The Bad Gifts of 2005

[christa]

Someone gave me the ugliest ornament that I've ever seen before. I wish I'd have kept it & took a pic but I actually threw it away when I brought it home. It was supposed to be a tree decorated like a cookie but it looked like it had poop on it . . . I guess it was supposed to be decorated with cholocate but the "chocolate" looked like poop! . . . I promise . . . . even my husband thought so!

[Husky_mom]

ha ha ha

I just thought my mom knew me a bit more.

it´s been 20 years since i told my mom i didnt liked m&m´s and every christmas, easter, etc. she gives me M&M´s !!! LOL even that i "remind" her every time after she gives them to me..........

this year i got a CD/DVD of Alejandro Fernandez, and i dont even like him!!! i´ll see if i can get store credit for it so i can exchange it for something else, fingers crossed.

i got a couple nice gifts though, some clothes, slippers, boots, NY baseball, a pen with a wolf my sis brought from canada, and my new Digi!!!! so i´ll be posting soon my kids!!!

[Uabassoon]

I got many pairs of socks this year. I can understand my mom getting me socks, she has this idea that socks keep colds away. However why my aunt gave me socks.. I'll never know. I also got this horrible leather braided bracelet from another aunt. I've never once worn jewlery other, it was from one of those mail order jewlery companies. I think she just ordered a bunch of stuff, wrapped them then attached peoples names to the boxes.

[luvofallhorses]

None of my gifts were bad, I loved everything!!

[Queen of Poop]

Oh my God, what were they thinking??? My MIL gave me the most awful pair of slippers ever!! They're peach and baby blue colored, with big foamy soles. To try to walk down stairs in them is taking one's life into one's own hands. They are an accident waiting to happen, not to mention highly unfashionable. But then, the capper was my gift from the family gift exchange. My SIL gave me a necklace and matching earrings. Now granted she has been living in the States for a number of years and has recently moved back to Canada and does not know me very well. But please - these are the most awful pieces of jewellery I have ever seen. I don't mean to be ungrateful because it is supposed to be the thought that counts, but was there any thought put into this gift.

[Addie]

i don't think pricetags are bad...you may see how much the thing cost...but if you don't like it you can return it to the store and get a refund...my nana always leaves the receipt in the bag too...but that's just me...normally if i return something i tell them...

I got good things this year...but sometimes i feel really bad because my mom got me a really cute horse sweater, but it is sooo itchy inside, i barely have any longlsleve shirts, and it has no pockets...and my nana got me this down vest...and i always wear that, instead of what my mom got me...grrr...

[CathyBogart]

I actually didn't see any bad gifts get handed around at my place this year....however...

My mom always buys about five extra unmarked gifts so that if anyone unexpected shows up we have a gift for them. They're usually pretty good, unisex gifts, but this year we accidentally gave a very girly candle holder to a male relative. We swapped it for a box of truffles after he opened it.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I didn't really get any bad gifts. Just some things that aren't my taste.
My mother-in-law gave me hair scrunches, I can't remember the last time I wore one of those. I'm going to give them to one of my coworkers that wears scrunches.
Justin's grandma gave me an ugly angel statue thing. It's going in my friends garage sale.

[MariaM]

Ugh...my mom leaves the price tags on too, but I know its not how much she paid for it. My slippers said "$20.00" or something, and I KNOW she wouldn't pay that much. So it bothers me when she wants it to look like she paid more. Either keep on the original or take it all off please.

Also, it's not so much the gifts, its the thought that went into it. I mean, I don't really see HOW my mother could think I would enjoy opening up a box of Kleenex, or how she EVER thought I could like those slippers. She even told me "I just wanted you to have something to open". It's like she didnt even expect me to like them. We are at my aunt's and uncle's this year so she used that as an excuse for not getting us much. I got slippers and a pair of pj pants. (I love the pants, they have dalmatians and I can tell she put thought into that.)

Anyway, I hope I don't sound spoiled. It's just I got myself really excited to be in the holiday season. I understand if there's no money, or no time, but when there is no thought, it makes me sad.

[animal_rescue]

ugh ok I don't mind blabbing this out, because for me it's normal, but if anyone has a problem with this PM me and I'll delete it... but this year my worst present was my . yes that's right my . Ain't it great No way can this be returned, exchanged, or donated! Trust me I would do it in a heartbeat if I could... the best I know I can do it lock myself in my bedroom with a heating pad and Maggie and lots o lots of chocolate! *Grumbles off about being miserable and angry at the world*