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Christmas is just around the corner, meaning that a lot of us are already planning on how to decorate our home, what to make for the holiday and how to surprise our loved ones with beautiful and meaningful presents. Surely, Christmas isn’t just about the things we get, but who doesn’t like to get something they really wished for? Gifting and getting presents provides a lot of joy, especially when you get to see the face of your loved one being happy with what they received. However, sometimes the gifts that we get can be quite sad and disappointing. 

Having this in mind, Reddit user @Jalb101222 asked others online to share what kind of presents they received that could be added to a worst present list. The question with more than 33k upvotes was answered by sharing some hilarious stories that revealed what interesting yet distasteful things people got for Christmas. 

Which one of these presents do you find the worst? Maybe you have your own story to share? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group One year I got what was actually a super cool present. My parents had worked for months putting together this awesome art kit. It was a big toolbox filled with good scissors, glue, paint, colored pencils, glitter, and every other thing a crafty little kid could want. The problem was, every time they would go upstairs to add to it, they had a running joke where they would say "we're going upstair to feed your present" or "we need to take your present for a walk tee tee tee". So of course on Christmas morning instead of being a little kid who was stoked to get a huge box of art supplies, I was a little kid who was devastated that I didn't get a puppy.

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Awww!!!! That's understandable the way it was worded to you! I hope you got your puppy too

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My extended family used to do this thing where you'd put your name on a piece of paper and put it in a hat, then draw someone out and that's who you'd get a gift for. It was supposed to be anonymous.

I got two terrible gifts on consecutive years.

The first terrible gift was a DVD of Fast and Furious 3. I'd literally never watched even a second of those movies, and I'm pretty sure the franchise was up to like.. episode 4 or 5 at that point.

The very next year, someone got me a cheap pair of fake leather driving gloves. They were about two sizes too small.

So me, not being a 'car guy' at all, has somehow convinced my uncles and aunts that I'm secretly a tokyo drift racer or something.

The year after that, my mom got my name. You're supposed to put the name back if it's immediate family, but she kept my name knowing I got screwed two years running. She got me a Kindle Fire. :)

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Instead of received I’ll switch to gave. I bought my whole family tickets to see James Brown live. Literally within minutes of them opening their presents it was announced on the news Christmas morning that James Brown died.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My husbands step mother gave me, a 36 year old at the time, a kindergarten size back pack and when I opened it she said, “I actually bought that for ——- (a child) a few years ago and she hated it so I threw it in a closet and I saw it and thought you’d like it. None of us did, we all think it’s ugly.”

That same year they gave my 3 kids gifts totaling all together $15 with the clearance stickers on them while her biological granddaughter opened a $300 unicorn. Which they made sure we knew cost $300, and then they pointed out to everyone our clearance stickers and what great deals they were (they weren’t), and then they made my kids leave the room so the grand daughter could take pics alone with her unicorn.

It was the last Christmas we visited them. lol

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A set of miniature butter knives with ceramic fruit and vegetables as the handles. From an aunt who said that I was "So hard to shop for"

I was 7

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was like okay that sounds interesting and special until i read the age🙄🙄🙄🙄

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A dishtowel.. I was 8 years old.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Looking back, it wasn't a bad present, but when I got a pair of pants for Christmas when I was 6, I started crying and screamed out "You're supposed to get me these anyways!"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, you are not wrong and who wasn't disappointed as a kid getting clothes for presents?

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A Lamborghini calender. My brother got a guitar and amp. My two sisters got a bike each. F**k i hate Lamborghinis now

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group So I was dating a guy for a few months when Christmas rolled around. He had recently started a new job that required travel and this was before smart phones and built in GPS in your car were common, so I splurged a bit and got him a Garmin to help him find his way. Thoughtful, useful, but not too sentimental; it felt perfect for where the relationship was at the time.

Due to schedules, we couldn’t get together until a few days after Christmas. In my haste to go see him, I walked right out the door without his gift. I didn’t realize it until I got to his house and I felt terrible, but he said, “No worries, I’ll give you your gifts now and I’ll just get mine later.”

