Silly gifts (makes a change from egg-slicers!)

I love my egg slicer, newly bought from that Swedish shop to replace the old one which my daughter used as a child as a harp!! Turn the egg 90 degrees, slice again, and you have instant chopped egg.

My best friend bought me a rubbery horse's head to wear. We did get some funny pics, such as wearing a wet suit and horses head and swimming in the sea, horse looking at a sunset on a cliff top, horse looking out at the view through a caravan window.......... Childish but cheered us up no end.

I can't remember. Never had an egg slicer, as I don't like eggs...
But when DH turned 60, we had just bought the field behind our house from a local farmer. DH had worked hard and was turning it into a garden/vegetable "patch". I couldn't think of what to give him - came up with a load of horse manure from a friend of a friend. He was shoveling it all day! he loved it!

Craftycat hoover ... My DH needed 'training in' over such matters as he came from a home where that kind of gift giving was acceptable ...tch ... l think l have won out because l am 'cheap to keep' ... Small presents are fine by me as long as there is some spoiling

My ex husband had a draw full of useless gifts such as key rings ,single tablet pots, which he would wrap Christmas day when I would ask were my present was.
So one year a good friend had a quiet word with him and he actually bought me a present.An ironing board. Hence one of the reasons he's now my ex.

nellgwin ... that's a shocker! Mind you, my dear mum did give me baking trays on my 40th. I was newly divorced and rather sorry for myself - and quietly hopeful of a little spoiling ... I think it is partly a generational thing, she was surprised at my apparent lack of enthusiasm! Ah well, as she said at they would at the point of giving, they 'came in'!

Eglantine19

My MIL once gave me two odd earrings. They were almost the same and as she said, they were a bargain!

How funny! My MIL once gave me an odd pair too! I wonder if they match with yours?! (Never worn!)

This, as modelled by my DGS

At my work we had a Secret Santa but you could only spend £1. Hilarious! We also have a Worst Christmas present competition with one old friend. We have to buy something truly hideous for no more than £5. My sons love hunting down gruesome artefacts. One year our friends gave us lurid plastic light up fibre optic flowers - they won that year! On a more serious note, we have a large family and decided among us to cut out the kids when they reach a certain age. Christmas should be a pleasure, not a time to get into debt!

I was wandering round Amazon the other week, as you do, (!) and came across a bottle-stopper with a combination lock for about £2.50. It's for a friends' CP, as she is rather too fond of wine, especially ours, when she comes to stay. We decant Sainsburys white Basic and she's never known the difference!

Narrowboatnan I have long wanted to summon up the courage to dye my hair exactly that colour! A wig would do the trick without the angst. Perfect! Thankyou...

Keriku. I think that is a great idea . So everyone could have some fun and not have to spend much on things that people really don't want. Ingenuity needed.

I received a thoroughly useless "secret santa" last year at work in one of those games where everyone brings an unlabelled wrapped gift and each person present chooses a parcel. Then you play a game where under certain conditions you can steal/swap someone else's present if you like it better than yours. Needless to say I got stuck with mine - a ceramic money box which you have to smash to get the money out. I'm hoping to draw someone I don't like much in this year's secret santa in order to get rid of it! I considered taking it to the charity shop but thought it might just clutter up their shelves and no-one would want it! I wouldn't dream of giving it to a friend. Perhaps the person who brought it last year received it in similar circumstances.