# Your most worthless Christmas gift (this year.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700 "2009-12-27T12:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/21 "2009-12-27T23:09:18Z")
A gigantic (at least a foot tall and a foot in diameter) flowered tea cup and saucer. Mom thoought it would “look cute” with a plant in it on my deck next summer. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/22 "2009-12-27T23:29:09Z")
> [@Hanna](#): > > Your fiance wasn’t the one who gave you that gift, right? Nope. My dad and his wife (who has extremely kitchy taste). ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/23 "2009-12-27T23:34:18Z")
No one’s fault and I absolutely appreciated the thought; but, I received a book that I had literally just finished reading, having checked it out from the library. It’s still in the pile of to-be-returned (luckily, on the bottom!) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/24 "2009-12-28T00:24:33Z")
One bag of Ghirardelli Chocolate. Come on, people. Everybody I work with knows I’m losing weight. What were you thinking? But I am sitting here wearing pants that are one size smaller. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/25 "2009-12-28T00:35:40Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > A Snuggie. As sure as it snows in the northeast in the winter, I KNEW there was going to be a Snuggie under the tree with my name on it. I appreciate the time, money, and effort the giftgiver spent to procure me a Snuggie. But: it’s lame (like a Pet Rock). I’m always always always hot (yes, it’s me who keeps turning the thermostat down). I have a way to take the chill off, if I need it - the giftgiver has seen my beautiful velour throw, and was there when I bought my beautiful cashmere throw (for 70% off). So why does the giftgiver think I need a cheap, stupid fleece gag gift? (I smiled and said thank you so much, but maybe I can fold it into a nice cat bed, or regift to someone who could uses it.) A gift for someone that weighs 550 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/26 "2009-12-28T00:37:45Z")
> [@JuliaSqueezer](#): > > A gigantic (at least a foot tall and a foot in diameter) flowered tea cup and saucer. Mom thoought it would “look cute” with a plant in it on my deck next summer. I’ve seen them in the garden center of Walmart. Perhaps you can get a gnome to set in the cup and make it look like a Disney ride for gnomes. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/27 "2009-12-28T00:51:34Z")
A bright green Scooby Doo t-shirt. I don’t wear bright colored shirts and I detest Scooby Doo. I’ll see if someone will give me 99 cents for it on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/28 "2009-12-28T00:52:19Z")
I hate to be ungrateful. Really, I do. I mean, our friends invited us over for Christmas Day when they heard we weren’t seeing my side until the 26th. It’s just that we didn’t find out until we arrived there that their 3-year-old daughter had a nasty cold. Her nose was running constantly. And, of course, she doesn’t know/remember to cover her mouth and nose when she sneezes. Which she did at least once in the kitchen amongst all the uncovered food. Apparently my husband and I hadn’t encountered that virus recently, because now we’re both very sniffly and coughing slightly, and my throat is sore as hell. Thanks, little girl! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/29 "2009-12-28T01:05:50Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I’ve seen them in the garden center of Walmart. Perhaps you can get a gnome to set in the cup and make it look like a Disney ride for gnomes. You can probably find a projectile vomiting accessory to make it more lifelike 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/30 "2009-12-28T01:25:39Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Just another beat on the “I’m going to die” drum that my mother has been beating regularly for (holy christ, has it really been?) 30 years, and which has dominated all communication with her for the last ten. Awesome. Your mother sounds exactly like my grandmother. From the time I was a young child to the time she passed away when I was twenty one, she inundated our family with piles of terrible gifts, because, as she said, “This is my last Christmas.” Due to the Secret Santa nature of our gift exchange this year, I did not receive any terrible gifts. We all had a $50 limit and my sister bought my gifts. She got me a variety of cheap and fun items. This is the first year everybody did not buy for everybody else. Terrible gifts usually come from the direction of my uncle. I even started a thread about it last year. ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/31 "2009-12-28T01:28:58Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > A plaque for the wall with my and my fiance’s names on it, along with a long description of what our names mean, and what our personalities are, based on our names. And the background is a photo of two kittens sharing a sundae. Too bad it’s from your stepmom and dad - if it was from your fiance’s side of the family you could make up some BS about how ice cream is bad for cats and the picture reminds you of a friend’s cat who got feline leukemia from dairy products and it was all so terrible and sad that you can’t see the plaque without thinking of your friend’s cat who had feline leukemia… etc. Heck, maybe you can use the story anyway. Nothing too horrible this year. Probably the oddest was a pot holder, but I can always use new potholders. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/32 "2009-12-28T01:36:59Z")