Cool. So he goes into the other room and comes back with two wrapped gifts. I noticed some of the paper was messed up like it had been rewrapped, but didn’t think much of it in the moment.

I carefully unwrapped the first package. It was a MMA magazine. That had clearly been read. I was… confused. I do not like MMA. Not even a little bit. Nor have I ever expressed interest in MMA. Not once. He, on the other hand, loved all things MMA.

Trying to move on, I politely thanked him, set the magazine down, and refocused on the next gift. I could tell it was a DVD from the shape of the package. And indeed, it was a DVD. A Forrest Gump DVD. With the cellophane wrapper missing. Now don’t get me wrong, Forrest Gump is a solid choice. Except, I already owned a Forrest Gump DVD. And now here I was suddenly the proud owner of a second copy that appeared used.

I again thanked him and sat there quietly, trying to wrap my head around how he could have arrived at the conclusion that a used magazine on a topic I didn’t like and a secondhand DVD of something I already owned would make for good Christmas gifts.

He also got a little quiet, then sheepishly volunteered, “I, uh, got bored so I watched the movie yesterday.” I just stared. “And then I, uh, hadn’t seen that issue yet… so I went ahead and read through it. I think you’ll really like it!” I slowly responded, “So… you got me a magazine because you wanted to read it and then watched the movie you got for me because you were bored?” His only response was, “Well yeah, I guess so.” I left not long after.

The next day, I returned the Garmin for a full refund. About a week later, he called and said he didn’t think it was working out. “No problem,” I said, “I don’t think it’s working out either.”

As we were wrapping up the call, expressing well wishes and all that, he paused for a beat and said, “Hey, uh, were you still going to give me that Christmas present?”

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Every year my aunt gives our family “Thrift Santa” gifts, like a bunch, from thrift stores. The thing is, nothing relates to anything. The worst I’ve gotten are among a Kama Sutra book when I was 13/14 (awkward), and a New York Yankees baby onesie. I don’t have kids, I don’t watch baseball.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like how you didn't find kama sutra useless just akward at 13 but the baseball related gift was completely useless😅😅

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group When I was 18 my grandma gave me the card label from a gift card (no actual gift card) shoved into an empty toilet paper tube and wrapped like a gift. All of my siblings got actual gift cards. Grandma never liked me much.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, we know who’s going to vote for putting grandma in the care home.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group One time when I was 10 my mum gave me & by brother a packet of plastic rainbow bendy straws each for Christmas.

She was mad at our dad for having brought us back 3 days late from his part of the holidays & took it out on us.

Being a contrary soul, I happily took my brother's discarded pack & proceeded to make a million rainbow flutes that I would incessantly try to learn to play, for the next two months.

I suspect she lived to regret her choice since I also never cleaned any of my discarded flutes up.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My cousin once gave me an autographed picture of himself. Which was funny as hell so I didn’t mind.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brother in law did this for a white elephant one time, we still laugh about it

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A box of top ramen. Just a standard grocery box of ramen bags. It was wrapped up with a nice bow too, and it was not gifted as a joke. My family knew I was having financial troubles and was only eating one meal a day, they honestly thought they were helping me out.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you really want to help someone out, maybe getting better food would be most considerate.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A pack of cigs and a roll of trash bags. I don’t smoke.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My mom asked what my 13-year-old daughter wanted for Christmas and I said, "she likes to sew." How this led to our entire extended family buying her nothing but yarn I do not know. That was 2 years ago and there's still so much yarn.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But sew doesn't mean knit! No wonder why you still have yarn

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My grandpa was planning on giving me a tissue box with money in it (still not sure why). Anyway he wrapped the wrong box and I opened a box of tissues on Christmas morning

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group The time I was really into Green Day and the emerging "alternative" music of the mid 90s. And my mom bought me a few CDs (back when CDs were something stupid like $20 each). Wow! Awesome gift! Except the CDs were Toni Braxton and Mariah Carey and something else I've completely forgotten.

Or the Christmases when my brother would get a pile of presents or something pretty expensive (foosball table, air hockey table, etc), and I'd get a couple books and lipgloss. I love those things, so the gifts themselves weren't bad, but I was clearly not the favored child.

