Freebie Friday: Tell Us Your Worst Holiday Gift, And We’ll Send You A Better One

| | December 25, 2009

Freebie Friday: Tell Us Your Worst Holiday Gift, And We’ll Send You A Better One

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So now that it’s Christmas night and you know the lay of the land, giftwise, we want to know how you fared. This is seriously one of our favorite parts of the year: Everyone has suffered through an awful present (or five), and we like to come together here on SheFinds to share our disappointments.

When the contest ends, we’ll give a deserving worst-gift recipient a fabulous box full of beauty products from our closet.

To enter, just sign up for our newsletter, then leave a comment below about the worst gift you’ve ever received (though we’re particularly interested in this year’s clunkers).

Some of our favorites from last year:

“One year my husbands rather well to do grandmother gave me an Avon $1.99 roll-on men’s deodorant in a small brown lunch bag for Christmas.”

“I received a ‘will maker’ you can do on the computer from my husband…yikes!”

“We have a fruit cake that has been passed around in gift exchanges for going about 6 years now…I was lucky enough to get it this year.”

And if you don’t have any qualifyingly awful presents…congratulations. Your mom/boyfriend/roomate is a better listener than ours.

1. Post a comment below about your worst-ever holiday present.
2. You must supply us with a valid email address and sign up for the SheFinds newsletter.
3. The contest starts now and entries must be date stamped by our server no later than Friday, January 1st at 11:59 AM Eastern Time to be eligible.
4. One winner will be selected during a random drawing. The winners will be contacted and must reply via email as instructed in the newsletter to claim the prize.
5. No prize substitutions.
6. You must be 18 years old or older to enter and a resident of the USA. Residents of the state of Florida are not eligible to enter; entries from the state of Florida are void.
7. No purchase necessary.
8. Void where prohibited.
9. Click click here for the full rules.

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comments

name

Socks from my mom were the worst gift ever!
catherine copeland

my worst holiday gift was from my ex mother in law. She gave me a USED vacuum cleaner and it still had a bag filled with dirt from the previous owner in it.
susan varney

what else my husband’s grandmothers fruitcake
mverno@roadrunner.com
Jennifer G

A flashlight….
Clara

The worst Christmas present in my memory was received by my best friend, from her then mother-in-law (hmmm, I wonder if the gift had anything to do with the fact that they’re not longer related). She received a package of Christmas wrapping paper. Yes, wrapping paper. And ugly wrapping paper at that.
Amber G

My uncle just gave me a box of toothpicks….
Margaret Smith

My sister in law gave me asperin this year…I have no idea why either???Strange gift!
Catalina K

My worst gift ever was a pair of shredded leggings. I could not wear them anywhere, so I ended up asking acquaintances whether they were fond of the trend…
angela

a breadwarmer and the stone was broke
Theresa

Worst gift ever were 99 cent store apple cinnamon candles. They permeated my car during the drive home & gave me an awful headache. I tossed them in the dumpster on the way home.
Aline

My husband gave me a construction worker thermos.
Karenlee

The worst gift I ever got was pnemonia from making out with my boyfriend on Christmas Eve!!!
JAMES P LYNAM

“FRUIT CAKE”, 3 years old.
Maryjol Gillette

I WANNA WIN.
name

wiper blades for my car
Stacy Z

I got socks for Christmas from my aunt! And they were used too!
Cindy Merrill

While going to Job Corps in 1981, I received a $10 Pizza Gift certificate for Christmas from the Dorm supervisor: Problem?
The pizza company refused to honor it, claimed the certificate was “forged” and threatened legal action!
AshleyOhio

There was one lady who always gave me used samples (you know the ones you get from the department store when you buy something).

email subscriber schiffam21 (at) gmail (dot) com
mickeyfan

Worst present? Chicken pox. 2nd grade. Even worse? I brought them home and gave them to all my siblings!
Jennifer C.

