You wake up before the sun’s up with a wide grin on your face. You put on your slippers, yawn, and head over to the Christmas tree. There, you find a whole mountain of gifts. You get busy unpacking and you realize that you got everything that you wanted, but there’s one last present left. You rip open the wrapping paper, your jaw drops, and you start laughing so hard, your belly hurts.
Some people see Xmas as the perfect time to have a little bit of fun. So they make their loved ones laugh with hilarious gifts that only Grinches wouldn’t giggle at or by wrapping presents up to look like completely different things. Bored Panda has compiled this list of some of the funniest times that people trolled others with their gifts.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we loved putting it together. Don’t forget to upvote your fave pics and tell us all about the funniest presents you’ve given or received in the comments! Done feasting your eyes on this list? Then you’ll want to have these two posts about the funniest gag gifts for dessert right here and here.
Bored Panda wanted to learn more about the benefits of humor and receiving funny gifts (that we might sometimes be disappointed with), as well as the Spirit of Giving, so we reached out to psychologist, priest, and author, Dr. Fraser Watts. "Humor can be enormously helpful in coping with difficult situations. We often get rather up close, psychologically, to issues that are causing us distress. The value of humor is that it adds distance and perspective," he said. Read on for our full interview with Dr. Watts.
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My Gift From My Grandparents Today
Told My Boyfriend I Was Getting Him A Burger For Christmas
“"Shirtception" - My Favorite Gift Every Year From My Brother. We're Now At Level 7
Dr. Watts told Bored Panda that laughing at something allows us to gain a different perspective on the situation because we draw back from it. In other words, we become detached from the things that we deemed to be "desperately important," even if for a moment. "If you get good at smiling about things that upset you, it can save you a lot of distress," the psychologist explained the value of humor in hard times.
However great some humorous gifts can be, not everyone will appreciate them. According to Dr. Watts, "it is always a problem when you receive a gift that you don’t really want or are disappointed by." This can lead you to feel guilty about not being grateful for what you received. Fortunately, there's a way to solve this conundrum.
"One way of handling this is to put yourself in the place of the person who gave the present and think through how they decided you were a person they really wanted to give a present to, how they mulled over what you might like and went searching for it. You may still feel that they made the wrong choice, but thinking about it in this way may help you to be more appreciative of the effort they made," Dr. Watts explained.
How My Graphic Designer Sister Likes To Send My Christmas Presents
I'm 29 & Paralyzed From The Waste Down And I Got This From My 9-Year-Old Nephew Who's Named After Me
The Other Day My Dad Fell Off A 10 Ft Ladder And Through A Drop Ceiling. I Just Happened To Be Walking By And Was Able To Catch Him On His Way Down
This was the tile he went through and now his Christmas present is finished.
One of the best things about this list is that you’ll find plenty of inspiration for late Xmas gifts, next year’s Christmas, as well as people’s birthdays. After the year that we had, people can use a laugh or two.
Humor helps your body fight off stress and can even boost your immune system, of all things. So investing in a gag gift and having some creative fun with your wrapping is, actually, a wonderful present. You’re giving somebody a chance at being healthier physically, mentally, and emotionally, after all.
Laughter also relieves pain, boosts your mood, helps you connect with others, and can even make you more resilient to whatever lemons life throws your way. In short, laughter gives you the tools to turn those lemons into delicious lemonade. And we all know how good lemonade is for sharing.
My Parents Are Retiring And Want To Travel Full Time. My Brother Sent Them This Suitcase For Christmas
We know who is the favourite son... or at least what everyone will think
I Told My Husband I Just Wanted Some "Crappy Earrings" For Christmas. He Delivered
A Gift From Grandma
Of course, getting a gag gift instead of that new iPhone, bike, or KFConsole (that last one isn’t a joke, by the way) can be disappointing. Fortunately, even if you don’t feel like it, forcing a laugh provides benefits as well. Fake it till you make it and the world will seem brighter. At the end of the day, Christmas isn’t about gifts (and we tend to forget that far too often), so focus on the Spirit of Giving and being charitable.
That being said, we’re far from perfect (and getting gifts can feel amazing). So, meanwhile, secretly, you might be getting ready for revenge for the funny presents you got—with a hilarious gift to troll the pants off those dastardly villains who slighted you. And that’s exactly how long-lasting prank feuds start. But you know what? The more laughter, the better. Especially during the holidays and while we've still got the trail of 2020 following us.
