30 People Share Messed Up Gifts That Ruined Their Christmas
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Publish Not your original work? Add source There's a Latin idiom that sounds like this: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati. Meaning, you don't look a gift horse in the mouth. A guy named John Heywood supposedly used this phrase in some Middle English text way back in 1546 but some experts think it's much older than that. Since a horse's teeth can reveal a lot about the animal, including its age, checking its mouth would be a sign of mistrust towards the gift giver. This would be bad manners. So let's do that. We at Bored Panda discovered a couple of Reddit posts (one and two) that asked users essentially the same question: what was the worst thing you received for Christmas? So given that the holidays are just around the corner and some of us will have to force a fake smile while unpacking our presents, here are a few memorable times when people were immensely disappointed by theirs. This post may include affiliate links. #1 My grandmother bought me a little piano book when I was about 10. It was meant for a 6 yr old. It had some little electric buttons on it to look like a numbered piano, and nursery rhymes with numbers over the words so you could play the songs.
Things like Three Blind Mice and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. It was a real baby present, and as soon as she gave it to me she was immediately embarrassed and offered to exchange it for something for an older kid. I guess she was also embarrassed because we lived 1000km away and didn't see each other very much and probably remembered me as a younger kid.
I learnt every f**king one of those songs.
She died 18 years ago now. I still miss her so much. evilbrent Report Final score: 441points POST Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Respect. 158 158points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 It was a shirt that had "I'm not a gynecologist but I'll take a look anyway". It was from my stepdad's mom. She knows I want to be a doctor and her English is no bueno. I found it hilarious. Once we translated it to her she almost cried from embarrassment. I proudly wore it for the rest of the day. wheelchair_boxing , JESHOOTS.COM Report Final score: 423points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago At least there were good intentions 192 192points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Every year my Mom would take us all to Dollar Tree to buy one gift for each member of the family. At the time there was five of us kids plus Mom and Dad so we would get 5-6 presents all worth a dollar each. Christmas, we would sit around and take turns opening them. Eventually this would turn into gags as we got older.
One year I thought it would be a funny idea to give my brother and brother in-law a s***ty can of beef stew... My brother in-law was so pissed off (he was a serious fellow). At first I didn’t know why and was in shock. I didn’t think a can of soup was that bad. Turns out my dumbass bought them Gravy Train a can of dog food. Which turned out to be hilarious to everyone else who were mocking me. My brother and I took it a step further though and decided we would try a few bites. It was the most awful thing ever. Wet, slimy, chunks, of puréed grit that makes me gag thinking about it but we were “tough” and could not show our disgust to the other.
When my sister first got married (to the serious fellow) we each got her pregnancy tests which turned out pretty fun.
All of our gifts we could have perceived to be the worse. Honestly it did suck sometimes seeing kids at school with iPods. None were great, most were thrown away or broken minutes after receiving them. We were poor. What started out as a $20 Christmas for Mom and Dad has created years of fun memories. unknown Report Final score: 379points POST Penelope Penelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Thank you for putting a smile into this list. 124 124points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 A giftcard to a lingerie store from my grandma. The f**ked up part wasn't the gift itself, but the fact that she made my poor 19 year old brother go in and buy it. As he told it, the conversation went something like this: Cashier: "shopping for your girlfriend?" Brother: "no, my sister...well my grandma..." Awkward silence... handikat , unsplash.com Report Final score: 370points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I would have been mortified. 104 104points reply View more comments #5 Christmas morning around the tree with my family and gf at the time. We are all opening presents and I open one from my gf. I unwrap the box and inside I find a flat billed baseball hat. Strange, I neither wear hats, nor give a s**t about the team whose logo was plastered on the front, let alone the sport. So, I pull it out and hold it up so everyone [but mainly my gf] could see. All the adults give a quizzical look. Even my little sister makes a 'huh?' face.
*You say, "But totes, maybe it was gift to a male friend. Are you against your gf having male friends??" No, I am not. Just wait:
So I say something like, "uh thanks, hun." Her face drains of color. She says 'oops, that is for some one else, must have brought it inside on accident.' Then snatches it out of my hands.
And then I hold out the card that was attached to the wrapping: Hey baby, love ya lots. Merry Christmas.
And to clarify; yes, she was cheating. I guess there were tickets to some big upcoming game tucked inside the hat too. Needless to say it was f**king embarrassing to have to essentially break up with your gf in front of your family on Christmas morning.
*Typos and s**t: am not a writer.
