These 31 Gifts Real People Got For Christmas Are So Incredibly Awful, I Don’t Know Whether To Laugh In Confusion Or Cry In Pity

The holidays are successful afloat swing, which means gifts are being exchanged — coworkers, family, friends, the full works. And inevitably, immoderate presents marque you intermission and think, "WTF?" We've all been there, reminding ourselves (and hoping to believe) that it's the thought that counts.

In a erstwhile post, we asked the BuzzFeed Community what the worst acquisition they've ever received was, and wow, the responses did not disappoint. There were so galore comments that I had to marque immoderate genuinely devastating cuts conscionable to decorativeness this post. So buckle up and spot which atrocious gifts made the list.

1. "My fellow and I had conscionable breached up due to the fact that I wanted marriage, and helium didn’t. We broke up close earlier Christmas, truthful I was beauteous depressed during the holidays. One of my household members talented maine a publication titled Why Men Marry Some Women and Not Others."

—Anonymous 

2. "My ma talented each 5 of her children beautifully wrapped boxes afloat of...literally nothing. She said that Christmas was for the babe Jesus."

—catsarefriendshaped❤️

3. "My nana got maine a vibrator. (Two of those words should ne'er coexist wrong the aforesaid sentence...or breath.) We've ne'er talked astir it. I’m afloat convinced she thought it was either a portable charger oregon a pinkish backmost scratcher. Sad happening is...I usage it. What? Those things are expensive!"

—Anonymous 

4. "My archetypal Christmas married, my mother-in-law bought maine a Victoria's Secret pyjama set. It was the aforesaid acceptable she gave her 2 daughters. We were each the aforesaid size, but she gave her 2 daughters the close size, small, but maine an X-L. I weighed 110lbs astatine most. Several years later, the Christmas aft having our archetypal child, she gave maine a akin pyjama set. This clip an XS. Being postpartum, I weighed astir 160lbs and needed a M."

—Anonymous 

5. "I dated a feline who loved to travel. Me, not truthful much, but I surely didn’t begrudge his interest. One Christmas, my acquisition was a ample Shutterfly publication of photos of 1 of his trips from earlier I knew him. There wasn't a azygous changeable of immoderate bully countryside oregon iconic metropolis scenes — lone pictures of him. I’m definite you’ve travel to the realization faster than I did astir what a self-absorbed narcissist helium was!"

—minichair12

6. "My parent erstwhile gave my 2 kids ceramic mugs printed with 1 of her ain watercolour paintings, of a antheral swimming bare underwater successful a pool. My kids were some nether four."

—adammcdoom

7. "He bought maine a Groupon for wine, which I had to walk astatine slightest $200 to redeem."

—Anonymous 

8. "My day is the week aft Christmas, and my aunt would springiness maine a Christmas sweater each year. A week aft Christmas. I was a child. If that wasn’t atrocious enough, I aboriginal learned that her girl (my cousin) got a Christmas sweater each twelvemonth from her other grandparents, ne'er liked it, truthful my aunt would recycle it arsenic a day acquisition for me. Every year!"

—megityb

9. "My ex's aunt erstwhile gave america a container of assorted canned goods — mostly expired."

—parryboucher

10. "I was moving successful childcare, and 1 of the parents gave maine a photograph of their ain kid for a vacation bonus gift. It was my job; I didn't request a representation of their child. So that photograph went successful the shredder."

—Anonymous 

11. "Bath bombs. I don't person a bath successful my apartment, lone a shower."

—Anonymous 

12. "Step-mother and begetter got maine a azygous beauteous vino glass. I don't portion alcohol. Maybe that is wherefore they included a enactment that read: This is for drinking Coke by yourself. I besides don't portion soda."

—Anonymous 

13. "My grandma from North Dakota would nonstop maine soap each twelvemonth for Christmas. My siblings would person cool, handmade gifts from her. I was the lone 1 who routinely received soap. Maybe she thought of maine arsenic soiled oregon smelly?"

—Anonymous 

14. "My grandma got maine an American Girl Doll cookbook. I’m 30."

—Anonymous 

15. "My ex-husband bought maine a scanner. When I said I wouldn't usage it, helium took it to his ain printing concern and told maine I could usage it determination if I needed it. He besides ever forgot my birthday. One birthday, helium came location from enactment announcing successful a sing-song voice, 'I person a contiguous for you!' I ran to greet him, and helium was holding a ream of paper. I said, 'You got maine PAPER for my birthday?!' He said, 'It's your birthday?!'"

—Anonymous 

16. "My worst acquisition was fixed to maine by my husband. It was wrinkle cream. I wasn't adjacent 30 yet and didn't amusement signs of aging. He gave it to maine arsenic my 'big' contiguous successful beforehand of our full extended family. I was gutted. Did I notation we are divorced now?"

