What is the crappiest gift exchange gift you have received?

We had a white elephant exchange yesterday at work... in the form of an ornament exchange. I went out of my way to find a beautiful ornament, plus I purchased a gift-card for Starbucks and on top of all of this, I wrapped my gift elaborately topped with a beautiful bow. I ended up receiving a re-gifted looking wiener dog, dressed like a hippie... NOT EVEN AN ORNAMENT FROM THE 99CENT STORE... what upsets me is that this is not the first time I get stuck with a crappy gift... ! What sucks even more is the person who gave the crappy gift, ended up with a beautiful ornament... uggh I cant stand people who participate in gift exchanges and give crappy thoughtless gifts~!

What is the crappiest gift exchange gift you have received?
You could re-gift that creepy, tacky wiener dog at the same white elephant exchange next year. Hopefully karma would work and "what goes around, comes around" will occur and your crummy co-worker will end up with his little friend again.





Or





You can take the high road (which I know is what you will do- I bet you are a classy, kind %26amp; considerate lady -I just know you are!) and give that hippy dog to Goodwill and forgive %26amp; forget the whole thing. Remember, someone is spending $15.99 to pay full price for that ugly dog... just be glad you have better taste!





As for myself, I was the unfortunate recipient of 1/2 a bag of hard candy one year.Yes- 1/2 a bag- not even a full one. I was 12 years old and my dad had married a lovely woman with two daughters about 6 months prior. My stepmom's mother lived in Delaware and mailed a huge Christmas package to the family. Her granddaughters (my cute step sisters) received tons of toys, clothes and books. My Dad and stepmom reecieved tons of gifts also. And there in the box with my name misspelled on the tag was a bag of hard "old lady" kind of candy. It had been opened already and was half full. The bag had been stapled shut again. And that was my gift. I think it would have been better to have had nothing, at least I would think she had forgotten me. But to put that in the box was really hateful.


Given the fact I was only 12 I think I handled it quite well. I smiled nicely and ooo-ed and aahh-ed over their gifts from her . Then I went into the bathroom and had a good cry.


And I was even made to write a Thank You note to her for it! JI hate hard candy now... I wonder why.





Merry Christmas Sweetie- I would give you a beautiful, glimmering ornament straight from heaven if I could.
Reply:One time I got a box filled with deodorant, band-aids, soap, and Preparation H! Yuck! Someone must have been aiming for the smelly person.
Reply:A toaster .. yuck
Reply:you are completely right!


Its not fair for the people like you who put alot of time and not to metion money into finding a acceptable gift for anyone who recieves it. Some people just grab the first thing they see out of there closet in hope to get rid of it! The worst thing i've ever gotten in a gift exchange?


i'd have to say it was a pair of rusted earings, i mean they were actually rustung. But dont let your horrible gift bring you down, i mean theres karma right?


so enjoy the holiday season despite the ungreatful souls that are spread among us





Happy holiday


Byye %26lt;33
Reply:I did up a (IMO) really thoughtfull gift basket for my sister-in-law 2 years ago. It had really expensive teas and a tea set and honey and candy from World Market in it. It was absolutely gorgeous! I must have spent $150 on the whole thing but I thought it was worth it since it was something I knew she would truly like.





Christmas morning we open our gifts and she gets her gift basket and thanks me. Then it's my turn. I open my gift and she's wrapped up a manicure set that she probably got for free when she opened up a bank account at Washington Mutual. And then, to top it off, she points out that it's deemed safe to take on airplanes. Which was EFFING HILARIOUS (not then, but in hindsight and sort of allowing myself some bitterness) because I'm a known NON-flyer. I do NOT do planes. No exceptions. And it's a KNOWN thing. We always joke about how I don't have my passport, blah, blah, blah... Anyway, so I thought that was it for crappy gifts in 2004, but then to add insult to injury, I open another present from her and it's a potholder. And not like a Williams Sonoma potholder or anything. It's a potholder she made...ON A LOOM! Like the kind with the 57 billion different little nylon bands that you play with when you're a kid. I was really hurt that she so very obviously harbours some deep hatred for me in her black little crack-headed heart.





I still get her nice gifts because I actually like to put thought into the things I do for others--and I must say any gift I'm given I'm grateful for except when it was so very thoughtlessly concieved and done only to keep the gift giver from feeling guilty--, but I ususally cap her presents at $50. It keeps ME from feeling guilty AND from smacking her silly with whatever piece of crap she decided to wrap up and give me that year.





PS That wiener dog is awful! Don't let my sister-in-law near it or it'll probably end up under my tree next year.
Reply:Every year our family does a gift exchange, and for the past few years in a row my aunt has always gotten gifts from my cousin. Year after year, my cousin gives my aunt old, balled-up, extra-large sweaters that had obviously been worn not-so-gently. Yikes! My aunt and I just joked that it could have been worse, say, if my cousin gave her underwear in the same condition instead!!


Merry Christmas! Hope your future gift exchanges go better than my aunt's!
Reply:Some one gave me a pinecone once. They just tied a string around the top and gave it to me as an ornament. They probably plucked one off of their tree on their way out to the dinner/white elephant exchange. They did sprinkle it with some cinnamon or something, though, so it smelled good.