Last year I got a squishy toliet seat for Christmas from our Chinese Santa exchange – the problem was – it was a serious exchange, not for gag gifts!
chris v

a fake turtle neck you wore under a shirt
Veronica

My worst holiday gift was a pair of earrings. Sounds good, right? Except that these earrings were yellow with age, and the backs were rusted and had yellow crust on the backs. Not from age, from use. Yes, the lady was trying to gift me USED earrings! I threw them away when I got home. Horrible, I know, but I think it was horrible of her to give me used earrings!
SheilaBee

A silk flower arrangement that was so ugly no one would buy it for .25 at a yard sale.
Lisa M. Kowalski

I received a bottle of perfume that was opened (no plastic wrap) and smelled absolutely horrible. I know it’s the thought that counts, but this was the absolute worst. I wish I knew where it came from so I could possibly return it, but I don’t think that will happen. Merry Christmas.
Stephanie V.

a guy I had recently started dating gave me a plastic sandwich bag full of miniature chocolate bars. hhmmmm
tvollowitz at aol dot com
kymlori

A new set of wrenches and a hammer.
Terri

This year – leopard snuggie
janeh

terry cloth slippers that were the ugliest color brown I have ever seen, plus they were 2 sizes too big!!
Jen

A pair of purple fuzzy socks. They were awful and didn’t even fit (not that I’d ever wear them anyway!)
Colleen

A purse from my step-mother.
Lataysha

I receive a car kit when I did not even own a car
Marilyn Wons

My husband gave me a bathroom scale one year. That was not a good choice on his part!
Melissa

Hmmm…a bottle aspirin
I guess i needed it.. but not for christmas
linda lansford

I got an address book. I use the computer so I don’t need it.
Jannet Tseng

My worst gift is a set of ugly looking Russian doll.
carol

It was a bag of frozen cheese tortellini. From my husband.
Elizabeth S

I got a pair of slippers with a big floppy Barney the dinosaur head on the end of each when I was 13 years old. They were about half the size of my feet.
Timbo

I don’t know what it is about some girlfriends, but for some reason I received what I would consider to be my worst gift ever by a prior ex of mine. While I know she meant well (I hope), I tore away at my gifts wrapping paper hungrily, with anticipation, until I revealed the words:

“Bio-Dome: Starring Pauly Shore”
Jody Tews

My husband bought me a vacuum cleaner this christmas. Just what I always wanted-not.
Stephanie Jones

A “Grandma” appliqued sweatshirt…I was 24 years old!
Joannie

A bouquet of flowers delivered from the florist that made me break out in a rash and made my allergies go crazy – had to throw them out!!
Sharon Harmon

My worst Christmas gift was a naked lady lamp! lol!
Tracey Byram

One year my husband gave me a plunger for Christmas. I wish I had a picture of my face when I opened it. In his defense, I did need a plunger. But for CHRISTMAS??????
Linda Fish

I haven’t gotten too many bad gifts, I would have to say a sweater from an inlaw
Tari L.

My worst gift ever was from a Secret Santa. Actually it was 3 bad gifts. The first was a set of pot holders. While they where kind of pretty, the smell of mold the permeated from them was beyond disgusting. They were followed by an equally moldy smelling set of dish towels. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, I recieved a box of chocolates. Okay, this wasn’t bad, right? Wrong. When I opened them up, they were all moldy!
adrienne gordon

Just got a recipe book for xmas.
Karen

The worst holiday gift is no gift at all.
Kathy

A rubbermaid garbage can! What the?
Bacallsmom

My worst gift this year came from a co-worker. She wrapped up a USED book and gave it to me as a Christmas present. I suspect she got the book out of the informal lending library we have at work–people put their books in there after they read them for others to read. If it is the thought that counts, I have to say “What was she thinking of?!”
PRINCESS

GROW YOUR OWN SEA MONKEYS!
Pamela Callahan

Last year, my fiance gave my a pair of legwarmers (I didn’t even think they still made those)! Nothing else, just a pair of ugly black legwarmers!
Kayte CookWatts

USED beauty product. My MIL got me a clay mask that had already been opened. Since it was wrong for my skin type- I asked where I could exchange.She said I couldn’t because she had gotten it from her neighbor.(whom I do not know) Am I the only one incredibly skeeved out by this?!
amber

In past years my worst gift was a Men’s Noise Hair Trimmer….I’m a woman! Just what were they trying to tell me? After unwrapping it I immediately went to the bathroom to make sure my noise hairs were in check.

This year I got a shirt that is about two sizes too small…not sure whether to be flattered or not :/
Heather S

A box of chocolate that was so old it had white spots on the candy.
Denise B.

