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Can you beat these 21 stories of terrible Christmas presents?

One of the most popular Christmas-themed questions of all time over on r/Ask Reddit was –

‘What’s the worst Christmas present you have received?’

Everybody can think of a Christmas disappointment, such as – for example – getting a calculator when you asked Father Christmas for an Etch-a-Sketch.

Or these …

1.


tealgrayone
Via Freepik

2.

A set of miniature butter knives with ceramic fruit and vegetables as the handles. From an aunt who said that I was “So hard to shop for”

I was 7.
vodkaenthusiast89

3.

A comic book that was laying around the house for several months which I read twice in this period. I didn’t know it was supposed to be my surprise present.
cheap_stay2750

4.

A Lamborghini calendar. My brother got a guitar and amp. My two sisters got a bike each. Fuck, I hate Lamborghinis now.
StickMag

5.

My great grandma gave my cousin a jock strap from goodwill. He was 9.
mistahmarbles

6.

When I was 10 years old my grandparents gave me an unwrapped suitcase for Christmas
ragedandobtused

7.


daughtcahm
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8.

The worst I’ve gotten are among a Kama Sutra book when I was 13/14 (awkward), and a New York Yankees baby onesie. I don’t have kids, I don’t watch baseball.
Yippee614

9.

An ex gave me an engagement ring for herself, on the idea that I would use it to propose to her. She also gave specific instructions on how and when I should do it.
BlackLetterLies

10.

My cousin once gave me an autographed picture of himself. Which was funny as hell so I didn’t mind.
TheZ_27

11.

My dad, his first christmas divorced and living alone, first time ever shopping for us clearly lmao because my mom did all the shopping before, got me a nose hair trimmer…

I was 12.

And definitely did not understand why I got that gift.
ThisSorrowfulLife