Worst Christmas Gifts

@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

Oh no! It's horrible to see a gift coming back after several re-gifting.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

@TheHorse I would have appreciated your gift, my niece bought for me a bird feeder three Christmas ago and it was very appreciated.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (220133)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck I was quietly traumatized. I thought it had been a great gift when I gave it.

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

17 Dec 15

A nice looking ashtray in crystal... a year after I stopped smoking

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

17 Dec 15

A year later is when you received a crystal ashtray well that was to remind you to not go back to smoking @topffer

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

You hated the ashtray so much that you decided to stop smoking.

It can be a good defense weapon.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

@topffer I have never bought a tie or a shirt for my husband, I know he wants to choose, those gifts are all very bad ideas.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168171)

• Boise, Idaho

17 Dec 15

Who interviewed and who were interviewed I would be happy with any of these gifts. I don't have a 'worst' gift. A gift is a gift. I think people have a bad idea of what the whole gift giving thing is.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (168171)

• Boise, Idaho

18 Dec 15

@LadyDuck ...I think just using natural products is a good idea. The regular products have so many chemicals and toxins in them.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

18 Dec 15

@celticeagle My husband has a very sensitive skin, he has problems every time there are chemicals in the products.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

18 Dec 15

They did not tell who they interviewed, but I think the research was made in several countries. I would not appreciate an animal at all, my husband is allergic to cats and dogs hair and we travel a lot, so even a fish would be a terrible idea. Same for bath products, I always buy products for sensitive skins.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

17 Dec 15

I don't think I can remember a worst gift. I have some that were maybe not what I would have chosen but I try to appreciate everything. Probably something for the bath.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck I do have one friend who gives me a scarf every year, they are beautiful but I don't wear scarves!! lol

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

You are lucky, I have received some really ugly gifts during the years.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

18 Dec 15

@BelleStarr What do you do with those scarfs then.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50612)

• United States

17 Dec 15

A toilet paper roll holder

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

17 Dec 15

OMG that is really hard to believe anyone would give a toilet paper roll holder as a gift. @Tampa_girl7

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

Not really a nice gift, even it could be useful.

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HanVanMeegerin

@HanVanMeegerin (1161)

• United States

17 Dec 15

@Tampa_girl7 that's nifty!

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck I received a sweat suit in a larger size than I wear. I felt they were trying to tell me something.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

17 Dec 15

Insulting wasn't it?

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

I have read that even a Diet book is a very bad idea. This sounds like people would want to tell you something, I agree.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck that would definitely be a bad idea. A diet book as a gift would speak volumes to me.

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youless

@youless (112570)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

I wish your this discussion could post earlier. Since soon it will be Christmas and many people shall already prepare for the gifts. I am not very picky to the gifts. But I think a Christmas card with few words mean less for me. I rather they don't send me Christmas cards. I appreciate it with more words as it seems they really pay attention to it.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

18 Dec 15

Very few people have the gift to write great Christmas cards.

MysD

@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

18 Dec 15

I am happy to receie any gift. I don't remember receiving anything that I didn't appreciate. I did receuve a jumper which was a size too small and a colour that I never wear but I gave it to a friend who still wers it now even though a few years have passed since then.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

18 Dec 15

As I said above the worst thing I received was a horrible dress, so ugly that I have donated it to charity, I did not even dare to regift.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

24 Jan 17

A couple of pens and a planner - boooo!!!

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

25 Jan 17

@LadyDuck unless it is a personalized pen.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

25 Jan 17

@allen0187 I cannot say that I really appreciate the personalized pen, I received one in the past, but it's not a shape that I like.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

24 Jan 17

I see that you confirm that pens are not interesting gifts.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137605)

• India

17 Dec 15

My recipients are kids and I have bought a whole lot of that stuff which comes under the ' 'worst Christmas gifts;

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19702)

• India

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck We do not have Christmas or Christmas presents.But of course,there are birthdays.Actually I have always wished for best seller books,pens,stationary and chocolates etc as presents.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

I believe it depends in which country they made the survey. I know that in Europe people do not appreciate to receive pens and stationery.

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19702)

• India

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck Not only that it depends on age and personal interests too.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

@silvermist I know that my mother appreciates bath products, she is 94 and does not consider those products "boring".

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Michael Liriano

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)

• West Haven, Connecticut

17 Dec 15

The worst gift I received was a gift card to Target for 50 dollars that was already expired lol I couldnt use it for nothing

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

I cannot believe it, a card already expired is a very bad taste.

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Michael Liriano

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)

• West Haven, Connecticut

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck Yeah the worst part is that I had gotten a few things and after I was at the register happy to pay with my gift card they told me it was expired.. I was bummed out

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HanVanMeegerin

@HanVanMeegerin (1161)

• United States

17 Dec 15

@BACONSTRIPSXXX that's harsh.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

20 Dec 15

My parents never gave me clothing that was my size. I finally lost it and said...I am a "small". I have always been a small, and I will always be a small.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

20 Dec 15

Elizabeth, you made me laugh. I have always been a small, on the opposite my younger brother is tall and not so thin. My Mom always buys too big for me and too small for him.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

21 Dec 15

@ElizabethWallace I do not understand either, it's just like my Mother tried to "average" our bodies thinking I am too thin and small and my brother too tall and burly.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

20 Dec 15

@LadyDuck I don't understand. Don't they look at our bodies? If they don't know, they could ask. I always ask my grandkids their sizes.

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HanVanMeegerin

@HanVanMeegerin (1161)

• United States

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck some funny stuff here

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wiLLmaH

@wiLLmaH (8802)

• Singapore, Singapore

17 Dec 15

A tissue holder? Haha

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wiLLmaH

@wiLLmaH (8802)

• Singapore, Singapore

18 Dec 15

@LadyDuck Hahaha! Yes.. Maybe they ran of ideas or that is the budget they only have.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

Oh my, did you receive a tissue holder as a gift? What a weird idea.

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Catherine

@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

17 Dec 15

A t-shirt with the words, "I kissed Santa" printed on it, @LadyDuck , the friend that gave it to me had a strange sense of humour!

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

17 Dec 15

I agree, this is a strange sense of humor, I believe you wore a lot that t-shirt.

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Catherine

@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

17 Dec 15

@LadyDuck , ha ha, I never wore that t-shirt once, it was bad enough when everyone saw it when I opened the wrapping paper and teased me about it. :-D

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

18 Dec 15

Gift are valuable things because they are given by friends. I don't call it worse though it may damage.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

18 Dec 15

I am sorry to disagree, but I cannot appreciate any gift, even if it's given by a friend. I know that people "recycle" the gifts that they do not like.

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@LadyDuck (472020)

• Switzerland

18 Dec 15

@shshiju I can appreciate a small gift given with love, even homemade cookies are appreciated, but not a gift bought just because you have to give a gift.

S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

18 Dec 15

@LadyDuck While it is a custom or compulsory the scene changes. If you give a gift with affection and joy whether it is small or big I think it worth it.

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Patti G

@Pattitude (1287)

• Newton, North Carolina

19 Dec 15

Really? I love getting bath products, but good ones, not the ones some people buy at the dollar stores. And I agree that it's not a good idea to gift animals.

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