00:00 I've never given a pair of socks, I've never done a jumper.
00:03 What's wrong with a jumper? My dad loves a jumper.
00:05 I don't think a jumper's a great gift.
00:06 The nation has declared that mugs, novelty socks and pyjamas
00:09 are amongst some of the worst gifts we've ever received.
00:12 Ouch.
00:13 So we're here to find out what the public think
00:15 and what their worst presents have been.
00:17 Food.
00:21 Poor clothes.
00:22 A pink skirt.
00:23 All of my stuff that I'd lost that year wrapped up.
00:25 Oh, it's got to be gnomes.
00:26 Gnomes?
00:27 Yeah, gnomes.
00:27 My friend has been buying me gnomes for the past seven years.
00:30 Every year for my birthday.
00:32 And they're taking over my life.
00:33 How many gnomes do you have now?
00:34 I've got seven.
00:35 Worst gift you've ever received.
00:37 Three tonnes of gravel.
00:38 Pardon?
00:39 Three tonnes of gravel.
00:40 I had a new car, I was sick of it getting covered in mud
00:43 whenever I was going down the driveway.
00:44 My dad's solution was three tonnes of gravel.
00:47 An iron from my ex-husband.
00:49 He wasn't ex at the time, he is now.
00:51 Because of the iron?
00:52 Yes. No.
00:53 A toilet ball.
00:54 Sorry, what?
00:56 Toilet ball.
00:57 A small celebration in a restaurant in Paris.
01:00 You didn't have to open it in the restaurant?
01:01 Yeah, actually.
01:02 Have you ever given a bad present yourself?
01:04 No.
01:04 And you just thought, never?
01:05 No.
01:06 I don't give bad presents, I think it's disrespectful to the person.
01:08 I gave my brother a Happy Meal toy once when I was exceedingly broke.
01:12 It was wrapped for Christmas.
01:14 Like, I really did play it up.
01:15 I hope not.
01:16 Because every time I buy a gift for someone,
01:19 I make sure they're going to like it.
01:21 Why do you think that we do send, sometimes, awful gifts?
01:24 I think people would rather give a gift than not give a gift.
01:27 Social pressure.
01:28 You've got to buy someone something, but you don't really want to,
01:31 so you don't really put much thought into it.
01:32 It can be the smallest thing, or it can be the most expensive thing,
01:34 as long as it's what they wanted.
01:36 There's an excess of everything.
01:37 You just don't know what to buy people anymore.
01:39 But we do not need any more irons.
01:41 We don't need any more irons.
01:42 So, there you have it.
01:44 Stop buying those socks, Auntie Joan.
01:45 Our drawer is full.
01:47 No more unwanted gifts.
01:49 (upbeat music)
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