Worst. Christmas present. Ever.

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[@paiya3730]

that one story starting off with "a few years ago my grandma had her legs amputated" got me worried at first. legit thought someone was gonna get grandma's years-old amputated legs under the tree

[@porcelaincats86]

Lmao this comment has me wheezing

[@sirspookybones1118]

Christmas, now with human bones

[@planetearth8044]

@@sirspookybones1118 Perfect toy for the dog!

[@udfdsfrgfdrgfd]

same

[@finnybrooks8068]

For some reason, I first thought the same

[@infinitemausoleum721]

I think we have three separate categories of bad gift givers here. "Passive aggressive", "Oblivious", and "Lazy"

[@Kitty-mb4hy]

Four. "Plain stupid" counts too.

[@ravysaini127]

I barely got any presents as a kid and, THEY WEREN'T EVEN WRAPPED SO I KNEW WHAT IT WAS. MY OTHER CHRISTMAS GIFTS BACK THEN WERE RETURNED SINCE MY DAD SAID IT WAS TOO HARD FOR YOU.

[@PirateCat822]

The beanie babies one is pretty good tho

[@nightniro131]

... I got my father a wooden stick and the letter E as a joke gift. Waiting for the reaction in a couple days. Its wrapped a good 100 times like how he does it lol

[@whatsyouropiniononsawblades]

@@nightniro131 perfection.

[@AlexanderWeaton]

Okay but can we just appreciate the cat that left not one, not two, but FIFTEEN birds under the tree? That is some dedication right there, either that cat was saving up beforehand or it is an amazing hunter.

[@engine4628]

or maybe they have a balcony just a 1metre jump from the powerline

[@mogomighty102]

Cat tried to participate :)

[@ashleybro6933]

I know right?? So considerate for the cat to get enough for the whole family to survive on

[@nutsandbolts1264]

Apparently cats offer animals they hunt to others as a way to show their appreciation for them

[@crystalgoddess4085]

@@nutsandbolts1264 It's actually theorized that they do it because they perceive their owners to be terrible hunters.

[@chelseawhite7117]

I’ll preface this by saying my family really likes “practical gifts” and toiletries are a staple of our Christmas trees. But one year between my mom and my nana, I got three sticks of deodorant. By #3 I was like “okay okay I get the message!”

[@gabbav1019]

What an amazing amazing Christmas, getting told by your entire family that you stink.

[@latias6745]

The most I got were 6 differents deodorants, didn't buy any more in months so they came in really useful.

[@mar35962]

if i recieved deodorants I'll be more than happy cuz they're really expensive here

[@IndiBrony]

@@latias6745 The same happens with me with aftershave. Everyone knows I wear Joop, so every christmas I end up getting at least one big bottle which lasts me basically all year. Can't remember the last time I had to buy any for myself! Ha!

[@WhiffTheRubbishEngine1869]

I always receive deodorant from some relatives. And it would be good if it weren’t the notorious worst smelling deodorant in Britain.

[@HH-kn3fi]

One year for Christmas, I got entirely Justin Bieber themed EVERYTHING (socks, dolls, makeup, etc). The worst part? I didn't even know who Justin Bieber was at the time.

[@esobelisk3110]

that’s actually kinda creepy. just getting an assortment of items, all adorned with the face of an unknown man

[@hye2354]

Justin Bieber? Man, that's torture

[@roxassora2706]

@@hye2354 I take it you weren't a prepubescent girl in the late 2000s. Almost every girl had a crush on him. Sorry if that sounds rude but I'm not lying and I like being blunt sometimes.

[@udfdsfrgfdrgfd]

@@roxassora2706 i can confirm this. my sister was obsessed with him for less than a month and then suddenly fucking hated him out of nowhere

[@froglover4203]

@@udfdsfrgfdrgfd Damn. My sister was really into 1D at some point.

[@sumweirdo1285]

The worst gift I've ever received? The half used, OPENED bottle of bubble bath that was (very clearly) swiftly wrapped, as if I wouldn't notice the bloody difference. That's probably the worst.

[@kendra_t]

That sounds like something a five-year-old would do on their own to participate in gift giving, lol

[@sumweirdo1285]

@@kendra_t If it were a lil kid, I'd be so endeared. Unfortunately, it was a woman in her late 40s.

[@OhWellHereGoesMyLife]

@@sumweirdo1285 well that went from 0 to 100 real quick

[@hawktalon7890]

Ahh, do we have the same family then? The one year I got an open, half-used stack of generic brand paper plates.

[@skeebomcjeebo7721]

Oooo! I'd still use it. I love bubble baths 😳😳

[@brennatargaryen]

These are pretty horrible, but as a college student who basically lives off pasta and loves Italian food, I’d appreciate the gift of 7 kilos of pasta. Guess it’s knowing the person you’re buying gifts for that’s the important part of giving gifts, lol!

[@beastmaster0934]

I’d enjoy it too. Cause I LOVE pasta.

[@dantesdiscoinfernolol]

I was gonna say... 48 tiny Dijon Mustard jars would be a score in my book.

[@foxinabox5103]

Plus, you can store pasta for years!! That sounds kinda nice tbh

[@invurret9533]

the pasta wasn't a half bad gift to be honest. It's actually pretty good

[@barneecalhoungaming]

I also love eating pasta. But celiac disease is an asshole, so I have to eat gluten free pasta, which costs more than normal pasta.

[@onewingedmoogle]

I don't remember this myself, but when I was just a year old I got a Santa toy that could walk, wave a bell around and play music. When I opened the present, I was overjoyed with it. Then my grandmother turned it on. Thing is, I was sensitive to loud noises and that thing was LOUD. I was absolutely terrified of the thing for years afterwards. My parents would put it under the Christmas tree every year so I wouldn't go snooping near the presents.

[@boop6616]

That’s some tattletail stuff

[@latias6745]

The gift was for your parents.

[@AceJackWagon885]

ableism at its finest

[@heyjude6680]

​@@AceJackWagon885 ?

[@allyndeimos]

Those are celever parents! Super sad about being terrified by it tho. I've got sensitive ears. I'd be right there being terrified with you!

[@noobnub7305]

that cat is so smart, like actually, realizing that important things go under the tree, it brought it's own important gifts. 15 birds, not a good gift but a good one for a cat

[@Spritzkrieg]

Perfect example of "it's the thought that counts"

[@wallfishz]

@@Spritzkrieg yea

[@jamonwall3311]

@@wallfishz nea

[@Nullthewolf01]

@@jamonwall3311 yea

[@leggvi9304]

2:35

[@yee8332]

The 100% irish one would be a fantastic joke shirt. Someone who's clearly not Irish in a shirt that says "100% Irish" would be hilarious

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Agreed, that would be incredibly hilarious. Though like someone else pointed out in a comment, it really depends on who you're giving the gift to! Some people might love it and find it funny, but others may not.

[@wichaelalone]

im atleast 30% irish

[@gaianicolosi605]

Or someone who is'nt Irish at all but always end up doing Iralend-relatesd stuff Like how I'm Italian but always end up doing Georgian stuff to run away from Susan Wainwright.

[@Conklin03]

@@Benjack-so7gd I'm not, but my good friend Hoar Scox just so happens to be at least 30% Irish!

[@ambipan]

@@Benjack-so7gd I'm 100% Irish does that count?

[@SocialLocust]

When I was a kid, my parents gave me the 4th Harry Potter book. When I told them that it was the 4th one in the series, they said that I could read that one and read the other ones later, apparently not understanding how stories work. When I told them that I wanted to play an instrument like the drums, they gave me drum sticks and said I could hit whatever things and that would be just the same as playing the drums. Keep in mind, my younger brother had multiple, actual instruments at that point.

[@jamesm6479]

How the fuck could they live that long and NOT KNOW THESE THINGS!! How the fuck did they even keep you and your brother alive?

[@ironicivan4928]

@@jamesm6479 ikr

[@symon9847]

I also got the goblet of fire as a Christmas gift once,, worst part was I had just been given the full set of Harry Potter books a year prior!

[@lorifischer6885]

Yet another sad example of favoritism.

[@NUMBR1_CHEEKYFAN]

@@lorifischer6885 yeah parents always seem to love younger siblings more despite strong they love all equally (cuz they usually dont)

[@emmie-c8t]

My grandma gave my brother an antique horn her grandpa found on a dead guy. There was still dried blood on it.

[@jaydaykoth]

What the fuck?

[@marir.s3620]

That's cool! Not much as a gift but as a relic its cool

[@jamiethal1319]

Did he kill the person to take the horn?

[@Polikaize]

HOLY MACARONI

[@nala7829]

That's badass!

[@beatricefontaine3588]

Only books. I was a reading kid, but as said by the adults “we didn’t coordinate” and “I thought everyone ELSE was getting her toys!” Needless to say the only useful thing I got was the skill to stop myself from crying in front of people

[@stargirlabi_111]

i obsessively read as a kid but i hated when that happened. i just wanted dolls and plastic highheels and stuff like that too.

[@johngavin3180]

You need a hug?