—sharprocket135

17. "One year, my mother-in-law gave america a java maker. We don’t portion coffee. She said it was truthful she could person java erstwhile she visits. The adjacent year, she 'gave us' a TV that would beryllium successful the impermanent country that we slumber successful erstwhile we sojourn her. She said it truthful we could person our ain tv successful 'our room' of her house. So basically, she bought 2 gifts for herself."

—Anonymous 

18. "This was backmost during the days of 'glamour shots.' One year, I gave my household copies of my glamour photos. I was benignant capable to adjacent enactment them successful frames for them. Although it was innocent, erstwhile I deliberation astir it, I privation to bang my caput connected the wall. Cause yikes, what was I thinking?"

—Anonymous 

19. "My begetter erstwhile wrapped and talented maine the escaped promotional t-shirt that came with the DVD of Dodgeball that helium purchased for himself. I americium not a fan, nor americium I a Men's Large. Thanks anyway, Dad. I conjecture it's the thought that counts?"

—Anonymous 

20. "My mother-in-law wrapped up each of the presents I had sent her successful the past 3–4 years and sent them to maine arsenic my Christmas contiguous 1 year. I nary longer bargain her presents. Instead, I donate to my favourite charities successful her sanction — charities that she says are 'too liberal.'"

—Anonymous 

21. "My hubby had fallen successful emotion with photography, truthful I got him a bully integer camera with a representation paper and a portable printer for his photos. The kids were ever borrowing my hairbrush, and I mentioned offhandedly that I needed to prime up 1 of those hairbrush comb sets they sold for $5.99. Yep, that was my hubby of 10 years' Christmas contiguous to me. I burst into tears successful beforehand of each the kids and our grandson. I was truthful embarrassed I ran upstairs. I overheard our grandson say, 'Jeez, Grandpa! At slightest I got a paper with $25 successful it!'"

—Anonymous 

22. "My dada gave maine a Leonard Cohen CD. I hatred Leonard Cohen, but helium loves him. He inactive has the CD and plays it each the time."

—Anonymous 

23. "He asked maine what I wanted for my archetypal day arsenic a joined couple. I said a brace of diamond earrings. Instead, helium got maine a bowling ball, bowling shoes, and a bowling bag. The worst portion is that helium was arrogant of it."

—Cgllewellyn

24. "My ma erstwhile bought maine a movie from my puerility that gave maine nighttime terrors for years. It was caller to DVD, and she said she vaguely remembered it from my puerility and remembered that I liked it. She got it wrong. I hated it. Nothing says Merry Christmas similar your puerility trauma 'now connected DVD!' Thanks, mom."

—Anonymous 

25. "Years ago, I got a beingness proviso of integrative wrap. It was 1 of the concern sizes."

—Anonymous 

26. "A inexpensive necklace and ringing from my grandma with a birthstone. Not my birthstone — my cousins. She got america mixed up."

—Anonymous 

27. "My ex-girlfriend gave maine the 'gift of herself' — yes, a time with idiosyncratic who thought they were the astir astonishing idiosyncratic ever. She got dumped the time after."

—Sasha Kyääti

28. "A household friend, with whom I was not close, gave maine a solid baking dish. When I opened it, she asked maine if I liked to cook. She was a newlywed, and it was evidently a wedding acquisition she didn't want. Her caller hubby talented my member a acceptable of unattractive champagne flutes."

—Anonymous 

29. "My stepdaughter is the explanation of thoughtless. Each year, I sent gifts to her, her husband, and her children. Each year, it's a crippled to conjecture the excuse they'll usage for not sending thing back. 20 years' worthy of gifts that got 'lost successful the mail,' 'returned to sender, oregon had the 'wrong address.' I yet gave up and stopped sending gifts to her and her family. She had the nervus to telephone and accidental however overmuch I disappointed them connected Christmas morning."

—JeffreyInPDCA

30. "When we had been unneurotic for 2 years, my ex-boyfriend bought maine a metallic furniture frame. I had a level bed, truthful I couldn’t adjacent usage it due to the fact that I didn’t person a container spring. Looking back, helium often got things helium wanted oregon wanted maine to have, disguised arsenic gifts for me."

—D

31. And finally: "My hubby got maine a trash tin — not adjacent a fancy one!"

—Anonymous 

Now it's your turn. With the Christmas vacation play among us, it's adjacent amended if it was a caller acquisition you got. Tell maine successful the comments, oregon if you request immoderate anonymity, past driblet it successful the ace casual anonymous signifier below:

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Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.