The gift-giving season is over, but the pain of getting a horrible gift never goes away.
“One year my father and his new wife got me a cemetery wreath…
I was not thrilled to bring that thing home with me.
Needless to say, Im not dying, and it went straight into the trash.”
ejanemichaud
2.
“A gift card that had an odd balance on it of $18.28.
daniwhatshername
3.
“When I was a kid, all I wanted was aBritney Spearsdoll.
Christmas morning, I GOT IT!
Unfortunately, my dad was gathering up trash from wrapping paper and accidentally threw it away.
Within half an hour of receiving it, poor Britney was outside on our burn pile, blazing away.
My parents never replaced the doll. "
mfry94
4. highbrowinusa
5.
“A black men’s bathrobe and a DVD ofAnimal Housefrom my husband.
We divorced two years later.”
gepster321
6.
And it would be easier for me to just take mine in to get done.
I got a pizza cutter with my name engraved in it.
I don’t like pizza that much, and I lived alone.
I would never make ahomemade pizzabig enough to need a pizza cutter.
crowleyeli1
7.
Christmas morning I got an acoustic guitar and a pack of underwear three sizes too big.
No music lessons, or explanation as to why they got these things for me.
Seriously devastated me.”
knitpicker
8.
It was well-known I had pretty bad eczema so I could never use them.
Yes, I got them every year until I turned 18.
And I still can’t use them.”
silvermints_
9.
“One Christmas I got a 99-cent store off-brand Barbie and a porcelain doll.
I was deathly terrified of porcelain dolls.
The two favorite grandchildren got actual Barbies.”
snc46
10.
I was so hurt I hid in the bathroom to cry."
zombiedolllizkah
11.
The owner walked out and gave everyone a company hat and said, ‘Profits were down this year.
Merry Christmas.'"
stephencramer
12.
“My grandmother gave me a pair of my grandfathers used pajamas for Christmas, when I was 12.
She said Id grow into them.”
brandonbear35
13.
“A pair of trainers from the supermarket wrapped in a box of groceries.
My cousins got CD players, designer clothes, roller skates.
I left them there.”
currywurst8
14. sarahbird
15.
“My ex-mother-in-law got me a CAT.
Without consulting my ex or myself.
And we lived in an apartment that didnt allowanimals.
I ended up making my ex give the cat back to his mother.”
kathrynvankirk
16.
I was 16 and notoriously hate cooking."
bran230
17.
“My aunt used to give me trash for Christmas.
And to this day, she wonders why she has no friends.”
catladyjo82
18.
“I got three thrifted (used, not nice) dinner spoons from my stepmother.
There are four of us in my family.
Another year I got a travel book to Banff in Alberta, Canada.
I have never expressed any desire to go to Banff.
goingthruthemotions
19.
“I got an old pillowcase from my stepmother this year.
fiendishkitty
20.
“One year when I was a child, my new stepdad gave my brother a $100 bill.
He gave me napkin rings.”
ilikenarwhals
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