I’m A Marine Biology Student, And My Cousins Saw It Fit To Give Me Blobfish Slippers For Christmas. I Thought You All Deserved To Know About Them
Finished Wrapping My Sister's Present. It's A Necklace
I used some hanger rods to package a nightgown so it looked like a broom.
I Asked For Art For My New Apartment This Christmas. May I Present “Butterflies”, A Painting From My Nieces Made Entirely With Their Butt Cheeks. Lovely
My Dad Has Always Been A Master Of Disguising Gifts, And This Year Drilled A Hole In A Piece Of Wood To Hide A Ring Box For My Mom
The look of "too many years of this crap" is strong with this one.
My Wife Bought Me A New Leg For Christmas
My Friend Is Terrible At Flirting. She Asked This Guy If He Liked Bread As An Opener And A Year Later They Are Together And He Made This For Her Christmas Gift
The Scent Of Sadness
Every Year My Dad Gets Us Odd Religous Candles Around The Holidays. This Year He Really Outdid Himself
I Told My Father I Wouldn't Be Home For Christmas. Then I Flew 3 K Miles And Wrapped Myself Up By The Tree
Every Year I Try To Disguise My Sister's Christmas Present. This Year I Think I Went A Little Too Far
Received An Appropriate Gift This Year
Well, if Jen Aniston would post this the entire internet would be offended!
Got My Christmas Present Early This Year
My Wife Asked Me What I Wanted For Christmas, She's Crafty So I Told Her To Make Me Something. Couldn't Be Happier
Gave My Mom This Mug For Christmas 2 Years Ago And She Still Has No Clue
My Friend For A Week Has Been Saying He Bought Me A Skill For Christmas. Well Today I Found Out The Skill
It's a locked box and a lock picking kit. Apparently my actual gift is inside.
"A Sense Of Purpose" I Dismissively Said, When My Sisters Asked Me What I Wanted For Christmas
So they got me a water-themed candle and a stuffed dolphin. You know, "a scent(s) of porpoise".
My Sister And I Painted Each Other Bob Ross For Christmas, Turns Out We Have A Similar Sense Of Humor
Every Christmas My Sister Gets Me A Weapon From Clue. The Collection Is Now Complete
The Wife And Kids Christmas Present Is On The Tree And They Still Don’t Even Realize It
I Bought My Parents A TV For Christmas But They Are Going To Think It’s Something Else At First
My Uncle Has Sent Me The Same Thing For X-Mas Every Year Since I Was A Kid And I Laugh Every Single Time
So much better than an actual gift card. "We turned money that you could have spent anywhere you wanted into money that you can only spend at this one place before we gave it to you." Gosh, thanks.
Every Year I Get My Family A Christmas Gag Gift Based On My Dog. This Year Its Replica Slippers
Our Family Has A 35+ Year Tradition Of Disguising Christmas Gifts. This Took Over 80 Hours To Build
This "cannon" is actually disguising a golf umbrella, hidden in the ramrod. The cannon is made out of cardboard, with a little foam for structural support, plus the candy cane spokes. The cannon has a remotely triggered CO2 canister hooked to a solenoid valve to launch Christmas ornament on command. Link to the construction album.
It's hard to tell dimensions from the picture, and I don't have a banana. But it is 90" from the tip of the barrel to the end of the trail.
Our family has been doing this for over 35+ years. Here's a few links to years past constructions:
- 2017 Projector screen and reel Here's a video of it in action
- 2016: Snowblower. constuction album. video of auger and blower
- 2015: Baby Stroller. constuction album
- 2014: French Easel
- 2013: Rocking Chair constuction album
- 2012: Toy Sailboat outfitted with a remote control car chassis on the bottom so that it's drivable
- 2011: Radio Flyer Sled. construction album
- 2010: Blunderbuss
- 2009: Hedge Trimmers. Bonus: Decoy umbrella, a broom (to replace the one he accidentally ran over with his car that Fall), wrapped like the umbrella gift: http://imgur.com/WZxFzyX
- 2008: Telescope
- 2007: Lawn Spreader
- 2003: Scooter
- 1996: Trombone
Edit2: The umbrella is a promotional gift you get this time of year from Aramis, which my mom buys for my grandfather for his birthday at the end of November.