In the aftermath of gift opening, mom would look at the pile my brother got and the few gifts I got, then make a big show of stomping around the house claiming she knows she got more for me, she must have misplaced all the other gifts! Without fail, for several years in a row, she "misplaced" my gifts. Because she realized in the moment that she spent waaaaay more on my brother than me. Never once did she find these "misplaced" gifts.

And to make it worse, my birthday is shortly after Christmas, so I never got much for my birthday because the budget was blown on Christmas. My brother claims he remembers me getting s**tty birthday gifts and I was always jealous of his. I don't have any memory of that, but it very well could be. (The worst birthday was the year I only got a Bible with my name stamped on the front in gold lettering. That's a birthday I remember quite clearly.)

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I have three sisters and the gifts are always disproportionate. I guess that's what I get for living far away and providing no grandchildren lol

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Started loving computers at age 7 in 92 (ZX Spectrum and then 186, 286 etc) at our local kids club, kept on going, learned to code early, was addicted to everything related to them. Grandma called me and told me she had sent money to my parents to buy me a PC ( at 11, in 96). I was so excited, al my friends could not wait to see it and play with me, I could not sleep for days on end. Then Christmas Eve came ( we do the gifts in the evening). Rushed under the tree aaaaand … surprise .. I .. got .. a mobile electronic organ player.
My Mom told me “ it has buttons right ? Just like a computer” … ( she took the money and bought an automatic washing machine). I’m still f***ing upset Mom !

Wanted to clear something out. I was/am a bit upset only on that particular situation. My family is fantastic, they made sacrifices above and beyond for me. We were almost on the poor poor side. I love both my parents and I admire them and I did not want to paint a monster picture of my Mom. I love hear and respect her like nobody else in my life. I did reply to this question to explain that certain situations that happen during your childhood will have an impact for the rest of your life, even more if they are connected to an event celebrated by many others. I remember it and get a bit sad but then I remember my childhood and my family and I smile, knowing that I grew up in a positive environment and that they gave up so much for me to grow and allowed me to have my own jurney. I tried my best to reply to all the comments. I am dyslexic and sometimes I do not write the words correctly, apologies for that. I did however notice one fantastic thing - You guys are supportive ( each in his own way), and that is wonderfull!! These days people like you are a rare. Thank you and I do hope that you all have a happy life and that you will be able to learn from others ( as I also do) and avoid making some mistakes. Be safe and stay awesome.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A comic book that was laying around the house for several months which I read twice in this period. I didn’t know it was supposed to be my surprise present.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was younger, the family car had three rows of seats: the drivers seat, the passenger seats and one seat in the boot of the car, right next to where we usually stored things, like shopping bags. One time I sat in the boot seat while my mum was going shopping with me and my brothers, and I spotted a Zhu Zhu Pets book that was sitting right out in the open. Not even hidden or anything. So I read it, and didn't say anything because I assumed it was a Christmas present for someone else. Suprise: I got a Zhu Zhu Pets book from Santa that year! My parents are extremely lucky that I didn't get suspicious that Santa gave me a book that my mum also bought.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Last year my mom.bought me a can opener. Wrapped it and gave it to me when everyone was gathered around exchanging gifts too so theyd all see and get to share in her laughter. Unfortunately she was the only one who found it funny, everyone else just thought it was f**ked up.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group An ex gave me an engagement ring for herself, on the idea that I would use it to propose to her. She also gave specific instructions on how and when I should do it, as well as stipulations that she would be the one planning our wedding. We had a terrible relationship and I had been planning on breaking up with her right after the holidays (which I did). I couldn't understand how she thought we were even close to being on the same page, and once it was all over I realized the obvious and what everyone was trying to tell me for 3 years--I was in an abusive relationship. Still, who the hell buys a ring for someone to give back to them? It's just bad gifting.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group "I'm taking $500 off the debt you owe me." - written in a Christmas card from my adopted mother.