**And Happy Holidays to you too! totes-muh-gotes , mediamodifier Report Final score: 329points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Not so merry Christmas after all. 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Grandma got me a pair of jeans that were way too small with a card that read "Lose some weight, then maybe you will fit into these".
I was beyond furious, and our relationship was never the same. I didn't shed a tear when she passed away. Sumo_Cerebro , unsplash.com Report Final score: 318points POST Rata Robinson Rata Robinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Dreadful old bat! 182 182points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 When I was 15, I really wanted a dog. My mom knew this.
Cue Christmas morning. After we had opened any other presents, my mom came back with one last one...it was a wrapped box with holes in the sides, bouncing/moving some, and puppy barks of cuteness.
I got sooooo excited to open it and meet my new best friend. When I opened it, it had a stuffed animal puppy (not taxidermized...), a bumble ball toy, and a small tape recorder with puppy barks.
My heart sank and I just sat there and cried. AlwaysForgetsMyName Report Final score: 279points POST Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's an asshole move. 373 373points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 I had left some video games in my mom's room, she found them and assumed my dad had bought them as Christmas gifts for me. So for Christmas, I got... my own games. unknown , Kelly Sikkema Report Final score: 268points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) I know someone who had their phone confiscated by their parents and ended up getting it back as their Christmas present and nothing else. Whist her twin sisters were spoilt rotten. 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 My uncle got me a giant block of cement once. He put random things throughout the block and gave me a miniature hammer and chisel. I actually chiseled through the whole thing and found some coins and what appeared to be a arrowhead. My uncle is the strange one in our family. nathanlegit , Anaya Katlego Report Final score: 245points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) That actually sounds fun 230 230points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 My mother is terrible at gift giving. She shops for others with herself in mind, not them, so everyone gets s**t she likes but they don't. Or she buys it in March and then can't find it come December, and your gift is her telling you that's what happened. Or she'll buy, say, a book trilogy in an art box, and she'll give each book one holiday at a time, then the final gift will be the box.
As I grew older, I started seeing this. I never got anything that I specifically asked for, possibly a close approximate at best. I figured it was because nothing I asked for interested her, so I tried something: I asked for something that she would be into.
I asked for a Bible. I specified the brand, the translation, hardback/paperback, and the book cover including the color scheme. I got exactly what I asked for, down to the last detail.
I kept it as a reminder of what not to do to my kids. Haikuna__Matata Report Final score: 240points POST KT KT Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago sounds like my mom. 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 It was the first Christmas my father and current stepmother had together. My step siblings each got a new laptop computer, I got a $20 gift card to McDonalds. Mystic_Waffles , unsplash.com Report Final score: 225points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago There's a little bit of favouritism there 137 137points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 My dad bought my mom an actual human skull for Christmas a few years back. He wrapped it in a box some toy came in. My parents are weird; this wouldn't have raised an eyebrow at my house. Unfortunately we did our gift exchange at my maternal grandmothers who is much less creative with gifts. My dad and brother waited for this to be the last gift given. It was a big presentation. Upon opening it my mom squealed and shoved it back in the box. She was excited but knew it would t go over well. Of course now everyone wants to know what is in the box. My grandma insists my mom take out the mysterious gift and show it to the room. My aunt started screaming, made her kids leave the room. My grandma almost fainted and told us to get it out of the house immediately. 'Twas hilarious.
tldr my dad se7en'd my mom on Christmas in a hilarious fashion. twiggy_twangdoodles , Trnava University Report Final score: 219points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Oh God, there was a real human skeleton in one of my college anatomy classes, and it was impossible to forget that it was from a real formerly living human. The professor said it was India, so everyone called it "Mr. Patel" in acknowledgement of its former humanity, and kept their distance. Who the hell would want human body parts at home! 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 I got an empty box of a toy I really wanted. I was 9. spoonie_tatoonie , unsplash.com Report Final score: 219points POST BigOrangeTractor BigOrangeTractor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago Sadistic monsters. 226 226points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 My grandmother gave my boyfriend a coffee mug with a German Shepherd dog on it. He has never owned nor expressed any interest in German Shepherds.
He uses it at work. It's a great conversation starter.
"Oh do you have a German Shepherd?"
"No."
