My husband always gets glasswear (fancy whisky glasses) and those drink mixes (steep your own old fashioned!) and he’s not even a big drinker.

A sponge.

Not a white elephant gift and the only present I got. The giver gave the rest of my family things like fancy pocketknives and books.

Nothing. I long ago stopped the cousin/grandchildren gift exchange when “gift cards” were what the teenagers (my own included) included. No more homemade baked goods for neighbors (our street has completely turned over - lots of transitions and renters).

My elderly parents and ILs are hoarders and are impossible to please, so it was fresh flowers and small portion consumables for them all.

I’m the over-buyer though! I thrift shop and collected far too many seasonal decorative items, games, puzzles (all new in box) and am donating all of it back, untouched. Spending the day doing a deep clean/de-clutter because the excess is driving me mad.

Anonymous wrote:A wooden snowman MIL “found at craft fair.” Except she left the manufacturer’s sticker on it and it’s a mass produced tchotchke sold in places like Michaels.

Someone still could have been selling it at a craft fair. WTF is wrong with you to use quotes like she's some horrible liar. And so what if she did get it at Michael's? Maybe she forgot where she got it. I don't blame you for not wanting it but for turning someone's attempt to be nice to you with a gift into an insult.

This post is depressing and stresses me out about GIVING gifts. It's no longer fun anymore. Everyone has so much and is so, so particular. I wonder why OP felt the need to come here and complain about cookies?

I expected things like the cookbook with the giant clearance sticker my MIL gave me the first Christmas we had been married.

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Anonymous wrote:What gifts did you/your family get this year that are going into the Buy Nothing pile, the donation pile, or maybe even the trash?

-Those tall, cylindrical wafer cookies with chocolate inside
-Candles
-“Cookie kits” and “chili kits” and anything that involves dry ingredients in mason jars
-A huge marble run that has no place in our home; it’s seriously huge and I don’t understand how anyone could think we had room for it. Probably a regift.

You know you take the marble run down after building it right? I guess I don't understand a lot of these complaints. Time to stop gifts! These are pretty tame lists.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t think of anything. Usually I would say fuzzy socks, but no one gave them to me this year.

There is a toy with 200+ pieces that has already been annoying.

Haha I came here to write fuzzy socks.

In defense of fuzzy socks - my DD actually asks for them - especially if they have kitsch designs on them. I usually love all things simple but am learning to embrace fuzzy socks and other harmless ugly items that bring family joy or comfort …

Anonymous wrote:What gifts did you/your family get this year that are going into the Buy Nothing pile, the donation pile, or maybe even the trash?

-Those tall, cylindrical wafer cookies with chocolate inside
-Candles
-“Cookie kits” and “chili kits” and anything that involves dry ingredients in mason jars
-A huge marble run that has no place in our home; it’s seriously huge and I don’t understand how anyone could think we had room for it. Probably a regift.

You know you take the marble run down after building it right? I guess I don't understand a lot of these complaints. Time to stop gifts! These are pretty tame lists.

Tucker Carlson’s book.

Some weird phone dock/speaker contraption.

A pleather crossbody purse from Amazon.

A bottle of wine I can't drink.

Anonymous wrote:We only have a white elephant gift exchange among adults, so I only have one gift to dispose of: Fancy salts from a family member's travel overseas. I like the idea and could use them, but I won't. I'll hold onto for a year just in case then throw away.

Use them! I'm serious use them. Fancy salts are so good. Sprinkle them on top of oatmeal, cookies, veggies.

2 pairs of under Armour leggings that are to big and colors I wouldn't wear. I gave them to my daughter to sell on poshmark.

My 26 year old was gifted a wine making thing. She nor do we drink wine.

You're the weirdo for not liking pirouline cookies OP! I think those would be easy to get rid of.

We don't do adult gifts, so nothing here. I am good with that!

The fancy salts can be really fun - throw them on some veggies you are roasting.

Literally nothing. But I picked or bought all of our family's gifts this year including gifts from my parents/the grandparents and my own gifts.

It's a ton of work on me, but it also means there's nothing to purge after.