the ones that you have recieved or sent
2006-12-26 02:55:59 · 20 answers · asked by alison k 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Hmmm...tough one, because there have been a lot of awful Christmas gifts given out.
I got this wretched blanket one year (it was neon colors and the woolies from it would incessantly litter the carpet). But this year I got "Bear Scented Soap on a Rope"...I really don't know what to make of this gift, but it's rather strange indeed.
2006-12-26 03:06:38 · answer #1 · answered by The ~Muffin~ Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get lots of Christmas presents that I don't want or need. Seems everything I do want is too much trouble for people to buy because you can't get it on the High Street, but God forbid they should give me the money so I can buy it myself. Like "oh, I couldn't find any of those books in my local miniscule branch of WH Smith, so instead I bought you a calendar with pictures of some film star who you've never mentioned liking, and some randomberry bubble bath even though your flat only has a shower".
Bah, humbug.
Worst presents I've ever given are all the above, re-gifted. Basically I have two sets of people, who don't know each other, who give me these rubbishy things. So every year I wrap the presents up from the first lot I see, and re-gift them to the second lot. Presents from the second lot get put under the kitchen sink to give to the first lot next year (not the calendars though!). I feel embarrassed, but they don't seem to hate the things especially so it's probably as good as anything I could have bought them if I tried to work out their tastes for myself.
2006-12-26 05:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by Snakey B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A "Green Ghost" game in the 60's. It was played in the dark with a green glowing board. The commericial for it showed pieces disappearing into holes in the board and then mysteriously reappearing somewhere at random. I wanted it because I wanted to see how it worked. When I got it, it turned out another player was suppose to get the piece when it went in the hole and then make the piece show up at the "random" spot. What a ripoff! I wasted a Christmas on that! Such is the power of advertising.
2006-12-26 03:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by Bill G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A homemade basket that had tacky neon shocking purple lace and was filled with store bought breads that had been covered with clear paint. The breads molded and the lace never fit with any thing in my house. Yet in my family, I was expected to keep the gift . . .
2006-12-26 02:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a sister who bought me a pig for a Nicaraguan family through Christian Aid.
I make my own charitable contributions, and wondered why she had to make one on my behalf.
Apart from that point, I quite like the idea.
My wife was once given a diary that had been started.
2006-12-26 03:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by lulu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first husband gave me a crockpot one year.
If I had asked or hinted that I wanted a crockpot, it would have been a wonderful gift. But even though a guy might love tools as a gift, this woman did not want a tool.
I exchanged it for a sweater that I still have to this day!
2006-12-26 02:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by ritabird1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cinnamon flavored popcorn in a giant Christmas tin.
2006-12-26 03:08:27 · answer #7 · answered by zeroartmac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot say as if the person who gave it also finds me on here then I am in trouble!
The worst gift I have given though......ummm probably a bald head! a latex skin which makes you bald!
Hmmm
And my best pressent given...even though you didnt ask is a unicycle!!! how cool is that!
2006-12-26 02:59:39 · answer #8 · answered by Em 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every year my auntie gives me cosmetics. I never wear makeup and have tons of allergies. On the rare occasions she has bought me clothes, they are always 6 sizes too big. Do they actually realise which family member they are giving stuff too? Anyway, it's okay 'cause I just pass them on to someone who will appreciate them more!!
2006-12-26 07:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by RUTH C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was 8 my aunt went and brought me a singing flying barbie horse it was so weird I had grown out of barbie it when I was 5. Plus I had to keep it in my bed and it keep going on saying things like "Lets have barbie tea
party girl" it creeped me out.
2006-12-26 03:44:58 · answer #10 · answered by The Answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