Whoever began the tradition of giving presents to people on their birthdays is a total genius.
<p>Think about it. You did absolutely zero work to be born. That was all your mom's pain and toil. </p><p>Nevertheless, you are rewarded with presents and attention every single year for the rest of your life. Frankly, that doesn't add up. But nobody in their right mind would end that tradition and doom themselves to never receiving gifts anymore. </p><p>Some of those annual presents are better than others, of course. And some are the absolute worst of all time. </p><p>Redditors gathered to share the truly bizarre and disappointing gifts they've received from friends and family over the years. </p><p>The key takeaway? STOP GIVING PEOPLE USED CRAP.</p><p>YoWhatTheDuck asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What is the worst gift you’ve ever received for your birthday?"</a></p>
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Test Run
<p>"My uncle and aunt gave me a broken toy car when I was like 5. They let my cousin play with it before it was my birthday and he broke it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgh0eg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SmokeWineEveryday</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Man if I was ur parent, I would've threw that toy car back at them so hard" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhuyrg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lycacons</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's a straight up d**k move" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhtpol?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">piuamaster</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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All Comes Down to the Expiration Date
<p>"An anti-aging cream. Would be cool if I wasn't 9 years old. Opened it and it was obvious it was used before, also had hair in it. Mom put it in the trash immediately." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghglf87?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">m3714246</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I would have used it to vanish out of existence if it was a cream that makes you look 10 years younger" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhls3i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">GodTierAimbotUser69</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You could still be 9 years old if your mom didn't trash it" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghi3nrv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PacoMahogany</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Can't Beat the Classics
<p>"When I was ten my grandma gave me a plain white towel. I wasn't good at hiding my disappointment so my mom made me apologize and pretend that I loved it."</p><p>"There was no way that I could tell it apart from all the other plain white towels we had."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgjmbw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">NerdyFrida</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dude Needs a Calendar or Something
<p>"One year my uncle got me batteries, with a note that said 'toy not included.' Another year he wrote IOU on a piece of paper." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgecrg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">saltiestteacher</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sucks as a birthday present, but a hilarious joke. He could've given something else too."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"An IOU can be extremely valuable, but from the sounds of it not much from your uncle." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgywf0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">nobodynr15</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"See I would do the battery thing as a joke for half an hour, then bring the actual toy out" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhi0tm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">teedo</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Local Memorabilia
<p>"A key chain in the shape of Texas with the name and phone number of a random traffic lawyer. I've never been to Texas or expressed interest in the state, and I didn't know the lawyer." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgj8ko?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Cats_Waffles</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Holy sh**, was it Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghh6z5b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Mr_Mori</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Oh wow. Sounds like you got a Jim Adler key chain! Those fetch a few thousand dollars nowadays!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghiq7nt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">texasbravo</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"This Year, I Got You My Naked Cooties"
<p>"My mother in law gave me her used bathrobe. I don't know how one could possibly say FU you more eloquently without words than that."</p><p>"Still stuns me 20+ years later."<span></span></p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghg6sbk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thepanichand</a></p>Kinda Reversed That One
<p>"Last birthday I lived with my family they all went out to eat without me lol" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgg1po?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">1836547290</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Could be the best present, just depends" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhkp7j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">01kicka**ius10</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Did they sing?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghixgn5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BtDB</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Breaking Even
<p>"I was buying $5 cd I wanted on my bday, my (now)ex said he hadn't gotten me a gift yet, so he said he'd just buy it for my gift."</p><p>"About a week later I was buying groceries, and a $5 bill was in my change and he is it eyeing it. He tells me 'hey... you never paid me back for the cd I got you for your birthday.' So, I gave him the money for it."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghg7upz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">not-a-real_username</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Perfect Shape for Wrapping
<p>"my dads side of the family used to give my siblings and me entire costco sized packs of corn muffin mix for our birthdays/christmas. always corn muffin, never any other kind."</p><p>"like, we would unwrap the present and it would be 10 boxes of corn muffin mix. i cant offer you more context because there literally isnt any."</p><p>"it was always a mystery. my parents used to fight about it lol"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgc24v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Totally_Kyle0420</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Couldn't Resist the Temptation
<p>"Last year for Christmas I got a half eaten meat basket from my In laws! The Summer sausage was cut in half and wrapped with plastic wrap and the cheese spread had been opened" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgakic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jpm1188</a><span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"In what world does this seem okay or even occur as a thought" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgw7d2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BrutalWarPig</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Just looking out for you, and making sure it wasn't poisoned lol" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgxybk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">not-a-real-username</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Birthday day
<p>When I was a kid my dad gave me the money I got for Christmas on my birthday.</p><p>Christmas, I got money. Birthday, I was allowed to spend it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BlackSonder00/" target="_blank">BlackSonder00</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not amused
<p>A day at an amusement park where my father explicitly went out of his way to make it excruciatingly clear that we were not there FOR my birthday.</p><p>I was 8. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Imnotfunnybutitried/" target="_blank">Imnotfunnybutitried</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sportsmanship
<p><br>My uncle gave me a Xbox Live points card for my birthday, when I went to redeem it, it said card not activated. This happened 2 years in a row until my mom told him about it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bob_rob_III/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bob_rob_III</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>My ex's sister-in-law did this to several of us every Christmas and her dad would always feel bad and mail the equivalent in cash. Year 5 or 6 we checked the balance of a card during presents, found it was unactivated and he asked her to leave the house without the gifts she had already opened.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SaddestClown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SaddestClown</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghh0e40/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p>
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Unkindness of strangers
<p><br>The year my husband invited friends over for my birthday so I got to make my own birthday cake, along with dinner for 8 people...and received no gifts</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ljcoon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ljcoon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Partnership
<p>Everyone forgetting that my birthday happened despite the fact that I'm a twin but everyone remembered my twin's birthday instead of mine.</p><p>Edit to clarify some things: I'm a fraternal twin. My twin brother is taller and looks older than I am. He was a college football player.</p><p>I'm a slightly shorter, skinny person who looks vaguely hispanic while also looking white at the same time despite the fact I'm half Japanese.</p><p>My twin is a more outgoing person than I am. I'm a very quiet/introverted personality. IDFK how my parents forgot. They just did.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cheetodude625/" target="_blank">Cheetodude625</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Year after year
<p><br>I have a few: I was taken to a steakhouse for my birthday one year. They all knew I was a vegetarian, but my family all wanted steak. I had complimentary bread and cole slaw for my birthday that year. </p><p>I planned a big party when I was 16, almost everyone I invited said yes, then no one showed up. </p><p>An ex-bf and I had planned a weekend getaway for my 30th at a fancy hotel. We were supposed to meet there. He never showed (he claimed he'd been called into work but I think he was cheating on me). I ended up getting sick (food poisoning maybe), had to beg the front desk to bring me some bread in the middle of the night. I checked out at dawn to drive myself 2hrs to home.</p><p>I loved celebrating my birthday as a kid, but now I actively ignore it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SarcasticUnderbelly/" target="_blank">SarcasticUnderbelly</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgf11m/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not cool
<p>I had just worked off the baby weight and was finally down to a Small again. My mom, who loves to take digs at my weight, bought me a bunch of tent-like drape-y clothes in Large.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hananobira/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hananobira</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgc8p9/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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What now?
<p><br>My Grandma told me my gift was that she was going to quit smoking, for my 13th bday.</p><p>Had it been true it would have been great but she gave this gift to me many times already.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DrLeePhDMd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DrLeePhDMd</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgki2e/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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If you were a lucky kid on your birthday, you received that one special toy you really wanted.
<p>But not every kid had that privilege of getting whatever their hearts desired. </p><p>Sometimes, they got what they needed – like clothes. Lots and lots of clothes. </p><p>I remember frowning upon a knitted sweater I got for Christmas and a pair of olive-colored corduroy pants when all I really wanted was an Atari gaming console. <br></p><p><strong>Curious to know what strangers missed out on getting as kids, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Notworththinknabout/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Notworththinknabout</a> asked:</strong><br></p><blockquote><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What's that one present you wanted to get as a kid but never actually got?"<br></a></em></blockquote><p><br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a></p>
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ASIMO Is Not For Sale
<p>"I really wanted a Honda robot. I found out Honda had built a robot and I asked for one for Christmas because I assumed they were mass produced."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75fion?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">smalldogcough</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Day The Music Died
<p>"An electric guitar and one day I found one hidden in the back of my fathers wardrobe. I was so excited and then Xmas day comes around and I got, well I can't even remember what I got but it wasn't an electric guitar. Turns out it was a present for our neighbours kid and my parents were hiding it away so the kid didn't find it prior to Xmas day. I can feel the sadness again writing this."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75kadv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">crikcet37</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Worthy Substitute
<p>"A doodle bear."</p><p>"So I just used my brother instead- took ages for mum to get the sharpie off him."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75hj7i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lethal_bizzle94</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Scanning Thingy
<p>"I really, really wanted something called a Barcode Battler. You could scan the barcode on any item and it would give it a sort of 'top trumps' style score which I presume you could then battle with your friends over?"</p><p>"I was obsessed with getting one. I would never shut up about it. Whenever an amount of money was discussed I would chip in with stuff like 'that's the same as 3 Barcode battlers'."</p><p>"None of my friends had one, so I don't even know what I intended to do with it, looking back. I'd just seen an advert on Saturday morning TV and decided I must have it."</p><p>"My mum never got me one, I think I ended up with a SuperSoaker. My friends DID have those, and we had great fun with them. If I'd had my way, I'd have been sitting in the corner scanning random items with my Barcode Battler while they partook in giant SuperSoaker wars."</p><p>"Cheers mum, for saving me from myself."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75ikjh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nw5gooner</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Egon Spengler Action Figure
<p>"Egon from Ghostbusters. The Ghostbusters toys were the only toys I had as a kid that weren't hand-me-downs or cheap knock-offs, so they were always special to me. I had Peter, Ray and Winston, I had the Fright Features figures, I had the Ghostbusters tower, I had the Ecto 2 helicopter, and the kid who lived next door had Ecto 1 and the proton pack which I could play with all the time, but I never had Egon. Even when I specifically asked my mum to buy Egon for me, she came back with another Winston. I had two Winstons."</p><p>"Years later (we're talking late 2000s here), my sister was in some charity shop and she found an Egon figure in a bucket of random action figures. She remebered that I never had him as a kid and bought it for me. It was such a silly thing, but it meant so much to me."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75k23v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TommViolence</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When Daddy Forgot
<p>"When I was really young I wanted this mermaid Barbi my father even promised to buy it but forgot which one it was and he brought me a fairy doll instead when he went to buy the mermaid doll they said they were out of stock and I never saw it again after that."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DuckMcass/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DuckMcass</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Toy That Taught You Responsibility
<p>"A Tamagotchi. I've put it on every Christmas and birthday presents lists for years, never got any. My parents didn't even discuss it with me or asked what it was."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75lfoh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">picotipicota1</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Never Too Old To Doodle
<p>"The 64 Crayola crayon pack."</p><p>"And yes, I bought it for myself at age 34."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75jmzx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RockyDify</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Legendary Defender
<p>"Voltron. Always got Voltron related stuff but never the actual robot."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75fmxv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GeraldoFubar</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Christmas Wish Unfulfilled
<p>"I was 15 all I wanted was a Macklemore hoodie. I told my parents if that's all I got for Christmas I would be happy. Never happened."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75gadj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fia__</a><br></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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This One Didn't Workout
<p>"There used to be this Superman muscle blow up shirt that you could press a button and inflate fake muscles on yourself. Always wanted that, had to settle for a regular superman costume."</p><p>"I remember being pretty upset it didn't blow up, but in retrospect my parents were really struggling as immigrants. And i'm eternally grateful for what they did for me as a kid to the best that they could have. Love you Mom and Dad <3"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75r1yg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Federal-Reindeer</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It's A Liability
<p>"I've always wanted roller skates since I was little. They never bought them because I could break a bone or something."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75rvm6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">koahro945</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Revved Up And Nowhere To Go
<p>"A motorcycle, my dad promised me one for my 16th birthday. We'll in my thirties now, still waiting..."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75s2k4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U_cabrao</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Problem With Foam Balls
<p>"NERF made something called the Ballzooka. It was a multi chambered gun that shot foam balls. I wanted one so bad but when my birthday and then Christmas rolled around, my parents claimed they could never find one and that they were out of stock. When I was in my 20s, my dad revealed that they didn't want to spend the money because they figured I'd lose the foam balls in a few days and stop playing with it. Honestly, they're probably right."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75uzwh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">apocalypticradish</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"It's the thought that counts." That's a lie people. Half the time no thought went into it. Don't give bad gifts. If you have no idea... when in doubt... give a gift card. We've all had to grin and bare it after unwrapping some gifted monstrosity. It would save so much time and burnt feelings to just give a blanket gift at this point in life. Case in point; let's discuss some gift ideas that left the wrong impression.
Redditor u/jedelhauser wanted to hear everyone's horror stories about gift giving by asking.... What's the worst gift you have ever received?
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Hey Dory....
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I kinda shrugged it off.
<p>My dad once got me a boombox that could only be used in his room/stored in his room. That I also couldn't use without his permission. So basically he bought himself a boombox. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkhcuj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Aurelius1212</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkhcuj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>My Dad remarried, adopted her kids, and moved to another state. He was normally a very good gift giver... but one year he decided to buy a very expensive set of tools for me for Christmas because I was 18 and going off into the world. Except that it was a gift for both myself and my brother to share so it had to stay in that other state with my 8 year old brother.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I kinda shrugged it off. I assume it had something to do with my Stepmom wanting things to be fair since the tools were so expensive.</p><p>Must've sucked to be an 8 year old who got a bunch of tools to share that he was probably never allowed to touch when all he really wanted was a Pokémon game or something. I've never asked my brother about that, gonna have to see if he remembers. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frlxv6g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> RagnarLothbrook</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RagnarLothbrook/" target="_blank"></a></p>
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"make a point."
<p>It wasn't so much the gift, it was the circumstances. I had some friends who were secretly trying to raise money to help me take care of my dying dad. They'd told a mutual friend of theirs about it, a very wealthy woman who was an attorney. So, on my birthday, she thought it would be appropriate to send me a woven bag as a gift, with a card in it detailing how I needed to not be a beggar, I needed to pull myself up by my bootstraps, I needed to stop asking people like her who were well off for money (I hadn't, my friends had asked her to contribute to a fund they were making), and how I could eventually be a decent person and not such a poor. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I received the gift during my birthday party, and had a complete meltdown that ended up with sending everyone home. She knew I'd grown up homeless, she knew I'd struggled and was finally doing well enough to rent a house on my own, and I had a really good job. She just wanted to "make a point." </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkk1p6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> maybesbabies</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/maybesbabies/" target="_blank"></a></p>
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They don't know me.
<p>Every year I get a gift basket from my dad and step mom. It includes coffee from the clearance section of ross, a bottle of wine, and lots of other clearance stuff from Ross. I don't drink, I can't drink coffee. I sound ungrateful, but I'd rather just get a card. They don't know me. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frk6v8h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Murrmaidthefurrmaid</a></p>Domino.
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<p>It was one of those setups where everyone buys one present to put into a pile at the center of the room, then numbers are drawn and each kid gets the present that corresponds to the number they drew, so it was completely random what present you ended up with. Somehow I ended up getting a box of dominoes every. damn. year. When I got the box of dominoes in fourth grade, I burst out crying. I still don't really know how to play dominoes.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkjst8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">CharredSteak05</a></p>
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the list goes on and on.....
<p>My grandma was the queen of bad gifts. Because she would just give you whatever she had, or something she had found at the store but completely related to her and not to the person receiving the gift... I got a few used ( by her ) nightgowns, books in English when I couldn't understand English well yet as a kid, books to learn German when I was not learning German in any shape or form at school and already had to learn English and Italian for school. </p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p>Brand Pens ( like the ones you get in hotels) old makeup, old used bags or shoes she had found at the flea market, a tourist book about a city I had never been at... the list goes on and on... she was great though. Not a good person per se, but She made up for all the mistakes in her life by being a great grandma. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkkhpl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">onecomment-atatime</a></p>
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Orange....
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Talk to Harry.
<p>When I was little I was super into reading and my grandparents would always give me books way below my reading level. Like I'd be reading Harry Potter and they'd give me me those books they give you in school to teach you how to read. I'd always be excited about book shaped gifts but then really disappointed when I opened it. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkj2r8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Martian_Pudding</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For Sale.
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Sad Holiday.
<p>My adopted mother kept track of how much money she spent raising me, and one Christmas (years after I had moved out) sent me a card with "I'm taking $500 off your debt to me for Christmas." </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkg6hg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hobbitdude13</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Rat in a Cage....
<p>I wanted a pet rat he found a cage and a big fake halloween rat, I mean he had to take the top off the cage to put it in and it was 3/4 the cage size, at the flea market. Laughed his butt off when he said he got me a pet rat, he laughed even harder when he gave it to me. I was 14 and wasn't amused at all. It's funny now, but 14 year old me had that same face my mom gave him when they were married and he did this crap. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkut5l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LittleUsagi85</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Do you even know me?
<p>My ex husband is a crap giver, no thought into gifts. No thought towards others at all. When we were still married he once gave me a makeup kit, although I never wore makeup. I asked him why he got me makeup and he said the sales clerk said most women love makeup. Do you even know me? Do you even see me? A year later for my birthday, he gave me a snowboarding jacket. I don't ski or snowboard, but it could be a really warm winter jacket. I tried it on, it was enormous. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I asked if we could exchange it for a size that fit me. He said no, the jacket was really for him and I wasn't allowed to wear it. Some other memorable gifts from him include the stolen mattress that we did not need. A cell phone with a new line of service that he got in my name without my permission and to which I received the bills to pay for it. Happy Birthday to me! Other fun memories of him include the time I got a call from a Land Rover dealership that he had traded in MY car for a brand new Land Rover and I had hours to get my car to the dealership before they called the police. </p>
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<p>I encouraged them to call the police. The car was in my name only, awarded to me in the divorce, and the jobless prick they let drive a 60,000 car off the lot was not entitled to my vehicle. He called that afternoon telling me I was a moron and had just ruined his week. Sorry Chief.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkgarl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LaBrujaFea</a></p>
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Merry Last Year....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzYwNDk4My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTE2MzE4Mn0.5kXTCBsnD_cCnn6gpDW3A0XFTPnCuaxoCPzrsHbtIb8/img.gif?width=980" id="798bf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="51c2fd1da96897e291166eb0b5c8e517" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />retro 90s GIFGiphy<p>My auntie got me a 2019 calendar.... On Christmas of 2019! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkfo0h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RealJermeyRenner</a><span></span></p><p>That's a message, not a gift. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkg2im?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">writinginwater</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Clippers
<p>I got a hair clip one year.</p><p>It was a nice clip, made of metal, had pretty flowers on it but still, it threw me off.</p><p>It was Christmas one year. And my mom's side of the family always draws names. That way we only have to buy for one person. And usually we try to draw names six months in advance, to give us plenty of time to either collect multiple items to give to this one person or to save up enough money to get them that one big thing. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>One year my uncle and I got each other. I made him this really amazing shadow box full of vintage pictures of him and his kids and all his favorite things that he loves to do. It looked really cool. I also got him this super cool vintage Roman helmet, and when you open it there is a felt lining that has a hole for a bottle of liquor and four smaller holes for four shot glasses. </p>
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<p>And I got him some nice liquor and some nice shot glasses to put inside of it as well. I was really excited whenever I gave it to him because I love giving awesome gifts, and then he handed me a small bag and I pulled out a hair clip. I tried really hard not to look deflated. I really don't even care about gifts that I get. I'd rather not get anything. But the build-up that I had created by getting him this awesome gift just kind of went poof when I pulled out that hair clip.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkigrp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p>
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I'd rather Nickels....
<p>This was a long time ago and that morning my then-boyfriend said he had a surprise for me when he got home from work. He wasn't really one to give gifts and I like surprises, but when he got home he gave me huge bag of pennies. I have no idea what it was for or why he gave it to me. I just said uh okay why are you giving this to me? He said thought you'd like them. It was a pretty big let-down. So weird. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkl4c5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">inquietcontemplation</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_20" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For Me!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzYwNDk5Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODAzMjA1OX0.Ds9MtOuLU-pQxX4OpSnsrR_UzigVtmstYIaG4SPdCO0/img.gif?width=980" id="30ecc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="408c6460b9bee9a1f2e185ea605f15cb" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="281" />penguin GIF by GothamGiphy<p>My dad once gave me his old coffee maker for my birthday. I don't drink coffee, but it was so he could have some when they came to visit. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkmgsw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MTAlphawolf</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hannah is Dead!
<p>My extended family seemed to forget how old I am and I rarely receive age appropriate gifts. I'm 22 now, and they've since stopped giving me anything at all.</p><p>I received multiple baggy velvet track pant sets from the ages of 11-16 for Christmas.</p><p>On one occasion, my aunt from Puerto Rico sent me a singing Hannah Montana poster when I was 16 years old. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>By this time, the show had been of the air for a few years so I don't even know how she found it.</p><p>Got a Monster High makeup set at 18 by a random family member. It was the type of kit with chalky eyeshadows and lots of lip balms. I gave it to a friend's kid. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frk8k88?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jadesaddiction</a></p>
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Just Keep It!