Edit3: Since there is some confusion due to a lack of info provided on my part, the gift is always an umbrella. Not the same umbrella, a bee one each year. It's a promotional gift from buying cologne. I understand it may seem idiotic to spend so much time wrapping an umbrella to be a snowblower or a baby stroller, but that's what it is. It's why it's a tradition.
My Girlfriend's Brother Got A New Suitcase For Christmas
My 11-Year-Old Son's Christmas Gift To Me
Christmas Gift From My Loving Friend
I Made These Flags As Christmas Presents For My Friends
My Sister And I Call Each Other The World's Biggest Dork, Bought The Domain As A Christmas Surprise
My Co-Worker Told Me I Had No Holiday Spirit So I Wrapped Him A Gift
Again, are the desk and chair under the wrapping or not, Jim? Dwight’s in the parking lot!
My Sister Asked For A Nintendo Switch For Xmas. Her Boyfriend Must Have Misunderstood
The Blanket That My Husband Got Me For Christmas. It’s His Face
Extremely Appropriate Xmas Gift My Grandfather Received
Saw The Jpeg On The Net And Said I Wanted It On A Gym Shirt. Here's My Late, But Great Christmas Present
My Buddy Got This From His Wife For Christmas - She Wins
My Sister & I Compete For "Worst Present" Each Christmas. She Won This Year
My Friend’s Dad Got Him An Unfortunate Christmas Present
Every Year My Family Does A Secret Santa And Secret Satan And My Brother-In-Law Has Had Me For Satan For The Past Four Years Straight
I Wrapped My Brother's Present In The Cement
My Brother Bought Me Some Games For Christmas During Black Friday, Wrapped Them And Placed Them In My Shelf While Saying: Open These Up On The 25th
This is cruelty at its peak. They’ve been sitting there for a couple weeks now, looking at me, tempting my weak soul.
Oh, that is some fine taste in games. Dishonored especially. A stunning game that still holds up in 2020 (released in 2012, a sequel in 2016).
Bought My Brother Tree Trimmers For Christmas, Built A Cardboard Frame Around Them And Wrapped Them Like This
Way back, my youngest brother wanted some albums for Christmas. I found six, and wrapped each one so they could be assembled into a cube... an empty cube that I warned had to be opened very carefully.
I Lost A Tooth Earlier This Year. I Took A Silly Picture While I Was In The Gym. My Wife Had It Turned Into A Sock As A Christmas Present For My Mother
A walk down Memory Lane for Mom! And a hint for the Tooth Fairy, too.
My Friend Likes Dating Hipsters, So I Made This Present For Her (Handcrafted, Organic, Vegetarian & Gluten-Free). She'll Be Pissed But It Will Be Worth It
My Sister Learned A Valuable Lesson This Christmas: If You Let Your Older Brother Take An Ugly Picture Of You, You Will Get It On A Custom Color-Changing Mug As A Gag Gift
I Was In Charge Of Wrapping Presents This Year
Received Cat Butthole Drink Coasters For Christmas
My Friend Finished Wrapping His Wife's Presents. Left One A Perfume, Right One A Sweater
I Drunk Ordered A Christmas Present For My Brother, Was Not Disappointed In Myself
My Wife Bought Me Monogram Pajamas For Xmas
I Took Some Creative Liberties When Wrapping My Brother's Christmas Gift
It has two cast-iron skillets in the chest, and a single Ferrero Rocher in the mouth. The body is made entirely out of newspaper and duct tape with a styrofoam head
I was gonna say, is the gift his freedom? Because that Looks like a body
New Candles My Cousin Made For 2020. Had To Get Some
$100 In Singles Individually Wrapped For My Brother
My sister was a prolific letter writer and wanted stamps for Christmas. I bought a roll of 100, tore them into 5-stamp strips, inserted each strip into a balloon, blew them all up, and packed them in a large carton... With a stickpin on top.
Every Year My Sister And I Get Each Other Gag Gifts For Christmas, This Year She Won
Got This Big Roll Of Toilet Paper As A Gag Gift For Christmas. Who Is Laughing Now?
This is a gift from Christmas 2019 and in March 2020 it was really appreciated.
