Gift giving is such an important part of the holiday season (thanks, capitalist society!) that it’s basically a blessing and a curse at the same time. As much joy as it was supposed to give, it often stresses us out to the point of a festive burnout. And instead of recharging our batteries, we fail the endurance test, numbing all this anxiety with one too many Cosmos.
Or, you just don’t take it seriously. In fact, there are people who refuse to play the safe card when giving gifts altogether as they take the absurdity to a whole new level. The result is some of the most hilarious Christmas gifts you’ve seen and some are so ingenious, it’s plain awesome. This time, Bored Panda combined a list of the things Santas-turned-trolls brought home this Christmas, so scroll down for your ultimate amusement.
Don’t forget to check out our previous posts with the funniest gifts here, here, and here. And if I were you, I’d get my notes ready—you never know when you're gonna need a new Christmas gift idea. Oh, in fact, you do—in 363 days.
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For Christmas This Year, My 97-Year-Old Grammy Gave Us A Calendar With Photoshopped Pictures Of Herself For Each Month
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The Way He Looks At Her
After being deprived of Christmas last year, with many people spending the holidays in their small social bubbles without their closest family members due to the worldwide pandemic, this year was a catch-up we were all looking forward to. The sheer joy of being able to hug your loved ones you haven’t seen for a long time is something that made it worth the wait.
Morgan Cue, the representative of Moonpig, shared a couple of insights with Bored Panda about how people celebrated Christmas this year. Because the pandemic put the world's Christmas spirit to the test, it became clear that nothing can ruin the long traditions of how we celebrate it. “Many individuals are now determined to celebrate the festive season and make up for lost time,” Morgan said.
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The thought is nice, but alcohol isn't a good gift unless you know the person well enough to know they drink and will appreciate it. Otherwise, it could be a trigger for someone in recovery, especially if they have any trouble dealing with holidays.
As a teacher in the UK, it is very normal to receive alcohol. For some reason parents assume we all drink heavily. Any teacher who would struggle with this will have some kind of arrangement in place brought about by years of practice.
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Tell you hate your child without saying you truly despise and hate them
That's fantastic and totally something I'd do. Now I know a ton of teachers and yea most or many of them are stressed as hell and drink kinda a lot so they would love this but alcohol isnt really the best gift 4 a group of people you dont know well cuz u run the real risk of that being a worthless gift 2 some of them. What if the person is a recovering alcoholic or just doesnt drink? I dunno, id be really worried about giving alcohol 2 someone who may be trying 2 quit or is in recovery.
This is funny af. But make sure the people you're gifting alcohol too aren't in recovery. N if you're not sure, don't risk it. Just be mindful of this, that's all I'm trying to say. Im a recovering addict n I can't tell you how many times people gift me bottles of Jack for my bday/Xmas. Even though I've been in recovery for over 9yrs, I'm very vocal/open about it. I don't mind if others drink around me. But I do NOT keep alcohol in my home. I used opiates n had an intense love for whiskey, alcohol wasn't my DOC but it was a huge trigger. I'd have a few shots n then immediately wanna get high.. so I had to cut it all out to stay away from hard s**t.. but apparently ppl either think it's funny, they don't listen to me when I say I don't/can't drink (despite them being in my family n visiting me in rehab/knowing my past) or they just don't give a s**t n don't care to put thought into a real gift (or just not get me one at all which would be better!) that won't trigger me.
These people are not your friends! They seem to want you off the wagon.
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Heck of a lot better than what i used to give my teacher in grade school "Evening in Paris" perfume - Yuck. Sorry teach!
That really brings back memories. At least the blue bottle was pretty.
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I've never received alcohol as a teacher gift. I did get a set of beer glasses that are very pretty.
@ Otter and Imogene. You are not everyone else. No one else is you. Spouse is 17 years recovery. Drank whiskey to black out almost every night. At first I didn't keep any alcohol in the house. Now I keep wine, rum, vodka, several mixers. He could care less. They don't trigger him. Nothing does. He won't ever drink again unless he's ready to die. "That's not how the addicts brain works".... They all work differently. Frankly if a gift of wine triggers someone, then it wasn't the "gift if wine" that was the problem.
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That poor kid proly got arrested by the school resource tyrants for bring that tho
actually, i was planning on doing this in the spring of 2020 when the kid graduated from high school. however, school was closed down in march so that was that.