<p>My ex-husband would give me presents that he wanted, never anything I wanted (even if I explicitly told him what I wanted). The last birthday present he got me was pretty terrible. It was a long exposure picture of his favorite drummer. He was so proud of it. Told me that he'd get it framed for me and everything. It didn't once occur to him that I had zero interest in art like that. It wasn't a horrible photo, but was entirely about him and he waited for my birthday to spend a lot of money on it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frl1mip?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CodingBlonde</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_24" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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You Realize I'm like 50 right?
<p>They all give me gifts that would make more sense for 11-year-olds. I work in biology, and for some reason they all think that means I want hundreds of kids' chemistry sets and baking soda volcano kits. They're not even trying to be rude or patronizing, they just have not processed the fact that I'm an adult.</p><p>They also think I'm obsessed with Harry Potter for some reason. I have not read Harry Potter since I was 13, but I am absolutely drowning in merch for it. I have 3 copies of Hermione's wand. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frl0th3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ArcadiaPlanitia</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_25" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I Hate Her!
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This Christmas Hack For Wrapping Presents When You Don't Have Enough Paper Is A Game-Changer
December 23 | 2019
The holidays are a hectic time of year.
We're trying to put on the best show, present our best selves, and ensure we have our best end to the year.
<p>Gifts are a common tradition, but man, wrapping them is so hard. </p><p>How do you make sure it always looks great? What do you do if you cut the paper a little too short?</p><p><strong>Luckily, the internet was recently blown away by a wrapping hack that's as simple as it is brilliant.</strong></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fe80cb6dc02fc511b743fc8d41cfff2d"><div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/FirstMediaBlossom/videos/vb.112284674585/564790000987090/" data-allowfullscreen="true"></div></div><p>The video uploaded to Blossom on Facebook, depicts a series of hacks to make your gift wrapping a little easier. With everything from making gift bags out of wrapping, or adding a built-in pocket for a card, the video has a lot of tricks.<br></p><p>But the one that caught the internet by storm is what to do if you cut the paper just a little too short. The answer is a simple tilt.</p><p><strong>Yes. </strong></p><p><strong>It's that simple.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit..."><a href="https://twitter.com/Waterstones/status/1206536060790038530?s=20" target="_blank">Waterstones / Twitter</a></small></p><p>Unfortunately, it has since been removed, due to a copyright claim.<br></p><p><strong>Still, Twitter is where the internet had their minds blown.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="639b1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="V8DQQ81577289913"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1206608751396052992" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@Waterstones What kind of sorcery is this? And why did no one tell me sooner? (All those years of wasted wrapping… https://t.co/q7PM5v2t5Y</div> — Don'tMakeMeStopThisCar (@Don'tMakeMeStopThisCar)<a href="https://twitter.com/ttapreed/statuses/1206608751396052992">1576512918.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="4e19c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QV64OY1577289914"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1206551340291411969" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@Waterstones I was a bookseller for 3 years, wrapped about a million books, and I did not know this. I feel embarrassed and ashamed.</div> — Sam Copeland (@Sam Copeland)<a href="https://twitter.com/stubbleagent/statuses/1206551340291411969">1576499230.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="abd36" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="WWD8LC1577289914"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1206793348482293761" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@Waterstones I spent the last hour and some change crumpling up & taping down some gift wrap when it’s been this si… https://t.co/RdaqMAQS5T</div> — TheMelanatedIntrovert (@TheMelanatedIntrovert)<a href="https://twitter.com/JustUrAvgTab/statuses/1206793348482293761">1576556930.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="1a75a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="HWKSWI1577289914"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1206554646468268035" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@Waterstones @Hippiepig https://t.co/LgHtU0tViS</div> — Richard Stone (@Richard Stone)<a href="https://twitter.com/richstone59/statuses/1206554646468268035">1576500019.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Maybe if you understood geometry, this hack was already your choice of wrapping. </p><p>The rest of us are just excited to have an answer when we make a mistake.<br></p><p><strong>Then again, some math people didn't get it right away either.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="6168d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="31AT6B1577289915"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1206645725716725760" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@andrewhuang @Waterstones That explains why this never occurred to me.</div> — FlyingSock〽️onkey (@FlyingSock〽️onkey)<a href="https://twitter.com/SockMonkeyFly/statuses/1206645725716725760">1576521734.0</a></blockquote></div>
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People Divulge Which Presents They're Most Excited To Gift This Year
December 19 | 2019
One of the best parts of the holidays is seeing the joy on people's faces when they open the gift you gave them.