"..." StrangeFarulf , unsplash.com Report Final score: 215points POST Vic Vic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Do you have a German Shepherd?? Nein!! Keeps them wondering if you said no or have 9 German Shepherds.. 208 208points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 I got a book called "Coping with Being Adopted" from Santa while I was in high school. Was news to me.... AngryCyclops , Sinziana Susa Report Final score: 214points POST Penelope Penelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That’s something my little brother would have done…wrap that exact book up and label it to me, from Santa. 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 I had mentioned to my uncle one year that I wished I could grow a beard like his. Come Christmas time my uncle hands me the present he got me. I unwrap it and what do you know...It's his beard in a Ziploc bag. ainen , Monika Stawowy Report Final score: 211points POST Penelope Penelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Ahh, the “funny” uncle. ? 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 When I was 13 I was taking drum lessons and was desperate for my own kit.
My mum worked at the Early Learning Centre (preschool age kids shop for non-UK chaps). Mum and Dad got me this little plastic toy drum and made me play a tune on it.
I tried my best not to look upset, I failed and stopped just short of bursting in to tears.
Turned out to be a sick joke, the drums were wrapped up in the dining room. IronSkywalker , Jason Pofahl Report Final score: 204points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Glad you got your drums 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 This wasn't my gift, but it was the most awkward situation ever. So a few years ago my grandma had her legs amputated. Don't feel bad, since then, her health has improved a ton. Anyway, last Christmas my Aunt bought her socks. It was sooo awful datcat2 Report Final score: 190points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I hope she gave aunt Viagra the next year. 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Book about how to take criticism, gifted by my mother-in-law. PM_ME_POW , unsplash.com Report Final score: 184points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I'd look for "How to Deal with a Toxic Mother in Law" and give her that book. 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 When I still lived with my parents they got me a cards against humanity deck. Right after I opened it they told me I’m not allowed to play it until I turned 18. I was 15 at the time neon1876 , wiki Report Final score: 176points POST kristina law kristina law Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Wth? Some people... 99 99points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21 My cousin had died in a drunk driving accident a few months before, so my mom got me a breathalyzer keychain. It wouldn't have been so bad, but the card it came with said it was "from" my cousin.. I see what my mom was trying to do, but still f**ked up, IMO. heyitsEnricoPallazzo , www.flickr.com Report Final score: 174points POST Littlebunnyfufu Littlebunnyfufu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is like parents who want to take their kids to the burn unit to explain how dangerous fire is. Ugh! 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 A calendar with half nude pictures of my father and stepmother naitomea , unsplash.com Report Final score: 168points POST Donkey boi Donkey boi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Which half? 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 I am going to answer for my sister. When I was about five (making her nine) our uncle/aunt/cousin family asked me what my sister liked. I had no idea. All I knew was she liked to yell at me. So I dumbly replied she like hair ties. For Christmas that year my sister received an assortment of an insanely high number, like two hundred different high ties, scrunches, ect. She didn't let me live that down for a looong time. chubbybunnybean , unsplash.com Report Final score: 161points POST Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Aw, that's on them for letting the five year old pick the present. Apparently at nine, your sister was already difficult to shop for. At least you didn't suggest anything cruel or self-serving. Hair ties was a fine guess. 146 146points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 My grandma gave me bright red undies with googly eyes on them and an extra piece of black cloth to put your d**k inside as the "nose"....I'm a girl. Sbo8890 , unsplash.com Report Final score: 156points POST Vic Vic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago maybe grandma thought it was a lipstick holder.. XD 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 My mother passed away when I was in high school. One of the years after she passed, my dad kinda-sorta forgot to buy me a big Christmas present. So I came downstairs, went to get my stocking (we still do stockings), and pulled out a fistful of 20s. He'd run to the ATM early that morning so I'd have something.
The cash was great and all, but at the time, it felt awful because I just missed my mom, and wished we could have a "proper" Christmas. typewryter Report Final score: 152points POST Nice cuppa tea Nice cuppa tea Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Poor dad wad depressed and couldn't get his head around doing Christmas 267 267points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Every year my family does a secret Santa on Christmas. When i was about 10 my aunt had to buy me a gift. So Christmas morning i open my gift, and i find a Christmas sweater along with a pair of my aunts s**t stained underwear. Apparently she was doing laundry and wrapping gifts at the same time and got the two mixed up. Swirlingmystic , Sincerely Media Report Final score: 145points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago What is it with aunts? 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 Probably a box of my grandmother's ashes wrapped to look like a gift.
