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What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I'm not much for receiving gifts but I appreciate fancy candies and food items I wouldn't buy for myself, and I turned most of them in to poop already.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My mom bought me a xlarge sweater. She must think I'm fat because I'm large at best.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The lady and I started just buying our own gifts and profusely thanking each other for them a few years back. So. Nothing.

It's nice because there are still gifts under the tree, without the angst of shopping and the likelihood of disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

This is what my wife and I do but we also usually throw in a surprise too.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Whirley-Pop.

Opend it up, realized it was a cheap piece of garbage. Went to return it to Amazon, and apparently it can't be returnd.

I love some homemade stovetop popcorn, but it is way easier to make and clean up using a regular stainless pot than that POS.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dumb cheap acrylic pyramids with silly decorations laid into the base.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My husband's mom bought our cats a chirping kicky toy that I guess is supposed to look kind of like a ferret. It was really shrill and annoying and they wouldn't leave it alone because the noises made them so curious. It mysteriously vanished later on christmas day lmao.

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