<p>It feels especially good when they appreciate a gift that you thought out and put effort in. Some spend months, if not the whole year, studying and paying attention to their loved ones to ensure that they'll get them the perfect present for the holidays</p><p>The only down side of getting someone the perfect gift is having to wait for them to open it. Redditor u/mbowsy gave people the chance to blab about the gift they're most excited to give when they asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"What awesome holiday gift did you get someone that you can't tell them about yet but want to brag about?"</a></p>
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20. They're going to flush this gift down the toilet, in the best way
<p>"The gift is less awesome than the delivery. My housemate hates a dirty toilet bowl, but we're both loath to maintain it, and I saw an ad for the FluidMaster Flush'n'Sparkle that allegedly works better than the tank tabs.</p><p>I am just looking forward to being able to say 'Merry Christmas, there's a present from me in the toilet'."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbsai8p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Kilbia</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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19. I love the mystery that comes with this gift
<p>"I wrapped a couple pieces of legos with instructions and a special note for everyday I'm gone this holiday break. My boyfriend gets to opens them and in the end he'll have a lego space station (he's a NASA/SpaceX geek). He is texting me once a day guessing what it is."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbr7ur6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BottleOfJen</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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18. What a beautiful way to remember a loved one
<p>"My uncle died a few years ago (multiple tumors he survived over the years) This year while visiting my aunt she gave me his old paint and everything he used, so I could use them (she doesn't paint). I made an acrylic painting for my aunt to gift her as a small remembrance of my uncle, who loved to paint, before he couldn't anymore"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbp2q7z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DieEmmss</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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17. My family received one of these, it's lovely
<p>"My favorite old manager had a dog that got him through some really rough times. When the dog passed it was really rough for him and he still tears up talking about her. I got him one of the stuffed look a-likes that is created my hand using pictures that I provided. I'm so excited to give him a piece of her to live with forever."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbn30yt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">roxybb_27</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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16. I think he'll be thrilled
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjE5NzY3My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTQxMTQyNH0.BG6_X97d6d-00xVmbwgQoRnjvRKWrR7h48KFVY4WZrM/img.gif?width=980" id="4afc4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1aa3174826ca003bfdb195e62ce2b53d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>"A long time ago my friend made up a melody on the piano and I wrote it into an actual song with sheet music. He'll either be thrilled or super offended, but I'm proud of it either way."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbhc6jf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheExistanceTheory</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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15. Charity is the best part of the holidays
<p>"A switch lite for a first nations family I've never met.</p><p>I caught word that this 14 year old boy had his birthday was in November and he hasn't gotten a present in 2 years... well this Christmas hes getting a switch lite and 4 games."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbhbwpx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">1vlark</a></p>14. This best friend won't be disappointed
<p>"My best friend has been going through some personal things. She has tried to see Def Leopard as long as I can remember and never has managed it. I bought us tickets to go see them ( we attend a lot of concerts together). She was really upset when their tickets went on sale that she wouldn't be able to go."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbglq51?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Jsmebjnsn</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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13. I guess this gift receiver really loves them
<p>"Custom Van shoes with my face on the front of them.</p><p>She's gonna freak."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fbfcv9h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Guywithacattattoo</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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12. A gift to make more gifts
<p>"Last year for Christmas I wanted a sewing machine so I could learn how to quilt. My mom and two brothers got me a beautiful sewing machine together. This year they are all getting quilts done on the same machine they bought me."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fb9max4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">kayvo_15</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
11. Gift cards for tattoo parlors are one of my favorite gifts to get
<p>"I got my BFF a gift certificate to get a tattoo! She's expressed wanting one fairly often in the past but has never actually gotten around to getting one, so I'm excited to give her the opportunity to finally get a tattoo!"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fb6gf7q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">likesteelswords</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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10. The most thoughtful stockings ever
<p>"My fiancé's grandma makes these really labor intensive stockings whenever someone enters the family (birth/marriage), and she just finished mine after a year of working on it. No one in the nearly 40 years that she has been making these has ever made her one, so she's the only one in the family who doesn't have one. She has no clue that while she's been making mine, I've been making one for her for Christmas this year!"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fav5ohy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">emijra</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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9. Combining naughty cats and puzzles is perfect