[@N1ghtm4reEyez]

This just sounds like people not wanting to get to know you well enough. Well enough to get you something youd actually like

[@somerandompickles6101]

@Dom Toretto Oh no its so scary someones offering emotional support to someone else.get a life bro

[@NoriMori1992]

@@N1ghtm4reEyez It's bad enough when it's your aunts or uncles, but at least they can have an excuse. My own mother doesn't even know what I like.

[@certified_geek7536]

2:33 thats actually a really sweet and intelligent cat. Cats bring their owners dead birds if they love them. So it loved them enough to give them 15 AND was smart enough to figure out everyone was putting them under the tree

[@kaiden6677]

and to get 15 birds in a quick enough timeframe that no one noticed part way through

[@ArceusDX]

Unfortunately, not smart enough to realise dead birds aren't a good present :V

[@PirateCat822]

@@Madamoizillion that's like stopping a lioness from killing a gazette in order to feed her cubs

[@justaperson4656]

@@PirateCat822 no it isn't ? Lionesses hunt because they need to to survive, domestic cats hunt for fun. Domestic cats have food at home, and cats destroying the ecosystem is one of the main reasons people keeps indoor cats.

[@jasonsanimations2624]

@@justaperson4656 yeah you should go stop the cats from killing birds yourself, tell me how it goes

[@catherine5526]

My mother had a story from when she was young, were her uncle gave her a bag of rocks for Christmas. A. Bag. Of. Rocks. What she didn't realize at the time was that her uncle was geologist and those rocks (to him) were a really meaningful gift. I think those rocks were some pretty rare ones too.

[@IMINSIDEYOURMUM]

Sad at first, but actually really neat in the end. :)

[@anxiety_ridden3]

does she still have it tho?

[@Fayanora]

What a gneiss gift.

[@keilanamoses]

My dream gift I’ve loved rocks since I was a kid 😂

[@normalaboutpathologic]

If she doesn't want them I'll take them

[@ShinigamiofExcellence]

One year, my grandmother-- worst person i've ever known, but when i was little i didn't realize it, but oh well-- put together this HUGE sack of things for me. She kept teasing what it was, saying it was all themed around the same thing. I got SUPER excited, cause my special interest at the time and first fandom was The Icredibles. So I thought, somehow, her and Papa had found a bunch of merch i'd never seen before. Christmas day rolls around, camera's rolling directly on me-- and i have to force a smile through an entire sack full of Hanna Montana merchandise. EDIT: since a couple people said something, no, this wasn't why she was a bad person. She did horrible things to myself and my family. This was not even on the scale of worst things she's ever done.

[@eternalvibe9083]

Hey man, between superheros and pop stars, it's the best of both worlds!

[@ShinigamiofExcellence]

@@eternalvibe9083 It took me a second to get this and then i wheezed. XD

[@lisachiappetti6092]

I would be literally ecstatic because when I was in elementary school, my first fandom was Hannah Montana and I still love that show to this day and I think I always will ❤

[@ShinigamiofExcellence]

XD If i still had the stuff i'd tell you to come get it.@@lisachiappetti6092

[@eternalvibe9083]

@@lisachiappetti6092 Lmao this grandma probably would get you secret Incredibles merch

[@Turtle-il2he]

i once gave a book to a charity shop and then got the EXACT SAME copy for my bday. My friend gave it to me and said "i got this in a charity shop ^_^"

[@JJ_Jonah]

I got a pen for Christmas

[@morshulinton4112]

Did you tell them?

[@Turtle-il2he]

@@morshulinton4112 nope. Probably will eventually tho lol

[@caramel9154]

@@Turtle-il2he please update us when you do. sounds hilarious

[@kawauso2199]

sounds like a one-way gift of the magi thing :')

[@tzisorey]

In the "He a little confused, but he got the spirit" category, I've been doing acrylic paintings for a few years, and expanded out to oil paintings this year - as well as charcoal life-drawings... So I was given a "How To Draw" book targeted at, I'm guessing, 10-year-olds. I mean, its the thought that counts, and I accepted it gracefully... after giving her a 3 month 8x12 oil painting of her dog.

[@missdragon5892]

Thats just funny

[@tzisorey]

@@missdragon5892 Hey, I can anime now ;) Honestly, the books not *_bad_* - it does show legit techniques and stuff, instead of anime and the like - but reading through it, it's definitely aimed at about that age. But she wouldn't have known how to tell, and it's the thought that counts.

[@missdragon5892]

@@tzisorey They must have thought "well, they can paint, but can they draw?"

[@Steelexxe]

I will gladly hand you the 3 exact same sets of charcoals that have been gathering dust in my closet since my 8th birthday

[@tzisorey]

@@Steelexxe Y'know, I thought charcoal would be hard, with how messy it can be and all - but I think my best non-painting pieces were all done with vine charcoal.

[@takashiari1598]

The uncle gifting his nephew his actual beard was absolutely hilarious

[@amoral_minority]

yeah, I absolutely loved that part, don't know why he was so upset

[@SuperMonaLisaBros]

That's serious dad energy.

[@Tjalve70]

I hope it was made into a proper fake beard, so he could actually use it.

[@jakerockznoodles]

To be honest, after that one I was worried about where the story of the woman with her leg amputated was going 😂

[@lennygirlthetruesavvysavag2410]

@@amoral_minority @Xeno Best X I'm back guys. Quandale Dingle here. I threw a ball in my garbage can. Exploded it all over my bedroom sink. My dad broke into my house came home to take a TNT. He put in my neighbor Pingie Mc Dingie's house.

[@saschanikita]

Reminds me of my mom gifting me a book on "how to survive puberty" with all kinds of stuff like "your first period" and stuff, when I was 16,,, as if I wasn't already nearing the end of puberty

[@Kiannka]

I feel that "reverse psychology" one. My parents always thought me way smarter than I was so they would constantly buy me candies and gifts I specifically said not to give me when I was like 5. Looking back it's fckin hilarious that they thought they were outsmarting a 5 year old playing advanced mind games on them

[@graytiamat]

Same way for me. Candies (and really anything sweet aside from fruits) always made me feel ill, but my father would always buy all the kids some random candy whenever he went to the grocery store. When I was six, I told him I didn't want anything, so he thought I was trying to reverse psychology him (they didn't know candy made me feel ill). Luckily, I decided to go with him and we instead got some apples (along with candy for my older siblings), which later became the traditional "sweet" for me. We still laugh at my parents thinking I was so much smarter than I really was when I just couldn't eat candy.

[@LavenderJJ_]

Oh my god that happened so much when I was younger. I had interests in computers, cars, gardening and baking. I has NO interests in Helicopters, guns or the military. So for Christmas I got about 7 nerf gun sets 2 remote control UK army helicopters (one broken) and... Just because my dad always went the extra mile, the magazine for the L85 Machine gun, with a full 30 rounds of deactivated 5.56 NATO.

[@Cindyisadog]

My nana (dad’s mom) is notorious for doing this, though I don’t think it’s intentional in her case. My dad asked her a long time ago not to buy him any red shirts, and ever since then, she exclusively bought him red shirts.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

@@LavenderJJ_ Was your dad a veteran? Because that's actually a really thoughtful gift if the L85 was his service weapon.

[@DaSheepKiller]

Parents always think their kids are smarter than they really are. Unless the kid really is a genius, then the parents think they're dumb.

[@jrkent98]

My best Christmas experience is after mother’s dog passed away, I got her a relatively sentimental frame with a selection of pictures of the dog. I knew she loved it, and I knew she’d appreciate it. Genuinely put a lot of care and consideration into memorialising the dog for her because she loved it and wanted to do it justice. She did love it, cried over it, and still has it to this day. That same year, she got me a rubber turd

[@pancake_crab4457]

This reads like a good SNL joke 👍

[@NoriMori1992]

Wowowowow

[@KrisThePingu]

I was not expecting that ending

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

I- wow...

[@yipflaptheexecutioner6519]

@@pancake_crab4457 Then it probably wouldn't be on SNL

[@ClonedGamer001]

I got a single slice of cheese once. I'm Jewish and this was at a friends place so I'm 99% sure it was a joke, but nothing in life can prepare you for someone walking over to you, putting a single slice of cheddar in your hand, and saying a very earnest "Merry Christmas"

[@maizjsj]

This is beautiful

[@NexApex]

@@maizjsj Oh I shed a Tear

[@_Experience_.]

I’m crying

[@TazJustTaz]

I’m shakin and crying rn

[@goldenboy86gd]

im the type of person to do that

[@crystalgoddess4085]

I can remember my worst Christmas present, absolutely nothing, yet I had given my immediate family all a gift each, and they wonder why I'm bitter and bitchy towards them.

[@romemaster]

My grandparents got me a grapefruit that was bigger than my head because I told them I liked oranges. Greatest gift ever

[@raiisleep]

That sounds lit as fuck

[@volibear1931]

Have you ever eaten a pomelo. If you liked the grapefruit, you'll like that.

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

@@volibear1931 Isnt pomelo just the Spanish word for grapefruit? Didn't know they were two separate fruits

[@parme-san]

dude i second the pomelo comment

[@kirbylover8783]

@@parme-san pomelo

[@CommonInternetLurker]

A few years ago, my brother got a topless girls calendar. He's gay. All his family, friends, and co-workers know he's gay.

