worst x-mas present ever recieved

[pj1]

[QUOTE=Gruff Pastures;2054935]
Advice for those of you who have husbands/boyfriends that buy you completely useless/thoughtless gifts…you will always be a victim of their poorly-thought out giving unless you SPEAK UP AND TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT!!! I used to be polite about it, but the wheelbarrow for Mother’s Day was the last straw.

Granted, it is a nice wheelbarrow, but I would rather have gone out for brunch. And I .[/QUOTE]

I LUV presents like that!! One year I got horse fencing and thought it was the greatest.
Now dh just gives me money to get what I want and I love that. We give our grown children money, too. Our ten year old g.son and fourteen year old gdaughter get money.
The ten year old always wants his in ONES!

[Rubyfree]

My brother gave me a sword. Let me state for the record that I might actually find some pleasure, aesthetically, in a well made sword- not the sort of thing i’d buy for myself, but it’s a remarkable hand made thing, a product of a dying art… like a beautiful saddle, y’know? Needless to say, the sword I received was not a lovely hand wrought one. It was a chintzy, gaudy, heavy beast, resplendent with gargoyles and dragons that appeared to be coming down off of a very difficult drug experience. As I plucked it from the wrapping and stood there befuddled, my dear brother actually said “Now you’ll be the only girl on the block with a sword!”

To be fair- I have asked for a pony every year i’ve been able to write a list, and I’ve actually received one more than once. One appallingly hilarious sword is a small price to pay, methinks.

[mcm7780]

@Reynard Ridge;3724103

I will say, though, that the best gift I ever got in my life was meeting her son, so at the end of the day, a few odd-ball books on the bookshelf are pretty inconsequential. :sadsmile:

That’s so sweet!

Haven’t really gotten many bad presents so here’s some cool ones:
My mom used to wrap up my horse presents in Tiffany’s boxes: stirrups, bits, etc. I thought that was cool!

Last year my dad sent me a kid’s flashlight shaped like a horse that neighs when you press the handle/tail to turn in on. It rocks!

[LittleGray]

[QUOTE=Rubyfree;3725305]
My brother gave me a sword. Let me state for the record that I might actually find some pleasure, aesthetically, in a well made sword- not the sort of thing i’d buy for myself, but it’s a remarkable hand made thing, a product of a dying art… like a beautiful saddle, y’know? Needless to say, the sword I received was not a lovely hand wrought one. It was a chintzy, gaudy, heavy beast, resplendent with gargoyles and dragons that appeared to be coming down off of a very difficult drug experience. As I plucked it from the wrapping and stood there befuddled, my dear brother actually said “Now you’ll be the only girl on the block with a sword!”

To be fair- I have asked for a pony every year i’ve been able to write a list, and I’ve actually received one more than once. One appallingly hilarious sword is a small price to pay, methinks. :D[/QUOTE]

“The only girl on the block with a sword!” That’s the funniest thing I have ever read! That is great!

As far as worst gifts, I would say that ALL the gifts from my ex gave me. He must have shopped at the dollar store. He gave me these 3 horses that were plastic (and yes, they were the rearing, wide eyed, flaired nostril stallions), but painted to look like wood…awful, awful. He also gave me this rearing unicorn that looked like it was painted by a 2 yo…

My current bf of 8 years is on and off when it comes to gifts. One year he gave me this…I don’t know what you would call it…a bust? of a leopard…it’s really weird, I mean I liked leopard print and all…but it’s weird. Then there was the time he gave me FRONT ROW seats to Billy Joel’s Movin Out which was AWESOME, and took some effort. I hate the presents that he gets where you can tell there was no effort involved…like the TV, or perfume…eh, oh well. Like I said, its on/off…so we’ll see what he gets this year.

My mom on the otherhand always gave me cool horse stuff. I would get saddle pads, chaps, I got a couple saddles for xmas I believe as well. Of course when I was younger my favorite presents were the Breyers. I use to get like 5-6 every xmas, along with assorted tack. Now that I don’t have horses I get the unique horse presents, which I like as long as it’s not tacky/cheap looking…

[MistyBlue]

I don’t remember who posted, but one o f our CoTH’ers got a little stuffed horse. The relative who brought it proudly proclaimed that it was made of real horsehide and hair. The CoTH’er’s little girl turned GREEN but had the manners to not say anything. They later gave it a humane burial in the back yard.

