What is the strangest Christmas Present you have ever been given?

PeterJ
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edited 21. Dec 2021, 13:33 inChit chat

Mine was a Bugs Bunny onesie

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  • Mike1
    Mike1 MemberPosts:1,992

    Mother's Mother used to give me Athletes Foot Powder every year - I have never had Athletes Foot and I never used the powder!!

  • Lilymary
    Lilymary MemberPosts:1,522

    A kitchen tool for flipping burgers on a barbecue. I never eat burgers, and never barbecue. This was given to me by someone who knew me well too (or so I thought!)

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton MemberPosts:27,568
    Mother's Mother used to give me Athletes Foot Powder every year - I have never had Athletes Foot and I never used the powder!!<\/p>","bodyRaw":"[{\"insert\":\"Mother's Mother used to give me Athletes Foot Powder every year - I have never had Athletes Foot and I never used the powder!!\\n\"}]","format":"rich","dateInserted":"2021-12-22T09:08:36+00:00","insertUser":{"userID":110962,"name":"Mike1","url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/profile\/Mike1","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031919\/uploads\/phpbb\/nf46f7b3544a0ec7360a2204eeb542edf_110962.jpg","dateLastActive":"2022-05-15T07:18:17+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false},"displayOptions":{"showUserLabel":false,"showCompactUserInfo":true,"showDiscussionLink":false,"showPostLink":false,"showCategoryLink":false,"renderFullContent":false,"expandByDefault":false},"url":"https:\/\/community.versusarthritis.org\/discussion\/comment\/688326#Comment_688326","embedType":"quote"}"> https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/688326#Comment_688326

    I bet your Grandmother would say that's why you never had athlete's foot

  • sunnyside2
    sunnyside2 MemberPosts:131

    I got a onesie one year off my Nan.. God knows how fat she thought I was as you could have fitted a 2 seater sofa in it. hopefully the clothing recycling people had a very fat client - or used it to make a tent.

    another year someone got me a cheese board--handed me in early December all wrapped up. no instruction to put in fridge... the smell gave it away before Christmas day

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton MemberPosts:27,568

    Oh dear smelly cheese@sunnyside2

  • stellabean
    stellabean MemberPosts:307

    Not sure this is a strange present but qualifies as one of the most useless My Nan gave me a used incomplete pack of cards for Christmas one year I couldn't even play patience with them,it was hard to pretend I was delighted but I think I managed it.

  • Moira
    Moira MemberPosts:25

    When we lived in Guinea Bissau (at that time the poorest country in the world according to the UN) if you saw a queue you joined it and asked later what it was for! My husband couldn't really get anything as a Christmas present for me- there was nothing in the market except soggy onions and bitter herbs (bagish). But he came triumphantly home on Christmas Eve - he had found some sweet potatoes. The best Christmas dinner ever with a Guinea Fowl our landlord killed and presented to us, sweet potatoes and buggy rice that I spent an hour or two on our veranda, chatting with my neighbours as I cleaned it.

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton MemberPosts:27,568

    Moira that sounds like an incredible life you should write more about your experiences over there!

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