[@Spritzkrieg]

That is hilarious. I'm gonna get my straight friends similar calendars featuring the same sex

[@nesyboi9421]

That is--- Something Alright

[@MailMainbutnot]

lmaoo

[@ijustdocomments6777]

@@Spritzkrieg Anecdotally heard of a guy who bought all his straight friends Andrew Christian underwear for Christmas. They all loved them.

[@NeddyMcDodd4846]

It was probably from his grandpa or something.

[@mapbot4158]

One Christmas, my 5 year old self decided to put all of the mints that had been hanging out in the pantry into tiny gift boxes...and proceeded to address every single one to my mom. She woke up on Christmas to at least 7 tiny gift boxes with a single mint inside each of them all addressed to her.

[@des-astre]

It’s rather cute, actually.

[@amyturner2034]

I don't know why but this was fucking hilarious to me and I just laughed for a solid two minutes after reading it

[@nothera]

that's actually adorable

[@samara.morgan]

It's cute!

[@gforce07]

That’s so silly and cute!!

[@Alexsuks-jc9rd]

My grandparents, who know nothing about video games, always manage to get me the video games I want.

[@VXD1126]

My grandparents did this once sorta, they got me Luigi's Mansion 3 instead of Hello Neighbor (Of which I asked for). To this day LM3 is one of my top 10s while Hello Neighbor sucks

[@Kozkayn]

@@VXD1126I headcanon that your grandparents are secret gamers and knew Hello Neighbour sucked

[@an_avidpanda_lover8349]

Worst Christmas present I ever got was a head of lettuce. Just straight up a head of lettuce. No context, no behind the scenes inside joke. Lettuce.

[@moonjumper3624]

Reminds me of that vine "It's an avocado... thanks"

[@window8684]

I would eat that whole thing in one sitting.

[@FlurryPie0]

How did it taste?

[@69_pigeons_in_a_trenchcoat]

Hey, maybe there's more to it that you can't see It's just the tip of the iceberg.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

Did you eat it? I would’ve started chowing down right away

[@Losaren]

One Christmas I got a social skills activity book for autistic children. I was 17. I'm also not autistic, just a bit shy.

[@melaniewilson1742]

Holy shit that sounds condescending. I AM autistic and I wouldn’t like that.

[@troyklein6379]

That would be offensive even if you WERE autistic

[@NoriMori1992]

Oh Christ.

[@blu3b3rryj4mp1r3]

I'm autistic, think I'd cry if I recieved that as a gift

[@squarohedron0664]

Oh god

[@Blaster-Rat]

As a kid I wanted nothing more but to get into graphic design and digital art. I begged and begged for a cheap laptop for years and then one christmas I opened the wrapping on a present and it was a laptop box! I was so freaking excited I immediately opened it up and it turned out it was just an empty box and they took a marker and drew a screen and keyboard inside the box so it looked like a cardboard laptop. At first I thought it was a joke and they had just removed the laptop before wrapping it to get my reaction but nope, they literally went to the store and asked if they had an empty laptop box so they could prank me. Never asked for anything specific again.

[@Kg_qK]

you're family is a bunch of jerks

[@ItsLucy_GD]

That's an awful prank

[@AtomicArtumas]

This? This is how school shooters are made.

[@LSSTmusic]

people can be fucking cruel to their children

[@LSSTmusic]

@@HDM_Gelfling no shit lmao i said can be, not literally everyone

[@rattuskid1931]

I am known amongst relatives as “the artsy one” which means that almost every gift I’ve gotten from the age of like 9 has been art related. When I was 13-14 I got a “Little Painters First Art Set” type thing with the recommended age being 3

[@Northflowo]

Every relative would always give me body lotion at one point, I guess they didn't know what to give a teen girl. I would use body lotion once in a blue moon, so I ended up with piles and piles of just lotion sitting in my drawers. (I moved out and I still have them. I aspire to use up all that lotion one day.)

[@littlelemon3465]

The bright side is that you'll never have to buy body lotion ever again

[@Northflowo]

@@littlelemon3465 That is indeed a bright side

[@skeebomcjeebo7721]

I used to get body lotion too and I loved it but the bad part is that I'm allergic to perfume and it's in a lot of that kind of stuff :( I can't even use most soaps. I would say the worst gift I got was when I knew I was allergic and someone got me bath and body works lotion. I know they didn't know but it made me sad :(((

[@riverstyx7251]

Same, got to a point where I as a 13 year old had to say "ok look bath and bodyworks stuff smells nice but I rarely use it and now I just have a drawer full of gross old lotion that gives my mom allergies whenever I use it." It did eventually come in handy though. I took all the soaps to college with me so that I could save money. I had enough bottles to last me two years!

[@draketeeth8004]

As someone who used to have piles of lotion, that stuff breaks down after a while. Check your stock to see how much is still usable vs. what's runny and separating.

[@juliefarrell6688]

My 5yo cousin gave me a a handful of the best sticks and rocks in the whole yard randomly. To be fair, they were excellent sticks and rocks. The sticks were about the right length, but still easy to carry, with hardly any parts that stuck out that needed snapping off. And the rocks? Oh, those rocks were just jagged enough, but also smooth, and just the best shapes.

[@communistpotato3204]

Young cousins always, without fail, give the best rocks.

[@MeesDeppe_Official]

Caveman christmas

[@_Experience_.]

Imao pls 😂🤣

[@jasminechanning3115]

what an generous cousin, giving away all his best rocks

[@ForkliftCertification744]

Look, they’re 5.

[@dustypaladin9216]

7 staplers, I had just gotten a new desk and I liked writing and stuff, so my parents got the idea to ask for desk supplies. I actually wanted some so I was happy when I got the first stapler, but here’s a hint, when planning Christmas don’t send the same list to every single person in a 20 person family that are all coming over, especially when the list consists of entirely “desk supplies” and that’s it. I never even opened the 7th stapler, I got to the 6th, started crying and ran to my room and didn’t leave for the rest of the Christmas until the family left 3 days later. Ironically since I had so many staplers I never paid attention to where we put them, and now all 7 are lost and I need a stapler.

[@yourgrimmreminder]

god bless my mother for spending the birthday and holidays for my brother and i coordinating the gifts of every single family member to date. even my aunt, her sister, couldnt escape my mother making sure everyone got different things that we would like. sometimes she even buys gifts for other people to give to us.

[@Liriq]

Last sentence made me laugh. Good story!

[@latias6745]

They were right in gifting you so many staplers.

[@LeanAndMean44]

@@latias6745what no why?

[@heranalemayehu]

@@LeanAndMean44 Because he ended up losing them

[@irisjoosten8669]

My stepmother gave me a bag of stolen hotel soaps for Christmas. It was the only Christmas present she ever gave me. I think I prefer the many years where I received nothing.

[@stwbmc98]

Are you actual Cinderella

[@CuteCuteJames]

Like, she sucks, for sure, but that is also hilarious.

[@megano2000]

My aunt gives me purses. EVERY YEAR. I hate purses and I don't even use them. I give them away after Christmas without fail. Telling her what I actually want is fruitless since she just gets whatever's on sale after Christmas at Khol's, therefore: Purses.

[@kartofffrae4786]

I have an aunt who used to give me purses for Christmas It's.... odd

[@dsnow7211]

The Ridiculous 6 irl?

[@DodgeThatAttack]

Just don't accept the gift as "I'm still using the purses you gave me every other year" Would definitely make the encounter awkward, which means she might stop if she has to give you ANOTHER purse infront of people the next year, knowing you will just decline it

[@nnekabyron529]

Even if you did like purses, a new purse every year is just frivolous. A good quality purse, designer or not, is supposed to last you at least 10 years.

[@lotusfrog278]

i find that super weird yea, maybe she just gets them so she doesn't actually have to put in effort and figure out what you actually want/like. i find that most family members are like that, they just get whatever they see and it counts as effort. even if the person doesn't want or use it at all

[@Monkey13049]

Seems as though Matt won’t be getting away from Furby’s anytime soon.

[@Scott...]

“A crochet pattern book with a live cockroach between the pages” *COCKROCHET*

[@moonjumper3624]

this is my favorite word now

[@citrus_sumi]

underrated comment!

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

Excellent

[@notspider-man7777]

I read it as “Cockrocket” at first.

[@angelkim2266]

NotSpider-Man 777 OMG SAME LMAOOO

[@emilysmith2965]

My parents don’t give BAD gifts, but they take all the fun out of giving gifts. Everything has to be from an itemized list, in both directions. I get not wanting to “get it wrong” but it really just screams “we don’t want to put any thought into this whatsoever.”

[@SecretSwifty]

As an autistic person who hates the uncertainty of getting gifts and not knowing if it's going to be liked or not/ is very hard to shop for because of specific and niche interests this would be a dream to me.

[@courier6960]

Tbh, I hate this whole “figure it out” charade a lot of Christmas gift giving is based upon. I’m here to give you something you want, not solve a mystery.

[@TheDracoAnimator]

I once told my younger sister I would get her an egg for Christmas, she was thinking about those plastic eggs with the toy inside. Nope, I straight up gave her a chicken egg

[@LuckySketches]

You offered her a nice egg in this trying time.