My mother did this. PavementBlues , unsplash.com Report Final score: 143points POST kristina law kristina law Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago ! 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 My parents got me an acoustic guitar one Christmas. Problem: my brother was the one who asked for a guitar, not me. So essentially my Christmas present was seeing my brother absolutely gutted. Meanwhile I had to pretend I was happy. Awkward. Ganon_Fodder Report Final score: 139points POST KT KT Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago i don't get how parents can be THIS daft. Do they not pay attention to their kids as individuals at all? 152 152points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 My Mom rarely cared what gift we might actually want or what our personal tastes were and most often she would select a gift based on her own personal tastes. In the late-80's she decided to buy me a stereo as the main/large gift for whatever reason and she selected a Fisher Price (the children's toy brand) turn table (record player). This is after CD players were invented and of course nobody played records any more. The worst part was that she decided to treat this stereo as some sophisticated equipment that was too good for a child to play with so after Christmas she stored it, in it's original box, in our attic where it has remained until this day. It was supposed to just be stored there until some arbitrary time but my Mom is a huge procrastinator and that time never came. I'm still salty that she wasted all the money on that stupid gift rather than on something I might have enjoyed and actually got to use. Sushi_Booty Report Final score: 132points POST Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Maybe it will be worth something someday LOL. 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 Grandms got me a douche and a hospital gown that "would make a nice dress if someone sewed it all up" for me. That was weird. pyewacketcg , JESHOOTS.COM Report Final score: 129points POST Irishwoman abroad Irishwoman abroad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Sounds like Grandma got her gifts free from the hospital that year! 101 101points reply View more comments Note: this post originally had 74 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST Flying Captain Flying Captain Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Reading some of these stories...I appreciate Vietnamese culture to absolutely under no circumstances open gifts in front of the one gifting you. Either bc you are not good at keeping a straight face or bc sometimes not even a straight face would rescue the situation and the gifter just looses face. :D 31 31points reply Violet Jensen Violet Jensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That’s literally an amazing tradition omg 15 15points reply Load More Replies... Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago I need this tradition! I'm absolutely awful at hiding facial expressions and since I already have anxiety, opening gifts in front of people just makes it worse 2 2points reply Katinka Min Katinka Min Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is a depressing thread. But it makes me appreciate my parents. They weren't always great but they tried, poured tons of love, time and money into us - and we always had great gifts at christmas. Not many, but good ones. 30 30points reply V V V V Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The year my Aunt Doll mixed up mailing labels and accidentally sent me the "honeymoon starter pack" intended for Cousin Denise while 3 states away my soon to be married cousin is trying to figure out why she's getting She-ra action figures a month before her wedding. 27 27points reply Anony Mouse Anony Mouse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I sent my 3 year-old nephew a Williams Sonoma cookbook and watched my mother open Curious George Goes to the Zoo on Christmas morning. Whoops. 23 23points reply Load More Replies... Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago My nephew would have appreciated a cookbook at 3! Would have had his daddy help him make the recipes. Of course he'd also have LOVED Curious George Goes to the Zoo. 0 0points reply Greymom Greymom Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Now THAT'S funny! 7 7points reply Frozengeckolover Frozengeckolover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Haha! That is hilarious! 2 2points reply Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Aww I hope you got She-ras eventually! They were so awesome. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Flying Captain Flying Captain Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Reading some of these stories...I appreciate Vietnamese culture to absolutely under no circumstances open gifts in front of the one gifting you. Either bc you are not good at keeping a straight face or bc sometimes not even a straight face would rescue the situation and the gifter just looses face. :D 31 31points reply Violet Jensen Violet Jensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That’s literally an amazing tradition omg 15 15points reply Load More Replies... Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago I need this tradition! I'm absolutely awful at hiding facial expressions and since I already have anxiety, opening gifts in front of people just makes it worse 2 2points reply Katinka Min Katinka Min Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is a depressing thread. But it makes me appreciate my parents. They weren't always great but they tried, poured tons of love, time and money into us - and we always had great gifts at christmas. Not many, but good ones. 30 30points reply V V V V Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The year my Aunt Doll mixed up mailing labels and accidentally sent me the "honeymoon starter pack" intended for Cousin Denise while 3 states away my soon to be married cousin is trying to figure out why she's getting She-ra action figures a month before her wedding. 27 27points reply Anony Mouse Anony Mouse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I sent my 3 year-old nephew a Williams Sonoma cookbook and watched my mother open Curious George Goes to the Zoo on Christmas morning. Whoops. 23 23points reply Load More Replies... Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago My nephew would have appreciated a cookbook at 3! Would have had his daddy help him make the recipes. Of course he'd also have LOVED Curious George Goes to the Zoo. 0 0points reply Greymom Greymom Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Now THAT'S funny! 7 7points reply Frozengeckolover Frozengeckolover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Haha! That is hilarious! 2 2points reply Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Aww I hope you got She-ras eventually! They were so awesome. 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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30 People Share Messed Up Gifts That Ruined Their Christmas
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Publish Not your original work? Add source There's a Latin idiom that sounds like this: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati. Meaning, you don't look a gift horse in the mouth. A guy named John Heywood supposedly used this phrase in some Middle English text way back in 1546 but some experts think it's much older than that. Since a horse's teeth can reveal a lot about the animal, including its age, checking its mouth would be a sign of mistrust towards the gift giver. This would be bad manners. So let's do that. We at Bored Panda discovered a couple of Reddit posts (one and two) that asked users essentially the same question: what was the worst thing you received for Christmas? So given that the holidays are just around the corner and some of us will have to force a fake smile while unpacking our presents, here are a few memorable times when people were immensely disappointed by theirs. This post may include affiliate links. #1 My grandmother bought me a little piano book when I was about 10. It was meant for a 6 yr old. It had some little electric buttons on it to look like a numbered piano, and nursery rhymes with numbers over the words so you could play the songs.
