Xmas Turkeys
We've all been there - rubbish Christmas presents year after year from aunts and uncles who think we'll look just lovely in yet another hideous chunky-knit, over-sized, colour-clashing excuse for a jumper.So what's the most rubbish Christmas present you've ever been given? Hard to choose perhaps?
Well read about the junk some of the folks at Channel 4 have had to endure, then add your own stories on our message board. We'll post the best ones on this page.
Harry - aged 30 from Exeter
"I received a satchel aimed at the under 10s for Christmas during my 17th year from a nutty Aunt.
"In retrospect, it would have been cool to have used it in an ironic/retro-trendy way, but at the time I was just a bit miffed.
"I didn't send a thank-you letter, and then never received any more presents... poor me."
Laura - aged 25 from Bournemouth
"I have an uncle who is a bit of an old miser. He still sends me a Christmas card every year with a £1 coin firmly taped inside.
"The Christmas card usually has a robin on it, or a wintry landscape, and judging by the faded colours and crumpled edges, they have probably come from the same bumper Christmas card multi pack for the last 30 years.
"I kind of like it though, it makes me feel like a kid. I still calculate how many penny sweets I could buy and give my pound coin a little more prestige in my purse until it is spent for that year.
"Despite my moans about inflation, perhaps my uncle is trying to remind me of something?"
Ian - aged 31 from London
"Me and my best friend spent our college years having an annual rubbish-presents-from-rich-step-parents competition.
"He started with a bright green knitted tank-top, I countered with a badly carved boomerang from Australia that didn't fly.
"Next up was a pen that could write upside down vs a set of personalised stationery - both gifts that tell you profoundly how much you're loved...
"The following year was a rubbish 99p 'stunt-flyer' plane vs a packet of coloured pencils. Both great if you're eight years old, but not so much if you're in your early twenties.
"In our last crap-present smack-down, I thought I was a sure-fire winner: a plug-in night light in the shape of a gnome's house. Seriously.
"But (and I was there for the unwrapping) my rival surpassed this easily with a huge A3 coffee table book about coffee machines. Possibly the most useless present ever given in the history of festivity."
Your Xmas Turkeys
elmos friend
My brother brought me a secret diary - trouble was, it was for the year just gone.
My brother brought me a secret diary - trouble was, it was for the year just gone.
Sheep In a Jeep
My worst-ever pressie was from my mother-in law-to be - the miserable old boot gave me a mothers union cotton tea towel. And the worst thing was we drove 200 miles one way to get it!
My worst-ever pressie was from my mother-in law-to be - the miserable old boot gave me a mothers union cotton tea towel. And the worst thing was we drove 200 miles one way to get it!
joyce
Mine was a fan heater from my then boyfriend as my 1st xmas present from him! and I still married him (27 years ago).
Mine was a fan heater from my then boyfriend as my 1st xmas present from him! and I still married him (27 years ago).
Perones
This really is true. I went round to my parents a couple of Christmasses ago, all the family gathered around whilst we openened our prezzies. Mine was by far the largest, and by its weight, it had to be something electrical. It was... a corgi trouser-press like the ones you see in hotels. Ps: it's still in its box in my spare room.
This really is true. I went round to my parents a couple of Christmasses ago, all the family gathered around whilst we openened our prezzies. Mine was by far the largest, and by its weight, it had to be something electrical. It was... a corgi trouser-press like the ones you see in hotels. Ps: it's still in its box in my spare room.
Gypsie
An orienteering torch designed to hang round your neck and sit in such a way as it illuminates the map as you walk in the dark. This was from my mother in law. only thing is ive never been orienteering in my life, never expressed a wish for a torch and I even drive to little Tesco.
An orienteering torch designed to hang round your neck and sit in such a way as it illuminates the map as you walk in the dark. This was from my mother in law. only thing is ive never been orienteering in my life, never expressed a wish for a torch and I even drive to little Tesco.
sub atomic partygirl
My friend got a retractable washing line from her hubby last year. That qualify (as mitigating circumstances for hubbycide)?
My friend got a retractable washing line from her hubby last year. That qualify (as mitigating circumstances for hubbycide)?
Karma Waters
A bottle of Je Reviens perfume and matching soap from my aunt. Nice you might think!!! Only trouble was they were at least 20 years old, maybe a lot older, and the bottle of perfume was half full and the soap had dried and was shrivelled up.
A bottle of Je Reviens perfume and matching soap from my aunt. Nice you might think!!! Only trouble was they were at least 20 years old, maybe a lot older, and the bottle of perfume was half full and the soap had dried and was shrivelled up.
MrsDiddy
A crop top and pants set from an old (and confused) Aunt. I was 24 at the time.
A crop top and pants set from an old (and confused) Aunt. I was 24 at the time.
Marguerita
A Simon Cowell doll chatting about the X factor
A Simon Cowell doll chatting about the X factor
little_bird
My Dad bought my Mum a locking petrol cap for her car one year. Needless to say it didn't go down very well.
My Dad bought my Mum a locking petrol cap for her car one year. Needless to say it didn't go down very well.
Jubileee
A blue and white striped nautical top with a big anchor on it. For all my seafaring adventures I go on.
A blue and white striped nautical top with a big anchor on it. For all my seafaring adventures I go on.
Effie McClumpher
A washing machine... first christmas with my ex husband
A washing machine... first christmas with my ex husband
MattW
A nose hair trimmer from my sister! After some years sitting in my 'clutter' drawer, I managed to get 99p for it on eBay.
A nose hair trimmer from my sister! After some years sitting in my 'clutter' drawer, I managed to get 99p for it on eBay.
careen
My nest door neighbour bought his wife a rotary washing line one year. But last year he really splashed out and got her a vacuum cleaner.
My nest door neighbour bought his wife a rotary washing line one year. But last year he really splashed out and got her a vacuum cleaner.
onetoo
My brother bought mam a chip making machine one year. The one where you press the lever down and the potato comes through the grid. Mam was not happy
My brother bought mam a chip making machine one year. The one where you press the lever down and the potato comes through the grid. Mam was not happy
Cosm
I got a huge hardback book about steam engines when I was about 13. No idea what I must have said to make my uncle buy me it.
I got a huge hardback book about steam engines when I was about 13. No idea what I must have said to make my uncle buy me it.
