1. Souvenirs with the symbolism of the year
The symbol of 2017 for the Eastern calendar is the cock. This means that the store shelves will burst with statuettes of cocks and chickens. Beautiful, inexpensive and so in the subject. Only there is one problem. Where to put last year’s monkeys?
Souvenirs with the symbols of the year – the most running and the most useless gift, bringing more problems than joy. Where to put? Who will dust the dust? Where to clean when the year is over? And the most offensive, you will not be given until after 12 years.
2. Mime Candles
Candles – the second in the rating of banal gifts. Worse than a cute candle-tree or a candle-snowflake can only be a candle in the form of a symbol of the year.
In addition to decorative, this gift does not have any function, because beautiful candles often and kindle a pity.
I do not understand such gifts. Candles in the form of animals or Santa Claus, for example. Well, how is it burning? Fi!
3. Photo frames and photo albums
In the 1990s, when everyone was printing photos from soap dishes, they were really topical gifts. But nowadays most people scan and store pictures on the computer. Therefore, your gift awaits the unenviable fate – to lie down and dust in the closet.
Now the walls are decorated with frames with a photo in order to bring an unusual detail to the interior. To compose a composition, the frames need to be selected according to color and size. Try to guess!
4. Versatile wardrobe items
Everyone knows that you should not give clothes if you do not know the size and taste of the gift. But when it comes to straps, shawls, gloves and other accessories, this rule is for some reason forgotten. So what? Things are universal – all fit. No matter how it is!
The most unsuccessful New Year gift I received was a belt for trousers. I did not like it, and somehow I did not expect to find it under the Christmas tree.
And many people for some reason think that their relatives are not able to buy themselves socks and panties, and give these irreplaceable items in the household for virtually all holidays – from February 23 to New Year.
Once I was presented with purple nylon socks on New Year’s Eve. I did not like it, because it was purple nylon socks.
5. Cosmetics
Skin type, age, the presence of allergies, the perception of fragrances, the brand – when choosing cosmetics, so much should be considered that it is better not to give it at all. But under the New Year there are so many cosmetic sets in beautiful packages in stores that it’s hard not to be tempted. Especially since the inside is usually the leaving cosmetics for every day – gels, shampoos, lotions. Maybe it will do!
A friend once gave me a cream for the body with the smell of chocolate on New Year’s Eve. She knew that I love make-up, but did not know that I hate cosmetics with the smell of chocolate. It was a pity, the cream itself was even ok, the brand is decent.
6. Household utility
My mum gave me a mop last year. She really wanted an easy mop with a microfiber and was even pleased. But the words of the giver: “… and that in the New Year cleanliness and order reign in your house”, – was offended. Before that, what was dirty?
Frying pan, ironing board, drill – all this is useful in everyday life, but as a gift can be perceived as a hint. Be careful! Put them under the tree only a person without prejudice, which is really very necessary.
And further. Do not spend money on kitchen timers, singing watches, miracle massagers and other useless gadgets. Nobody needs them. Resign yourself to this.
7. Tasteless sweets in luxurious packaging
On the eve of the New Year, confectionery sets are sold at every step. Such bright outside and so tasteless inside. Unfortunately, a beautiful label often hides vegetable oils, dyes and preservatives. You’ll try this candy and you’ll not drink tea.
The most useless gift is a set of sweets. They are always tasteless sweets. And given that we do not like the sweet in our family, all these sets lie before the summer.
8. Diaries and calendars
How many people still use paper calendars and diaries?
Paper planning was replaced by electronic planning. What’s more convenient: flipping over the calendar or clicking a button in your smartphone; Do I keep my tasks from the handwritten list or receive email notifications?
The worst gifts in my memory are a notebook and a pen, taken at some pedagogical conference. And also the dictionary of Ozhegov. ????
Such gifts will suit only the followers of the Bullet Journal system and adherents of paper carriers.
9. Gift with a joke
Credo of some people: it does not matter what to give, it’s important – how. Yes, these are the same people who go in T-shirts with funny inscriptions and do not spare money for jokes like coins for making decisions, dice with Kamasutra and other nonsense.
If your friends also like these things, then no problem. If not, then do not be offended when the gifted alcoholic or mitten for a real man will fly into the trash.
In some gifts, more originality than the gift itself. I once received something like an apple, which, after dipping into water, turned into a tiny, very tiny (!) Towel.
10. A gift that does not meet expectations
There is nothing more terrible than a gift that does not coincide with expectations. And it’s okay the donor would not know about your desires. But when he just “decided to choose to your taste” … That feeling when you dream about the seventh iPhone, and you get a candle with the symbol of the year.
Disappointment in the gift that has remained with me since childhood. Years at 14 I really wanted a green nail polish. I saw him in a shop near the house. Mom hinted with all her might, almost drove into this store, she was sure that I would be given it for the New Year. And they gave me a casket for jewelry. She was also cool, I then used her for a long time. But not varnish … I even looked into it with hope – suddenly the lacquer inside! ????
And what gift for the New Year do you consider the most terrible in your life? Continue our anti-rating in the comments.