Things like Three Blind Mice and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. It was a real baby present, and as soon as she gave it to me she was immediately embarrassed and offered to exchange it for something for an older kid. I guess she was also embarrassed because we lived 1000km away and didn't see each other very much and probably remembered me as a younger kid.
I learnt every f**king one of those songs.
She died 18 years ago now. I still miss her so much. evilbrent Report Final score: 441points POST Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Respect. 158 158points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 It was a shirt that had "I'm not a gynecologist but I'll take a look anyway". It was from my stepdad's mom. She knows I want to be a doctor and her English is no bueno. I found it hilarious. Once we translated it to her she almost cried from embarrassment. I proudly wore it for the rest of the day. wheelchair_boxing , JESHOOTS.COM Report Final score: 423points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago At least there were good intentions 192 192points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 Every year my Mom would take us all to Dollar Tree to buy one gift for each member of the family. At the time there was five of us kids plus Mom and Dad so we would get 5-6 presents all worth a dollar each. Christmas, we would sit around and take turns opening them. Eventually this would turn into gags as we got older.
One year I thought it would be a funny idea to give my brother and brother in-law a s***ty can of beef stew... My brother in-law was so pissed off (he was a serious fellow). At first I didn’t know why and was in shock. I didn’t think a can of soup was that bad. Turns out my dumbass bought them Gravy Train a can of dog food. Which turned out to be hilarious to everyone else who were mocking me. My brother and I took it a step further though and decided we would try a few bites. It was the most awful thing ever. Wet, slimy, chunks, of puréed grit that makes me gag thinking about it but we were “tough” and could not show our disgust to the other.
When my sister first got married (to the serious fellow) we each got her pregnancy tests which turned out pretty fun.
All of our gifts we could have perceived to be the worse. Honestly it did suck sometimes seeing kids at school with iPods. None were great, most were thrown away or broken minutes after receiving them. We were poor. What started out as a $20 Christmas for Mom and Dad has created years of fun memories. unknown Report Final score: 379points POST Penelope Penelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Thank you for putting a smile into this list. 124 124points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 A giftcard to a lingerie store from my grandma. The f**ked up part wasn't the gift itself, but the fact that she made my poor 19 year old brother go in and buy it. As he told it, the conversation went something like this: Cashier: "shopping for your girlfriend?" Brother: "no, my sister...well my grandma..." Awkward silence... handikat , unsplash.com Report Final score: 370points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I would have been mortified. 104 104points reply View more comments #5 Christmas morning around the tree with my family and gf at the time. We are all opening presents and I open one from my gf. I unwrap the box and inside I find a flat billed baseball hat. Strange, I neither wear hats, nor give a s**t about the team whose logo was plastered on the front, let alone the sport. So, I pull it out and hold it up so everyone [but mainly my gf] could see. All the adults give a quizzical look. Even my little sister makes a 'huh?' face.
*You say, "But totes, maybe it was gift to a male friend. Are you against your gf having male friends??" No, I am not. Just wait:
So I say something like, "uh thanks, hun." Her face drains of color. She says 'oops, that is for some one else, must have brought it inside on accident.' Then snatches it out of my hands.
And then I hold out the card that was attached to the wrapping: Hey baby, love ya lots. Merry Christmas.
And to clarify; yes, she was cheating. I guess there were tickets to some big upcoming game tucked inside the hat too. Needless to say it was f**king embarrassing to have to essentially break up with your gf in front of your family on Christmas morning.
*Typos and s**t: am not a writer.
**And Happy Holidays to you too! totes-muh-gotes , mediamodifier Report Final score: 329points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Not so merry Christmas after all. 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Grandma got me a pair of jeans that were way too small with a card that read "Lose some weight, then maybe you will fit into these".
