Christmas presents I don't want

no idea what said:
That's what my in-laws end up getting me every year. I wear them all the time and an annual replacement is perfect :D
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Hah, that works out well. My current pair are absolutely battered now - they're more a symbolic gesture to the notion of wearing slippers really. :)

I might ask Santa if I can have a more durable pair this year.
 
My mother got me driving gloves and a scarf 3 years in a row. As in, practically the same pair of leather gloves and a colourful scarf, but 3 times. I'm 31, vegan, and drive JDM. Not quite the sort of thing I'm likely to require...
 
Son gave me "Saturn Flight Manual".
Ok, so the diagrams are sort-of interesting but.. My brain is even older than the rest of me :confused:
 
Chilli sauces or chutneys or anything like that
I get that people think "I'll buy him something he really likes", but in really liking it I have specific tastes and those tastes don't involve mass produced ******* sauce gift sets
 
The joys of living abroad and none of your family knowing your actual address. No way for them to send the endless cards or family photo calendars.

My mum still gives me socks when she does see me, as a long running joke, but they are actually very useful.

My father is just like me and has been like a broken record asking to please receive nothing over the years. I’ve lost count of the amount of terrible gift ideas for him I’ve vetoed, in the family WhatsApp group. He owe me big time!
 
For about 5 years in a row my mum bought me multiple forms of Top Gear related presents. I barely ever watched Top Gear and am not in to cars, or Clarkson et al.
 
no idea what said:
That's what my in-laws end up getting me every year. I wear them all the time and an annual replacement is perfect :D
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I got a pair of Ugg slippers in the Outlet in Vegas, they worked out at just under £30 and are honestly the best slippers I've ever had, had then 2 years now and they're still fine, wear them all year long and can honestly say that when the time comes to replace them I'm more than happy paying the £100 they are rrp if I can't get them at an outlet over here (the leather ones were £70 in Cheshire Oaks outlet when I last went but don't need them just yet)
 
Maundie said:
I got a pair of Ugg slippers in the Outlet in Vegas, they worked out at just under £30 and are honestly the best slippers I've ever had, had then 2 years now and they're still fine, wear them all year long and can honestly say that when the time comes to replace them I'm more than happy paying the £100 they are rrp if I can't get them at an outlet over here (the leather ones were £70 in Cheshire Oaks outlet when I last went but don't need them just yet)
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I have UGG slippers and 100% agree :D
 
i remember back when i was 18 my uncle gave me a faux leather writing case, probably from boots or something. I mean ffs, for an 18 year old! then he got in a right strop and had a go at me down the phone for not getting back to him within days to say how thankful i was and how much thought he put in to getting it. Do one mate.

But now being an old codger of 50+ i really appreciate a good set of socks. And my Mrs being Asian you have to get your shoes off within a millimeter of entering the house and swapping for slippers or there is trouble , so a nice set of slippers has come to be appreciated. I cant knock them anymore.

Just general tat is a waste of time now, odd flavour of the month books (A history of the MG motor car once when i owned one, loved the car to bits, couldn't give a stuff about its history). What i do want generally costs hundreds if not thousands so im buying them for myself. So people should just save their money now, i wouldn't be offended if they didn't get me anything, its a treat if my stepdaughter can sit down and watch a movie with me on xmas day.
 
potatolord said:
There comes a time in a chap's life when the presents which were previously scorned (socks, a nice wool jumper) become desirable.

There are, however, some annoying gifts which are pretty much staples.

This is my starter list of worthless gifts, with reasons
1 gift packs of 4 tiny bottles of beer from tesco. Just spend that £10 on 8 cans instead.
2 mugs, amusing or otherwise. No-one over the age of 20 needs mugs.
3 amusing party games. They go in the bin on new year's day.
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Please send me your mugs.
 
Frubeling said:
Chilli sauces or chutneys or anything like that
I get that people think "I'll buy him something he really likes", but in really liking it I have specific tastes and those tastes don't involve mass produced ******* sauce gift sets
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I had this last Christmas actually.

I love hot food, I even grow my own chili's and love experimenting with making my own sauces and what have you.

Of course a relative decided that due to this she would buy me a gift set of hot sauces, apparently different ones from around the world. They were literally the EXACT same awful tasting cheap sauce with different labels and colours.
 
Vouchers. I can’t stand vouchers.

They show laziness, because the gifter can’t be arsed to search for a gift.

then they always say, I didn’t know what to get you, so I got you a voucher and you can get something you want, and I’m like “Oh that’s fantastic, because without this £10 voucher, I’d never be able to afford that 3 pack of boxers I was saving up for”

And then you have to make a special trip to whatever shop they’ve bought them from, which is normally a place you never set foot in, just to spend £10 on something you couldn’t really care less about. It’s normally about a mile away or more, so you have to **** about wasting petrol and car park charges to get there and back. So by the time you’ve walked out with your new boxers and got home, you’ve only just broken even in petrol and car park charges.

Bloody stupid.
 
Stu999 said:
Are you on the run?
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Maybe at first. Now I’m just too scared to come back. :D

I can remember at 15 getting a knitted sweatshirt with “A B C” on the front from my French aunt. That had a wonderful life in the bottom drawer until it eventually went to the charity shop. A box of action man tissues was the most surreal gift; especially embarrassing when you’re a teenage boy.

My Step Grandmother has gone a bit mental and definitely gives the best gifts now. Luckily I’ve been off her list for years, but my younger sisters get some hilarious stuff. A second hand key ring with a dog on it, grow your own basil kit.
 
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