[@kelsss9495]

An eggcellent gift

[@LeivenFrestea]

very eggciting gift!

[@pigeon1923]

I bet that wasn't eggactly what she wanted.

[@thedaftaviator5737]

I'm getting eggsausted from all these puns

[@spacepawdity4973]

I couldn’t think of the worst one I’ve received until now - Two DS games. One, which was a game that taught 4th grade math, and another game based off of Santa Claus is Coming to Town

[@bandband4498]

Was the math game Brain Age or Big Brain Academy?

[@spacepawdity4973]

@@bandband4498 Neither

[@bandband4498]

@@spacepawdity4973 do you have any idea?

[@spacepawdity4973]

@@bandband4498 I looked it up and it was called Kids Learn Math

[@bandband4498]

@@spacepawdity4973 Ok

[@shmoolia953]

The worst (and also best) gift I ever got was when my brother gave me an envelope of money and said “get a better haircut”

[@suprafatadecontact]

Omg this made me laugh so hard, sibling pettyness at its finest lol

[@MrVellum]

Don’t worry it’s sibling love

[@plate4814]

that's the most sibling thing I have heard today

[@calechipconecrimes]

well i think you should get a better haircut

[@shmoolia953]

@@calechipconecrimes pfft. Thanks. I did eventually, but in my defence, then covid happened so it took a sec

[@The_Barroth]

Got a shirt that was along the lines of “I don’t act my age” Now it would be funny if my mother hadn’t constanly berated me to “grow up” and “stop being so immature” while she’s all like “but I don’t act like I’m 50-something” The hypocrisy, gaslighting, manipulation, and blatant narcissistic behavior is probably why I’m gonna cut ties once I get my own place (I want out but I can’t afford anywhere to live)

[@The9thMonth]

Good luck. I hope you got out.

[@FluffyEclairs]

Were you able to get out?

[@The_Barroth]

@@FluffyEclairs not yet…

[@FluffyEclairs]

@@The_Barroth when you do go no contact. People will try to guilt trip you into staying. They don't care.

[@AMCoffee]

I'll never forget the year my grandma gave me the book "Nowhere but Up - The Story of Justin Beiber's Mom". The amount of effort it took not to laugh at that was absolutely titanic. Ditto for everyone else in the room.

[@Spritzkrieg]

Oh man, I hope my relatives aren't worried about upsetting me like that when I'm old. My family sometimes purposely gets each other gifts we don't want because it's funny. I got a very specific Harry Potter-themed mug this Christmas, and the only benefit it gave me was a symphony of laughter. Also a year or two ago, I ran out of ideas and saw a porcelain(-looking) pineapple decoration in the clearance section of Wal-Mart. Bought it for my mom because I thought it was stupid, then it turned out to be one of her favorite gifts. She likes decorating.

[@eebu4053]

oqh no my dog killed our rodge

[@1993Southparkfan]

Wait. There was a book about Justin Beiber’s mom?

[@chocolatburp2436]

@@1993Southparkfan i love how it isn't even his mom's name and who she is a mom to, just "justin bieber's mom", not even giving her her own personality or thing

[@kirilkirilov6241]

@@Spritzkrieg yeah, a friend of mine and I got a tradition to give each other stupid gifts. I love it. A beef heart, a hammer, a sink, a lady's handbag, bike parts (we don't have bikes) and so on... No more being worried if they would like the gift or not - they sure won't, but we will have some laughs.

[@kupkate04]

When I was like ten or eleven, I got a stuffed cat from my aunt. It wasn't a normal stuffed cat, it had a freaky, realistic face, and it was "pregnant". You could legit stick your hand up into it and pull out little kittens that looked just as creepy as their mother. I never played with it.

[@lenamuller4104]

Ayo what the fu-

[@JJ_Jonah]

What the fuck

[@aninternetintrovert869]

OMG SAME I GOT THAT FROM MY GREAT AUNT ONE YEAR,,,, I WAS FOURTEEN LMAO

[@kupkate04]

@@aninternetintrovert869 what is with aunts and getting people weird toys lmao

[@katnissever-meme9318]

Was it a Kitty Surprise? I had one, but mine was actually really cute instead of being creepy and over realistic. They've released different versions of the toy over the years, so I'm assuming we didn't have the same one lol (mine was the 2005 version that didn't have the plastic face, I agree the plastic face ones are kinda creepy though). I used to pretend mine was part kangaroo or something and have the kittens hide in her pouch like a baby kangaroo would.

[@littledreamsonearth8593]

Not a Christmas present, but a birthday one. When I was about 14 my grandma gave me a whole raw chicken.

[@nickpapadopoulos9978]

I did you Cook it? And was it tasty?

[@Enderskitty]

Uuh.... that would be the best for me lol

[@vincere4591]

I mean not at the age of 14, but I’d confusedly accept it and make a soup with it, then share some with them. I don’t exactly know how I’d feel if I got that at 14.

[@CullenRTerry]

“My gift to you, _salmonella_ “

[@Sentryunit582]

I would love that

[@vizthex]

one time, my grandma gifted me a boxed bar of irish soap in one of those thick envelopes amazon ships things in. in reality, the gift was a $20 steam gift card and my grandma just added the soap to give it some weight to mislead me. but damn, was i confused before realizing that lol

[@yum976]

Grandmas know best.

[@thecommunistloli1042]

How's that "bad"?

[@vizthex]

@@thecommunistloli1042 it's not, it was just a funny anecdote i got reminded of while watching the video lol

[@thecommunistloli1042]

@@vizthex that's cool

[@mechanwhal6590]

Hey, free soap!

[@cute_bunny1393]

When I was little I was dead scared of the movie Coraline and had constant nightmares after watching it. One of the main points in the movie is that some characters had button eyes. One year for Christmas my grandma had gotten me a La La Loppzi doll which had button eyes and I almost cried

[@ironicivan4928]

better than all the other presents in the comments but still bad

[@StrykerMagnum]

@@black_forest_ Now I kind of want a plush with a disgusting, realistic dangly eye. I reckon I could actually even make something like that...

[@Basils_Garden]

@@StrykerMagnum what the fuck. send me one smh

[@y2kplanet]

People are scared of Coraline? First time I watched it I slept like a baby

[@Pan_De_Seal]

Oof! Man that must've sucked bro ! Bet you gave it away or something lmaoo But yeah, I like the lalaloopsy dolls bcuz it reminded me of coraline. lol

[@randomisonline]

My grandma got me a puzzle of a cat where several of the pieces were also cats. It was a cute idea since I like cats, but the problem was the puzzle pieces didn't lock together properly so if you so much as nudged it the pieces would move out of place. Also, several of the pieces were fused together. I don't blame my grandma at all for this, but it was a pretty upsetting gift since I was actually excited to put the puzzle together. Edit: I got another one of the exact same puzzle this year for Christmas from my parents.

[@hiimcrazyfordrwho]

Ah yes, the struggle of poorly constructed puzzles

[@RyanTosh]

My family got a puzzle for christmas once. It was a world map. It was labeled in chinese. And all the pieces were the exact same shape. I feel your badly-made-puzzle pain.

[@livefortheafternoon]

@@RyanTosh that sucks

[@Tunafishling]

Same, I have a very strange obsession with cats.

[@Belshazzaresque]

@@Tunafishling can't beat running your fingers through a pussy's fur and feeling the vibrations. just hope yours doesn't dribble, mine did from time to time and omg it stank so bad

[@healerofthewaters6508]

How is seven kilos of pasta a bad gift? That sounds AMAZING. THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR DISHES.

[@DodgeThatAttack]

Just think of the pastabilities!

[@borger4505]

So much lasagna can be done with that pasta, if you are willing to use the wrong type of pasta, that's it

[@h-Films]

Maybe they never got something worse

[@Eldritch-thing]

YES

[@Profileunused]

@@DodgeThatAttack *rAmen* to that

[@shadow_leaf7965]

There's been a few, but the worst was probably a porcelain doll antique. I'm terrified of dolls. I still have no idea why my own mother would give that to me

[@D.Z.Shafty]

My mum got me a anime drawing book. It was a guide to how to draw in the style in anime. I love the book but when my mum announced what it was... "Here look. I got you a book about those Hentais you watch." I actually died inside. Thank god I was the only one who actually knew what that meant.

[@scottish_lunatic]

this is why i always research what a word means if ive never heard it before, to avoid doing this.

[@rainbowspongebob]

Man I would of died so much inside if this happened to me

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

DDDDDDDDD: I would just cry

[@justafan9206]

WTF.

[@svenk3913]

The cultured part hurt to read

[@Solarmyr]

This isn't the *worst* Christmas gift I've ever gotten, but this was definitely a memorable one. As a kid I was very much not into conventionally feminine stuff; I didn't like make-up, I found dolls creepy and I actively avoided the colour pink like the plague. I was that kind of kid. I loved to draw so I was more inclined towards art stuff like sketchpads, pencils and stationery than anything else. Yet in spite of this, every year without fail I would end up with pink stuff. Pink pajamas, pink body lotion, pink toys, etc. Despite telling a lot of my family I didn't like pink and despite the fact I generally wouldn't use anything that was pink. Yes, I was that petty. And the cherry on the sundae for all of this? One year my uncle got me a fluffy, pink pencil case for me to put my art supplies in. 'T'was truly a very conflicting Christmas for my tiny ten year old self.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Lol, I would have just spray painted the pencil case, but can't do that for clothes.

