WORST Christmas Presents Ever

A nightdress from my mother.
Appreciated the thought, but just seemed all wrong.

My mam bought me an old fashioned telephone I did like it it was decorative! /but it used to ring in the middle of the night think it was haunted! 😂

DH bought me a butter dish the first Christmas we were together in 1979. 🥴

My sister in law once gave me a roll of tin foil and cling film as she apparently liked to ‘buy something practical’……

Mine was two hair clasps in the staffroom Christmas secret Santa. The suggested amount was £5. I saw them in a discount store at 50p.
I knew immediately whom they were from. This mean staff member used to ask people to share the cost of a 1/4 pint of milk, despite the fact that she very wealthy.

A pale blue towelling dressing gown from my husband which I put away
Next year I was presented with another identical one

A beautiful bouquet as a thank you gift, just before we went on holiday. It was easy to be delighted in front of the giver, but I was desperate for my DH not to mention we were going away, and thankfully, he didn’t. I offered them to my next door neighbour, who was keeping an eye on our house while we were away.

Not me, but a former friend’s husband bought her a slimming belt!!

A friend of DH’s bought his girlfriend a fabulous pair of diamond earrings one year. I oooed and arrred over them, until she showed me an identical pair he’d bought the previous year and from the same jeweller!

An iron from DH. We have 5 children so at one stage I was doing an awful lot of ironing but still.........I tell him it was the best domestic appliance anyone has ever bought me!

Gwyllt

A pale blue towelling dressing gown from my husband which I put away
Next year I was presented with another identical one

😂

A scarf I gave to a relative the Christmas before😤

Puce cami knickers and a litre bottle of "Charlie ", perfume from my late MIL In the hope, there might be a grandchild the next year. I was so embarrassed I did not know how to thank her.

A car battery charger with jump leads (from my OH)
ps, I did have a car

A purple, green and orange badly hand knitted scarf. Horrific.

FannyFanackerpan

A purple, green and orange badly hand knitted scarf. Horrific.

That may have been the scarf I knitted and gave to a relative the year before ( and got back the following Christmas )😂

Some years ago I was involved in a planning dispute over a new landfill site and my brother gave me a gift wrapped roll of black bin bags for Christmas.

A pocket hand warmer from a boyfriend.

A plaster of Paris ornament of a cat (think fairground win) from DDs mother in law in Oz. I regifted it the next day to the daughter of our landlady who loved it! My DD received a gold satin evening bag which MiL had used at a wedding a few weeks before, complete with stain 🤦‍♀️.

FannyFanackerpan

A purple, green and orange badly hand knitted scarf. Horrific.

I made that for you with love 💕💕💕😢😢😢😢😢

Oh that would be the bright orange wool jumper with brown blanket stitches on the bottom, neck and sleeves and a big dog on the front 🙈
I felt I had to wear it on Christmas Day (my DH bought it) and itched all day.
It was the most hideous thing ever.I kept it for a few years in my wardrobe and got rid of it as soon as I thought he wouldn't miss it - and he didn't.

An electric toothbrush from my husband one year. Useful yes but not what I'd been hinting about for most of the year.

My late MiL was the one for “thoughtful “ gifts. - An ashtray and a can of Stella for my DS ( who doesn’t smoke). - “ for visitors”, a ball of elastic bands collected from discards from the postman “ may come in useful”, last year’s diary - “ you can just change the days” - plus numerous regifts with the person’s name crossed out etc etc.

Large white Sloggi knickers from my husband. No more sexy nighties!

A deep fat fryer from DH 😏 admittedly he did buy me other things.