OP might be out of school by now, looking at the profile pic :-D
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This picture has been used over the last few years. This isn't anything new
My Dad Couldn’t Breathe When He Handed Me This
My Grandma Said She Only Got Me Pizza For Christmas
Moonpig has recently done an illuminating study into what Christmas traditions are the most popular in 2021. The data collected in this study was based on a survey on Christmas preparation time. The survey took place in October 2021 and questioned 1,007 UK adults. “Whether your favorite Christmas film is Elf, Home Alone or the Grinch, Christmas movies have found their place as a Christmas tradition, with 17% of respondents looking forward to grabbing the popcorn and getting cosy on the sofa this year,” Morgan said.
Meanwhile, the most prevalent festive traditions are somewhat expected—spending time with family (28%) and eating Christmas dinner (25%). However, people seem to have become less excited with age-old traditions like putting a pie out for Father Christmas (4%) and kissing under the mistletoe (2%).
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My Niece Told Me This Was Her Favorite Christmas Present
One Of My Best Friends Just Gave Me This Blanket For Christmas. I Had To Take A Picture With The Featured Star
Do NOT take psychedelics with this blanket! Might want to lay off kitties catnip too 😆
Last Year I Forgot To Get Batteries For My Niece’s Toy So This Year She Got Me This
I Made These Ornaments For All The Members Of My Family For Christmas. Merry Plaguemas
My Wife Is Way Too Amused At My Sister's Gift To Me
I Turned A Picture Of My Labrador Pooping Into A Puzzle, Gave It To My Dad For Christmas As A White Elephant Gift
He put it together, framed it, and gave it back to me. That’s what Christmas is all about.
My Brother Got Our Mammy This Toilet Brush For Christmas. It Was By Far Her Favorite Present
Shirtception - My Favorite Gift Every Year From My Brother. We’re Now At Level 8
Christmas Card For The Cat
My Brother Collects “Action Figures”, I’m Going To Surprise Him For Christmas With This Work Of Art
My Wife Accidentally Called Wrapping Paper “Rapper Paper” In The Car The Other Day. I Understood The Assignment
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I Asked My Husband To Take On Some Christmas Cards This Year. My Sister Just Sent Me This Picture Of What He Wrote
My Future Mother-In-Law Made Me This Shirt For Christmas. I Love It. Even Has A Pocket
Oliver Got A Christmas Gift
Apparently, I Said I Wanted An Ugly Christmas Sweater And I Completely Forgot That I Said It. But My Sister Remembered, And She Got Me One, And I Have To Smile
My Mom Got Me Super Mario Sheets For Christmas
I'm 22 and have been living in my own apartment for 4 years, so I looked confused and disappointed. She said "What? It's not like anyone else is going to see your sheets" and now I don't know if that was ignorance, an insult or innocence...
Honey, when I was 45 years old I found a pair of king size Kermit the frog sheets, brand new, at a garage sale for five dollars. You bet your sweet bippy I took them home!
Christmas Present From The Brother-In-Law Who Is A Fabricator. There Is No Trick, It Doesn’t Come Out
My Parents Got My Cardboard Cutout Tonight, For My First Christmas Away From Home
I work in COVID facilities in dementia care. I'm not even an hour from them but it feels like light-years.
Looks great ! I would hope if someone made a cardboard cutout of me it would be this great !
I Was Gifted 5 Pounds Of Unshelled Pistachios For Christmas
We Exchanged Mugs For Christmas And Got Our Friend One With A Meme She Made Of Her Husband
I Just Found The Perfect Christmas Present For My Husband. He’s Going To Hate It
I always pester my husband to eat bananas for his leg cramps. I tried to get him to eat one last night when he was watching Netflix. He was already irritated as every movie suggestion starred Nicholas Cage and he doesn’t like him.
I Recently Told My GF About My Love For '80s Glam Shots. I Wasn't Prepared For Her Christmas Gift
We Celebrated Xmas Late. This Was My Gift From My Brother. He Really Does Get Me
My Husband Posing With The Pillow I Had Made For Him Of Our Cat For Christmas
Friend Of Mine Is A Welder, Here's His Present For His Boss
One Of My Husband's Gifts Wasn't Going To Ship On Time So I Improvised On The Delivery
My Daughter Gave My Son A Signed Picture Of Herself For Christmas
Some Of You Out There May Recall That In 2016 I Played An Excellent Christmas Prank On My Long-Suffering Dad. It Worked A Treat
Years Ago, My Sister And Mom Started An “Ugly Ornament” Exchange Each Xmas
They’d try to find the ugliest ornaments they could and give one to each other. It’s been hysterical to see what they come up with each year. I present to you a thread... starting with a TV Dinner.