I got a deviled egg platter in its original box; but it was clearly used, because it wasn’t washed very well.
Jennifer Lachman

A friend gave me a $100 gift certificate to a spa but when I tried to use it I found out she had already used $60.00 of it.
cathy miller

The worst present I’ve ever gotten was a broken snowman ornament from a co-worker
divadelta8

A dead mouse on the carport…courtesy of my cat, Lacey Marie.
name

All year long my co worker had been regaling us with her accomplishments as a knitter which was her new hobby. At Christmas she drew my name from the office grab bag which we used so everyone got something but we only had to get one thing to give to whomever’s name we drew. She drew my name and I got a neck scarf that was 10 inches long and wouldn’t even fit around my neck and a hat that was about 4 sizes too small ( I think it was a child’s size) and on top of that her colour choices were horrible, green, orange and pink. But it was the thought that counted and I knew how much work she had put into it so I enjoyed it anyway.
Deci

It was a pewter sack on a chain from my former mother-in-law.
Mellissa C

My husbands senial grandmother gave us some year old valentines candy for christmas.
Terry

Dish towels.
deb c

The worst gift ever was a red plastic thing shaped like a hairy foot with a hole in the center for holding a ketchup bottle so the ketchup can drain down.
Ruth Bousquet

Maple syrup that I don’t ever eat.
Chrissy N.

The year I didn’t get anything at all :( That’s the worst
JUDY143

A wrapped lingerie nightie, with stains in the crotch and what looked like the remains of edible undies … ugh..
the guy swore he bought it at a boutiques/my guess a yard sale.
tracy davis

Worst gift ever were 99 cent store apple cinnamon candles.
Lindsey

Expired chocolates. They were a year old. Total regift and total disappointment.
Suzanne K

My worst ever was the expensive tropical fish from my EX husband! Not to mention, it was for HIS fishtank! Then, to add insult to injury, the darn thing died the next day (and NO, I did NOT do anything)! Note, EX husband!
Anna S.

i used to get underwear from my grandma each holiday season… sort of embarrasing to get them from your grandma, you know?
Sharold

That would have to be the bright yellow sheat shirt with flowers on it from my mil.
Valerie

My worst holiday gift was nothing from my husband…again.
cathiem

socks
Jen V

The first year my now-husband and I moved in together, his mother’s best friend gave us a foot-high painted (white) and brightly “dressed” ceramic monkey for our apartment, with an open mouth, that looked – no lie – like it was giving a blow job. This was the same year that his aunt sent us a frying-pan shaped kitchen clock from the dollar store that came wrapped in a plastic shopping bag. The box looked like it had been dragged from the back of a truck and the clock, no surprise, was broken. I suspected it was some kind of test, but after several years in this family, I can say it was not. That is true love!
Colleen S

A very poorly made steel humming bird thing when I was 12 ish. I got cut on it as I was opening the gift. not only was it inappropriate and ugly, It was down right dangerous.
Leslie Price

The worst gift I ever received was a bottle of perfume from my boyfriend at the time. As I unwrapped it he told me, “It’s the same one my mom wears!”

The current beau is a much better gift giver and I have no tales of present woe from him. :)
chris

my worst holiday gift was a pooper scooper
deb b

I think the worst was probably a gift certificate for a restaurant that had closed right before christmas, and I am pretty sure it was a regift someone received the previous year because the expiration date had expired too, thanks for the great giveaway
Tesa S.

One year my “ex” was working part-time at a pawn shop and gave me a very ugly, very used ring, and a bracelet that was so big it would go around my entire hand without opening the clasp! UGH!!!
Erin M

My Grandma gave me a framed silver penny. What is a 6 year old supposed to do with something they can’t even hold in their hand?
Kristen G

My father got me a heavy wooden clock shaped like a cat…um, yeah.
Lisa

My family member is a member of the starbuck(s) in the district, and she gave me a little bag of chocolate mints from starbucks for christmas that I know she got for free!
Danielle

My friend got me a cd case from the $.99 store with the tag still on it! Worst part was it was ugly!
Cate

I have an aunt who always gives me a ziploc full of hotel shampoos and soaps for Christmas. It’s a little weird, but I’ve become used to it. And, hey, free shampoo!
Monique

My aunt gave me a box of opened Tea Bags. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
Deana C

My worst gift was a 32″ by 32″ picture of a Lynx cat.
Aisling

My daughter-in-law gave me a really tacky pillow embroidered with “I love you, Grandma” with the price tag from the Dollar Store still attached.
Sabrina

My boyfriend of three years gave me a Starbucks gift card this year…I’m allergic to coffee.
Cynthia C

Someone once thought that getting me a cleaning kit was a good idea.
Gloria S

a flannel nightgown
Kimberly

I got an oversized tshirt that said, You can move a mountain but you can’t budge a BIG DOG.

