A redditor asked users, “What is the worst/most pointless gift you have ever received?”
People began sharing their ‘pointless gifts’ stories. Some are hilarious and some are just plain awkward. But at the end of the day, it’s the thought that counts.
Source can be found at the bottom of the article.
1/10. For Christmas my family limited our budget to $2 each. I received a roll of Christmas wrapping paper, wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper.
– wwchickendinner
2/10. While I was living with my parents I bought a record online for myself. One of them must have got it in the mail before me and thought that the other had ordered it for my birthday. So they wrapped it and I opened a gift I had bought myself.
– jordonp
3/10. Several years ago relatives from New England I’ve never met came to my parents’ house and brought Christmas gifts. My gift was a horse blanket. I didn’t have a horse. Apparently they thought everyone in Oklahoma rode a horse. The last horse I rode was on the merry-go-round at the fair.
They said, “You do have a horse, don’t you?” I said, “No, not at the moment, but you never know.” It was awkward.
– yolomololl
4/10. My housemate’s grandma gives weird gifts. Once she gave my housemate a garden gnome. We live in an apartment without a balcony. And she knows that.
We use it now as a toilet roll holder, it’s just the right size, does a great job.
– vanderBoffin
5/10. The worst/most pointless gift I ever received was also the sweetest and most thoughtful.
When I was about 13, I received about 10 boxes of Hamburger Helper for Christmas from an elderly lady (with schizophrenia) who had no money to buy Christmas gifts. The spring or summer before that, she had told me that she had eaten some Hamburger Helper for dinner the night before and me, being the weirdo I am, acted all interested and had told her that I would like to try it someday. She must have made a mental note to buy me some for Christmas and actually remembered that all year.
No one ever ate them. I’m a vegetarian and I guess my parents weren’t interested in Hamburger Helper. Sometimes I’d notice them all sitting in the pantry and just smile. It just really touched me that someone would remember something I had said like that.
I always loved that sweet lady. I married late and though I hadn’t seen her or her family in years, I remembered to invite her to my wedding and she showed up with her son. It was wonderful. 🙂
– rapidman
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6/10. My grandmother got me a pocket sodoku because I like videogames.
She also got my brother Brokeback Mountain on dvd with a pack of cowboy movies.
She definitely means well.
– sams_club
7/10. I love cats, so my stepmom gave me a stuffed cat for Christmas 2002. Like a cat who underwent taxidermy in sleeping position.
My cat kept attacking it and hissing at it, eventually I put it in the freezer and forgot about it until I had a dinner party and I told my friend to get some ice. lol.
– elefantesta
8/10. My grandma went to Japan and was amazed at how.many comics they had everywhere. (Manga). Knowing I’m a 10 yearold boy and spend most of my allowance on comics down at the flea market she figured this would be a great gift even if I couldn’t read them being somewhat of a novelty. So her and grandpa are packing up to come back and she decides to grab one and loom through it while she had her last smoke. It was porn. My poor grandmother had purchased me 15 henti novels. She was appalled she refused to go back to Japan after that. I never got them, I got to hear the story about it while everyone else got their gifts from japan and I was told why I got nothing.
– windexo
9/10. My grandmother once gave me a can of sardines for Christmas. Literally, a can of sardines. Generic Black & Gold brand too. She’d wrapped it up in wrapping paper and everything. Everyone got similar gifts that year, I think she just went through the pantry and got rid of all the old stuff
– hypoxia
10/10. Someone went to Australia and for some reason they decided it was a good idea to bring everyone a fridge magnet thermometer saying “Toronto” with a picture of a moose on it.
– CatsNarcoticsCapital
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