That was me. :no: :lol: My MIL was sooo proud of finding that as a gift and even more proud that it was “real.” My daughter wasn’t as impressed. It was creepy looking too…the hide was barely processed and was stiff and still had little lumps all over it and so stretched over the frame of the horse shape that the horse’s face had a strained expression. It sorta resembled one of those dried apple people. It was stretched over a wood frame I think, not sure though. And it’s been laid to rest…and probably scaring the hell out of some moles now too.
That was definitely one of the weirdest gifts I received but at least it took some creative thought by my MIL. Creepy thoughts…but creative creepy thoughts. :winkgrin:

My husband is extremely thoughtful and creative, so I’m lucky there. We don’t exchange holiday gifts anymore though…we have totally different ideas of what a gift is. I prefer “practical” gifts although I view them as excitedly as other people view sparkly jewelry or designer bags/clothes/shoes, etc. I get more excited getting a top of the line new gadget for my kitchen, a new cool vacuum…or better yet that trailer sprayer I’ve been coveting or a pressure washer. So hubby has finally come to conclusion that I really do like chrome and small engines better than platinum or flowers or stuff like that. One of my all time fave surprise gifts was a 17,500 watt generator…come on now…WHO doesn’t get a thrill out of 26,250 surge watts of power??? I laugh in the face of storms: ha HA!

[Whisper]

Well, it is only horsey because of where I got it. I went to my vaulting club’s holiday party today, and we had a gift exchange where we draw a random number. Mine had a roll of toilet paper and a bottle of “colon cleanse hot sauce” in a fancy, feminine gift bag.:eek:

[RNB]

An old rake from my MIL.

[vxf111]

For the first time EVER last year, my mother said “I want to buy you something horse related.” I just about fell over in joy and surprise. She said “send me a link to your favorite source for horse stuff,” so I sent her the Dover website.

The holiday arrives and there is a big box from Dover. Big enough to have a stable sheet! Or breeches and a riding coat! Or even a tack tote!!! My mother gleefully teases me for weeks about the nice present she got for me and my “boys.” I am thinking it’s saddle pads! Or maybe boots and chaps! Loads of treats! Or anything really… how can you go wrong with Dover?!

It was Horseopoly. Horseopoly. Monopoly but with horses.

Which I think is probably a rockin’ gift for the under 14 set. Of which I have ceased being a member for oh, over 15 years

It’s the thought that counts. At least it wasn’t a Breyer

My boyfriend’s aunt also got my a sign that says “Don’t Squat With Yet Spurs On.” She was ELATED about that perfect gift. She said “you can hang it up right away.” And I will. Just as soon as I live in a place with an outhouse, which is where a sign like that belongs.

[Ambrey]

You know, Dover has a wishlist

[MunchkinsMom]

@hedmbl;3723629

Out of curiosity…is it this horse?:
http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp358/hedmbl8/DSC02491.jpg

I got this leather evil horse from my grandparents a few years back. It scares me…alot. The dogs go CRAZY when I make it ‘chase’ them. I feel too guilty tossing it out but don’t want it in my room. Do you think anyone would buy it on ebay?!

OMG - I have one of those in my china cabinet, I know my mother gave it to me for either Christmas or a birthday years ago, so I can’t make it disappear yet, because when she visits, she likes to look at all the past gifts I have displayed in there that are all from her.

I think they were being sold at Marshalls or TJMaxx at the time.

Mine doesn’t have any stirrups on the saddle though.

[Ted_the_Peep_Ho]

My mom’s parents are Jewish, but my mom and I don’t practice any religion. When my mom found out that my grandma was giving my cousins EIGHT (count 'em: EIGHT) BIG presents for Hannukah (which never ever happened to her when she was young, remember, she got the knitting machine instead of a pony and that was the only gift, or the Kenner EZ bake oven instead of the Creepy Crawler Oven), she told grandma that she would make me convert if I got eight presents too. My mom told them they I was young (eight) and I needed to be seduced by the dark side, and after all, what would I choose: a stocking with peeps and other treats, plus some other cools stuff like likits and things, or one measly dreidle thingie. So Grandma and Grandpa agreed…and that year, they gave me…a bag of rice cakes.

I know they don’t know anything about horses, but really. Eight boxes of froot loops would have been okay. Eight boxes of peeps would have been great! But a bag of rice cakes?

So anyway, I don’t have to be Jewish. But they do get me peeps now.

