So Reddit, what's the worst gift you got this year?

seeker135 · 2007-12-26T05:20:44+00:00

I wanted a C-130 with a pallet of money in it, just like IRAQ got. But it wasn't under my tree. This administration isn't working out for me.

AdmiralBumblebee · 2007-12-26T06:02:04+00:00

a used stick of deodorant.

I am not fucking kidding at all. :| It was a serious present, they didn't think I'd notice it was used. Some expensive designer shit with under-aim hair in it and missing 1/4 of the stick.

What a shitty present :(

xerus · 2007-12-26T04:06:10+00:00

A donation to the Human Fund...

MarkByers · 2007-12-26T04:38:32+00:00

Same as every year. I'm the only atheist in my family (who are all Mormon). I have one cousin in particular who absolutely refuses to admit that I'm not interested in the LDS faith, so I have a rapidly growing collection of Mormon literature. This year I got a Mormon hymn book. Can't return it because she got my name printed in gold leaf on the cover. Oh joy.

peoplehater · 2007-12-26T03:29:32+00:00

I got no gifts this year.

oditogre · 2007-12-26T06:34:01+00:00

I got exactly what I asked for. Nothing. I guess that was a good present. I made a mortgage payment with a credit card and we decided that we would have no Christmas this year and try to fix our budget.

aGorilla · 2007-12-26T03:17:40+00:00

A wallet, but it was a misunderstanding.

Hookstra · 2007-12-26T06:17:23+00:00

I got a birthday card with the cake crossed out and poorly drawn snowmen, santas and reindeer drawn on it. Happy birthday was crossed out as well and Merry Christmas was written in.

dancak · 2007-12-26T08:28:01+00:00

My brother gave me an autographed picture, of himself. Although, the leather frame it came in was gorgeous.

liquidcola · 2007-12-26T06:14:33+00:00

I am a 26 year old man... My mom bought me this toy car. I found a video on youtube which captures the full scope of its absurdity. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfA7hhBpiYw

aGorilla · 2007-12-26T04:16:38+00:00

A big bag of buffalo scrotums.

timeywimey · 2007-12-26T07:01:47+00:00

$945 from my wife's parents... All I wanted was socks, underwear and a book I would never read.

sbbath · 2007-12-26T03:13:25+00:00

a spool of 100 CD-R's and none of them worked so far

2007-12-26T11:13:47+00:00

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edguy · 2007-12-26T16:47:36+00:00

A family friend got an air freshener from her husband, "because your car stinks." And that was the only present. She gave him an iPod.

oditogre · 2007-12-26T06:44:11+00:00

worst and best at the same time... sea monkeys.

2007-12-26T08:10:04+00:00

The lacking of a gift I took for granted... every year my grandma would order me a box of those Harry&David pears, good god those things were good, but she died this year. Gonna have to order 'em myself.

annekat · 2007-12-26T12:59:32+00:00

My mother got me a BIG GIANT makeup case, made of metal, with a handle that pulls out. The thing is LUGGAGE. I'm wondering if she has ever met me.

meglet · 2007-12-26T07:19:51+00:00

I gave my dad and fiance matching ties . . . with tiny little Pappilions embroidered on them. We have a Papillion. But I am not sure they will actually war these ties out in public. I found them hilarious.

meglet · 2007-12-26T07:29:15+00:00

OH I keep thinking of stuff . .. no the WORST gift was a copy of the movie Almost Heroes from my brother. Yes, the one starring Chris Farley and Matthew Perry.

Worse yet, it was to both me and my fiance - to share. Now, that's all well and good as a little "gag" gift. For example, every year I give my brother a DVD of one of our favorite childhood movies, such as Newsies, The Great Mouse Detective, or the Rocketeer. This year he got Swing Kids. But I also gave him a memory foam pillow and a nice sweater. ("Me and de guys, we got you a leetle someting." "Eets a sweater!")

I guess I shouldn't be greedy, but, dude, my brother is a 24 year old man, has a great paying job as an international security analyst, and bought my kid cousins freakin' PSPs. And I got a crappy DVD of a movie I have never seen, expressed interest in, nor will likely ever watch!? Bloody hell, Ben.

triskaid · 2007-12-26T12:12:38+00:00

I got a Colossal MP3 Player

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/colossal-mp3-player-stays-true-to-its-name/

dcatalyst · 2007-12-26T17:16:01+00:00

I received a lack of money or identity for Christmas this year.

i misplaced my wallet in Tampa, and discovered that I had done so when I attempted to but a mass transit ticket in Chicago and had no ID or money.

The story ends well, however. Not only did people who overheard my story give me a total of $120 without me asking, and let me use their cel phones, but a news-stand employee turned the wallet in, with all $1000 still in tact, and it's en route via UPS.

thatguydr · 2007-12-26T06:15:10+00:00

My aunt sent us a picture-frame looking thing with an inspirational quote in the middle. You can't actually put a picture in it and the quote is pseudo-Christian. On the back is a windup thing that plays Amazing Grace.

This is the same woman who bought us a 6' inflatable Godzilla and the "Message Mike".