I was beyond furious, and our relationship was never the same. I didn't shed a tear when she passed away. Sumo_Cerebro , unsplash.com Report Final score: 318points POST Rata Robinson Rata Robinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Dreadful old bat! 182 182points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 When I was 15, I really wanted a dog. My mom knew this.
Cue Christmas morning. After we had opened any other presents, my mom came back with one last one...it was a wrapped box with holes in the sides, bouncing/moving some, and puppy barks of cuteness.
I got sooooo excited to open it and meet my new best friend. When I opened it, it had a stuffed animal puppy (not taxidermized...), a bumble ball toy, and a small tape recorder with puppy barks.
My heart sank and I just sat there and cried. AlwaysForgetsMyName Report Final score: 279points POST Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's an asshole move. 373 373points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 I had left some video games in my mom's room, she found them and assumed my dad had bought them as Christmas gifts for me. So for Christmas, I got... my own games. unknown , Kelly Sikkema Report Final score: 268points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) I know someone who had their phone confiscated by their parents and ended up getting it back as their Christmas present and nothing else. Whist her twin sisters were spoilt rotten. 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 My uncle got me a giant block of cement once. He put random things throughout the block and gave me a miniature hammer and chisel. I actually chiseled through the whole thing and found some coins and what appeared to be a arrowhead. My uncle is the strange one in our family. nathanlegit , Anaya Katlego Report Final score: 245points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) That actually sounds fun 230 230points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 My mother is terrible at gift giving. She shops for others with herself in mind, not them, so everyone gets s**t she likes but they don't. Or she buys it in March and then can't find it come December, and your gift is her telling you that's what happened. Or she'll buy, say, a book trilogy in an art box, and she'll give each book one holiday at a time, then the final gift will be the box.
As I grew older, I started seeing this. I never got anything that I specifically asked for, possibly a close approximate at best. I figured it was because nothing I asked for interested her, so I tried something: I asked for something that she would be into.
I asked for a Bible. I specified the brand, the translation, hardback/paperback, and the book cover including the color scheme. I got exactly what I asked for, down to the last detail.
I kept it as a reminder of what not to do to my kids. Haikuna__Matata Report Final score: 240points POST KT KT Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago sounds like my mom. 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 It was the first Christmas my father and current stepmother had together. My step siblings each got a new laptop computer, I got a $20 gift card to McDonalds. Mystic_Waffles , unsplash.com Report Final score: 225points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago There's a little bit of favouritism there 137 137points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 My dad bought my mom an actual human skull for Christmas a few years back. He wrapped it in a box some toy came in. My parents are weird; this wouldn't have raised an eyebrow at my house. Unfortunately we did our gift exchange at my maternal grandmothers who is much less creative with gifts. My dad and brother waited for this to be the last gift given. It was a big presentation. Upon opening it my mom squealed and shoved it back in the box. She was excited but knew it would t go over well. Of course now everyone wants to know what is in the box. My grandma insists my mom take out the mysterious gift and show it to the room. My aunt started screaming, made her kids leave the room. My grandma almost fainted and told us to get it out of the house immediately. 'Twas hilarious.
tldr my dad se7en'd my mom on Christmas in a hilarious fashion. twiggy_twangdoodles , Trnava University Report Final score: 219points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Oh God, there was a real human skeleton in one of my college anatomy classes, and it was impossible to forget that it was from a real formerly living human. The professor said it was India, so everyone called it "Mr. Patel" in acknowledgement of its former humanity, and kept their distance. Who the hell would want human body parts at home! 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 I got an empty box of a toy I really wanted. I was 9. spoonie_tatoonie , unsplash.com Report Final score: 219points POST BigOrangeTractor BigOrangeTractor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago Sadistic monsters. 226 226points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 My grandmother gave my boyfriend a coffee mug with a German Shepherd dog on it. He has never owned nor expressed any interest in German Shepherds.
He uses it at work. It's a great conversation starter.
"Oh do you have a German Shepherd?"
"No."
"..." StrangeFarulf , unsplash.com Report Final score: 215points POST Vic Vic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Do you have a German Shepherd?? Nein!! Keeps them wondering if you said no or have 9 German Shepherds.. 208 208points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 I got a book called "Coping with Being Adopted" from Santa while I was in high school. Was news to me.... AngryCyclops , Sinziana Susa Report Final score: 214points POST Penelope Penelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That’s something my little brother would have done…wrap that exact book up and label it to me, from Santa. 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 I had mentioned to my uncle one year that I wished I could grow a beard like his. Come Christmas time my uncle hands me the present he got me. I unwrap it and what do you know...It's his beard in a Ziploc bag. ainen , Monika Stawowy Report Final score: 211points POST Penelope Penelope Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Ahh, the “funny” uncle. ? 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 When I was 13 I was taking drum lessons and was desperate for my own kit.