[Old_Equine_Lady]

Dumpster diving

Ok, the worst gift I ever got came in a very large box. As I opened the box, I saw what I thought was a lovely hunter green horse blanket from a very nice manufactor. What it really was, a section of a horse blanket that had been mis-cut. My stepmother said, Keri (which is not my name) Keri, you can just sew a bit and get a good blanket out of this, you know Keri, just a lit bit of sewing and this will make a fine blanket…

Turns out she had been dumpster diving behind the manufactor’s business and pulled out many many many of these sections of the blanket material, I’m still getting pieces to this day!

[Ambrey]

Oh my.

You know, at my wedding shower my mother in law gave me this microwave pressure cooker thing. It was the most baffling gift ever- it turns out she’d forgotten to go shopping and dug it out of my sister in law’s “junk I store at my parents because I don’t want it” pile.

But it wasn’t for Christmas so I didn’t use it, but the blanket story reminded me My mother in law is actually very sweet and generous, but scatterbrained!

[tikihorse2]

Oh, I have another good one. Boss of mine wanted some patio furniture for her new deck. Her MIL somehow got wind of this and sent her this ENORMOUS package at work…we all wondered what the HELL it was! No lie, it was about 7 or 8 feet long and honkin’ huge! Like there’d be the Mount Olympus of fake Christmas trees in it! Boss wasn’t at work when UPS dropped it off, so we all waited breathlessly for her to get back.

She did, and we all pounced on her and demanded she open the great big box. The smell preceded everything…we reeled as she peeled away the newspaper…it was the biggest, moldiest, most mildewed garden table umbrella you ever saw! :lol: Complete with a note from her dear MIL explaining that she knew DDIL wanted some patio furniture and so she’d found this at a rummage sale and sent it to her!

That thing smelled so bad we had to open the windows and air the place out…in November!

Kim

[Vero]

I was quite upset by the bag of several tacky “self-help” books from my mother one year… or when my SO paid for a small part I had ordered in at the motorcycle store 3 weeks before Christmas and wrote “from your secret santa” on the receipt (I spent hours, and quite a bit of money, on his well thought-out gifts). And the part was the wrong one, but I couldn’t return it because it went on his CC. Or the hideous too-small or too-big sweaters from my dad’s stepmother.

[asbjockey]

A plaque with a trout wearing a Santa hat that turns his head toward you and sings some X-Mas tune.

[piccolittle]

[QUOTE=King’s Ransom;2054345]

Hate the guy. Love the watch. What to do?[/QUOTE]

Don’t know if anyone’s said it yet, but…

exboyfriendjewelry.com

[spurgirl]

Wierd “Jams”…

Very nice, but slightly dotty Auntie from Maine was visiting here this weekend, gave me a jar of Zucchini Marmalade. Several years ago I got some Green Tomato Strawberry Jam…What, no complete amount of fruits or vegetables for a canning/Jam/Jelly recipe in Maine??? Anyone want to come over and taste it first?:eek:

[LittleGray]

Oh I have another one. At last years white elephant exchange at work my coworkers husband picks out a present. He starts to open it and all we see is fur. Everybodys freaking out, it’s long, orange fur (We work at a vet clinic). He unwraps the whole things, and it just so happens to be a probably 7-8 inch long matt we had shaved off a cat earlier that week. I about peed my pants, it was the funniest thing ever. He kept trying to pawn it off on people…

[BlueEyedSorrel]

This is the worst xmas present ever requested…

Let me preface this by saying I love my sister, I just don’t understand her. She’s getting married next October and the wedding planning has taken on a life of its own, complete with her waking up in tears because she dreamed that the wedding flowers weren’t perfect. Not being a girly girl, my reaction to all this angst is huh?

So I get her emailed xmas wish list a few days ago. Her requests were body lotion, hair clips…and money, because she will have a lot of expenses with the wedding. Oh, and because she’d like to buy new bedroom furniture for when she and her fiance move into their own apartment this spring. So it’s not enough that I shell out the money for a bridesmaid’s dress, a wedding gift, and a plane ticket home. I’m supposed to help fund the blessed event too. Not that I will–I’m thinking more along the lines of a gift set from Bath&BodyWorks.

At least I’m getting her something that is actually on the list. I highly suspect that even though I made a wish list (with a range of prices), I won’t get anything on my list. Not even money for the “New Saddle for Pixie” fund.

BES