Buying Christmas gifts can be tricky, especially if you don't have those personalized letters that Santa does. Which is why people often, lets put it this way, don't precisely meet the gift ideas receivers had in mind. But hey, at least we could get a good laugh out it.
From giving an amputee a pair of socks and a cat toy to the least favorite grandchild to such funny gifts as nurses gown as a dress and shredded cheese packs, this list has all the worst Christmas gifts ideas. Luckily, most of them were met in good humor!
Below you'll find a list, inspired by mrsik187, of the most unique Christmas gifts people have ever received. Take a look, feel free to add your own awful gifts to the list and hopefully this year you've been good enough to deserve a proper secret Santa gift!
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She didn't mean any malice and it is a pretty funny t-shirt to wear really. I hope you kept it. :)
When I was a teenager my mother took particular delight in tricking me with a large box--that she made me open up last--that contained nothing but her sewing notions, scraps of yarn and whatever else she pulled from her scrap pile. She found it hilarious. I would beg her not to do it again, and after a few years, I would ask her before I opened it, and she would smile and say, no, this is the best one!
doesn't sound that bad though :) at least it's funny... and i mean funny funny, not disturbingly funny
I cant stop laughing about this one. (And, man, do I need a good laugh at the moment)
I guess I'm the only one who doesn't think this is sooo terrible? If the store was Victoria's Secret (like in the background) I definitely got a couple gift cards/gift boxes from relatives. As a teenager with questionable taste, I loved their perfumes and body lotion.
So glad that I don't have any siblings, for this reason. My grandmother buys us underwear each time she comes to Australia or whenever we visit Cyprus.
Why didn't they just pack up all the socks into one package? I don't know, my grandma has the same thoughts about getting you to open a bunch of stuff so you "feel like you're getting more". I say, it's just a waste of paper, since ultimately I'll just have a bunch of small things anyway, and I'm an adult, so I don't get much joy from simply ripping into presents!
You didn't read what she wrote... The brother had MANY 🎁 gifts to unwra.They also wanted her to have MANY gifts to unwrap... not just the laptop and a big package with 18 socks.. that makes only 2 packages.
Load More Replies...One Christmas, my mother bought me exactly one thousand pairs of socks... Just socks. "But they have monsters on them", she said. "You like this scary kind of stuff." Needless to say, I was in my early twenties and I've learnt not to expect that people know me very well, so the whole thing was dismissable and I thanked her; especially since I did need some new socks. Happy ending, right? Uno momento, chico! I'm a woman, measuring at an altitudinous 5'10", and let's just say that proportionally... Well, long story short, my rather equally short mother dearest ended up commandeering all of them. So remember, kids -- when you think you've had a c**p gift-giving year, just remember that at least it's not one-thousand unusable socks. Have a Christmas, everyone. *grumpy cat face*
Geez, the mom could have thought this through better - how could she not anticipate the disappointment, even if it was only initial?!
If i had run crying from christmas morning, disappointed with my gifts, my mum would have blistered my a**e. Kids expect too much
Load More Replies...All my life I get the same exact scarf and socks from my aunt, with the same exact excitement from her...
I like socks, socks are cool. And they keep my toes warm. :p
I had that happen with candles one year. Got like 6 of them because my family didnt tell each other what they were getting me.
I have no idea what I am going to get. I’m 16 years young and I usually get 1 gift that I want thats not to expensive ex. XboxOne(I got this 2 years ago, I’m a gamer and I have been since I was little around 5+/- years old)/ Cooking stuff(Yes I asked for that one year)/ A video game(3 games a year ago). But I have everything I want, other people ask for cell phones (New) at/before my age but I’m not that into cell phones and selfies. I told my mother all I wanted was family but the next day she told me she ordered me something... But I have 100% no idea what it is and its killing me on the inside... :)
I wonder what grandma's thought were, then! 😂
Load More Replies...If I got those for Christmas, I'd wet myself from laughter. I find anything with googly eyes hilarious!
Maybe she considered it as a "entrance"... clever and practical lady
She probably didn't notice the whole when she bought them. That or she has a great sense of humor.
No...only santa would be that nice, Krampus would do it at your birthday infront of everyone
Load More Replies...Was it true. I hope everything is good. From a dad who adopted a boy and girl. They could not have been loved more by their natural parents. I hope you have the same fate.
So, were you or not? Really wouldn't make sense if you are not adopted. And an odd way to tell you if you are.
My brother gave me a book called "I can make you hate" by Charlie Brooker, thankfully it turned out to be quite comical.
My aunt sent me a little kids book of horse stories when I was 16. Nowadays I'd be amused, but back then I was definitely not.
uhm...the picture in the background is actually an awesome toy! It's a programmable robot!
Im sure you acted grateful, we'd love to see THAT video-a class act !
Is it her whole legs or just up to the knees? Because if its not her whole leg I have seen people who got their leg(s) amputated up to the knee(s) and they still wear socks. 0.o
I feel like you'd need bigger socks than usual.
Load More Replies...Now, THAT is BAD !!! WE WOULD LOVE to hear what BOTH of their reactions were; Grandma's when she OPENED them, and ESPECIALLY the AUNTS when she realized what she had DONE ???
That really is awful; is this aunt her daughter, daughter in law, or sister of an in law?
I got a block of cement formed from a 5 gallon bucket, skiing with a crappy little rock hammer. After months of chipping away I finally found the one thing entombed within... A better rock hammer. :/
Andy Dufresne would have chipped through that in no time.
Load More Replies...That's a traditional gift at almost every wedding here in Belgium.
I legit love that idea. Little girl me loved dinosaurs and would have liked to have had fossils or something like that put in a sandpit or something for me to dig them out.