[@EpicgamerGTG]

Lol I'm an artist too Don't know if you still draw but I'm 95% sure you do

[@juliazgherea]

I was also into art stuff as a kid. I bought a new sketchbook about a month before Christmas, yet to use it. My parents helped me decide which one to get. On Christmas, what did I get? Another sketchbook, which sat deep in my bookshelf for a long, long time.

[@Solarmyr]

@@jakegarrett8109 Funnily enough I asked my parents to help me try and dye it black at the time, but nothing ever came of that.

[@Solarmyr]

@@EpicgamerGTG I do! Not as often as I used to but I still draw pretty regularly. Why are you so sure?

[@phonegingi]

one time I was out doing a bit of shopping, night before christmas. dude in front of me had about 20 something hams. once he finished checking out, he turned to me, gave me a ham, and told me "merry christmas!" I do not celebrate christmas nor do I eat meat. I strive to be as iconic as him though

[@IMINSIDEYOURMUM]

Dude sounds awesome.

[@phonegingi]

@@IMINSIDEYOURMUM ikr? I love him

[@scoopskicat]

what an absolute legend

[@Evening_Star6]

Hell yes. I hope that man had an amazing Christmas, and has an amazing rest of his life.

[@yum976]

Honestly I would do that if it wasn't for my crippling anxiety. What did you do with the ham, anyway?

[@CadDriftarus]

My mom gave me the same Plusle plush for like four years straight. I had been looking for a standing Plusle to go with my standing Minun, and she kept giving me the laying Plusle, eventually turning it into a tradition for a while. I finally found a standing Plusle at a convention, but ended up getting the Minun it came with too because I felt bad about separating them lol My grandma gave my sis a Sarah Huckabee book for christmas, not realizing she's the only person in the family AND friendgroup who likes Huckabee, so we couldn't even regift it lol Edit: New stories These, of course, were not bad presents. One year, my biggest sister and brother got each other the same book by sheer coincidence. Both came to me and middle sis talking about how they grew up with the old Nintendo Power Link to the Past comics, and both spent months searching for the omnibus. We had to wait a whole three days to watch them open the presents at the exact same time. Last year, I bought a Soundwave helmet for shits and giggles as part of a Gamestop sale in like. Summer. By sheer coincidence, my brother bought my sis and I a Megatron helmet "to watch us fight over it," without realizing I _literally had the matching Soundwave to go with it._

[@k1tcaliber]

one year when i was like 6 my mom took me to a white elephant christmas party and after all the joke gifts were given all the kids were given actual gifts by a dad in a santa suit all the other kids got cool new toys and plushies and stuff i got a 12 pack of socks because i was "more mature than the other kids". i cried.

[@lorri1917]

that is sad. you dont do that to a 6 year old

[@secretelydepresso8625]

I never EVER got toys, I feel you lol Now I'm 28 and spend thousands of dollars in action figures

[@stinky59]

@@secretelydepresso8625 same, the “i didn’t get to have any cool toys when i was little so i’m buying them NOW” behavior!! as a kid i was always given informational books about subjects i didn’t like, socks, wallets, other stuff like that because i was the “smart and quiet” one meanwhile my friends and cousins got actual fun things. but like, jokes on you mom and dad cuz now i am in college and literally all my disposable income goes to the display cabinet of expensive figures lol

[@danielsmokesmids]

@@lorri1917 yea, socks aren't a bad gift if you're older, like I'm 15 and wouldn't mind them, but 6 years old?? that's kinda mean.

[@madlaboratorian8696]

@@stinky59 I'm the same. As a kid, I wasn't allowed to watch anime because it "came from a godless country." The first thing I did when I moved out was watch Death Note. To this day, I've watch 283 different anime series to completion. Take that, DAD!

[@bert7651]

One Christmas I got given a set of miniature train tracks and little plastic trees and animals for decorations. I cried because my trains had all been smashed to pieces previously by my dad, who conveniently forgetting this, decided to lecture me on the spot about taking care of my belongings. Bitter, furious tears of a six year old on Christmas.

[@cheeseium]

jeez... i hope youre ok now

[@user-mg1pj2vt9l]

What a piece of sh*t. 😞

[@audrey2498]

i don’t mean this in an offensive way, but did your dad have any mental illnesses or something that was making him do that or something?

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

@@audrey2498 People don't need mental illnesses to act like a bastard. Their dad is just a bad person. A mental illness would mean the Dad did it unintentionally. (like 1-2 trains. maybe like 4-5 but not all of em)

[@danielt619]

Ok he must have been horrible probably don’t talk to that horrible human

[@junipersolis]

A few years ago when I was 12 or 13, I stopped believing in Santa on my own. I asked my mom to stop pretending he was real for me because I knew he wasn't. She got so mad about this that she threw all of my gifts out, and made sure my little sister's didn't get anything from Santa. When Christmas morning came, they started crying and my mom kept pushing down on me, telling me it was my fault for not believing in Santa. That I ruined Christmas for my little sisters forever and that Santa would never come again, which made my little sisters cry more. I fucking hate my mom.

[@yellow_suitcas3]

Sorry for you...

[@Controllingpanel]

wow, that's Hella messed up! I feel bad for you and your little sisters

[@asteriawashere6881]

Oh my god, that's terrible!

[@SeymourDisapproves]

What the fuck

[@superdimentiobrolyX]

Nah dint hit abusive prople. The best way to hurt them is to cut them off, tell them they will never hear from you again and then never so much as pick up the phone again. Abusive people cant stand having no power over you.

[@MiyuMimikyu]

"it's the thought that counts" sometimes there is no thought

[@Allé_Hoopa_Ring]

I think the worse Christmas gift I got was an incredibly scratched copy of Arceus and the Jewel of Life. The DVD would glitch and freeze a lot when Giratina appeared and the thing would stop entirely during a flashback scene. Luckily my mom got me a new copy once I told her what happened and it wasn’t scratched as all hell this time (btw its a really good movie, you should watch it if you haven’t lmao)

[@estebson]

Ngl the disc glitching and freezing when Giratina appears sounds like a really cool 4th wall break effect

[@Allé_Hoopa_Ring]

@@estebson True

[@dbseamz]

I really want to watch all the movies but I also don't want them to spoil things for me so I'm trying to watch the show in order first. Which I don't have much free time to do, especially since the rest of my family thinks the audio (at least in the first several seasons) is "annoying" because "everyone is shouting all the time".

[@pugzinbb6924]

@@dbseamz OMG that's what my family always says, there must be a family tutorial lol

[@dbseamz]

@@pugzinbb6924 to be fair there was one episode (So Near Yet So Farfetchd) that I saw recently that really did start with a couple minutes' worth of Misty shouting.

[@ZulaCrash]

It isn't really a Christmas gift, but my School had a contest where you could win different Gifts. Now I own 2 Books teaching me how to use Windows Vista and i am convinced that the Teachers just needed a way to get rid of some stuff they owned.

[@johngavin3180]

That is just a kick in the nads right there bud.

[@sirspookybones1118]

I feel like that would be a funny thing to have on a shelf these days, though you'd only need one.

[@pyborg]

As a tech nerd, I would totally love this as a gift.

[@countcain]

In Germany we would call this Schrottwichteln 😋

[@cinderellaskeleton6720]

At my schools Christmas gift exchange everyone else got toys while I was the only one to get a dvd. It made the teacher saying “alright everyone take 15 minutes to play with your toys.” Really sad :(.

[@mollikonki]

Never really gotten a “bad” Christmas gift, but my, grandma, who is hard on seeing, got me a shirt that said, “I ❤️ Moms” she thought it said, “I ❤️ M&Ms”. I’m not even a fan of M&Ms

[@enoo5694]

@@august8185 hold up the moms one or M&Ms one?

[@lorifischer6885]

Still a win

[@stupididiot9336]

the real question here is... do you

[@rebekahl840]

I read that as M&S then said "Wtf do you have against M&S"

[@diegob798]

Grandma knows what's up

[@_screaming_4405]

It’s been so long since this happened but I’m still salty about it so here ya go. When I was like 6 or 7 I was obsessed with calico critters and every Christmas I would ask for them well come that christmas my sister who was like 3 or 4 got a bunch of calico critter stuff she had never once expressed any interest in calico critters, and all I got were socks.

[@spectralumbra1568]

My workplace does a random prize drawing every year for wrapped mystery presents. It's a lot of random stuff since they're essentially trying to cater to people between the ages of 18-80 from a wide range of social backgrounds, so it's mostly small practical things that pretty much anyone would have use for. For example, one of my coworkers got an electric toothbrush. Unfortunately, that same coworker doesn't have teeth.