WTF?
BTW, I’m a cat person.
melissa mc

it has to be that i don’t receive anything from my in-laws but this may be a good thing, ’cause who knows what i’d wind up getting lol……
Cindi

I belonged to a club in my town called “The Herb Society.”
It was our first Christmas gift exchange and the oldest member got my name! She meant well, but while I watched the others opening fun and wonderful gifts, mine was a bottle of old shampoo!
Many thanks, Cindi
Deanna G.

The worst gift I ever got would have to be a “used” stuffed animal. It looked cute but it smelled like smoke & clearly had baby spit-up on it.
Melawesome

My brother gave me these really.. um, distinguised.. Ed Hardy slip on shoes. For some reason he thought I was a fan of the tacky trend? I’ve never hammed up a bigger fake smile in my life!
Alex Peters

A few years ago I received a small bag of pot inside a very large bottle of apple juice. I don’t smoke pot, but even if I intended to I couldn’t have because it was completely soaked.
janna

I am a subsriber! The yucky gift I got this year was a box of soap out of my mother’s bathroom that had been there for several years!

Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

Janna Johnson
janna@FeedYourPigBlog.com
jannajanna@hotmail.com
http://www.FeedYourPigBlog.com
Joy F

I received hangers from my aunt one year. I was very disappointed.
doodlebrain

My worst holiday gift was nothing at all….we were too poor to get gifts this year
Jill Myrick

Six days after giving birth to my son and on Christmas day in front of thirty family members my ex husband gifted me with a large box.
Needless to say I was really excited until I opened it and discovered that it contained two large boxes of Maxi Pads.
And that wasn’t the gag gift. That WAS my Christmas present !
Did I mention that he is my EX husband ?
Thank you so much for the chance to win.

jweezie43[at]aol[dot]com
Susan Jarvis

An umbrella was the worst
Loc Vu

I got a cookbook that I didn’t ask for. It was photocopied and placed in a binder! That’s right I said it!

tazo157@yahoo.com
Janine

An ugly clown doll. I’m afraid of both clowns AND dolls…Thanks mom!
danielle brisson

My worst gift was a used couch that ended up having fleas in it.
Ginger8051

I had asked for a platinum anniversary ring and I had received a cocktail style ring that was pseudo gold plated with pretend diamond chips that were cracked from EBAY. When I brought it into the jeweler, the whole staff was cracking up and they felt sorry for me!
Jessica

My husband got me a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. (and then wondered why I wasn’t talking to him in the car!!)
Tatum V

How about when you don’t receive anything..Kind of embarrassing when people ask wheat you got for christmas..
lois

Used bad vhs tapes from a cousin.
dorothy l

the year I got no presents from any one
Jennifer B.

A new boyfriend once gave me a flannel nightgown. Not particularly romantic.
dn6511

An ugly shirt that didn’t fit
Erica C.

I’m a subscriber. My worst gift were a pair of jeans that were too big and I couldn’t return them!
julieh

Worst gift ever was a Chia Pet.
Elizabeth

A used tennis ball
karen

I received a huge sausage and cheese gift basket from a relative who knew I was vegetarian.
Kimberly

I recieved a paper doll set from my former boy friends mother. I was 22. She was a little “off” and only knew that I liked fashion. It was very awkward position to have to play with them to appease her and still hang out with the rest of the adults.
Melissa D

My aunt, who loves shopping at craft shows, gave me a purse made from old tires. Yes, you read that correctly. I guess the recycling idea was kind of cool, but its strong rubber smell stunk up my entire house. I finally put it out on the roof to air out, but even when it stopped smelling, I couldn’t bring myself to use it.
Tara

My grandmother accidentally bought me manties, even though I am a woman.
jackie

My mother-in-law is a wonderful person but she has a history of misguided gifts. I feel awful because she is so well-meaning. One year it was a big (BIG) hanging of a pineapple. She wanted me to hang it up on the spot.
Happi Shopr

No clunkers this year – did receive a child’s Christmas sweater when I was 25 – that blew
Nancy

A sweater with a rainbow of huge neon horizontal stripes, made me look like a whale
Lisa G.