I got a gay pride shirt from my brother, which I opened and held up to read it, where everyone else could read it too. He had thought I was gay and needed the support in coming out. I wasn't.... My family had a lot of very mixed reactions to it and spent weeks questioning me about it.afterwards. he's still the son that can do no wrong.
Bad. Very bad. And where did your mom find him? Strange sense of humor if nothing else.
ehh if Alliptera's sister is like me, it's easy to see the confusion, even my family thinks it's debatable on me being human or a cat in a really convincing disguise
granted i do find enjoyment in weasel balls, and love boxes and hate people
Load More Replies...I feel this, my brother used to get awesome lego or something while I'd get a new hand towel.... a freaking hand towel.
Tell her how you really feel Grandma!! Geez. Family members like that are the root cause of many depressed and/or angry people in the world
My grandma once got my sister a giant Barbie house and I got a weird board game that I never played
I think I'm the sister.... at least I'm treated like the sister. Guess I'm not the golden child either.
Oh my god that's horrible!!!! She should be seriously embarrassed for making that mistake!!! Wow
That aunt sure gets around -- from 7 to 8 to 10. Can't somebody stop her???
Cheese is awesome tho!!! I would love a 3 lb bag of shredded Mozarella! :P
My grandpa was convinced that the nurses were stealing and moving his TV remote....which he called the "modulator"
I admit I missed out on the "cynical" gifts I often hear about form my grandparents. Before they got their they decided money was a better option.
OH I wish I had your grandma. So sweet, all that work...custom made clothes!! It probably wasn't "fashionable " then, they were homemade not HAND MADE but I personally love that she worked so hard..
My grandmother used to make me slippers and jumpers all the time. I miss those days.
This is the worst one because it doesn't belong on the list, this sounds like someone genuinely cared and tried to make them happy.
aww that was so sweet that she wanted to give you that and couldnt afford it.
I don't think the mom meant it to be funny - I'm guessing she wanted her child to stay safe, and used the cousin's name to reinforce the message. But tactless and insensitive, for sure
Load More Replies...I think that is the most cruel thing someone could ever do especially on Christmas to boot. It's very poor taste to give a gift in that way
i don't know if it's really hilarious or if i'm really tired, but i can't stop laughing
One year my 18 year old son got a video from his cousin - which was the exact same video he had given her and her husband two months earlier! (not "copy of"...the same video!) She said "I forgot who gave it to me!" Making the whole thing even worse!
I received Star Trek items/trinkets for several years. They thot I was a fan of the tv series. Saw two episodes...
Gift them a dental school textbook about fluorosis so they learn this condition was never your fault. And cant be fixed except with expensive implants and highlight that chapter. They'll fall over themselves trying to make it up to you after that
I bet he's just trying to scare you away. In-laws don't usually like the person there kid picks.
A friend recently asked me if he should buy his wife a tree for Christmas, as a memorial to her dead mum........ NOOOOOOOOOOO was my reply.
Last Christmas my aunt,not to be rude but really puts absolutely no thought into her gifts whatsoever gave me a little 100 piece puzzle that I could do before i even started school and learned how to read and right. I'm 25 now. The box even read recommended for ages 6-10. My mother didn't find funny and sent straight back to her and told her sister she must get me something more age appropriate. Thanks a lot.
“Must” get you something more age appropriate?” Or she could have gotten you NOTHING-what you and your mother deserve.
Load More Replies...My husband gave me a tube of a**l lube. I couldn’t work out whether it was an invitation or he was saying I was an Arsehole. ... we are currently separating
You should be happy to even get presents in one week I've lost my job and didn't get paid for the work I did for a whole month which got me to getting evicted from apartment and my dog is dieing in front of me and can't afford to put him out of him out of his misery or a way t o get him there because my car is broke.so in a happy you get presents and be happy you have a home and people who care
One time we got a used board game (clearly from their closet) and another time I got a math textbook.
Used to get deodorant or Christmas when I was a preteen. Made me feel like I wasn't using enough of it or something, really self conscious.
I got a 6-pack of soda and 2 bags of snacks with nuts (he likes nuts, I don't). Grocery store food for Christmas. I got him a snowblower.
my aunt-in-law once gave me an IOU for one napkin off of my wedding registry... for Christmas. one. cloth. napkin.
A friend recently asked me if he should buy his wife a tree for Christmas, as a memorial to her dead mum........ NOOOOOOOOOOO was my reply.
Last Christmas my aunt,not to be rude but really puts absolutely no thought into her gifts whatsoever gave me a little 100 piece puzzle that I could do before i even started school and learned how to read and right. I'm 25 now. The box even read recommended for ages 6-10. My mother didn't find funny and sent straight back to her and told her sister she must get me something more age appropriate. Thanks a lot.
“Must” get you something more age appropriate?” Or she could have gotten you NOTHING-what you and your mother deserve.
Load More Replies...My husband gave me a tube of a**l lube. I couldn’t work out whether it was an invitation or he was saying I was an Arsehole. ... we are currently separating
You should be happy to even get presents in one week I've lost my job and didn't get paid for the work I did for a whole month which got me to getting evicted from apartment and my dog is dieing in front of me and can't afford to put him out of him out of his misery or a way t o get him there because my car is broke.so in a happy you get presents and be happy you have a home and people who care
One time we got a used board game (clearly from their closet) and another time I got a math textbook.
Used to get deodorant or Christmas when I was a preteen. Made me feel like I wasn't using enough of it or something, really self conscious.
I got a 6-pack of soda and 2 bags of snacks with nuts (he likes nuts, I don't). Grocery store food for Christmas. I got him a snowblower.
my aunt-in-law once gave me an IOU for one napkin off of my wedding registry... for Christmas. one. cloth. napkin.
