No really, what is the worst XMas gift ever? (Page 3)

THANK GOD FOR THAT!!!!! LOL

A few years back I came up with the idea to throw a party in *honor* of who got the worst xmas gift ever...I call it the "'Holy Crap! what is that?' Post-Holiday regifting party"

Every year the party gets larger and larger and you would not *believe* some of the gifts.

One friends MIL got her a portable toilet for long road trips. Seriously. the joke in her family is that she has a small bladder, so the MIL, not trying to be mean, got her this product designed for the sole purpose of allowing someone to pee in it on a road trip so they wouldn't have to stop the car.

There have been really bad lawn ornaments, hot pink polyester housecoats (for a 24-year old woman), elvis xmas ornaments, dart boards, hand sewn handbags....you name it.

What's interesting is that truly someone else's trash is another person's treasure and it's surprising to see what some people actually go after and *want*.

This January will be the 4th annual. I have a waiting list to get an invite b/c I had to hold it to 40 people.

Yeah- my investment club does a Yankee Swap in January every year- you have to bring the most hideous gift you got -that year or previous is ok if you have a stockpile..runs the gamut from lingerie (!) to lawn ornaments....hmm...wonder what I'll get to bring THIS year...LOL

I think I got the robe that you were suppose to get! One year I got a Victoria's Secret bathrobe and was highly disappointed. There's nothing wrong with getting a robe as a gift, but that particular year my husband and I were having some problems so when I opened the box and it was a robe and not something sexier (which he buys for me every year) I was surprised and sad. I still have that robe and it still makes me think of that year. That same Christmas he gave me a scanner for my computer. I've used it once or twice in the 5 years since he gave it to me. I just am not an electronics kinda gal. (Except I love my digital camera and all the fun toys that go with that!)

Oooh, the kids are wearing them big these days.

Jen

I may be a GIVER of a bad Xmas gift this year.  My father-in-law loves speedos (wears them all the time on waterskiing trips).  So I got him 3 pairs from http://www.splish.com .  Under "Men's" check out Blue Hearts, Hula Red White Blue, and Red with Stars.  Yeah, so this may be a bit of an inappropriate gift from a daughter-in-law, but it will be freakin' hilarious when he opens them!

About 15 years ago, my husband bought me a fancy digital scale (as in to weigh myself!). He thought the features and functions were so cool. "Look, you can see how much you've lost or gained since the last time you weighed yourself... " Um, maybe I don't *want* to know that.

That same Christmas he also gave me a travel-sized blood pressure monitor. I had just been diagnosed with high blood pressure... "Now you can monitor your blood pressure on business trips..." The thought of me alone in a hotel room taking my blood pressure... how depressing.

I decided that Christmas my husband had actually been replaced by some type of alien pod person. Luckily, my real husband returned for Christmas the next year and has been back ever since.

- Heidi

That is hilarious! A scale? I think I'd throw it at my husband if he bought me one.

The thing is he was so enthusiastic about the scale that I didn't have the heart to say anything about it until years later. We now laugh about it.

- Heidi

"My family is pretty infamous for giving gag gifts (i.e. fake gift certificate to Ghetto-Fabulous Clothes Shop).  The adults pull names at Thanksgiving and give a $50 gift.
2 years ago, my mom and I went shopping before xmas and saw lots of women carrying around these hideous centerpieces/flower arrangements with blue peacock feathers in them.  We checked the price on them and they ran around $50.  My mom commented on how tacky they were.  What she didn't know was I had pulled her name.  Now, I wasn't about to waste $50 on the peacock thing, but I did make a pretty close replica for about $5 in bright blue feathers, flowers and a cheap vase. 
On xmas day, I handed her the gift and she did the classic, "Oooooh!  This is nice!"  I let her fake it for a couple more minutes before I gave her the real gift.   Since then, she's passed it off to me for my birthday.

Edited by tri_it_cajun_style 2005-12-14 10:54 PM

Well, if she actually asked for one that's different.