'[A] case of toilet paper': 30+ People share the strangest and worst Christmas presents that they received this year

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Dec 27, 2023 7:00 AM EST

The holiday season has a large focus on gift-giving… Gift-giving as a means of showing your loved ones how much they mean to you through the thoughtful intent and meaning of the gifts. That's not to say at all that the best gifts are those that cost the most money. More often than not, it's the gifts that took the most time and show the giver understands you that mean the most. Unfortunately, while you may receive some gifts in your life that tick the boxes of a great gift, there will be plenty that show that the giver hasn't paid any attention to your actual existence or put any thought into what they're giving you. Sometimes, good intentions may just miss the mark, but when gifts from the same giver repeatedly continue to do so, you can end up receiving some pretty heinous things… Just like the people in this collection of stories did.

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    "I've gotten an air fryer four years in a row now.
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    Posted by u/Leading_War_5847 8 hours ago What was the “...seriously?" gift you opened this Christmas?
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    Legendary_Lamb2020 7 hr. ago I keep getting kitchen appliances every year, despite making it very well known I don't have a square inch of countertop space to spare in my kitchen. ↑ 2.8k ↓ hoff0900 6 hr. ago I've gotten an air fryer four years in a row now. ↑ 1.0k ↓ Reply Share 630 Reply Share vk2786 5 hr. ago I got a toaster 3 years in a row...from the same person. Reply Share ...
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    Purpleberry74 - 7 hr. ago . 3 bottles of wine. Every year for the past eight years I work in to a conversation with this person that I don't drink. Usually at a dinner or party "can I get you a drink?" Thank you, I'm good with water, I don't drink alcohol. Every year I get wine. ↑ 7.7k ↓ Reply Share 3.4k ... aSituationTypeDeal. 5 hr. ago They gifted you three free passes to your next three dinner parties. Reply Share
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    Hitovelli 8 hr. ago . Whitening toothpaste. That's all I got. ↑ 5.2k ↓ Reply Share southernhellcat - 6 hr. ago I'm sorry. I got toothpaste, too. Wanna brush together? 2.0k Reply Share The_esoteric_dragon · 6 hr. ago I got toothpaste too 526 Reply Share
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    saebyuk 7 hr. ago First gift I opened said it was from my mom. There was a small jewelry box which I opened to find FOUR MOLARS. My sister starts cracking up. They're her wisdom teeth LMAO. Her husband even found something with my mom's handwriting on it to make the tag believable. 6.0k Reply Share Leading_War_5847 OP 6 hr. ago What in tarnation 2.8k Reply Share Blue Swirling_Bunny 5 hr. ago . The only legitimate response. ↑ 575 ↓ Reply Share ...
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    KonichiwaJones. 7 hr. ago I once got a beard trimmer only to discover that it had been used and put back in the box with curlies! 3.7k Reply Share rgoldtho 6 hr. ago . You win. That's worse than receiving nothing. ↑ 1.4k ↓ Reply Share
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    terrabellan 8 hr. ago Something they knew I'm allergic to ↑ 2.1k ↓ Reply Share . EarhornJones - 5 hr. ago My MIL has a condition that makes eating foods with tiny seeds a problem. My wife was taking cake decorating classes one year, and for Mother's Day baled an absolutely beautiful cake covered in rasp[berries and filled with seeded raspberry jam. I saw it and said, "wow, that's beautiful. Will your Mom be able to eat that?" The answer, of course, was no. Wife felt terrible. 429 Reply Share ●●●
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    Visible-Cupcake-9215 8 hr. ago Cheese slicers...didn't have any until now. For some reason my family thought it would be funny to get me FIVE different ones.. 4.8k Reply Share Leading_War_5847 OP 8 hr. ago The charcuterie boards are about to be fire ↑ 2.9k ↓ Reply Share Visible-Cupcake-9215 · 8 hr. ago 653 ↓ Yup But I can see the progress from last year where my brother bought me a floor lamp... which I didnt need.. and the year before that he gave me a stick blender.. which I, surprise, didnt n
