We’ve all received a bad Christmas present. Whether it was well intentioned but misguided, or even just straight up a bad joke taken a pinch too far. Bad Christmas presents can go down like a lead balloon, but after a couple days can turn into hysterical stories to share with friends and families. I jumped onto our favourite topical discussion forum, Reddit, and jumped on the R/Australia page and the R/AskReddit page. Here are some stories we’ve found about some of our favourite horrible Christmas presents people have received!
A Blank VHS Tape… Twice!
Getting a bad gift once is bad enough, but sometimes being polite can be your biggest downfall. User NickyDeeM sadly learned the hard way that maybe when you get a bad gift it’s okay to be honest about it.
A Cook Book is Great! But not like this…
User Ill_Patient_3548 is a professional chef and it’s really great that their mother expressed interest in their line of work. The mother really wanted to gift them something practical that they’d use. The only down side is it might not have been the incredible gift she expected.
A Non-Electric, Electric Toothbrush
Yeah, I’m just curious if it was less or more expensive than a standard toothbrush from say Coles or Woolies.
Fun for 8-Year Olds
I’m going to pull this one on my kids someday.
They clearly liked it originally
I mean, if they didn’t find it around the house then maybe this would’ve been a great gift.
It can always be worse
Maybe they were suggesting they take up a new hobby?
Yeah, get the hell out of there man!
User BlackLetterLies shares the story of a Christmas morning with his girlfriend and how her not so subtle hint was the worst gift he could’ve received at the time.