[@Justin-ul7fh]

Now I wanna know how the coworker reacted

[@Letheblivi]

The level of misfortune here is absolutely hysterical

[@meatsmell8639]

As someone who recently had to have all of their teeth removed, I personally find scenarios like that, truly hilarious! People keep offering to get me things (aside from $40k to pay off the medical debt) and bring foods, but have no concept of just how many foods require teeth to consume properly 😂

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

@@meatsmell8639 You're like that Sid's Grandma from IceAge 4

[@dylankrejci9965]

I got a “bad gift” at the time that turned into one of the most influential gifts I’d ever gotten. My grandma got me the ultimate guide to Minecraft because some kid my age had told her at the store kids liked the game. I’d never played before. But I decided to give it a shot. And now like 7 years later I’m still playing.

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

Awww that is so sweet! Now you get to tell everyone your Gran was the one who got you into Minecraft!

[@jebediahkerman9426]

Are you an identical clone of me from another universe? Exactly the same happened to me

[@kevintrang6447]

Did you build a dirt pillar at spawn tho?

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

I started playing Minecraft in 2015 bc my brother got it as a Christmas gift and didn’t like it. I played it for hours every chance I got

[@bombdotcom2168]

I got my dad an ultimate guide to minecraft book when he was struggling to figure out how to play with me and my brother. He used to play exclusively on the Xbox with us, so it took him a while getting used to playing on a computer lol

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

When I was about 13 or 14 my Gran got me a beautiful glass figurine of a unicorn rearing which I was embarrassed about because I was "over" my model horse phase. My mum told her and she took it back and swapped it for something else, I can't even remember what now. I really wish I had kept it. It really was beautiful and a very thoughtful gift that I would love now. Lesson learnt, Gran always knows best.

[@Moocow2003]

That reminds me of the gifts my grandad gave me. Things like a satchel that was way too big for me, a heavy wool blanket, and a massive cookbook for a child who was too young to appreciate any of them. I realise now he was investing in gifts that would last me long after he was gone and I still use every one of those items (that cookbook has the best brownie recipe i've ever tasted)

[@lizzieandmocha1131]

​@@Moocow2003 Aw, that's sweet. We often don't appreciate those kinds of gifts when we're kids, but it's nice he was thinking about your future! ❤

[@eternalvibe9083]

​@@Moocow2003Dude my Opa is one of the best chefs ever, and can't wait for him to give the recipe books out. He constantly experiments with new dishes and has compiled all the "successes", and I have been his prime taste tester, so I know what I like. Grandads who cook or give food advice are always the best, and I hope you enjoy your brownies!

[@KenFullman]

@@eternalvibe9083 Opa?

[@eternalvibe9083]

@@KenFullman It means grandpa in German. He was stationed in Germany when he served and wanted to be called that by his grandkids.

[@Interference22]

Hands down the worst I've ever had was a car escape hammer -- y'know, one of those tools for getting out of a crashed car, with a point for shattering windows and an edge for cutting seatbelts. I was 12, and very confused as to what my uncle thought I got up to on the weekends.

[@strawberry-sundae]

3:55 omg I feel her pain. I'm a professional confectioner and I used to get so many spatulas and whisks for christmas EVERY year. It's literally my fucking job, why would anyone think that I don't have basic tools in my kitchen??? And they weren't even good quality, they were usually cheap, with cute girly design... It's like giving an easy bake oven to a chef.

[@santadbg5759]

Lol this is why when I’m older I’m just giving my nephews/nieces money and gift cards

[@Beenisweenis]

I get piping tips, so i have 3 sets of piping tips, and an emergency/travel set. I actually get prett decent spatulas most of the time

[@Serena-or7sl]

@@santadbg5759 The other idea is to ask if they need something

[@santadbg5759]

@@Serena-or7sl but they can just buy what they want if i give them money

[@runarandersen878]

An example of how you should know to not give in that field. A friend of mine collects perfumes and have a lot. I would not give him perfumes, because I don’t know what he have and don’t have. Or what he specifically like and don’t like.

[@mirageangel9378]

Someone gave me back something I had handmade for her the previous Christmas. She had absolutely GUSHED over seeing the one I'd made for myself (completely unsolicited praise and expressions of envy) and that's why I made her one despite the fact that I have carpal tunnel and making it hurt me a lot as well as took me away from the baby afghan I was making for my unborn child. So then as I'm staring down into the gift bag with that handmade gift I had made her a year ago staring me in the face and she's smiling expectantly at me, I really don't know how I didn't burst out crying right there. As soon as she left, I did cry.

[@yellow_suitcas3]

Aww I'm so sorry for you... I feel you

[@NoriMori1992]

What the fuck. Did you ever tell her?

[@pineappleperson7198]

Man what an asshole she was. Did you ever confront her?

[@OffGridInvestor]

Don't worry. As A MAN in a family with PILES of women, MOST older than me and SOME kinda cluelessand neurotic..... this sounds LIKE SOMETHING I would see happen between an older and younger one. I DO feel for you because it is the DISAPPOINTING result of scrambled old woman brains, but it's part of life with older women and aunts. And then this same one probably wants to hold your baby and mess around with it.... I think I have lost 5 years or more off my life span because of nagging or similar stupid incidents I have experienced from my mother.

[@OffGridInvestor]

@@NoriMori1992 they would be TOO BRAIN SCRAMBLED to know and then use IT AGAINST YOU as though you insulted THEIR PRESENT. Welcome to life with a family loaded with older women....

[@ImaginaryAlchemist]

My grandma used to send me some pretty bad gifts. One that sticks out is this hideous blouse and skirt. Turns out, it was something that didn't fit her, so she sent it to me instead. I was a young teen, and it definitely looked like something a grandma would wear. Needless to say, it got donated.

[@phantomology13]

I feel like “gifting” someone something you just wanted to get rid of is worse than getting them nothing

[@papayaboat1780]

My "worst" Christmas present as a kid was either a balloon animal making kit, an egg beater, or an officially licensed Spider-Man toy shaving kit. (Yes, it even came with a plastic, bladeless "pretend razor.") While typing this comment, I found out that it turns out they still make that last item. EDIT: I just remembered a fourth one: when I was 19 or so, my friend from New Jersey got me a pair of the most hideous, Corporate Memphis color palette-type socks imaginable. It turns out my mom gave a very vague description on what she wanted him to get me and he just got what he thought she meant.

[@papayaboat1780]

UPDATE: Just remembered another one. My uncle once got me two Chick-Fil-A gift cards that totaled two meals. Turns out he just really wanted me to take him out for lunch…

[@magicender8]

I got a Toy Story fake shaving kit when I was five, so I feel you.

[@papayaboat1780]

Just remembered another hilarious anecdote involving the same uncle: One year, the week before Christmas late at night, my mom, both INCREDIBLY short on sleep and drunk off of red wine, is aimlessly scrolling through Amazon when she spots something random and thinks "you know, my brother-in-law would LOVE this!" The gift in question? A miniature, baby blue waffle iron. She apologized to him after he opened it that Christmas day.

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

The seven kilos of pasta doesn't even sound like a bad gift to be honest. Once when my dad worked at a factory he took a crap ton of parmesan cheese home and I was so hyped. Idk, something about a lot of food makes me really excited, especially when it's useful staple food like pasta, bread, cheese etc.

[@OffGridInvestor]

My house back in 2013 when my mortgage provider had been bought out and froze incoming payments, and also post pandemic has been one of these houses with a rice packs in the sock drawer and jars or tins of food hidden everywhere. Back in 2013, I feared I might waste the money I was building up on a car upgrade or something, so I went and bought TROLLEYS full of stuff to use up money WISELY. almost 2 trolleys of detergent alone and I STILL HAVE 3 bottles to go thru. Finished the soap and toilet paper 3 years ago but those early days were crazy. Boxes of tinned fish and shampoo. Under my bed was entirely bottles of fruit juice. Gallon upon gallon of it. Right now I am sitting on huge amounts of bacon flavor mayonnaise and jars of marinated artichokes from Spain. With tons of rice and pasta sitting around.

[@Redddragon]

SAME give me 7 *KILOS* of any food I won't complain

[@beepboopbobop]

remind me of how my brother bought me a pillow for my birthday but instead of an actual pillow it was a parmesan cheese shaker in a pillowcase

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

@@beepboopbobop That sounds like an amazing gift lmao, parmesan cheese is just superior to everything 👌👌

[@sams1623]

A FELLOW ITALIAN?!!?!?

[@boyinblue.]

The greatest present I've received recently was "breath of wild" I had wanted the game so bad. At the time I just didn't have the money for a 75 dollar game, my grandmother came through and got it for me. Absolutely the best thing, very happy with it. She had also replaced my copy of "ocarina of time" after my brother stole and sold it (with my little brother's ds) for crack money.

[@shartboy666]

grandmas are the best

[@IMINSIDEYOURMUM]

Great grandma’, fucking terrible brother.

[@bumblehoney7206]

The good story to break up the bad

[@DaRealNoobKing]

fucking hell good grandma and fucking hell bad stupid idiot brother who lost a profit of 1.23$

[@WoodlouseFairy]

your grandma is lovely but what an awful brother

[@luckyblockstudio9132]

Santa apparently said to me and my sister in a letter that we didn't do well that year and he was going to give us responsibility. My and my sister were both kids then so of course we cried about it. Our parents weren't home when we read the letter and when the got back. They took a box out and opened it in front of us and there was a dog inside! Apparently when santa meant responsibility, he thought about a dog and it is the best Christmas gift ever! He is still alive and young because this was only like 3 - 4 years ago and I love him a lot! Edit: Holy shit, thanks for all the likes!