When I was 16 years old I received a pink barbie nightgown from my grandma. The problem was it was size 10 girls and she forgot how old I was.
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
Donna Bilbrey

a homemade home chest
Sheila Hickmon

One year I got a jar with a single penny in it with no explantaion as to why. Worst gift I have ever gotten!
barbara wilson

I am really into Halloween I opened my gift from my dear’s father. It was one of those bats that you hang from the ceiling and it flies around. When we got home he told me he’d had received it as a gift five years ago and it been sitting in the basement for all that time.
Heather Wallace

My mother in law gave me a used sweater of hers that I had commented on. I once told her it was pretty so she decided to give it to me as a present. We aren’t even the same size.
Kiara

The worst gift I ever got was a pair of socks.
austma7@aol.com
JRG

The worst? Some socks that were not even in a color that I wanted wear with any of my clothes – Argyle.
Erma

I got underwear.
sheila veit

nice prize
elizabeth p

I got a box of chocolates that appeared unopened. When I unwrapped it four of the chocolates had been tasted!
Kristie

This year I didn’t recieve any horrible gifts, but several years ago I recieved a jogging suit from WalMart that was a size large and I am a size 4. I’m not sure what the person was thinking.
Carol

I received a sweater with a big hole under the arm.
heidi donahue

worst gift would have to be a fertility god stautette from ym mother in law..weird!
meghan

i got a single serve bag of skillets from my husband.
Ellen

I’m a subscriber
Ellen

I received 2 puzzles. I hate puzzles!
charlene

crank radio
Carol Mathesen

This was the worst on so many levels. My husband gave me a very pretty little diamond ring. This was presented two weeks after he moved out of our home to live with his secretary and insisted our two daughters wear a blindfold when they went to visit him so that we would not know where they were living.
caryn

This year my family decided not to exchange gifts. However on Christmas night my one year old decided to vomit all over me. Does that count? That has got to be the worst.
john r

I received some smoked salmon that had gone rancid.
BSDH

This year was pretty bad from my boyfriend. He got me a DVD – “The Proposal” and that was it. And no… there was no funny play on words with a ring…
Mandy H

Got a goldfish in a bowl one year and it died a week later. The kids were really sad.
Lisa Taylor

Socks and underwear.
sally wess

i received a “petey the repeating parrot” couldn’t even give it away
sally wess

i receive your newsletter
Cristi

Every year my grandma(bless her heart) would get me and my sister $5 earrings from Kmart. I am allergic to pretty much anyhting ,but gold. I never had the heart to tell her and then we would were them while she was there and then i would get an ear infection after.
susan smoaks

one year i got the movie castaway for Christmas, it was so long and so boring, i wasn’t happy about it!
Jammie

We got a dvd/vcr combo one year and within a month it broke. I am thinking we got it used…
Christy

My boss’ wife puts together little gift bags for those of us who report to him. I got a jar of jam from the Mormon food bank and a personal massager. Not sure if she understood exactly what that was.
Denise

My Grandma Ethel gave me a horrible brown sweater with an orange-yellow scarf attached to the back of the neck.
Beckie

Trashcan on wheels!!! The thought was there: Didn’t have to drag the da*n thing to the curb. Gotta love it/hate it!
Sharon Seneker

I got an industrial size metal mop bucket with rollers and a large cotton string mop! Really! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net
shirley

id have to say my worst gift would be the ugly candle & picture frame with fruit pattern on it…..
Debra F

I had wanted diamond earrings for years and a few years ago I really hinted even more heavily than normal. There was a small jewelry box under the tree and I got very excited. They were these cheap earrings with fairies on them that he got on ebay for about $20. I was so disappointed.
michelle

Coals in my stocking!
Christie

I once got a bunch of little items from Avon which wouldn’t have been bad but they had all been opened and partly used. Ick.
kristi gilleland

I got a wooden jewelry box & their cat had peed on the wrapping paper. The box didn’t protect it from the smell.
Shawne S