My mum worked at the Early Learning Centre (preschool age kids shop for non-UK chaps). Mum and Dad got me this little plastic toy drum and made me play a tune on it.
I tried my best not to look upset, I failed and stopped just short of bursting in to tears.
Turned out to be a sick joke, the drums were wrapped up in the dining room. IronSkywalker , Jason Pofahl Report Final score: 204points POST Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Aroace tiger (any pronouns) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Glad you got your drums 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 This wasn't my gift, but it was the most awkward situation ever. So a few years ago my grandma had her legs amputated. Don't feel bad, since then, her health has improved a ton. Anyway, last Christmas my Aunt bought her socks. It was sooo awful datcat2 Report Final score: 190points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I hope she gave aunt Viagra the next year. 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Book about how to take criticism, gifted by my mother-in-law. PM_ME_POW , unsplash.com Report Final score: 184points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I'd look for "How to Deal with a Toxic Mother in Law" and give her that book. 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 When I still lived with my parents they got me a cards against humanity deck. Right after I opened it they told me I’m not allowed to play it until I turned 18. I was 15 at the time neon1876 , wiki Report Final score: 176points POST kristina law kristina law Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Wth? Some people... 99 99points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21 My cousin had died in a drunk driving accident a few months before, so my mom got me a breathalyzer keychain. It wouldn't have been so bad, but the card it came with said it was "from" my cousin.. I see what my mom was trying to do, but still f**ked up, IMO. heyitsEnricoPallazzo , www.flickr.com Report Final score: 174points POST Littlebunnyfufu Littlebunnyfufu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is like parents who want to take their kids to the burn unit to explain how dangerous fire is. Ugh! 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 A calendar with half nude pictures of my father and stepmother naitomea , unsplash.com Report Final score: 168points POST Donkey boi Donkey boi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Which half? 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 I am going to answer for my sister. When I was about five (making her nine) our uncle/aunt/cousin family asked me what my sister liked. I had no idea. All I knew was she liked to yell at me. So I dumbly replied she like hair ties. For Christmas that year my sister received an assortment of an insanely high number, like two hundred different high ties, scrunches, ect. She didn't let me live that down for a looong time. chubbybunnybean , unsplash.com Report Final score: 161points POST Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Aw, that's on them for letting the five year old pick the present. Apparently at nine, your sister was already difficult to shop for. At least you didn't suggest anything cruel or self-serving. Hair ties was a fine guess. 146 146points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 My grandma gave me bright red undies with googly eyes on them and an extra piece of black cloth to put your d**k inside as the "nose"....I'm a girl. Sbo8890 , unsplash.com Report Final score: 156points POST Vic Vic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago maybe grandma thought it was a lipstick holder.. XD 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 My mother passed away when I was in high school. One of the years after she passed, my dad kinda-sorta forgot to buy me a big Christmas present. So I came downstairs, went to get my stocking (we still do stockings), and pulled out a fistful of 20s. He'd run to the ATM early that morning so I'd have something.
The cash was great and all, but at the time, it felt awful because I just missed my mom, and wished we could have a "proper" Christmas. typewryter Report Final score: 152points POST Nice cuppa tea Nice cuppa tea Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Poor dad wad depressed and couldn't get his head around doing Christmas 267 267points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Every year my family does a secret Santa on Christmas. When i was about 10 my aunt had to buy me a gift. So Christmas morning i open my gift, and i find a Christmas sweater along with a pair of my aunts s**t stained underwear. Apparently she was doing laundry and wrapping gifts at the same time and got the two mixed up. Swirlingmystic , Sincerely Media Report Final score: 145points POST Serial pacifist Serial pacifist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago What is it with aunts? 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 Probably a box of my grandmother's ashes wrapped to look like a gift.