Friend Got Me A Fantastic Book For Christmas. So Far I've Refused To Put It Down
The Christmas Moose, Contains 12 Gifts For My Wife. Head Is A Bit Small, But It Was All For Fun Anyhow
The Meanest Christmas Gift I've Ever Gotten. I Was So Excited For A Minute
My Mom Said All She Wanted For Christmas Was A Nice Photo Of Me And My Sister
Lottery Scratch Tickets Make Good Last Minute Christmas Gifts
Celebrated Early. This Is Definitely My Favorite Gift. My Sister Won Christmas This Year
My Father In Law And His Granddaughter Have Been Trying For Years To Wrap Each Other’s Presents So You Can’t Get In. They Each Had The Same Idea This Year
Extra twist: there's a pair of bolt cutters in hers, and a stethoscope in his.
Just Finished Wrapping My White Elephant Gift. Everyone Needs An Angle Grinder
I Got These Coasters You Can Hang On Your Nose For Christmas
One Of My Girlfriend's Christmas Presents Arrived Today. Wish Me Luck
Each Year A Friend Buys Me A Bottle Of Rum For My Birthday, He Likes To Be Creative With His Wrapping
My Brother Asked For A Ladder
I Have A Tendency To Wrap Misleading Presents
My Step Brother Got Me For Stockings. I Really Set Myself Up There. It Was Just Too Easy
Took Longer Than I Care To Admit. But I Successfully Wrapped A Gift Card
It Is The Small Gifts That Count. Friend's Girlfriend Opening Gifts
The New Lunch Box I Got For Christmas
Bought My Brother A Bath Bomb For Christmas. Just A Bath Bomb. Put It In The Biggest Box I Could Find
The Christmas Giraffe, A Collection Of 6 Gifts For My Wife. Inspired By The Christmas Moose
As A 24-Year-Old Single Waitress, I Think My Mom Might Be Hinting At Something
My Dad Got A Sleeping Bag Suit For Xmas
Holiday Card My Friend Got From Work
Got This As A Surprise Christmas Present From A Friend
My 8-Year-Old Asked For A Nintendo Switch For Christmas. Prusa I3 Mk3s To The Rescue! We Did Buy Her An Actual Switch, But She Must Endure This First
As Revenge For My Brother Wrapping My Christmas Present In Duct Tape Last Year, This Year I've Wrapped My Brother's Present In Concrete. Revenge Best Served Stone-Cold
Last Time We Got Together My Dad Had One Too Many Natty Lights, Took A Stumble And Cut His Head A Bit. So I Made Him A Holiday Helmet To Prevent Any Further Injuries
A Throwback To Last Year When I Gifted My Grandma A Framed Portrait Of Jesus
Bits Of Coin (Christmas Gift From My Parents)
I Got My Brother A Spare Part For His Bike For Christmas. Only Spent About 4 Hours Wrapping It
My 17-Year-Old Only Wanted Money For Christmas. Fair Enough, But He’s Gonna Have To Work For It
I think this is fair. My 23 year film student son spent the last seven days being nice for his lastest art project. It was work for him. And yes I will support him. I would have anyway, but he has to suffer for his art. He has to spend time with his parents! The horror! HaHa!
This Is Still One Of My Favorite Gifts I've Ever Given: It Was Dish Towels
One year for Christmas I gave my mum an obvious frying pan. But when unwrapped, the pan was full of expensive gourmet goodies. What made it really funny was that she liked the frying pan anyway. :p
Hmm Probably A Bicycle
My Sister Got A Bee Movie Poster For Christmas. She Hates It
Merry Christmas Little Brother
My White Elephant Gift This Year
My Windows 97 was “stolen” twice during the exchange. It was fun and no one thought it was a bad/cheap idea.
Moms Presents From Dad. Her Face Says It All
My Kids Are Going To Be So Excited On Christmas
Hope this is the gag gift, and the real Switch is in another box under the tree.
I Individually Wrapped 36 MTG Booster Packs For My Husband's Present. He's Gonna Be So Mad
Gift Came Embedded Inside A Bucket Of Concrete
Each Year My Brother And I Compete To Give The Hardest To Open Birthday Gift. This Year I’ve Wrapped His Gift In Concrete
My Brother Is Getting An Emotional Rollercoaster For Xmas
My mom asked my grandma for a mandolin(slicer) she revived the musical instrument mandolin. Not sure if it was a joke or not😂
You get to have the best childhood when you’re an adult!
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My mom asked my grandma for a mandolin(slicer) she revived the musical instrument mandolin. Not sure if it was a joke or not😂
You get to have the best childhood when you’re an adult!
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