[@grungletv6016]

Ok this is actually very wholesome! Glad to hear the dog's doing well!

[@luckyblockstudio9132]

@@grungletv6016 Thanks!

[@gremlin.x]

Should i rip the bandaid off?

[@queertearss]

@@gremlin.x Don't you dare, let the child experience joy

[@l_uminousss]

@@queertearss why not? exposing the wound by ripping the bandaid off would be.. fun

[@theamazingbiff]

In 2015 my service dog died and I was completely devastated. One of my cousins didn't get the memo, because he gave me a dog collar for Christmas. I had this huge grief explosion and sobbed out of control for 45 minutes. I couldn't stop! Fortunately the rest of the family was very understanding.

[@L-and-P]

The worst Christmas gift I got was a copy of the new diary of a wimpy kid book. The catch? I already had one, and 5 people in the family had bought me one not realizing it would be really popular and I probably already had one.

[@twilighthairball]

Happened to my best friend too, I don't remember which book exactly but it was the bestseller from the season and three different people bought it for her.

[@jacobschepannek3876]

I got a copy of a diary of a Wimpy kid book that was one where you had to write your own sections of the story. It was second hand and already written in.

[@fishmaster665]

I once had this book read it a few times and then when we moved house I gave it away, then one day someone gives me the book as a present I decide to change it for another book at the book store and then I find out that I needed to read the book for school.

[@joshshrum2764]

I’m so sorry dude need a virtual hug?.

[@handlebarevildimension]

Well, now you can make a summoning circle entirely of Diary of a Wimpy Kid books~ yay~

[@Left4Sharkbait]

My worst Christmas gift? Book of Native American Folk Tales, it had a story about 3 dogs getting killed by a sasquatch while trying to protect a guy. I was about 9 or so at the time and it made me cry. What's worse is that it's really the shining memory I have of my now-deceased Grandmother.

[@agrilledsandwich2745]

I would love that, im very into mythology and legends and myths

[@MrDoomDawg]

Idk, you made it sound cool tbh. Your grandmother gave you a book of folk tales, and one of them moved you enough to make you cry. That sounds sweet more than anything

[@skeebomcjeebo7721]

I want the book! I love Native American culture! It's so rich and beautiful! My least favorite part about it is how people on their periods can't participate in rituals though. It really sucks when your at a Native American celebration and you can't participate :(

[@ZudeXbox360]

As a 1/4th Native, this kinda interests me. Mostly because I had no idea I was a fair bit Native until well into high school.

[@Left4Sharkbait]

@@MrDoomDawg Not really what I intended. I was 9, and anything with a dog dying made me cry. While sure now I'd appreciate them as art, the graphic illustrations of the dogs being killed really didn't help.

[@8bitnonsense]

My story being very short, A glasses case with on it written “grandma”. this came from my little brother. I’m not a grandmother, nor do I wear glasses. Trust me, he was old enough to understand both of these things.

[@h-Films]

He was sending a message

[@8bitnonsense]

@@h-Films wow 💀💀

[@h-Films]

@@8bitnonsense 💀💀

[@Typhio]

Honestly, little brothers will give you the most random shit fhdjjdjdkd I’ve gotten chewed on Pokémon cards before. They were my own cards.

[@8bitnonsense]

@@Typhio omgnooo 😭

[@Moocow2003]

I've been that person before. I really do try to give sentimental gifts, I'm just usually the last to hear about family news. So I gave my sister a Moomins plant pot to match her kitchen decor and I gave her fiance some cool pasta (I promise you it was cool pasta) for Christmas without knowing that they had very recently lost their house and now did not have a stove, or a kitchen.

[@KimJongUnnie]

Aw you tried 😂

[@3rdalbum]

At least pasta is very easy to cook on a camping stove.

[@AiOinc1]

The year I graduated high school, me and my brother were asked to sign my parents divorce papers as witnesses on Christmas.

[@idk-_-]

💀

[@tintren]

cool

[@lasolady]

This year, your present is TWO Christmas's!

[@Saintphish]

“Merry Christmas here’s ur present”-ur parents probably

[@redribbonrox3292]

Okay you win

[@fruitbowlvoid]

my mother has a tendancy to obsessively hide everything from me around christmas time, even though she knows i don't like surprises. this only increases my anxiety, as i know that she also tends to ignore my interests (or never bother learning them in the first place), get me things i wanted 4 years back, and project onto me and get me things she would want or want me to have. on top of this, if she gets me anything i don't need/want/like, i can't ask her to return it because she will have a FIT. i complain about this to her every year. every time i do, she yells at me until i cry. all because she thinks all my gifts need to be her idea alone for me to appreciate it, as if magically knowing what i want without even interacting with me would be more valuable than just fucking listening to what i say.

[@rattfish]

I have spent an hour reading these comments and a solid 1/4th of those people have terrible relatives

[@catharchick268]

I think a lot of people tend to think like your mom, where they feel like if they don't think of it themselves it's not genuine. It's a nice thought, but it can easily be a problem (like your situation). Giving a gift should be about the recipient, so if you give someone a gift under conditions they don't like, they won't experience joy... which is kinda the point of giving a gift in the first place, haha. Hopefully things get better for you. I got lucky enough to have parents and a brother that either know me really well or if they're unsure of what to get me, they just ask. I do the same for them. Honestly, I'd rather someone spend money on something I actually want (which actually might be cheaper) than waste money on something I won't use.

[@lorifischer6885]

I.. am so sorry. that must be horrible. I think you should have a polite talk with her about this and how it makes you feel. If she STILL doesn't listen, call child protective services and accuse her of mental abuse.

[@menacing_name]

@@lorifischer6885 lol I think the cps have more on their plate than some kid not getting the Christmas presents they want

[@phae_c]

i can kind of relate except i was just in a phase of hating the thought of having unnecessary things that id never use, just take up space and cost money. it was also during a time when my mom would tell me a lot of times how i was the reason shes miserable and when id finally leave, so being given anything felt like i was a burdon. so i always said in advance that i really dont need anything atm, no more fluffy socks, i still had some that were nice. got fluffy socks every time and got called ungrateful every time for saying i really didnt need this. but u know the thought behind it was to give a gift, so it should best be left at that. especially when u say youd get things you wanted 4 years back, i mean that shows ur mom probably tries and just sucks. you be the one to approach her then to talk about this instead of waiting for something

[@Celestial.Fantasy]

A few Christmases ago my mom gave me shaving cream in my stocking. I tried to seem grateful, but I still asked her why, and she said “because… you like shaving?” I had not shaved my legs for months because it was WINTER. 100% believe it was a passive-aggressive message.

[@Netukom]

Yep

[@yum976]

I get gum that tastes like soap in my stockings, be grateful

[@Merp_a_Derp]

​@@yum976Some kids get absolutely nothing, why don't you be grateful

[@gabbyslvr]

and some kids die, why don't you be grateful @@Merp_a_Derp

[@CaddRome]

​@@Merp_a_Derpsome kids are dead so why dont you be grateful

[@TheCorazonPawprint]

For 5 years in a row, I've gotten everything animal themed from my grandma for Christmas ...even though I've told them multiple times that I didn't want anything animal themed anymore

[@bothmalls]

I don’t have a specific bad present, but I’d thought I’d leave a story anyways. On multiple events, my mom hid presents so good she’d forget about them for at least a year and only find them when she has to hide other presents. Anyway, that’s how I started playing Super Mario Odyssey over two years after it released

[@chocobear4078]

Has your mother ever thought that maybe she shouldn't hide presents

[@bothmalls]

@Choco bear apparently not

[@Luigifan4ever11]

My mother does the exact same things, funnily enough!

[@007megaoof]

@@Luigifan4ever11 my mom just puts them all in her bedroom

[@mgthestrange9098]

Similar thing happened to me, my mum found a big tube of fun size Cadbury’s chocolate bars inn the back of the wardrobe a month after Christmas. Result! 😋

[@HER_Only_sIN]

The thing that sticks out to me was getting a pink purse that probably couldn't fit anything more than a decapitated pinkie finger, lipstick and makeup stuff, being a middle school girl who was strongly adverse to anything even remotely feminine and tried to make that very clear by the way I presented myself. It just hurt since it felt invalidating. Especially when my brothers were getting things they cared about

[@radicool8328]

I'm a trans guy who is closeted. I am VERY clearly not into anything feminine, and yet every year my extended family gets me those friendship bracelet kits that I have never expressed any interest in ever. Like, I get the fact they don't know me well or anything, but it literally just feels like they type "girl toys" into amazon and get the first result.

