Worst Xmas Gift Ever?

[JiriHrdina]

Yes it is the thought that counts....but what's the worst gift you've ever received.

A couple come to mind for me:

- One Xmas there was a MASSIVE gift under the tree for me. HUGE. The anticipation as to what it could be killed me for days. When I opened it Xmas morning it was full of toilet paper. That's it. Nothing else. My mom for some reason thought this was a hilarious joke to play on her kid.

- A couple years back my sister gave me the 2004 Guiness Book of Records. Big hard covered monster of a thing. Garish. Not sure why she thought this would be of interest to me but so be it. However, the next year I received from her the 2005 Guiness Book of Records.

Now if you have the 2004 edition, I can assure you it does not change much in the year leading up to the 2005 edition. Brutal.

[Wookie]

Hahaha, that guniess book often seems like a good idea, then when you think about it.. eh, not really..

I had a few hockey books I've gotten that I've just let sit there, and oddly enough tossed just today into a recycling bin. I feel bad about not really likeing them, but...

Hmm other notables...

A gift card that was used a bit already.. hehe..

Some bad clothes here and there

Not sure of anything else specifically.

[Eastern Girl]

A couple of years ago, my boyfriend bought a little gift bag and stuffed it full of random dollar store crap. It had things like party favours, cheap lipstick, stickers, and a plastic pink thing that, by my best guess, was a dog toy of some kind. That was a pretty bad Christmas gift. No thought whatsoever went into that... very disappointing.

[Buff]

Well I've been lucky that my sister-in-law hasn't drawn my name for Christmas, but she's given me some lame birthday presents. When I was a kid I used to play with Transformers, so two years in a row she's bought me a Transformer for my birthday. In fact she's given me toys for 5 straight years now. Just get me a gift certificate and I'll get something I find usefull (though she'd probably get me a gift certificate to a store like the Body Shop where I wouldn't find anything that I'd want).

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Wookie

I had a few hockey books I've gotten that I've just let sit there, and oddly enough tossed just today into a recycling bin. I feel bad about not really likeing them, but...

I like getting sports books, but only if they are biographies or other books that have some sort of narrative behind them. I don't need a hocky reference book that is basically a printed version of hockeydb.com. The Internet has made books like that pretty obsolete. Yet every Xmas I get some sort of "sports reference book" like that.

At this point I sound like a bit of a tool dissing these gifts. The reality is that I don't care all that much what I get and I realize I'm probably a hard guy to buy for. I enjoy Xmas for the time spent with the family, giving gifts that I think someone I care about will like and what not.

But please - no more Guiness Book of Records.

[Jayems]

From this thread I thought i'd discuss the bathroom reader.... but in the same sense, I felt it didn't deserve that worst xmas gift ever... quite the opposite

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=34796

[getbak]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

- One Xmas there was a MASSIVE gift under the tree for me. HUGE. The anticipation as to what it could be killed me for days. When I opened it Xmas morning it was full of toilet paper. That's it. Nothing else. My mom for some reason thought this was a hilarious joke to play on her kid.

I like your Mom's sense of humor.

[jroc]

well a couple years back (probably be about 16 or 17) my one good buddys dad is a real Jackass... He bought my friend one of those vacuum cleaners that does it by its self. He thought it would be a good gift since it was my buddys chore to vacuum. He was upset enough as it was, but the worste part was the thing didnt even work, and when he returned it, his dad kept the money!!!!

He was pretty upset by it all, but he still had a good laugh that the same christmas, his younger brother recieved a can opener from their dad!

hahaha man that was hilarious

[Superfraggle]

My sister and I got the newest Big Shiny Tunes CDs for a Santa gift for a few years, until we made it clear that we no longer wanted them. So Santa stopped, but my brother picked right up and started buying them for me (my sister got out of that one...don't know how). Last year was the real kicker, though, when he bought me the exact same one he had given me the year before.

[4X4]

Back in the day, my sister worked at Laser Illusions (remember that place?). My aunt and uncle gave her a nicely wrapped box that contained a long piece of duct tape with 25 dollars in quarters stuck to it and all rolled up.
Actually, I thought it was pretty funny until I opened my gift... A pair of little pink stretchy gloves and some rice krispies/mcdonalds hockey cards. And a gift cert.

[Frank the Tank]

Not really the worst ever, but one of those "how can you not know by now?" kind of things. My wife and I have been together for almost 11 years now and my mother-in-law (Love her to pieces by the way) ALWAYS buys me a shirt from Marks Work Warehouse every Christmas. She always buys me size Large. I'm 6' 2", 265 lbs with about a 50" chest. XXL clothing sometimes doesn't fit me.

[rubecube]

I hate getting clothes for Xmas. Anytime I get any sort of clothing that's my worst Xmas gift, and it takes all my effort not to scowl. I guess this goes all the way back to when I was a kid. Apparently when I was about 6 my grandma gave me a sweater for Xmas and when I opened up I screamed "I told you I didn't want any clothes for Xmas!" and started crying. I was a brat.

[habernac]

shirts that are yellow or pink. Mom finally seems to have got a clue that I won't wear them.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

I got all you guys beat.

My relatives enjoy giving me brand name clothes that they bought from asia...now before you think, "WTF are you talking about?? That's awesome!"

Brand name clothes to them is Adidas, Reebok, and LA Gear. Yes, LA Gear. And they're not the real deal, they're FAKE. I would get fake polo shirts (of incredibly bad quality), fake Levi belts, fake Levi shirts...everything fake. And somehow, these fakes have stupid ######ed random English (or Engrish) words on them like...

"The beatch is place we goeh. We goeh today, tomorrow and everyday."

or

"Have life! Fun! Do you like?"

I just use them for rags or pajamas.

[MagicallyAdept]

Well at least you got a gift.

The worst thing i got at Christmas:

Chlamydia

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by MagicallyAdept

Well at least you got a gift.

The worst thing i got at Christmas:

Chlamydia

Well if you weren't such a drunkard......

[MagicallyAdept]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

I got all you guys beat.

My relatives enjoy giving me brand name clothes that they bought from asia...now before you think, "WTF are you talking about?? That's awesome!"

Brand name clothes to them is Adidas, Reebok, and LA Gear. Yes, LA Gear. And they're not the real deal, they're FAKE. I would get fake polo shirts (of incredibly bad quality), fake Levi belts, fake Levi shirts...everything fake. And somehow, these fakes have stupid ######ed random English (or Engrish) words on them like...

"The beatch is place we goeh. We goeh today, tomorrow and everyday."

or

"Have life! Fun! Do you like?"

I just use them for rags or pajamas.

Dude, those T-shirts are genius!! My favourite is the one which says "SPREAD BEAVER" or something similar. I have a few. They were pretty fashionable a few years ago when prints on t-shirts were in style.

Check out www.engrish.com for some classic t-shirts and more funny signs. Really good site.

[kermitology]

Worst thing I ever got at Christmas was a card from someone I wasn't even friends with that told me not to be such a dick.

I didn't like the guy, that's why I wasn't all that nice to him. ######.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by MagicallyAdept

Well at least you got a gift.

The worst thing i got at Christmas:

Chlamydia

You've hung out with Paris and Nicole, what did you expect?

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by MagicallyAdept

Well at least you got a gift.

The worst thing i got at Christmas:

Chlamydia

What did you expect would happen when you partied with Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton?