Whats the worst Christmas gift you have ever heard of?

[The Spin Meister]

Peloton thread got me thinking...whats the worst/dumbest gift you have ever received or given or have seen others get or give?

Friend of mine got his wife a garbage disposal unit for the kitchen. Wife was actually happy!

As a teenager, I got a tie from an uncle/aunt that said 'US Male'

 

[sluggo72]

Daniel Boone hat

 

[Mile High Lion]

Similar to the Peloton, years ago I knew a guy who got his wife a 'Buns of Steel' workout video. It did not go over well!

 

[psuro]

A few years ago, some infomercial was advertising that you could purchase a star in the galaxy for a loved one - so the wife of a guy I worked with bought him one.

I suppose after their divorce, that is where he moved to.

 

[mn78psu83]

Some guy I was acquainted with at work 25 years ago got the guy who at the time was his "future son-in-law" a rubber lobster. I later found out that the potential future son-in-law did not become his son-in-law.

 

[Thomas1945]

Well not exactly on Christmas Day, but once on Christmas Eve I did receive a letter from the University that they were notifying the draft board that I was no longer enrolled. What was strange about it was that I had already graduated and was at that time currently a ID card carrying member of the USMC.

 

[interrobang]

Pitt season tickets

 

[pointingdogsrule]

Daniel Boone hat

Can I have the hat?

 

[sluggo72]

Can I have the hat?

sorry , I think I threw it away or the dog chewed it up, now remember this was circa 1962

 

[KnightSlayer]

Some guy I was acquainted with at work 25 years ago got the guy who at the time was his "future son-in-law" a rubber lobster. I later found out that the potential future son-in-law did not become his son-in-law.

I don't understand. Is their some sort of significance to the rubber lobster, like a fish wrapped in newspaper?

 

[Roar Lions Roar]

I know someone who bought a bottle of Jack Daniels for a recovering alcoholic. I truly believe it's the thought that counts and I hate peoples who are unappreciative of gifts they receive from others.

But this was outright cruel.

 

[anon_1eeb2b426hv3y]

Peloton thread got me thinking...whats the worst/dumbest gift you have ever received or given or have seen others get or give?

Friend of mine got his wife a garbage disposal unit for the kitchen. Wife was actually happy!

As a teenager, I got a tie from an uncle/aunt that said 'US Male'

I didn't see it happen but since your subject line is "ever heard of"

I know a woman whose (now-estranged) dad who bought her a thighmaster in her teens/early 20s. And I don't believe she was ever fat or even chunky.

 

[lj4heisman1]

Festivus pole

 

[mn78psu83]

I don't understand. Is their some sort of significance to the rubber lobster, like a fish wrapped in newspaper?

I think he was saying, "I really don't like you and don't want you to marry my daughter." He was an odd bird.

 

[SouthpawPSU42]

Homemade soap and lotion from my hippie aunt and uncle.......went in the trash

 

[rmem]

A notre dame shirt, or any other merchandise bearing that name.

 

[83wuzme]

All time worst advertised list in no particular order :
Snuggie
Salad Shooter
Chia Pet
Chillow
Mr. Microphone

 

[LemonEars]

Pitt season tickets

Can't classify pitt season tickets as a gift since they have no value.

Giving pitt football tickets as a Christmas gift is like cutting coupons for toilet paper out of the Sunday newspaper and giving them as a gift.

 

[Pardlion]

Some guy I was acquainted with at work 25 years ago got the guy who at the time was his "future son-in-law" a rubber lobster. I later found out that the potential future son-in-law did not become his son-in-law.

Tastes like rubber chicken.

 

[CattyGuy51]

I've got you all beat. You have to be old to get this but a saying in my home town and I think others, when asked "What do you want for Christmas", the answer was a dog turd on a lettuce leaf. My aunt would say it all the time. One Christmas morning I showed up at her house with a box with a bow on it and you guessed it inside was a dog turd on a lettuce. leaf. We laughed about that for years.

 

[Ranger Dan]

Homemade soap and lotion from my hippie aunt and uncle.......went in the trash

I used to work with a woman who was someone who did lots of things that most of us would buy the product or service. She made homemade perfume and gave it to the women in her department. This stuff was strong as heck and smelled really bad.

