17 Christmas Gifts So Bad They Probably Should Have Never Been Gifted

One of my greatest weaknesses in this life is that gift-giving is one of my love languages. I LOVE thinking of someone and getting them a niche gift to lighten up their life. The problem with that is it doesn't always land and puts so much 'effin pressure on a nice gesture for no reason.

So, in another endless scroll for gifts this year for the 27 very different personalities in my life, I found a solution to my worries. Come hither, fellow stressed-out gift-givers.

Sometimes, you just need to remember that there are wayyyy worse gift-givers out there than you. Like, no one received worse gifts than these guys (who I feel very, very, deeply sorry for):

(However, if you’re shopping for someone you secretly can’t stand, this list might be your goldmine.)

1.This woman who got just one, lone bottle of TJ's onion salt as a Christmas gift from her sister-in-law:

2.This employee who participated in the work secret Santa, where everyone "got amazing heartfelt gifts," only to be gifted this bottle of car detailer:

3.This person who got a Christmas card filled with...glitter:

4.And another person who participated in secret Santa, only to be gifted a jar of pickles, despite being allergic:

5.This 30-year-old man who asked for sports equipment from their secret Santa, just to be gifted this sparkly little diva wine shoe:

6.This person who got stuck with this "Freedom of Choice" Donald Trump chia pet at a white elephant gift exchange (it was not meant to be a gag gift exchange):

7.This person who gifted their boyfriend’s mom this throw blanket for her birthday, only for it to be regifted it back to them at Christmas:

8.This 44-year-old "200lbs+ heavily bearded dude" who was gifted these fuzzy wuzzy penguin PJs from his mother-in-law:

9.This mother whose child was gifted a charcoal bath bomb:

10.This employee at a Fortune 500 company who, one year, was not gifted a Christmas bonus, but rather, hibiscus flower Post-It notes, two pieces of chocolate, a pen, and a coupon "good for one free jeans day" (complete with an expiration date):

11.And on the topic of bad gifts from bosses, this father whose only Christmas bonus from the company he's worked at for over 20 years was a $20 off coupon for a frozen turkey:

12.This person who got gifted a "magnetic spice rack" that promptly fell to the ground when said spice was placed on it:

13.Ugh, these next three make me mad. This guy who battled alcoholism for years and quit drinking 19 months before Christmas, only to receive this from their in-laws:

14.Similarly in bad in-laws, this poor woman who received an anti-aging skincare set from her husband's parents after receiving "constant comments" from them that she looks older than her husband:

15.And lastly in bad in-laws, a financially struggling terminal cancer patient who was "gifted" a $100 donation to the Nature Conservancy in their name from their mother-in-law for Christmas:

16.Back to bad gifts from bosses — this person who received "Santa Pills," aka a bag of red M&M's, as their work "Christmas bonus":

17.And lastly, this person who works at "one of the top 10 fish companies in the world" who received a bag of expired fish oil supplements as a Christmas gift from work:

Got any other bad gifts to share? Or, how about some good ones?! Let us know in the comments!