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    Whole-Arachnid-Army · 8 hr. ago My brother gave me a bright orange wallet. Because you like orange so much, he said while flashing the wallet I gave him a few years ago. It's red. He's colour blind. 12.0k Reply Share ihadtopickthisname 7 hr. ago I think that makes it even better, lol ✩ 4.6k ↓ Reply Share Whole-Arachnid-Army 7 hr. ago The story kinda does justify it tbh. ↑ 1.6k ⇓ Reply Share
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    Whistler8292 - 7 hr. ago A bird house made out of bird seed. The premise of the gift is for the birds to eat themselves into homelessness? 2.9k Leading_War_5847 OP. 6 hr. ago Chaotic Reply Share 820 Reply Share
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    RagingAardvark. 6 hr. ago My in-laws usually give us a gift card to my favorite restaurants (a group with a seafood place, an Italian place, a BBQ place, etc) and a note that they'll babysit the kids so we can have a date night. I look forward to it every year. This year, they gave us a certificate to go to a religious couples retreat. We are not at all religious. ↑ 279 ↓ Reply Share
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    Other_SQEX 6 hr. ago Recovering gambling addict here, thankfully I managed to kick the habit before it totally ruined my life. This year I got a bunch of lottery scratch off cards. Had my wife do the honors with them, and joke is on my family, they actually won a decent amount of money. Nothing life changing but will definitely pay for some bills we knew were on the way.
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    Yes, they knew about my addiction. They still have gotten me Texas hold-em poker sets when those were en vogue, and other gambling related stuff over the years. Despite my continued insistence they not, and pointing out that some of these would be like giving a recovering alcoholic a gift card to the liquor store. Ah, the gift of not being heard ✩ 3.4K ↓ Reply Share colourfulblur 5 hr. ago My SIL just gave her partner liquor. He got a DUI in the spring. ↑ 889 ↓ Reply Share
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    Ranked Average . 7 hr. ago I got a REALLY nice whiskey set from the MIL. Four tumblers, 12 bullet ice cubes, a decanter, and a high priced bottle of whiskey. I don't drink..... 11.8k Plastic Case_574. 6 hr. ago Have fun drinking soda or juice or water out of the set! Spice up the ordinary Reply Share 4.1k Reply Share Bamres 6 hr. ago Ginger ale, lime juice, bitters 1.2k Reply Share
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    blissfullyaware82 · 9 hr. ago Bag of pretzels from MIL 1.1k Reply Share
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    Missus_Aitch_99 - 11 hr. ago A Blu Ray movie we aren't equipped to watch. 3.3k Reply Share ... dogandfroglover 10 hr. ago This is hilarious. My mom gifted my 8 month old an Elmo CD. We do not own a CD player. ✩ 1.4k Reply Share
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    Mouse-Direct 9 hr. ago edited 8 hr. ago My MIL gave my gay 15 year old (he's pink stud earrings when we pierced both of his ears for Christmas level gay) a Western themed cell phone holster for his non-existent belts. It has a Native American Chief medallion on it. She's 80, idk. 908 . 1.3k Reply Share ●●● SnipesCC 8 hr. ago Maybe her only knowledge of gay people was The Village People? Reply Share
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    LowerRoyal7 10 hr. ago A $50 visa gift card from an extended family member. You see, I had also gotten her a $50 visa gift card. We basically both made it harder for ourselves to spend the money we already had. 1.4k Reply Share
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    StiffDiq 11 hr. ago My husband knows I'm a huge health nut, so he had several gifts for me and one of them included this big 10 lb bag of wheat grass. He even put a red bow on it and everything.... Reply Share 3.3k Leading_war_5847 OP 11 hr. ago I love this 720↓ Reply Share ... StiffDiq 10 hr. ago Just imagine the hamming up I had to do on the spot to make him feel good about his choice lol Its all good though, ill make him all the smoothies he wants as my thanks ↑ 550 ↓ Reply Share
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    slytherinqueen1525 12 hr. ago · edited 6 hr. ago Cheap bath set I'm allergic to every year twice a year for 20 years Edit: My God! Thank you everyone for all your kindness and sharing! I cannot believe how this blew up! 8.6k Reply Share Top-Art2163 11 hr. ago I would just regift them to the giver at their b-day and christmas. Everytime. 911 ↓ Reply Share ... Leading_War_5847 OP 10 hr. ago Sisterhood of the traveling Spa Kit ↑ 952 ↓ Reply Share ...
