December 16, 2024 • 6 mins
Ever been disappointment on Christmas? You're not alone! We're going over a list of the worst holiday presents people have received!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The holiday season is all about giving.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
And I know people like to say it's the thought
that counts, uh huh, But sometimes a present is so
unfathomably terrible. It's just so out there it traumatizes the
gift getter for the rest of their life.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh. I can already think of some trauma gifts that
I've been yes.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
In her head.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
The worst part is there's no real healthy outlet for
when you get a bad gift, because no matter what,
you're supposed to force a polite thank you through the
clenched teeth.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Of your fake smile.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
But luckily, a brand new survey finally gave people the
chance to vent about the worst holiday gifts people ever
gave them. Yeah, so this is going to be healthy
for everybody. Let's get into it. Number ten one Christmas,
my aunt gave me a spam calendar, twelve months of
pictures of canned spam.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I was fourteen years old.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
And had absolutely no idea what to do with my
face when I opened it.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
The bad thing is is I want to see it,
like how do they make spam seasonal? Like?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Is it in a bikini? On a beach for.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, we actually need to get our hands on this
and put it up in the studio. Number nine on
the list says, one year, my dad got me an
emergency car crash kit.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
It has a good gift.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It had a disposable camera for recording the scene, a
document form for both parties to fill out, the tape
measurer for measuring I don't know stuff, and some white
chalk for what I assume was marking out where the
dead bodies lay up or something.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
So this dad had as much confidence in her driving
as Alexis's dad. I guess is the chalk is to
mark where the dense are for everything, or do.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Some sidewalk art while you wait for it comes to
show up. Number eight my grandpa said he was planning
on giving me a tissue box with some money inside
of it one year.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
That's a weird thing.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Why put the money in there?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I'm still not sure why he wanted to do it
that way, but anyway, he accidentally wrapped the wrong box,
and on Christmas morning, I just opened a regular box
of tissues.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
But they're like clefriend.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Meanwhile, Grandpa eight days later was like, why did somebody
put money.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
In number seven on the list for Secret Santa. One year,
I got a present from a coworker who I'm positive
never liked me.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Okay, because their.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Gift to me was a double XL T shirt that
said fast food Removal Service on the savage.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
I could see the twisted joy in their eyes when
I unwrapped my presence.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I once got a gift from a coworker here that
was a beer tour I was I was pregnant.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Something to look forward to once you're done with all that.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Oh, okay, if you've ever received a terrible Christmas present, though,
then you can totally identify with this, because we're going
over a survey of the worst gifts people ever got
for Christmas. Number six says I'm a dude and when
I was thirteen, I received a weird gift from my uncle.
Oh it was a magazine with Paris Hilton half naked
on it alone with a small tube of vasileine. I
(03:35):
guess it was supposed to be a joke, but it
was really really awkward.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
To open up in front of my family on Christmas morning.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I'm really glad I didn't say, but it was really
really useful.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Number five says I vaguely remember being a little kid
over at my grandma's house. Yeah, and we had a
random conversation one day about how I liked the squishy
toilet seats at her place better than the hard toilet
seats at mine because they're in this cold, old at night.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well, that year, for Christmas.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I excitedly unwrapped my grandma's gift, only to discover a.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Light pink squishy toilets.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yes, what you want the color you want to say,
I mean, I get the logic, but really, Nana.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
On Christmas, I feel like that's a good gift.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Number four I'll never forget when my uncle came over
for the holidays one year and his present for me
was one of those restaurant pagers that buzzes when your
table's ready, which he clearly has stolen from the spaghetti factory,
along with a stack of cocktail napkins that had the
spaghetti factory logo on them.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
It'll only be worth it of half an hour after
opening it, it actually buzzed.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Number three says one year, my stepdad's sister, so my
step aunt okay, got me a pair of Ald brand
women's lacy underwear with the size scribbled out. The sister
came over to me after the present time and whispered, I.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Got these for myself, but they were too big. I
just blacked out the size. That way you wouldn't feel
so embarrassed.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Why, although you know this is relatable because of our
coworker who gave me her left over thoughts.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
That's right, God, the whole package of them is different colors. Yeah,
right now, they said I would rather get nothing than
have to say thank you for that.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Number two says when I was ten years old, my
grandparents stayed over at our house and gave me a
rolling suitcase on Christmas Day.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Oh that's nice.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Would have been okay, But the reason is because while
they were in town visiting, my grandpa bought himself a
brand new, larger suitcase for their flight home.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Wait the hand, he.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Decided to just pass his old one down to me
as a holiday gift.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
It's still kind of cool that that is so quintessential grandparent. Right.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
It's still works and the number one worst present someone
got for Christmas, according to this survey, How.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Can it top any of the ones that you've read?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
It says, I will never forget the year I bought
my whole family third row tickets to see James Brown
live in concert, and literally within minutes of them opening
their gifts, it was announced on the news Christmas morning
James Brown had passed away.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
No not, We're rescheduled James Brown. Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Here's a bonus one that says, looking back, this really
wasn't a bad present. But when I was six, I
got a pair of pants for Christmas and I started
crying and screamed out, you're supposed to get.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Me these anyway.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Those are the worst gifts people ever got for the holidays.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
