What is the strangest Christmas Present you have ever been given?
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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!!
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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!)
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frogmorton MemberPosts:27,568
I bet your Grandmother would say that's why you never had athlete's foot
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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
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frogmorton MemberPosts:27,568
Oh dear smelly cheese@sunnyside2
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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.
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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.
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frogmorton MemberPosts:27,568
Moira that sounds like an incredible life you should write more about your experiences over there!
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