This Has Appeared Under The Christmas Tree
I Made My Own Christmas Cards This Year. Thought I'd Get To The Point
I Once Implied That I Like Subway. Everyone I Know Got Me One Of These For Xmas. I Now Have $250 Worth
Gift them to a volunteer or charity organisation if you have too many.
Gift Of "Cold Hard Cash"
I Bought This From Goodwill For $1 And Definitely Saving It To Gift My Brother On X-Mas
I guess [Insert person you dislike] had to sell their prized possession
I Made These For My Man The First Year We Were Together For Christmas
Started Wrapping Christmas Presents Early This Year. Thought You All Would Enjoy
My Wife Asked For Christmas Presents Under 2 Euro
Most of the shops won't even accept 1 and 2 eurocent coins any more. Even 400 coins have a value under 2 Euros.
As A New(Ish) Homeowner, I Asked My Parents For Some Yard Equipment For Christmas. They Had Me Guessing About This One All The Way Until The End
My Brother-In-Law And I Each Got Each Other Adidas Tracksuits For Christmas
Best Christmas Gift Ever
I want to know back story behind this. Seems like an interesting story.
I Had An Iasip Blanket Made For My Husband For Christmas It Was Delivered Today And I Am Obsessed With How It Came Out
Husband Asked For A Mousepad For Christmas. So Got Him One With My Face Put In Images, Think It Turned Out Nice
My Daughter Is Obsessed With Horses, But I Obviously Can't Afford To Buy Her One. Bought Her A Gift Card For Riding Lessons And Wrapped It Like This
The Sweatshirt A Coworker Gifted Me For Christmas
My Daughter Crocheted Me A Blanket For Xmas - I Think I Corrupted Her
THAT'S MY BLANKET!!! I MADE THAT FOR MY MUM LAST YEAR! So cool to see it here!
My Mom Works With Dachshund Rescue, This Is One Of Her Xmas Gifts, Hahaha
Told My Family Not To Get Me Anything, So They Put This On My Present
My Brother Got A Shirt For Christmas
My Parents Are Trolls
Last gift I got from them. Two spray bottles with money in them. Each bill folded into a football (American).
My dad said he looked at multiple types of bottles so he could get the bulls in but they would be a challenge to get out. I was instructed I couldn’t smash the bottles. So I didn’t. Tedious but not difficult. Only needed tweezers a couple of times.
$100 total. Love my parents. We enjoy trolling one another when we can, but especially at Christmas.
I'm upvoting this post simply because they gave her $2 bills. When I was still living stateside, I made it my mission to spend as many $2 bills as possible when I went to stores. Many people wrongly think they're rare and hoard them. All you have to do is go to the bank and exchange other bills for them.
Further Evidence My Wife's Boss Has A Sense Of Humor. This Is Her Christmas Card
I just want to know if the down votes are from people that don't realize this is a reference to the virgin birth of Jesus or if they're from people that do realize it's about the virgin birth of Jesus...
Built My Wife A Snowman Out Of Her Presents 2.0
My Mom Got Me The Nicholas Cage Pillow For Christmas
12 Years In, I Just Got The Best Christmas Present From One Of My Students
My Spouse Told Her Mother That I Collect Silver Spoons For Tasting Food While I Cook. My Christmas Present Just Arrived
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Together for 8 years and it finally happened, we bought each other the same thing!
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The Way I Wrapped My Boyfriend's Christmas Present
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My Brother Is A Dentist And That’s What I Got From Him For Christmas (To His Credit, The City Was In Lockdown)
My Friends Sent Me A Christmas Card With Their Kid's Foot On It. I Don't Have A Kid, So This Is What They're Getting Back
Just Got This As A Secret Santa Gift At Work. Colleague Knew I Was A Seinfeld Fan And Photoshopped This Existing By Pic With My Wife. Gold Jerry. Gold
Someone Is Not Excited About Their Gift
Every Year My Husband Adds One Outrageous Gift To His Christmas List. This Year Was A $1k Pair Of Metallic Sneakers. My Mom Delivered With These Customized "New Balance-Iagas"
He loves them.
What Do I Have Here? Found This While Moving, My Little Brother Got It For Me Back In 2014 As A Gag Christmas Gift. Ahead Of His Times
My Wife Knows Me So Well She Accidentally Got Me The Same A Christmas Gift Two Years In A Row
I Wonder What My Parents Got Me For Christmas
Really Proud Of My Kids’ Teachers’ Christmas Gifts This Year. We Embraced The 2020 Theme
At first I thought it was a full size garbage bin and was like "those Jolly ranchers are huge!"