A pair of the bright, striped socks with individual toes! Man they were ugly and unwearable.
Pauline M

I have a dear friend who was struggling financially last year and instead of not giving me anything (which I would have preferred!) she gave me a tacky watch and pink sunglasses set that she had received from another co-worker the year before. What was funny was that we were laughing about it the first time I saw it at her home. I just didn’t have the heart to remind her!
Sand

It was these huge tacky pair of earrings that had a hologram sticker on the front and they lit up when you pressed the back.
Erin Walsh

When my son was about six, I was appalled to find out he was using the cat box in the basement to urinate in when he was playing and too lazy to come upstairs. By that time I was laughing about it.

That Christmas, my ex-brother in law, that we all still love dearly and makes it to a lot of family get togethers, gave me a wrapped up cat pan and bag of litter with a perfectly straight face.
Candi

My sister gave us (each family member=-7): Hamsters a few years ago………we ended up with TWO BAZILLION Hamsters very, very quickly, -they would get loose, hide arond the house, we would find them & their droppings everywhere. They chewed things, and my kids thought of them as fluffy little pets, so we had not choice but to try and catch them & return them to their homes…it was crazy!! We could not give them away fast enough and did not have enough places to house them separate (who can tell the males & females apart??). My sister laughs about it now, but is was the WORST gift you could give kids!
Elizabeth

I got a regifted 3/4 of a case of beer once. It was good beer, but come on, not even a whole case?
Kathleen

The worst gifts I ever got were given to me this year from my mother-in-law. I got a broken watch, earrings with bent posts, knockoff LV sunglasses with scratches, and a knockoff Coach purse with a broken zipper. Oh, and everything was obviously used! Gives new meaning to “regifting” which you usually do BEFORE you use the item, not after!
Gianna

A re-gifted rainbow sweater covered in pom poms with someone elses name on the tag.
R Hicks

My worst ever holiday gift had to be umpteenth crock pot I got this year. They should be placed on a banned gift list
Sarah L.

This year in our gift exchange I got bunny slippers (I’m a lady of a certain age). Not my cup of tea (I’d rather have the tea). Thanks for the contest.
Rose Roberts

a dried corncob in a box from my father – he said to use it in place of toilet paper
blueviolet

I received an atrocious oil lamp from my mother in law.
Jessica

A kitten calender from 1994, and this was last year!
Susan

My worst present was from my brother he got be a machete, sure I may live in an urban jungle but a machete was taking that a bit to far.
Eileen

When I started to date my husband he bought me a sweater size 22W. I asked him how he picked that size and he said I thought it meant 22 waist. While I’m not a size 22 I am no size zero :) so he definately got points for that.
Jennifer Jozwiak

i got a pair of xxl footie pj’s from my boyfriend’s mom. i was 21 5ft3 and 110 pounds lol.
Constance L.

My ex-husband gave me a shoe rack for Christmas and at the time I only owned 2 pairs of shoes, note the use of the words “ex- husband”
Lily Kwan

The worst gift I’ve ever received was an ugly makeup bag.
Diane Baum

The worst was a vase of blue plastic flowers
Veronica Garrett

The worst gifts I ever received were Chia Pets. I think I’ve received every one of them. I can’t believe they are still around.
Shannon

I haven’t gotten anything really bad lately, when I was a kid I got a doll that I was too old for, a really cheap doll
Charlene Kuser

The worst gift I got was a gift pack with smoked sausage and cheese
and I’m a vegetarian
S.C.

This year: A Bedazzler from my future mother in law, followed by the comment, “I’ve had that in my closet for years.”

Weirdest Ever: A bunch of mysterious crocheted items in a ziploc baggie from a great aunt. Upon finally discovering the card, we were informed these were “toe warmers” for the whole family.
Heather

Lint roller from my aunt and uncle!
Jeanette Huston

I got a shower head.
name

a scale
Lynne

I’d say my worst ever was the chia pet. What the hell is the point of that thing, you can’t eat what grows on it.
name

A toss-up between a “singing” bass wall hanging and a putrid glass finial thingie that was supposed to be placed on the mantel.
maja

sweater with santa picture on it
shelly

I got a vaccum for my birthday once-not a happy experience :)
Julie D

A re-gift from my mother-in-law a neon blue running suit that was a 2X
and I wore a 12-14.
Justine

The worst thing I received this year was 4 identical candles wrapped identically. Now don’t get me wrong, I love candles, but all the same and I had to unwrap them one at a time in front of the person who game them to me? I was like, who knew?! Weird
Patti Sherman

a subscription to a Martha Stewart magazine and I am NO Martha Stewart!
Donna C.