Edit for context: She kept a running tally of money owed in the time I lived there. Swearing-$10, $15 if I was in the house when I supposed to have waited for them to come home first, stuff like that. IIRC she still had the notebook/ledger 5 years after I moved out.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok that's terrible. Parents who make their children feel like they owe them for existing are A-Holes.

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When the tomagotchi craze was in full swing my siblings and I asked for one.

My sisters both got one, and I got a jacket because mine was torn up and small. When I asked my dad why I didn't get one and if Santa thought I did something bad that year. He told me I was too old for Santa and needed to learn life isn't fair.

I was 8. My sisters were 7 and 5. From that point forward I only ever received clothing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn. I'm not big on the whole Santa fabrication and lying to kids about it, but I'm all about letting kids be kids for as long as possible. That means cool toys for an 8 year old.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My aunt is very eccentric and would always ask for a Christmas list from me, so, for a few years, I would send her a list, only to realize that she would give me something from the Dollar Store, wrapped in re-used wrapping paper from the previous Christmas. I once got cologne from the Dollar Store when I was 8 or 9.

And she wasn't poor; quite the opposite. She had a lovely house and a pretty high-income job. She was just a little messed up mentally.

So, one year, when I was 11 or 12, I thought: I'm only going to ask for one thing and see what happens. A Seattle Seahawks t-shirt. The package arrived, and the day came, and it was indeed a t-shirt! A used Buffalo Bills t-shirt with some stains on the logo.

It was the right size, though.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww! Sounds like she was trying, but her mental health thing stopped her:(

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My deadbeat dad brought nine year old girl me motel shampoo and an adult mens shirt he got for free. Wish I was joking.

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Yikes. That's just sad for both of you. Deadbeat indeed.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group I participated in a voluntary office Christmas exchange in 2012 with a $30 limit. My gift was a CD-R of the givers favorite album. I was less than enthused, but nonetheless slid the disc into my car to check it out only to find out that it was blank. The person had written the band name/album title on the disc, but forgot to actually burn a copy.

Edit: it was supposed to be the album “Spit” by Kittie.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Office supplies. I was in the 2nd grade. It was the class gift exchange. Imagine being a kid, watching everyone else open dolls, and cars, and glitter pens. While you're sitting there with a calculator, tape dispenser, and stapler. Apparently, the girl who drew my name was in the hospital a lot and her parents just grabbed things from the gift shop? No idea why a teddy bear wasn't on the list. I ended up giving everything to my Nanna since she was a teacher.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awww. I bet the parents were preoccupied and thought it was for the teacher. And I bet your Nanna appreciated it! (My nana was a teacher, too)

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group When I was 10 years old my grandparents gave me an unwrapped suitcase for Christmas. In the interests of convenience, they used that suitcase for the wrapped presents for my sisters.

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I think they were trying to tell you that it's time to pack your things and go

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group 50 pounds of russet potatoes.

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A case of Slim-Fast. Was I overweight? Yes, but my (not so) passive aggressive ex sister-in-law was a b***h. She fairly soon after was talking about weight loss items and specifically told my then-wife and I we should never use products like Slim-Fast as they will poison you. I can't decide if she was trying to kill me or was just a stupid a**hole.

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A $100 bill. I was dating and living with an ex at the time. For Christmas he wanted a very fancy and very specific looking button up shirt. I spent a month making him the shirt and making sure it was perfect. I also made us a nice Christmas dinner with some fun drinks. Christmas morning rolls around and I give him his shirt, he tries it on and loves it! Yay! He then gets a panicked look and his face, reaches in his pocket, pulls a $100 out of his wallet, and says "Um....here ya go. My friends are coming over today so...you have somewhere to be, right?" Basically he was paying me to leave. But the bright side was, I knew right then and there how he actually felt about me. He was dumped before for the new year.

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I was six years old and I really really wanted an electric train set. I was like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story" harping on about his BB gun that he wanted. The big day arrives and there's a large box that looked pretty close to electric train set size but my parents would dictate in which order the presents were opened and of course it was saved for last.