 

[Ranger Dan]

I've got you all beat. You have to be old to get this but a saying in my home town and I think others, when asked "What do you want for Christmas", the answer was a dog turd on a lettuce leaf. My aunt would say it all the time. One Christmas morning I showed up at her house with a box with a bow on it and you guessed it inside was a dog turd on a lettuce. leaf. We laughed about that for years.

I’ve never heard that saying...

 

[Fac]

Well for a Wedding Gift I received a plastic donkey/burro on a flat piece of a shiny coal/rock. Similar to this but plastic. BTW she lives in the Wilks-Barre area so I think it was on some kind of coal. I should have received an award for writing a thank you note for that. Also, when people goofed up at work I would place it on their desk for a month calling it the "black burro award".

 

[Phil's Rug]

Jelly of the month club

 

[Connorpozlee]

My father in-law just bought my mother in-law a golf cart. They don’t golf and live in a very small town in MN on about a 1/2 acre. She has no interest in the golf cart.

 

[ewb75]

When I was younger, I was intent on buying a Harley Fat Boy. But, I had children and decided it was not in my best interest to do so. For some strange reason that I still cannot discern, my wife gave me a printed map from google to the nearest Harley store and information on how to rent one. No money to rent. No prepaid rental. No promise to pay. Just "here's where you go." All she did was print it off the dang computer.... and I already knew how to get there. We had been several times looking at them together.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I've got you all beat. You have to be old to get this but a saying in my home town and I think others, when asked "What do you want for Christmas", the answer was a dog turd on a lettuce leaf. My aunt would say it all the time. One Christmas morning I showed up at her house with a box with a bow on it and you guessed it inside was a dog turd on a lettuce. leaf. We laughed about that for years.

Fonzie approves this message!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Jelly of the month club

Assuming NOT the K-Y version.....?

 

[Nitt1300]

deployment

 

[CZM]

Purdue baseball cap!

 

[fairgambit]

Daniel Boone hat

Agreed. It had to be a Davey Crockett.

 

[LionJim]

[QUOTE="sluggo72, post: 4527571, member: 6184"]Daniel Boone hat[/QUOTE]

Agreed. It had to be a Davey Crockett.

Why was it a bad gift? You were a kid, right? They didn’t have video games back then.

 

[fairgambit]

Why was it a bad gift? You were a kid, right? They didn’t have video games back then.

Video games? Some people I knew still didn't have a TV.
As for the hat, I had 2 Davey Crocketts but did not favor the Daniel Boone.

 

[PearlSUJam]

 

[sluggo72]

Why was it a bad gift? You were a kid, right? They didn’t have video games back then.

I have a big family. 5 brothers n a sister. We couldn’t really afford for everybody to buy each other’s gifts so we drew names and you bought one ‘big’ gift for your name. Big was $5 btw. It was the early 60s. My oldest brother who is like 13 yrs older had my name.
when he was a kid Daniel Boone ( Davey Crockett?) hats were popular. They weren’t by the time of the gift. I was disappointed , the $5 gift was like one of your main gifts. I wanted something cool, probably a Tonka toy or something.

 

[nitlion93]

Last Christmas, my mother in law gifted me two pairs of flannel pajama pants. Several problems:
1. I rarely wear long pants at night even in the winter inside the house. Because she lives with us, I have to keep my thermostat much higher than I would like just to accommodate her.
2. I already have a half dozen pairs sitting in a dresser in my closet. I can essentially wear each pair once per year.

The two pairs are still sitting in the same place since last December 26th.

 

[JJTopp99]

I used to work with a woman who was someone who did lots of things that most of us would buy the product or service. She made homemade perfume and gave it to the women in her department. This stuff was strong as heck and smelled really bad.

LOL, might make a good snake repellant?

 

[Tri-Power65]

Daniel Boone hat

Agreed. It had to be a Davey Crockett.

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[Harrisburg Dave]

I know a couple that received a wedding present of a young Elvis painted on black velvet. It was from their best man.

That painting was regifted time and again at the weddings of all their friends.

 

[Harrisburg Dave]

Daniel Boone hat

Agreed. It had to be a Davey Crockett.

I wanted that hat so bad when I was in second grade.