This year I did not receive anything that I didn’t like. The worse present I ever received was from a present exchange at work. I got a sweater that was “out of shape”, no tags and smelled like smoke.
Alica C

a laminator from my mil ?
name

Subscribed.

Well my mother in law did a famously good job as usual … ugh. She bought me a shirt with a bedazzled faux necklace. Not pretty at all
Too Embarrassed!

A snoose can.
My boyfriend gave it to me on Christmas morning.
I don’t chew, but I opened it up anyway.
There was an engagement ring inside.
“What’s so ‘worst’ about that?” you ask—
He wanted it back a month before the wedding!
The snoose can…AND the ring!
Bebe

a candle of a person picking their nose!
kristy

My worst gift ever was a shiny metallic gold coat with faux fur …yikes
michelle robbins

My stepmother bought me a pair of pants. They were the right # in size, but CHILDREN’s. Couldn’t she see they were about 10 inches too short??
adam

A used Partylite Candle! Talk about cheap.
Angela G

My sister gave my a sweater that I had given her for Christmas two years earlier. I didn’t know what to say! She had completely forgotten that I had given it to her.

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HAZEL HUNT

Would love to win!
velvet

Donation in my name to my SIL’s church. Yay!
Jenn

This year my wonderful gifts have turned out to be duds. My Keurig coffee maker was missing its housing unit; therefore, instead of a perfect cup of coffee with no mess, I ended up with steaming hot water that streamed in waterfall fashion all over my counter top. I also got 600 count sheets that I was very excited about until I opened them to wash them and there was a decent size run inside the first fold! Wonderful gifts but useless when they are defective!!!! I am still waiting for a good cup of coffee!
Jennifer V.

Oh, I have received some crazy gifts, but the best was an ornament with my name spelled wrong! Thanks alot!
Nancy S.

I received a pair of No Nonsense regular pantyhose from my mother in law.
ashley

i received a farm toy set with big weeble wobble people for ages 3 and up when i was 13 because my aunt said she couldnt remember how old i was
kerri

Stale choclates from my boyfriend they were all cream filled and gross
Heather M

Nothing… Like literally! The worst gift ever is getting NOTHING!
Rose O.

My worst gift would have to have been the subscription to a weight management magazine!
Sue

Just signed up. My worst gift was a frozen tv dinner! No joke!
tanya

A new laundry tub/sink. Seriously.
Connie T

A used candle.
Sarah Harris

This year, budget was too tight for me to get anything. Had to take care of the kids! So NOTHING was the worst gift I’ve ever received!
Mindy

An electric carving knife from my hubby even after I had told him a week earlier not to get me one. He said he just couldn’t think of anything else to get me. :(
Lisa

Worst gift ever this past Christmas was a box full of 4 different kinds of popcorn. :( Like I need to eat more bad calories during the Holidays besides everything else. In-laws expect me to sit around, watch movies eating junk.
Patsy McMahon

I received NOTHING. We knew the kids needed their money so we told them to leave us out. They did, we didn’t even get a card form them. I did feel a little let down.
Melissa

The worst gift i got one year was a trip to the emergency room with 104 temp!
John S.

A statue of a chimp on a surf board. How do you top that?
Jessica Casas

can we say TIE DYE shirt!
Mary

I recieved 10, $5.00 gift card to Arbys. I don’t like roast beef. I gave them to a childrens group for disadvantaged children. I am sure they enjoyed the treat.
shelly

i guess my worst gift ever was a fruit cake, not any fruit cake, one that came with bugs. oh so nasty. i think it was sitting around for a year or two before i got it. it had a small colony of small beatles living in it. delicious huh!!
Alisha

I received black rubber boots (the kind people wear for farming I think) from my uncle and they were three sizes too big. I have no idea what he was thinking!
Amber Gi

The first christmas as newlyweds my hubs got me a hand blender.
i made milkshakes in the new nightie i got for HIM…dang it.

20 years later he does better.
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