My Husband Surprised Me With The Most Perfect Late Christmas Gift
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So I Asked My Wife To Get Me The SNES Mini For My Christmas Present. Should Have Specified It More Clearly
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I Buy Nan A Slab (Case) Of Beer Every Xmas. It's The Only Present We'll Buy Anyone Each Year Guaranteed To Be What They Want. Merry Christmas Everyone
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I Got My Girl A Switch, Headphones, And A Book On Toasts. She Got Me A Shirt That Says “I Lose Weight” In Japanese. Merry Xmas Everyone
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It Is A Gift
I Got Rick Rolled For Christmas By My Parents And Little Brother
Just Used A Bath Bomb I Got For Christmas And Now The Bath Looks Like Piss
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My Sister Is Too Funny, This Just Arrived In The Mail. Merry Xmas
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Sister Got Me A 1lbs Bag Of Sour Lollies For Xmas. Only She Wrapped Each Lolly Individually. 1 Hour Of Unwrapping
An how many hours to wrap them all own the first place? Awesome sister.
My Little Cousin Got Beer Pong And A Lottery Ticket In Our Family Gift Exchange
Friend Sent Me The Only Christmas Gift I’ll Ever Need
I don't know what this rubber duck supposed to be but it's cute.
My Dad Gave Me $50 For Christmas, In $2 Bills
I'm Back With Another Inconveniently Packaged Steam Card For My Brother-In-Law. Merry Christmas
Since The Anniversary Is Coming Up, I Figured I Would Post My Christmas Present From My Best Friend Last Year
To make it better, I had salmonella when this video came out. Enjoy.
Everyone At Work Got An Amazing Heartfelt Gifts For Secret Santa And I Got A Bottle Of Car Detailer As A Joke
My Brother Wanted A Gift Card For Christmas
Funny Christmas Gift. Dog Carrier
Hate to be a party pooper but Ann Pattinson is actually correct. Dogs aren't meant to be held upright like that. This is really bad for their spine, hips, tail, & even shoulders because they're supposed to be on all four legs on the ground, not dangling upright. Their bodies just aren't built for it. Plus it can be really stressful for them, depending on the dog, even if they aren't actively squirming to get out. Just take your dog for a normal walk. Or, if they can't walk for whatever reason, get a pet stroller so they can lay comfortably.
I got a machete. I foresee much stress relief in my future. (Don't worry, I'll only use it on invasives like kudzu.)
We had to Skype with my Mum (we live nearly two hours away in Canada's COVID hot spot with hubby recovering from Stage 4 cancer, she's in her 80s with her own health issues, so we played it safe). My best gift was her reaction as we opened the gifts she'd been buying for us all year. Just little Dollar Store stuff, but so much she kept forgetting what she'd bought! "Ooooh, that looks like fun, what's that?" I had to hold stuff up to the camera so she could see. Priceless. The only gift I want next year is for us to all be together again.
I got a little toy maggot or grub! 🤢 because i really like bugs, i actually like it lol 🤣
My uncle and I always exchange weird gifts on Christmas, one year he got me “unicorn meat”- a plushie unicorn chopped into pieces with X’s for eyes, even came in its own tin lol
I got a toilet roll holder. My SIL fat backside knocked my original one off the wall, was gifted a lovely new chrome one and installation. Love it.
I got a machete. I foresee much stress relief in my future. (Don't worry, I'll only use it on invasives like kudzu.)
We had to Skype with my Mum (we live nearly two hours away in Canada's COVID hot spot with hubby recovering from Stage 4 cancer, she's in her 80s with her own health issues, so we played it safe). My best gift was her reaction as we opened the gifts she'd been buying for us all year. Just little Dollar Store stuff, but so much she kept forgetting what she'd bought! "Ooooh, that looks like fun, what's that?" I had to hold stuff up to the camera so she could see. Priceless. The only gift I want next year is for us to all be together again.
I got a little toy maggot or grub! 🤢 because i really like bugs, i actually like it lol 🤣
My uncle and I always exchange weird gifts on Christmas, one year he got me “unicorn meat”- a plushie unicorn chopped into pieces with X’s for eyes, even came in its own tin lol
I got a toilet roll holder. My SIL fat backside knocked my original one off the wall, was gifted a lovely new chrome one and installation. Love it.
