15+ Unexpected gifts that made people laugh: 'When I was 15 years old, I was given a lint brush'

Gift-giving can be a challenge, no matter how close you are with the recipient. Even if you've known someone for decades, when you're tasked with giving them a present for the holidays, it's like you suddenly forget everything you knew about them. Not to mention that some people kind of do have everything already… What do you get for a person who doesn't have any new hobbies and has all the money they need to buy themselves everything they desire?

You can't go wrong with a hand-written card and a gift card, or something small and generic, like a hat or a some gloves. It's not great — it's just okay — but it's also not a bad present. And trust me, these people below have been given some hilariously bad gifts throughout the years, and they told all in their stories!

For some gift-givers, taking an old present from years prior and re-gifting it is the easiest solution. However, it's often far too easy to tell when you've been given a regifted item, and it doesn't feel good. Other gifters take it upon themselves to mold the receiver into the person they wish they could be, like giving a football to your nephew who only cares about doing science projects and reading, all in the hopes that he suddenly races to the yard to play catch. These unfortunate presents usually just end up in the "donate" pile a few years later, having never been touched.

At the end of the day, sometimes that awful present turns into a hilarious story, and you could call that the gift that keeps on giving. Long after your terrible aunt has given you a shirt that's 3 sizes too big, and the shock of it has worn off, you and your cousins will have something to reminisce and laugh about for years afterwards.

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