My mother did this. PavementBlues , unsplash.com Report Final score: 143points POST kristina law kristina law Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago ! 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 My parents got me an acoustic guitar one Christmas. Problem: my brother was the one who asked for a guitar, not me. So essentially my Christmas present was seeing my brother absolutely gutted. Meanwhile I had to pretend I was happy. Awkward. Ganon_Fodder Report Final score: 139points POST KT KT Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago i don't get how parents can be THIS daft. Do they not pay attention to their kids as individuals at all? 152 152points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 My Mom rarely cared what gift we might actually want or what our personal tastes were and most often she would select a gift based on her own personal tastes. In the late-80's she decided to buy me a stereo as the main/large gift for whatever reason and she selected a Fisher Price (the children's toy brand) turn table (record player). This is after CD players were invented and of course nobody played records any more. The worst part was that she decided to treat this stereo as some sophisticated equipment that was too good for a child to play with so after Christmas she stored it, in it's original box, in our attic where it has remained until this day. It was supposed to just be stored there until some arbitrary time but my Mom is a huge procrastinator and that time never came. I'm still salty that she wasted all the money on that stupid gift rather than on something I might have enjoyed and actually got to use. Sushi_Booty Report Final score: 132points POST Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Maybe it will be worth something someday LOL. 74 74points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 Grandms got me a douche and a hospital gown that "would make a nice dress if someone sewed it all up" for me. That was weird. pyewacketcg , JESHOOTS.COM Report Final score: 129points POST Irishwoman abroad Irishwoman abroad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Sounds like Grandma got her gifts free from the hospital that year! 101 101points reply View more comments Note: this post originally had 74 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST Flying Captain Flying Captain Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Reading some of these stories...I appreciate Vietnamese culture to absolutely under no circumstances open gifts in front of the one gifting you. Either bc you are not good at keeping a straight face or bc sometimes not even a straight face would rescue the situation and the gifter just looses face. :D 31 31points reply Violet Jensen Violet Jensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That’s literally an amazing tradition omg 15 15points reply Load More Replies... Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago I need this tradition! I'm absolutely awful at hiding facial expressions and since I already have anxiety, opening gifts in front of people just makes it worse 2 2points reply Katinka Min Katinka Min Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is a depressing thread. But it makes me appreciate my parents. They weren't always great but they tried, poured tons of love, time and money into us - and we always had great gifts at christmas. Not many, but good ones. 30 30points reply V V V V Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The year my Aunt Doll mixed up mailing labels and accidentally sent me the "honeymoon starter pack" intended for Cousin Denise while 3 states away my soon to be married cousin is trying to figure out why she's getting She-ra action figures a month before her wedding. 27 27points reply Anony Mouse Anony Mouse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I sent my 3 year-old nephew a Williams Sonoma cookbook and watched my mother open Curious George Goes to the Zoo on Christmas morning. Whoops. 23 23points reply Load More Replies... Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago My nephew would have appreciated a cookbook at 3! Would have had his daddy help him make the recipes. Of course he'd also have LOVED Curious George Goes to the Zoo. 0 0points reply Greymom Greymom Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Now THAT'S funny! 7 7points reply Frozengeckolover Frozengeckolover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Haha! That is hilarious! 2 2points reply Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Aww I hope you got She-ras eventually! They were so awesome. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Flying Captain Flying Captain Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Reading some of these stories...I appreciate Vietnamese culture to absolutely under no circumstances open gifts in front of the one gifting you. Either bc you are not good at keeping a straight face or bc sometimes not even a straight face would rescue the situation and the gifter just looses face. :D 31 31points reply Violet Jensen Violet Jensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That’s literally an amazing tradition omg 15 15points reply Load More Replies... Dodo Dodo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago I need this tradition! I'm absolutely awful at hiding facial expressions and since I already have anxiety, opening gifts in front of people just makes it worse 2 2points reply Katinka Min Katinka Min Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is a depressing thread. But it makes me appreciate my parents. They weren't always great but they tried, poured tons of love, time and money into us - and we always had great gifts at christmas. Not many, but good ones. 30 30points reply V V V V Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The year my Aunt Doll mixed up mailing labels and accidentally sent me the "honeymoon starter pack" intended for Cousin Denise while 3 states away my soon to be married cousin is trying to figure out why she's getting She-ra action figures a month before her wedding. 27 27points reply Anony Mouse Anony Mouse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I sent my 3 year-old nephew a Williams Sonoma cookbook and watched my mother open Curious George Goes to the Zoo on Christmas morning. Whoops. 23 23points reply Load More Replies... Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago My nephew would have appreciated a cookbook at 3! Would have had his daddy help him make the recipes. Of course he'd also have LOVED Curious George Goes to the Zoo. 0 0points reply Greymom Greymom Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Now THAT'S funny! 7 7points reply Frozengeckolover Frozengeckolover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Haha! That is hilarious! 2 2points reply Jackie Johnson Jackie Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Aww I hope you got She-ras eventually! They were so awesome. 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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