I don't remember the other gifts, but I do remember the big electric train set sized box. I'll give you a hint. It wasn't an electric train set. It was a box filled with sweaters and socks. No joke. Just what a six year old boy wants. Sweaters and socks. Worst part was that the person giving me this wanted to see me model the sweaters and my parents forced me to. Yes, because a six year old boy with his heart set on an electric train set really wants to be disappointed and have to model sweaters he didn't want in the first place.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

im writing this because i know i will be the top comment no matter what, just don't look at the others

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My dad played a running prank on me for years where he would either wrap up a toy he dug out of my room I forgot about, or he would do something like fill a small box with rocks and put it with the other presents. Without fail every year I would beg and plead to open a single present early of my choosing, and EVERY time I got the joke box. The rocks sounded like legos which I loved so I opened that one. One year he put one of my forgotten toys right out front begging for attention, bamboozled again. Another year he nestled it towards the very back like he was hiding a real present, he got me again. Without fail he got in my head somehow to guide me towards that present.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group My aunt. Poor lady. She wasn't in the best financial situation and she had arthritis and cancer. But was sweet beyond what she should have been.

She gave me 2.

When I was 16: a vampire makeup kit. I had never mentioned anything about vampires. I was kind of your run of the mill jock just worried about sports and friends.

When I was 15: a floppy black hat with an elastic piece on the back, with pennies glued to the bill with glitter glue.

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My sisters father. I wanted Pokemon sapphire or ruby so bad for Christmas it was the only thing I asked for. A few days before Christmas he came home with a GBA cartridge wrapped in wrapping paper and set it on one of the Christmas tree branches. He said "you can't open it until Christmas" excitedly so my 3rd grade brain assumed he had gotten what I asked for.

Christmas day comes and I open it immediately to see Ice Age 2: The Meltdown staring at me. It was the first time I faked liking a present.

Edit: For those wondering I did indeed get the game a year later, my moms good friend bought a used version of sapphire for me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idk why sometimes people just see any other game and decide it's good enough. They just don't want to pay for the ones you ask for or don't really care what you asked for when there's not that much difference in price. I've seen it happen. It's heartbreaking to a kid. We always tried very hard to get what was asked for. Maybe not everything but would explain to them if you get a&b then you won't get c. Or always had them prioritize the most important things to them. And we always made it equal between the three.

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#37

30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group The year I gave my ex husband a Tag Heuer watch he gave me a $19.99 Walmart blender. We already had 3 blenders.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Titanic DVD, pirated copy, already seen it before twice, didn't have a case, just had Titanic written in marker pen, it didn't belong to the person who gifted it, the DVD was SCRATCHED AND DIDN'T EVEN PLAY!

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Cheap cologne (I don't wear cologne) that I suspect was shoplifted.

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You rec'd stolen property? You said "suspect"~~not "suppose." Didja give it away? Sell it? Trade it? What did you give gifter?

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group Since my dad isn’t on Reddit I will share his story for him. When he was young he was hell bent on becoming a drummer. He would make full drum kits out of my grandmothers pots and pans and whatever he could find. Very detailed set ups. After months and months of building drum sets and drumming on anything he could find he woke up Christmas morning…to an acoustic guitar and guitar lessons.

He told me he took a few lessons and would always end up flipping the guitar over in the class with the other students and just play it like bongos.

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A ceramic jar for holding dog treats when I was 15 when we had JUST given him away. Miss u Rascal

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When I was 13, I asked for Dungeons & Dragons books. I even wrote out directions to the 4 local stores that sold them. My aunt and uncle were known to deviate and try to give whimsical gifts, and hated pre-planned gifts. I got a He-Man pop up book.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He-Men are anachronistic. "C'mon, be a woman...be a REAL woman!" See how stupid that sounds, guys? Join the 21st century...macho is out. Porn was never classy~~it degrades women & is watched by guys who can't score a woman. Gay porn also debases~~leave it in your bedrooms. No one needs TMI. As an atheist, it's not a religious thing, it's a dignity thing.

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A pencil

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30 Of The Worst Christmas Gifts People Ever Received, As Shared In This Online Group A barrel of Quaker Oats. It was f**king hilarious though

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My brother’s ex gave me a boyfriend pillow and a stepper one Christmas. Bit of a slap in the face with that combo.

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