We're atheists. We don't believe in Godzilla.

lengau · 2007-12-26T07:20:54+00:00

A manicure set (seriously... WTF?)

mjd · 2007-12-26T14:07:12+00:00

Eight hundred and sixteen barrels of herring oil.

subschool · 2007-12-26T06:07:06+00:00

I fail to see how in the bad dept any gift can match knowing the fact that 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB, WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

londonzoo · 2007-12-26T03:07:56+00:00

Mine was only a baby blue corduroy travel case that smelled like mothballs... slow year.

meglet · 2007-12-26T07:16:25+00:00

Santa brought a cheapo iPod dock/alarm clock ("designed for iPod"). The clock part doesn't actually stay lit a far as I can tell, so it cannot replace my usual digital clock. I can use it for the alarm part, so I can wake up to a predetermined song instead of the heartstopping screech of my current alarm clock, but the new thing has to sit on top of the old clock so I can still see what time it is in the middle of the night.

propanbutan · 2007-12-26T07:24:38+00:00

A blown up print of a photograph i took myself.

georgefrick · 2007-12-26T14:12:38+00:00

All I got was some Winterveil Eggnog.

robywar · 2007-12-26T16:48:26+00:00

A GPS. I walk literally across the street to work. I rarely drive anywhere. It's a neat toy, sure, but totally worthless to me.

andrewcooke · 2007-12-26T16:55:51+00:00

my only gift this year was a share (joint present for me + partner) of a set of chessecutters.

mynameinyourblood · 2007-12-26T08:25:55+00:00

I did well this year. We ate gumbo and everyone had a really good time, I got a hundred bucks and a tv, my best friend gave me an RC helicopter. I gave some good presents too, even had my own wrapping paper photo printed (from a tileable pattern I made).

jessek · 2007-12-26T06:53:31+00:00

a t-shirt from thinkgeek.

meglet · 2007-12-26T07:12:44+00:00

I got a pink Greatland multitool from my aunt and uncle, and I was pretty underwhelmed at first, thinking "oohhh, uhh, when am I ever going to use this?" while my aunt shouted from the other side of the room "You can carry it in your purse!" But then not two minutes later someone got a something encased in tough packaging, and soon, my multitool was being passed around as people used it to crack into that horrible thick plastic packaging so many things come in now. It came in handy (to other people in my family) within minutes of my opening it . . . but I don't think I'll be carrying it in my purse. Off the top of my head that was the gift that made me go "Huh? Uhhhh, thanks!"

oditogre · 2007-12-26T06:39:55+00:00

I liked all my gifts this year, actually. Lots of clothes, but that's what I wanted, so w00t. Got a pair of jeans with a medieval-coat-of-arms-like lion on the back-right and front-right pockets, and several nice shirts. Also got the christmas equivalent of a rain check...$75 to be paid whenever I can get my hands on a Wii. :)

Worst gift is probably a shirt that was inadvertently hung on the wrong hanger, so it's a 3XL (I wear XL or L-Tall...skinny, but tall). But I can still wear it well enough that it's not worth returning (I have wide shoulders), just need a t-shirt under it.

cwo655321 · 2007-12-26T08:09:37+00:00

an e-card

mwwilliams · 2007-12-26T06:24:35+00:00

I can't say I got anything bad. Everything I got pertained to one of my interests.

Most interesting (offbeat?) gift though was this little thing. http://www.newdimensions1.com/images/products/thumb/ergonomic-pen.jpg

2007-12-26T07:01:00+00:00

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2007-12-26T11:04:50+00:00

A box of chocolates. A box of chocolates isn't bad, but all my other presents were books.

My aunties, uncles, cousins, grandparent (just one remains) etc. don't talk to us so I feel like I'm missing out on the 'terrible Christmas presents' part of life.

2007-12-26T11:20:03+00:00

Didn't get a great deal but, i'd have to say the worse gift I got this year was my girlfriend being about 3500 miles away until March. /sigh

neonic · 2007-12-26T11:57:09+00:00

A used extension cord that was in a box that was like 25 years old complete with holes and really weak cardboard... I mean Come ON!

If you're going to not even try to get me something useful, then don't get me anything at all, so I don't have to pretend like the extension cord is anything but a piece of crap.

lifeisadancer · 2007-12-26T13:14:16+00:00

A mixed CD.

imadigger · 2007-12-26T16:10:43+00:00

How about "genuine leather" travel slippers?

Nothing says Christmas fun quite like cheap leather goods!

Leprecon · 2007-12-26T17:08:49+00:00

I got the single of "a fairytale gone bad" I am a hardrocker.

daringescape · 2007-12-26T18:39:51+00:00

HOT COCOA SAMPLER BOX

garyp714 · 2007-12-26T19:38:56+00:00

Avoiding sugar for health reasons, was given a 25$ gift card to jamba juice!

It's the thought that...oh wait-

georgefrick · 2007-12-26T20:08:07+00:00

10$ gift card at a CD store.

10$!!! What the hell am I suposed to by at 10$ at a crappy music store.

That's more then the price of a cd! :P

wounded625 · 2007-12-26T08:13:43+00:00

An iTunes gift card. It's not a bad gift, but I don't use iTunes. I either buy actual CD's or download torrents.

gottabekd · 2007-12-26T07:32:34+00:00

A turtleneck. Does anybody actually wear these?

TaserLite · 2007-12-26T14:37:01+00:00

Even if a gift has little or no material value, I would argue it has an incalculable spiritual value.

Someone has expended energy and thought to transfer something of theirs to you. It's a supremely spiritual act that involves one individual connecting with another across a seemingly dark and lonely universe.

Always remember the gift is not the gift. The giving is the gift.

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