<p>"My nan loves doing jigsaw puzzles and my nan's cat loves ruining said puzzles by pulling them off the table and generally being a nuisance. I took a picture of her cat laying on a puzzle she was doing a little while ago and had a puzzle made of that picture!"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/favvzr3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">sunsetlemon</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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8. This beautiful surprise brought tears to my eyes
<p>"I have a baby grand piano being delivered on the 23rd for my wife. She has wanted one since we have been married (7 years) and I have said 'someday' for a while. She has been taking lessons again (since childhood) for 1.5 years and is getting good.</p><p>I 'hid' funds for a couple months to pay for it and had to take a day off work to go look at one 100 miles away.</p><p>Also, she is picking up her Mom and brother from the airport the day of delivery so it'll be in our living room as a surprise when she gets back. She's going to a party tonight so I'm going to wrap some decoy presents and place them under the tree.</p><p>She's 7 months pregnant with our first child so I wanted to blow it out this year."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/favnc9o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">fold_equity</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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7. I think their grandpa will adore this
<p>"My grandpa has dementia. Prior to that time, he was really into geneaology (it's something his own father was into as well). I got him a family tree sculpture that has small photo frames, and I've gone through old family photos and had the best ones professionally printed, and I've put them into this sculpture. It goes as far back as to the first photos that his father took with their first camera. So not only are there photos of the whole family, but you get to see how technology has improved over time too. He may not remember what he said five minutes ago, but he loves to talk about the past and I really hope he loves this gift."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/faupc9n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">loves_spain</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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6. A best gift for the biggest fan of "The Office"
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjE3MDIwMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2Mzg4OTUwNn0.2UDqa1Cj6TmbYfUmwLpC29bR8X8L0_8JV0KINA1baCk/img.gif?width=980" id="fc9e3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8436b72a9fadbaf311e920c95ce7d7ab" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>"My brother loves the office but is upset that its leaving hulu. So I got the complete series for him and got it signed by Steve Carrell"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fav4xw2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">RacerM53</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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5. Their love was written in the stars
<p>"I bought my parents a star chart of the night they were married. They were 17 and told they could never make it and over 35 years later they still love each other so much and I wanted to commemorate that day for them"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/faulf35?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">CarmenSanDiego00</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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4. I'm so excited for this lucky mom
<p>"My moms coming from the west coast to visit me in Vermont for the first time. What she doesn't know is that I'm meeting her at the airport and we're going to Ireland, which is her bucket list destination."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fauv963?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">PM_ME_UR_TRIVIA</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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3. This will be no ordinary book
<p>"My dad is obsessed with Stephen King, and every year I buy him a book but this year he basically has all of them. So I sat down and wrote him a horror novel myself (I'm a writer) but he has no idea and I sent it off and got it printed with a hard cover and everything. I'm so excited"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fauq3rk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">serenity_flower</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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2. Technology is amazing
<div id="ee5a0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UY62N21577069555"> <div > <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/HoKXgb5" data-context="false"> <a href="https://imgur.com/a/HoKXgb5">View post on imgur.com</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> <p>"My father was in WWII Bomber Command, flying in a Lancaster. He was a rear gunner.</p><p>We have a photo of our father with his squadron on the tarmac (I assume at Fiskerton) under one of those mighty machines. The photo is terrible: dark, hardly able to make out any of the figures, let alone our father. Its value was in the nose art, which you can see - not clearly but you can make it out.</p><p>I took the photo to a restorer who has absolutely make this come alive. You can see all those young faces, gestures, uniforms, for the first time.</p><p>I've had copies printed and framed and giving one each to my brother and sister (Dad unfortunately passed in 2014). I think my siblings are going to be pretty amazed to see his squadron for the first time."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fauj6qz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">CrushOnVirgilTracey</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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1. This is an incredibly generous and life changing gift
<p>"Lately, I have been planning to pay for my neighbor's son's college tuition. To put in words, they aren't financially well. The boy had been studying on scholarships and loans. The boy is a good kid but missed his scholarship due to some health issues, so he had to drop this year. I would be breaking this to him this Christmas. Can't wait to see his face. :)"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ealj7k/what_awesome_holiday_gift_did_you_get_someone/fau911f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">fakeimitation</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p class="">What gift are you most excited to give this year?</p>
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