it would probably be in the worst category, yet I may have welcomed Candelle's pearl barley, as I discovered how delicious a pearl barley risotto can be when I tried the ingredient for the first time last week.

Best was a Jean Muir cashmere jumper from my X. Or a plane ticket to LA and a Deepak Chopra course, or tickets to New York for the premiere of Sabrina followed by a trip to Japan when my friend had to do publicity, or tickets to Canada and a fortnight on the set of Legends of the Fall.... God, I'm spoilt!
Worst was a pair of gloves.

I suppose my worst must be the dustbin that my DH gave me on the first xmas in our first home (55 years ago). He did decorate it with a huge bow on top. We were so hard up we couldn't afford to buy each other 'proper' presents. And so in love it didn't matter.
My best was also a dansette, (blue and cream) when I was about 14.

My best definitely my iPad from my kids and then a new one three years later. My worst, and I still feel the disappointment now, a grey flannelette tunic with a high neck and short zip at the back, with matching skirt, was my main Christmas present when I was 9. I had to wear it on every outing. We didn't have school uniform and I had to wear it to school on school photo day. It felt like a punishment.

Actually the despised dictionary was the only one we had and gradually became more useful and appreciated. I'd rather have had an Enid Blyton boarding school story at the time however!

At 7 I was a keen reader with few books. Excited to open a book shaped Christmas present from an aunt and uncle, I can still feel the jolt of disappointment when it turned out to be a dictionary. It was not a child's dictionary either, maybe they didn't exist in the 1940s.
Best has to be another aunt who always missed sending cards and presents on the right day (in a time of a reliable Post Office service!). I loved her Greetings Telegrams and, once, a delivery of several bunches of violets!

I have two very worst pressies both from my DH the first was a pair of very pink double nylon sheets ( this was in the 70's) and the other was a very very brief red satin thong. My best present has to be the Christmas before my Mother died she was starting to get a little muddled and she bought me 17 sets of perfumed soap all different perfumes all beautifully presented with fancy boxes,ribbons and bows. I still have them all.

The worst was a yogurt maker from DH. The best, also from DH, was an expensive gold pendant I coveted in Tiffany. He bought it as a surprise to say thank you for looking after him and making sure he was taken care of when he was taken seriously ill in Montana. It was totally out of character for him and I treasure it. Still my favourite piece of jewellery.

Best - my husband arranged for me to ring the bells at Westminster Abbey on my 60th birthday. Very honoured as they don't allow many visitors.
Worst - travelled to Australia to spend Christmas with son and his wife's family. Huge tree, piles of presents and I got - nothing! They all thought someone else was getting me something.

Worst..... Electric carving knife
Best........ Ticket to Australia to see my DD and DG

My best and most useful presents must be my iPad mini and pocket camera.Both are used daily.

Worst is plastic tomato sauce and mustard bottles - I do not eat these sauce at all.

Worst present - new pair of school shoes each Christmas from my parents

Best present - small china smoky cat from DS when he was about 10. Still have it, even though it's lost a front paw

I was 18 soon to be married, for my birthday my mother-in-law to be bought me a black plastic dustbin for my birthday! A week later she said she thought that maybe wasn't very nice, so she got me bathroom scales! Long divorced and don't miss her at all.

A crinoline cover for loo rolls from MIL

iPad is the best and worst was an opened bottle of Grand Marnier

worst was a huge box filled with dirt labelled 'what a dirty trick' ( husbands idea of a joke one xmas as I was always nosing around looking for my xmas presents.

The best was a trip up to Londons west end to see Phantom.

Id rather be given something practical like a new vacuum cleaner rhan jewellery or clothes as my DH never buys what i like and i havecto be grateful and wear it for ages! We now gave a policy of choosing our own pressies and also hve a small inexpensive 'surprise'

My very worst present was to find that, on our return from our honeymoon, one of my husband's aunts had actually borrowed the key to our new house and had the kitchen totally redecorated for us as her wedding present! I hated her choice of wallpaper, which as I recall had huge yellow circles all over it. Needless to say, we were obliged to live with it for quite a few years in case she dropped in!

Toilet roll holder and toilet brush worst - from DH.
DS bought a beautiful orchid 9 years ago which has many flowers on my birthday every year.

worst - DS2 gave me a bag of flour because he wanted me to make him a cake (gave me a proper present too though)

Best a holiday to Barbados to see England vs West Indies

I had a red and cream Dansette too . Records were "Take good care of my baby" by Bobby V and Billy Fury crooning something I don`t remember .

Worst and best from XH A pineapple (worst in case you didn`t know) and best was tickets to go to see The Terracotta warrior exhibition and 2 night stay in London .

* pressie