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    agnes238 11 hr. ago · edited 8 hr. ago The same holiday set of been throwing away since I was like 17 Edit: to stop the notifications the throwing away bit was for dramatic flair- it's already in the donate bag with some other well-meant but not useful to me gifts that I'll donate next week. 3.4k body wash I've Reply Share ●●● Leading_War_5847 OP 9 hr. ago This is the 3rd comment I've seen!!! Can spa gift sets in 2024? we please ban Btw Donate it to a homeless shelter ✩ 1.5k Reply Share
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    Tinkerfan57912 11 hr. ago My MIL, is very much a theme giver. My husband gets all things WVU because we're alumni. My son gets everything saxophone related because that is what he plays. My daughter gets gifts with cats be he likes cats. I have been dealing with breast cancer for the past year. My birthday and Mother's Day gifts were breast cancer related. I told to please not do that for Christmas. Well, she didn't listen. She got me a breast cancer
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    awareness shirt, Christmas ornament (because nothing screams Christmas like cancer), and a table top snow man decorating a Christmas tree with breast cancer ribbons. I was polite and said thank you but inside I wanted to scream 'are you kidding me!'. I'm not sure if it is all going to good will or the trash. 6.3k Reply Share Region-Certain. 11 hr. ago Box up the breakables and have a smash party when you hit a milestone Reply Share 4.2k
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    roodborstjes2 10 hr. ago my brother and i got each other baldur's gate 3 for christmas. that was hilarious. ↑ 1.6k ↓ Reply Share Cleparable 9 hr. ago my husband said that is a GREAT gift! Reply Share 277
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    jrmiv4 11 hr. ago Case of toilet paper? So 2020. 795 Reply Share Shazbot 2017 . 10 hr. ago Father of a 5 person home here. this I could appreciate. 445 Reply Share
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    DimAllord 12 hr. ago A pair of coasters. I still live with my parents, so I don't really know why I alone was given coasters when I don't drink anything in my room besides bottled water, so these would just end up in the den with all the other coasters. 1.4k Althea Fluffhead 10 hr. ago Reply Share . 970 Maybe hinting at you getting out of their house.... hahahaha Reply Share
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    OHARC RumHam3491 11 hr. ago I have a 6 month old daughter. Brother figured an age appropriate gift would be a skateboard. Go figure ↑ 1.9k ↓ Reply Share mmmm_whatchasay · 10 hr. ago Your brother wanted to be the person to buy her her first skateboard and didn't want to wait too long and have someone else do it 1.5k Reply Share
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    111gemini111 · 9 hr. ago My mom made pineapple upside down cake for dessert because she said she knows it's my favourite... I'm allergic to pineapple Reply Share 157
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    lemon_peace_tea · 10 hr. ago a 20 year old oster hand blender that was won in a golf game and kept in a storage room until I decided to move out 150 Reply Share
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    rush_hours 11 hr. ago Rub on tattoos....I have real tattoos. 2.2k Reply Share aSituation Type Deal 9 hr. ago I kind of get this one though. They were like, he has tattoos. He likes tattoos. Rub on tattoos would be a hit! ↑ 900 ↓ Reply Share
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    These parents sponsored a penguin for their daughter, unfortunately the penguin died before Christmas

    Got my daughter a penguin to track for Christmas. He's dead. And the kids all thought it was hilarious. 7:28 barry's track Last location December 11th, 9:56AM
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    Got my adult daughter- who likes penguins- a penguin to "sponsor" that came with a token bracelet. Larry the penguin was tracked daily by his tracker..., until what was likely his timely death on December 11. I guess we don't think of these things. lol. Her siblings thought it was absolutely hilarious that we got her a dead penguin.
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