# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/81 "2009-12-29T04:54:53Z")
Slanket, Snuggie, they’re all the same thing! But why don’t you just wear your bathrobe backwards? That’s what I do. At times it is just the right thing, has sleeves, hell, even pockets. I don’t tie it up, just drape it over me with my arms in the sleeves, y’know? Yeah, well, sometimes I like to wear my clothes in odd ways, seems fine to me. I also wear socks with my flip flops sometimes. I can’t help myself it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/82 "2009-12-29T05:08:05Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Oh, and I have to say, this description was like a humor bomb that kept going off. Name plaque - chuckle . . . what your personality is, based on your name - guffaw . . . two kittens - laughing steadily . . . sharing a sundae - fall out of chair laughing. The part that really boggles my mind is that they didn’t just find this at a store someplace and think “wow, that would be a great gift for them”. This took effort. They had to go out and specifically have this **made**. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/83 "2009-12-29T05:18:34Z")
Some sort of home-made slice. I tasted a bit, but it was awful. It went straight into the bin. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/84 "2009-12-29T05:33:14Z")
My Mom, a confirmed GarageSaleaholic, got me a set of Jeopardy quiz books. I decided to enjoy one on the train ride home…half the pages alredy had the answers penciled in. Hope she got them for 1/2 of dirt cheap. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/85 "2009-12-29T05:36:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I must be the only person who actually wants a Snuggie. > > Purely for comedic value. I gave my sister a Snuggie for her birthday as a joke. She loved it so much I managed to find and give her matching slippers (not Snuggie slippers, though they looked exactly like a cross between the Snuggie and a cocker spaniel) for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/86 "2009-12-29T05:52:10Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My WTFuckiest gift this year: a pelican figurine, enameled in rainbow colors and accented with rhinestones, with a secret compartment in its back. Actually, once the first …surprise had subsided, I decided it was pretty funny and decided to keep it out in plain sight on my work desk. I might keep ibuprofen tablets in it. 😃 I know what you’re talking about because I had one, similar, only a parrot. Is this it? [[http://remarkabletreasures.com/Photos/auction](http://remarkabletreasures.com/Photos/auction) Listing Thumbnails/7-5Pelicans.jpg]([http://remarkabletreasures.com/Photos/auction](http://remarkabletreasures.com/Photos/auction) Listing Thumbnails/7-5Pelicans.jpg) The e-bay store where I found this picture had dozens and dozens of eye-popping enamel trinket boxes of every animal imaginable. Myself? LOVE IT! … How about a swap? I offer up “Simply Shellfish: Quick and Easy Recipes for Shrimp, Crab, Scallops, Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Lobster, Squid, and Sides.” by Leslie Glover Pendleton. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/87 "2009-12-29T08:09:06Z")
My brother got me pajamas - one of those oversized shirt things made of fleece. It’s soft and warm, but the fabric pattern is white and black and - well, inspired by dairy cows, I think. I thought about greeting my boyfriend while wearing it when he returns from visiting his parents (he’s been away for over two weeks) but I thought it might diminish my chances for sex if I looked like a dairy cow upon his return. Of course, I may just be afraid that he’d actually find it a turn-on. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/88 "2009-12-29T08:24:25Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > My mum bought me sexy lingerie. Yeah. I know. > > Not only that, but it was lingerie a size too big for me, in a style that would only suit a girl much skinnier than me. > > So that was my most worthless gift not just because it doesn’t fit or doesn’t suit, but because it was also disturbing. I do not need my mother to buy sexy lingerie for me! Total sympathies. A couple years back, my mom bought me sexy lingerie for my wedding night. It was also over sized and styled for a woman in her 50’s (I’m 27). :eek: :dubious: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/89 "2009-12-29T08:27:35Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I got a fondue pot that is kept warm with a tea light. No directions on how to warm the chocolate/cheese/etc although the sticker on the bottom informed us the container is microwave/oven/dishwasher safe. > > The sticker \*directly above \*where the tealight candle heats the pot. Sticker fail, but the way you work these things is to melt the cheese/chocolate on the stove in a normal pot, and then use the fondue dish and candle to keep the food liquid while you are eating it. A fancy serving dish. And yes, I did learn this the hard way. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/90 "2009-12-29T12:07:29Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > My brother got me pajamas - one of those oversized shirt things made of fleece. It’s soft and warm, but the fabric pattern is white and black and - well, inspired by dairy cows, I think. > > I thought about greeting my boyfriend while wearing it when he returns from visiting his parents (he’s been away for over two weeks) but I thought it might diminish my chances for sex if I looked like a dairy cow upon his return. > > Of course, I may just be afraid that he’d actually find it a turn-on. :eek: Hazel, that would be uder…no, I can’t go there… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/91 "2009-12-29T13:08:58Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > My brother got me pajamas - one of those oversized shirt things made of fleece. It’s soft and warm, but the fabric pattern is white and black and - well, inspired by dairy cows, I think. > > I thought about greeting my boyfriend while wearing it when he returns from visiting his parents (he’s been away for over two weeks) but I thought it might diminish my chances for sex if I looked like a dairy cow upon his return. > > Of course, I may just be afraid that he’d actually find it a turn-on. :eek: Okay, now I’m seeing that Korean cow in the California Happy Cow commercials, singing… o/`Caleefornia! Caleefornia! o/` ---
**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 29, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/92 "2009-12-29T14:50:27Z")
Mundanely worthless, not sublimely or mind-shatteringly worthless like other contributions: an Applebee’s gift card. I really can’t think of the last time we’ve been to one. I don’t know where the closest one is, even - I mean, I’m sure there’s one not far away but it’s not something we look to for food. ---
