The gifts that keep on giving …

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Wheezely sent me an interesting link the other day: Why Did You Buy Me That. It’s a website devoted to the worst gifts ever.

Why did he send me this? Well, one year for Christmas, my stepmother bought me an olive tray. Seriously, an olive tray. I didn’t even know they made such things. For those of you who don’t know, an olive tray is a long, skinny dish that you put olives in to serve them. The only problem is that the dish is so long and skinny that nothing else will fit in it, except for Hershey Kisses lined up one by one. There was also a jar of black, nasty-looking olives to go along with the tray.

Needless to say, I don’t like olives, and this was one of the worst gifts I’ve ever gotten. It’s right up there with a men’s manicure set that another relative bought me one year when I was a kid. Yep, a men’s manicure set. I don’t know what that person was thinking, especially since I was like ten or twelve at the time. And, you know, not a man.

So anytime anyone complains about terrible gifts, I just look at them and say olive tray. So far, none of my friends have been able to top that. I don’t know whether that’s good or bad. LOL.

What about you guys? What’s the worst gift you’ve ever gotten? Share in the comments.

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13 Responses to “The gifts that keep on giving …”

  1. Rebecca says:

    We do a gift exchange in our family for the adults. I ended up with an Eagles T-shirt. Noone in the family is an Eagles fan. I used it as wrapping the next year for the same gift exchange.

    • Jennifer Estep says:

      No one was a fan, and someone still bought a shirt? That’s kind of weird. But that’s a really clever way for you to reuse it the next year, though. LOL.

      I shudder to think what my stepmother will get me this year. Last year, I got this black knit poncho thing that was about three sizes too big. Sigh …

  4. Amy says:

    I think one of the best parts of the holiday is hearing what the stepmother gets you for Christmas! The olive tray is a classic, though. Hopefully, she won’t outdo herself this year. 😉

    • Jennifer Estep says:

      Aw, that’s nice of you to say. Yes, the olive tray is a classic. I told my dad to tell my stepmom that I didn’t *need* anything like that this year. We’ll see what I unwrap in a few weeks. 😉

      How are you? Buried in snow?

      • Amy says:

        Absolutely buried in snow! We got 39 inches in 3 days. It is an absolute mess up here. At least the Weather Channel went home, so maybe we aren’t going to get much more.

  5. Melissa says:

    Worst gift was a few years ago. My cousin who was mad at her sister was planning on giving her this nice watch set that she got for free since she didn’t have to pay for it. I told her to just do something thoughtful instead to prove you are the bigger person. Guess who got the watch set? No, I don’t believe that she was doing that because she thought I liked it. She later got mad at me for nothing. At the time she was being a bridezilla and everyone was doing “something” to upset her. *shrugs* So, if it’s the thought that counts, then yea, this was the worst gift.

  6. PurpleRanger says:

    I seem to have been luckier than you, Jennifer. I think the closest to a “worst” gift was when someone gave me James Michener’s CHESAPEAKE — and I don’t read Michener.

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