As God is my witness, kids love the Snuggie. My son (age 12) asked for and received a Snuggie and loves the blame thing. Sits in his room in his beanbag chair wrapped up in the Snuggie, reading. I am sure it is entirely coincidental that he has, tucked away somewhere, his infant blanket that I at one time dubbed the Snuggie. Since the Snuggies were introduced I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to think of some reason why I should have full credit for the Snuggie name. _shakes fist at sky_ ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/33 "2009-12-28T01:40:38Z")
First of all, I drink _maybe_ two cups of coffee per YEAR…anybody who cares to notice would see me drinking mostly Diet Coke or bottled water. Period. So, once again this year, I get a gift certificate to Starbucks from my “boss” at work. Oddly, it seems every place I have ever worked, I get a damned gift certificate from Starbucks. Yes, I know I can go buy a cookie or something - but really, why give a gift certificate for a coffee place to the guy you NEVER see drinking coffee? Oh well - years ago I had a friend buy me a watch and said, “because I noticed you never wear a watch.” Uh, what would be your first clue that I don’t like wearing watches? Maybe the fact that I never wear one, have never worn a watch since I was about 10 years old and, even though I once worked at a jewelry store, I have never bought a watch? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/34 "2009-12-28T02:39:16Z")
My brother gives me good coffee. Stuff he’s sure I’ll like. I know he puts forth effort every time. I have never tasted a coffee I like more than Folgers Instant. Okay maybe I have, but it’s just as easy for me to heat some water on the stove in the morning and shovel a spoon full of instant in. I don’t even own a coffee maker. He made up for it though, with a really nice wood block and knife set so I really cannot complain. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/35 "2009-12-28T02:43:45Z")
Somewhere in the Threadspotting archive, there is a thread about Christmas present horrors that make the Snuggies and cat plaques look positively thoughtful. The “winner” had gotten an old pair of skidmarked ladies underwear from (IIRC) a mentally unstable relative. The runner-up asked his mom for some financial assistance, and got a box full of play money with a note telling him to get a job. I once shared an ice cream cone with my cat. I didn’t turn it into a plaque, though. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/36 "2009-12-28T03:52:40Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > First of all, I drink _maybe_ two cups of coffee per YEAR…anybody who cares to notice would see me drinking mostly Diet Coke or bottled water. Period. > > So, once again this year, I get a gift certificate to Starbucks from my “boss” at work. > > Oddly, it seems every place I have ever worked, I get a damned gift certificate from Starbucks. Yes, I know I can go buy a cookie or something - but really, why give a gift certificate for a coffee place to the guy you NEVER see drinking coffee? You can also get CDs there. Sometimes good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/37 "2009-12-28T05:45:54Z")
It sounded good. Bath brush. Mmmm. Okay: Wooden handle, all-natural boar bristles. Bath brush. It said so. Yet, as soon as I got it wet, approximately 1/8 of the bristles fell out. In the tub, on my back, etc. So I guess by “bath brush” they meant “something to hang in the bathroom.” Considering the person who gave it to me, that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/38 "2009-12-28T06:55:41Z")
> [@](#): > > swore if I ended up with the Snuggie in the exchange, it was going to be turned into dust rags… I saw this very cool Snuggie with a skelington motif at Spencers. I kinda want one! ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/39 "2009-12-28T13:19:04Z")
I love reading. Sci fi specifically, a subject my mother is completely ignorant of. So she got me a book, that was in the sci fi/fantasy section, and it must be good because its on the bestseller list, right? She got me Twilight. \>\_\< Thanks ma. My grandmother got me a shoehorn, as well, which made me 0\_o. I don’t even have dress shoes of any sort, and I’m still quite capable of bending over, tyvm. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/40 "2009-12-28T13:21:03Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I’ve seen them in the garden center of Walmart. Perhaps you can get a gnome to set in the cup and make it look like a Disney ride for gnomes. Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of a teacup ride tableau? Just too, too precious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700.md?page=3)