What’s the worst Christmas Present you’ve ever received?

[Ming the Merciless]

Might be hard to beat these

 

[fossyant]

Singing Christmas mug and a bottle of Mango hot sauce. Both from same sister in law. Both went in the bin.

 

[raleighnut]

Many years ago my Mother bought me a 'Gameboy' , never took it out of the box and managed to exchange it at the shop for a Walkman

 

[Smokin Joe]

A Daniel O'Donnell CD from the late MiL.

Why do people think that if you're Irish you must be into that bland, lifeless crap? He's destroyed every song he's ever covered and the age of his audiences start at around 85.

 

[Drago]

Cliff Richard socks. I kid ye not.

 

[Electric_Andy]

When I was about 13 my main gift off my parents was very heavy, I'd been feeling it all week so was very excited. When I opened it, it was a sheet music stand to hold my guitar tab books. Would have been handy now but back then I only ever used it when I knew mum was entering the room!

 

[Accy cyclist]

A banana! Many years ago, after many years of my dad telling me how if they were lucky as children, got a banana as a Christmas present during the war (as In WW2). One year I boxed and wrapped a banana for him. He saw the funny side and the following year he gave me a boxed and wrapped banana in return!

 

[Accy cyclist]

My grandma, mother of the above, used to give me and brother a pound note each for every birthday and at Christmas. I was born in 1960. My grandma died in 1984, so the last time she gave us a pound note was in 1983. Had she never heard of inflation?! A quid in 1960 was worth a lot more than it was in 1983!!🧐

 

[Juan Kog]

My grandma, mother of the above, used to give me and brother a pound note each for every birthday and at Christmas. I was born in 1960. My grandma died in 1984, so the last time she gave us a pound note was in 1983. Had she never heard of inflation?! A quid in 1960 was worth a lot more than it was in 1983!!🧐

So your Gran struggled to give you and your brother £2 out of her meagre pension and your complaining . Frankly I’m appalled at your attitude. ………………………

 

[Accy cyclist]

So your Gran struggled to give you and your brother £2 out of her meagre pension and your complaining . Frankly I’m appalled at your attitude. ………………………

She was quite well off! 🧐 No bloody wonder as she hardly parted with any of her money, as my previous post proves!!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A quid in 1960 was worth a lot more than it was in 1983!!🧐

Well exactly as by Christmas 1983 pound notes had been replaced with coins.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well exactly as by Christmas 1983 pound notes had been replaced with coins.

They had, but the notes were still legal tender up till some point in 1988.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

They had, but the notes were still legal tender up till some point in 1988.

Not the ones your aunt had

 

[Juan Kog]

She was quite well off! 🧐 No bloody wonder as she hardly parted with any of her money, as my previous post proves!!

That must have been hard for you a proud Lancastrian, having a Gran from that county to the east .

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Worst one for me was when I got a Sinclair Spectrum and had to pay half the cost of it myself. Fast forward 18 months I sold it to move up to a Commodore 64. Mother wanted half the proceeds from the sale!

Still p’s me off to this day.