[@jakegarrett8109]

@@radicool8328 Ask for throwing knives, everyone loves throwing knives. Sure you might get some pink ones, but it doesn't matter what they look like, nobody would be laughing after getting stabbed by a pink one... PS: I'm not suggesting you stab anyone, I'm referring to using it as a self defense tool, much the same as I would like a DEAGLE 50 cal with a Hello Kitty wrap as a very expensive joke, and I'd totally carry that. At worst you end up with a decent knife collection in pink, either way you'll have a useful gift and a lot of fun throwing them like people do with dart boards (although way more fun than darts because it takes skill).

[@radicool8328]

@@jakegarrett8109 Wow. Thanks for the suggestion. I will now always ask for throwing knives if anyone I don't know well asks what I want for christmas. Thank you./gen

[@justwonderinqrache5847]

Ikr? Like, my family doesn’t really celebrate Christmas besides decorating a tree and eating our favorite food. But when I’m trying to buy things for my friends, she acts like she knows what “girls these days” like. Last week I was buying stickers for my friends and she came over, looked at the screen, and said that “girls don’t like stickers” and said to buy keychains instead. None of my friends have keychains or even like them. And I’m her daughter, she got me stickers so many times before. One of her quotes is “what girl doesn’t like dresses or jewelry?”

[@radicool8328]

@@justwonderinqrache5847 gotta love cishet gender conforming normitivity amirite? good god.

[@APerson-ml1tz]

one time i got a hamster for christmas, later that evening he shat himself to death

[@Matt_Rose]

That's how, as a kid, my hamster died as well. Albeit not on Christmas...

[@APerson-ml1tz]

@@Matt_Rose why is that so common 😭

[@JumalaPlays]

How😂😂

[@pisc77]

I'm sorry but i'm laughing so hard that i can't feel sad

[@jadejunnie3285]

Now I need dead hamster stories

[@rad4924]

I once got given a bootleg copy of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory (an album I already owned) except it was just the cover and inside was a CD of some guy wailing in Chinese.

[@stitchfinger7678]

They literally bought you a used CD from the thrift store and didn't check if it was even in there 😭

[@sweetpotatoxl]

My entire christmas for about 6 years consisted of me getting knives and baking supplies it wasn't a bad gift I just thought it was funny my mom trusted her 9 year old with knives more than she trusted my 19 year old sister on a public bus

[@corndogboi]

@@Oldsoul_bookwormProbably in a plastic case of some sort.

[@sweetpotatoxl]

@@Oldsoul_bookworm I liked to cook alot :)

[@Lolbit_The_Fox]

The worst gift I ever received was this really annoying alarm clock thing that was cheaply painted pink (for the record, I hate pink) and one of the hands was kind of broken. It worked once (in the middle of the night before I had a test in elementary school) and never again.

[@Calamibee]

???

[@smalllfox]

@@Calamibee what's confusing about this

[@chocolatethedog5085]

jeez, you mus'tve nearly had a heart attack when it did that in the mddle of the night

[@cam4636]

This is it, the worst gift.

[@Lolbit_The_Fox]

@Chocolate the dog yes I did

[@slender_04f14]

Nothing. Just nothing. I was 8 and visiting my family in Australia, and there was literally nothing under the tree. My cousins, uncles and aunts, and my grandmother, however, had hordes to unpack (presents were brimming out from underneath the tree, strewn all around). My heart was broken.

[@udfdsfrgfdrgfd]

damn. that really sucks dude

[@NoriMori1992]

What the fuck.

[@squarohedron0664]

F

[@lizethreyes8573]

Dang, bro. I feel you, when I was 9, 10, 11 and 12, I got nothing. It looked as if my parents didn't want to make an effort anymore

[@nicolasgimenezo.0503]

I can perfectly picture myself just fucking crying in that situation.

[@KasumiRINA]

My worst gift was dad getting a tape with Soviet cartoons... I was a little kid but at that time I was already watching normal, Western toons, and I didn't need HIS childhood fulfilled. Also, I wanted a toy and was too little to appreciate owning media. I cried my eyes out... It wasn't that bad of a gift just bad experience and surprised parents.

[@Megunyan688]

I got 2 books that my parents got at a library sale: how to study and get good grades for elementary school kids (I was about to enter high school) and a book entitled something along the lines of "how to be beautiful." So in other words my Christmas gift that year was crippling self esteem issues that I've yet to overcome.

[@PlatonicPluto]

I hope you are ok after that; your parents just feel really bad after that or are just evil :(

[@Megunyan688]

@@PlatonicPluto I don't think they understood that they did anything wrong. They kinda just suck at gift giving in general. I'm fine though. Therapy helps.

[@serPomiz]

Are they the "sorry, we just don't get it" kind or the "we could do nothing wrong because we honestly love you" kind?

[@Megunyan688]

@@serPomiz it's the "we can do nothing wrong because we love you" type. It's kinda sad but therapy helps

[@lunarialoonatic]

Damn idk if they were trying to joke around? Didn’t mean it lightly but I would feel insecure as hell too… Sorry to hear

[@PastelShark123]

One year my grandma gave what was supposed to be my present to her neighbors kid, I ended up bawling my eyes out in the hotel bathroom when I saw that only my siblings got gifts for Christmas.

[@cupidity888]

WHYD SHE GIVE UR GIFT TO SOMEONE ELSE THOUGH ? 😭

[@PastelShark123]

@@cupidity888 THATS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.

[@LetsPlay-7D5]

She takes your gift, you take her life. It was coming soon anyways, and you get the will money to.

[@PastelShark123]

@@LetsPlay-7D5 bro chill-

[@loki4807]

Join my army, wolf sister.

[@jonquilgemstone]

Some of those were lowkey wholesome...And also adults giving kids the kinds of gifts only adults would like XD

[@justyourlocalbernana1823]

Maybe the kids should give the adults Barbies or something

[@ruler255]

4:48 man, I remember that. (hearing the news) Time flies (that was 2006)

[@bnuuy]

the worst xmas gift i ever got: from my parents, a perfume from bath & body works. normally that's not a bad thing but they had gotten me the same exact perfume for my birthday four months prior. when i jokingly brought this up (literally completely in jest, because i thought it was pretty funny), they yelled at me for being "ungrateful" in front of my whole family, then took the perfume from me and gave it to my sister.

[@ThylineTheGay]

Geez

[@hoshitime7785]

you okay?

[@bnuuy]

@@hoshitime7785 yeah I'm good, my relationship with my parents has improved ever so slightly since then

[@hoshitime7785]

@@bnuuy is good to read

[@koichan33]

What the actual fuck-

[@NoriMori1992]

I will talk about a good gift I got as a young child. When I was really really little (like 4 or 5 probably?), Mom took me to a small Christmas party with some of her friends. I was the only child there. They did a gift exchange where everyone drew a number out of a hat, and got to have the gift with that number on it. Ordinarily each number matched only one gift, but they had gotten several gifts for me, gave them all the same number, and made sure I drew that number. So even after everyone else already had their one gift, they kept pulling out gifts with my number, and I got all kinds of little presents, and I was too young to understand that they set it up this way on purpose, so I felt really special and it was a really magical evening. The one gift I still remember is a Christmas tree angel holding a tiny Christmas lightbulb, so you can plug her into your lights and it looks like she's holding a candle. I still have that angel to this day.

[@oddcrafter1270]

That's awesome! :D

[@dollpickle]

the best gift i’ve gotten was a nintendo switch from my mom and dad :D i still use it to this day after about 2-3 years

[@Nikki-dh7lz]

Aaaaa I'm jealous of yoou

[@Evo-B.]

@@dollpickle same!

[@squirmtastic]

Aw I have a similar memory! I was like 5 or 6 and my mom took me to a white elephant thing with some way extended family/friends and I wanted a specific gift, so when I didn't get it, (I was still happy tho to get any gift) the lady who had gotten it traded with me. It was wonderful 💝

[@SleepySarahElizabethNarcolepsy]

When my husband and I were still dating, I found out that he had given his aunt a 12 pack of dish sponges for Christmas the year before. I was rightfully horrified and after his aunt and uncle stopped laughing, it was decided right then and there that I would be giving the gifts every year and labeling it as being from both of us. And everyone still thanks us both, even when it's painfully obvious that it's something that I handmade. Part of this is for the gift, part is them thanking me because they know I'm rescuing them from being gifted something like sponges, and part of them is them thanking him for letting me spare them from the sponges.

[@scrambledmandible]

What actually goes through people's minds to think that's a reasonable gift

[@thompsonspence8895]

What's wrong with the sponges. Sponges are necessary. A 12 pack means you will probably never have to buy sponges again in your life. Great gift!

[@spleens4200]

@@thompsonspence8895 sponges are something that not everyone uses lol And you don’t give sponges for Christmas! They can buy them themselves if they do use sponges. Christmas is for meaningful gifts

[@deadparrot5953]

@@spleens4200 My father-in-law once got me Dr Pepper and Dijon mustard for Christmas. He knows I like Dr Pepper and Dijon mustard (not together.) I thought it was hilarious and loved it. When I told my brother he thought I was weird.

[@Lejo04]

One year in high school during a gift exchange a friend of mine gave me some of her own hand me downs that I had *seen* her wearing to school, even recently. That might have been understandable save for the fact that she was 4’ 5” and I was 5’ 7” and nearly double her weight. Sorry Hannah.