**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 29, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/93 "2009-12-29T15:08:21Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I thought about greeting my boyfriend while wearing it when he returns from visiting his parents (he’s been away for over two weeks) but I thought it might diminish my chances for sex if I looked like a dairy cow upon his return. > > Of course, I may just be afraid that he’d actually find it a turn-on. :eek: You absolutely should wear it. Milk it for all it’s worth. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/94 "2009-12-29T15:13:25Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Mundanely worthless, not sublimely or mind-shatteringly worthless like other contributions: an Applebee’s gift card. I really can’t think of the last time we’ve been to one. I don’t know where the closest one is, even - I mean, I’m sure there’s one not far away but it’s not something we look to for food. I’m so, so sorry. We had received it, and my husband though it’d be a great idea to give it. I tried to dissuade him, but he was thinking portability, so you wouldn’t have to lug anything back home on the plane. We’ll do better next year, promise. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/95 "2009-12-29T15:19:19Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I’m afraid I’ve gotten nothing bad this year. > > I even made out like a bandit at the white elephant exchange at work. > > But I just had to come in to point and laugh at everyone that got Snuggies[SUP]TM[/SUP] > > 😃 What’s with all the hate for these things? Am I the only one who lives in a 160 year old house with elusive and difficult to eliminate cold drafts? ---
**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 29, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/96 "2009-12-29T15:28:30Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > I’m so, so sorry. We had received it, and my husband though it’d be a great idea to give it. I tried to dissuade him, but he was thinking portability, so you wouldn’t have to lug anything back home on the plane. > > We’ll do better next year, promise. Mom?! 😃 I’m assuming that mom and her boyfriend like Applebee’s, and it’s one of the few big, non-fast-food, gift-card-type restaurants in their town. It’s a lovely thought, really, that we could have a nice dinner out on them. But a previous one went to waste, so I may have to mention in about 6 months that gosh, we just never seem to find the time to go there, because I hate the thought of them wasting their money. Either that or find some kind of charity option for passing it along. Maybe sis would like it if I just handed it over to her, since her husband is out of work and it would be more of a benefit to them. I’m a vegetarian and most of those chain restaurants are pretty limited on what I can eat, so we vary what places we go to in order to get some more variety in our occasional dining out. I loved everything else they got us - especially the gift certificate to the Fabulous Selection Liquor Store In Their Town with awesome beer from everywhere. **Finagle** - you mean besides the fact that they make people look like they’ve joined some kind of poly-fleece-oriented monastic order? They’re just… weird. I put on a thick bathrobe if I’m that chilly; bonus to that is that you don’t risk tripping if you need to walk somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/97 "2009-12-29T15:41:36Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > you mean besides the fact that they make people look like they’ve joined some kind of poly-fleece-oriented monastic order? I particularly like the vignette in the TV ads where the whole monastery goes to the local peewee league soccer game and does the wave. ---
**Author:** ![Bloody\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bloody\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloody_L)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/98 "2009-12-29T16:00:18Z")
I didn’t get anything worthless this year but last year my mother and I both got nearly matching “Reader’s Digest Diet & Health Books” from my uncle and his family. I thought it was kind of disrespectful because they knew we were already on strict diets that the books would not allow (and my uncle’s family\*\* did not \*\*agree with our strict diets despite it making us so much healthier.) They sort of acted as if they were giving us our first bibles. When I opened the present I was really taken about, not even sure if it was a joke. I just acted really grateful till we were gone. My mother agreed that she felt the same way and we just assumed they thought they were trying being helpful by showing us a new, better way. They ended up sitting in the bathroom and getting wet from shower water & steam. I don’t know what happened to them after that. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/99 "2009-12-29T16:07:07Z")
Hee hee. My husband hit a garage sale and found several cool, old implements for me. One was a hand-cranked egg beater, which is really cool. But he also found an old-fashioned jar opener, just like the one his grandparents always used… but when he tried to demonstrate it for me on Christmas morning, it turned out that a crucial spring was broken. So the jar opener can’t open jars. Luvya, honey. It was a nice thought _smooch_ ---
**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 29, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700/100 "2009-12-29T16:21:30Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Hee hee. My husband hit a garage sale and found several cool, old implements for me. One was a hand-cranked egg beater, which is really cool. But he also found an old-fashioned jar opener, just like the one his grandparents always used… but when he tried to demonstrate it for me on Christmas morning, it turned out that a crucial spring was broken. So the jar opener can’t open jars. > > Luvya, honey. It was a nice thought _smooch_ I found one of those potato mashers that is a handle with a screen that you plunge up and down. It was so old that it was a red painted wooden handle with a zinc coated wire mesh. I haven’t seen one like it other than in old farm houses when I was a kid. It stayed in the used items store where I found it. I did buy a used cookie press a couple years ago with some neat fancy cookie plates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-worthless-christmas-gift-this-year/522700.md?page=6)