We got your phone tap coming up next.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Frooking Jeffrey in the morning,
The holiday season is all about giving.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
And I know people like to say it's the thought
that counts, uh huh, But sometimes a present is so
unfathomably terrible. It's just so out there it traumatizes the
gift getter for the rest of their life.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh. I can already think of some trauma gifts that
I've been yes.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
In her head.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
The worst part is there's no real healthy outlet for
when you get a bad gift, because no matter what,
you're supposed to force a polite thank you through the
clenched teeth.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Of your fake smile.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
But luckily, a brand new survey finally gave people the
chance to vent about the worst holiday gifts people ever
gave them. Yeah, so this is going to be healthy
for everybody. Let's get into it. Number ten one Christmas,
my aunt gave me a spam calendar, twelve months of
pictures of canned spam.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I was fourteen years old.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
And had absolutely no idea what to do with my
face when I opened it.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
The bad thing is is I want to see it,
like how do they make spam seasonal? Like?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Is it in a bikini? On a beach for.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, we actually need to get our hands on this
and put it up in the studio. Number nine on
the list says, one year, my dad got me an
emergency car crash kit.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
It has a good gift.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It had a disposable camera for recording the scene, a
document form for both parties to fill out, the tape
measurer for measuring I don't know stuff, and some white
chalk for what I assume was marking out where the
dead bodies lay up or something.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
So this dad had as much confidence in her driving
as Alexis's dad. I guess is the chalk is to
mark where the dense are for everything, or do.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Some sidewalk art while you wait for it comes to
show up. Number eight my grandpa said he was planning
on giving me a tissue box with some money inside
of it one year.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
That's a weird thing.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Why put the money in there?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I'm still not sure why he wanted to do it
that way, but anyway, he accidentally wrapped the wrong box,
and on Christmas morning, I just opened a regular box
of tissues.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
But they're like clefriend.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Meanwhile, Grandpa eight days later was like, why did somebody
put money.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
In number seven on the list for Secret Santa. One year,
I got a present from a coworker who I'm positive
never liked me.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Okay, because their.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Gift to me was a double XL T shirt that
said fast food Removal Service on the savage.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
I could see the twisted joy in their eyes when
I unwrapped my presence.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I once got a gift from a coworker here that
was a beer tour I was I was pregnant.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Something to look forward to once you're done with all that.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Oh, okay, if you've ever received a terrible Christmas present, though,
then you can totally identify with this, because we're going
over a survey of the worst gifts people ever got
for Christmas. Number six says I'm a dude and when
I was thirteen, I received a weird gift from my uncle.
Oh it was a magazine with Paris Hilton half naked
on it alone with a small tube of vasileine. I
(03:35):
guess it was supposed to be a joke, but it
was really really awkward.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
To open up in front of my family on Christmas morning.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I'm really glad I didn't say, but it was really
really useful.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Number five says I vaguely remember being a little kid
over at my grandma's house. Yeah, and we had a
random conversation one day about how I liked the squishy
toilet seats at her place better than the hard toilet
seats at mine because they're in this cold, old at night.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well, that year, for Christmas.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I excitedly unwrapped my grandma's gift, only to discover a.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Light pink squishy toilets.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yes, what you want the color you want to say,
I mean, I get the logic, but really, Nana.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
On Christmas, I feel like that's a good gift.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Number four I'll never forget when my uncle came over
for the holidays one year and his present for me
was one of those restaurant pagers that buzzes when your
table's ready, which he clearly has stolen from the spaghetti factory,
along with a stack of cocktail napkins that had the
spaghetti factory logo on them.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
It'll only be worth it of half an hour after
opening it, it actually buzzed.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Number three says one year, my stepdad's sister, so my
step aunt okay, got me a pair of Ald brand
women's lacy underwear with the size scribbled out. The sister
came over to me after the present time and whispered, I.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Got these for myself, but they were too big. I
just blacked out the size. That way you wouldn't feel
so embarrassed.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Why, although you know this is relatable because of our
coworker who gave me her left over thoughts.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
That's right, God, the whole package of them is different colors. Yeah,
right now, they said I would rather get nothing than
have to say thank you for that.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Number two says when I was ten years old, my
grandparents stayed over at our house and gave me a
rolling suitcase on Christmas Day.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Oh that's nice.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Would have been okay, But the reason is because while
they were in town visiting, my grandpa bought himself a
brand new, larger suitcase for their flight home.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Wait the hand, he.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Decided to just pass his old one down to me
as a holiday gift.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
It's still kind of cool that that is so quintessential grandparent. Right.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
It's still works and the number one worst present someone
got for Christmas, according to this survey, How.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Can it top any of the ones that you've read?
Speaker 3 (06:07):
It says, I will never forget the year I bought
my whole family third row tickets to see James Brown
live in concert, and literally within minutes of them opening
their gifts, it was announced on the news Christmas morning
James Brown had passed away.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
No not, We're rescheduled James Brown. Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Here's a bonus one that says, looking back, this really
wasn't a bad present. But when I was six, I
got a pair of pants for Christmas and I started
crying and screamed out, you're supposed to get.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Me these anyway.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Those are the worst gifts people ever got for the holidays.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
We got your phone tap coming up next.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Frooking Jeffrey in the morning,
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