Let’s be honest.
Every Christmas we all receive our fair share of what can only be described as truly appalling presents. Socks. Earrings. Books. Bath bombs. Bags. Hair accessories. Just…trinkets. Unwanted trinkets.
We assume we’ve been given these gifts because the person who bought them just didn’t know better. They innocently bought you a khaki bum bag because they thought that’s what you actually wanted. But this year, I have a different theory: maybe bad gift giving is intentional – and maybe these objectively awful gifts are sending some very clear messages.
These are the hidden meanings behind the Christmas presents no one wants – analysed by the only person who had the time to work them out: me.
Book:
It’s definitively impossible to make a sound judgement about the type of book another human being will be interested in. But this one was on sale, so…SURPRISE.
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Books, movie vouchers, perfume, iTunes cards, magazine subscriptions - I'll have them all, thanks! (Generally the people who give me these things know my tastes pretty well.) But yeah, I can do without the candles and bathbombs.
Some of these things are on my Christmas list! Jamie Oliver magazine subscription would be fab, wine: yes please, yes to the notebook I love stationery, candles and bath bomb? Yep, I'd happily take those!
Another laundry bag from my mil, not so much :p