Christmas Presents You Don't Want

I always get a huge box of expensive soft centre chocolates off one of my oldest friends although I don’t like them, but she's so busy everyone gets the same. So I share them at quiz nights.

Next year tackle it early and agree to a £5 limit and charity shop only. Make it a fun game. Alternately agree no gift and a day out together instead!

Pass them on to charity shops. They are a source of great bargains just after Christmas. I always buy at least one fancy toiletry set every New Year.

I ll have the scented candles, the liquors and definitly the curries
Thank you

If you feel you can't be honest you could easily say you "no longer" like them...

Next year you can say you have gone off liqueur chocolates??

We have a very kind neighbour who had been giving us curries regularly as he cooked for the local mosque every weekend.

It was OK when they were vegetarian (as we are) and it was OK when they were meat if we had one of our (omnivourous) Adult children visiting but eventually we had to say we were "going" vegetarian now because I just couldn't say we were just passing it on if it was meat.

He still brings us tasty treats when he's making a vegetarian meal.

If you receive any confectionery, candles or cosmetics that you don’t want please give them to a food bank. Thank you.

I'll take the chocs off your hands please ! My advise , accept the gifts with grace , don't offend the giver - then pass them on to whoever you choose.

melp1

Keep getting scented candles & have so many I don't need any more. Also Liqueur Chocs that I dislike from the same person every year.
How to make it know without offending I really do not want these type of gifts.

Send them all my way please,
To Oreo,
C/O Gransnet.
😃

You have probably left it too late for this year, if it isn’t tell her some things that you are hoping to get for Christmas.

you can hardly ask her to get you something else so just suggest you don't do presents anymore, maybe go out for a nice meal together instead.

I will use / be appreciative of most the things I get but if I'm totally honest I don't like any christmas presents.I'm not much good at buying them & can't be bothered unwrapping & sorting them out etc.
Different when the children are small of course & I'm resigned to doing it cos everyone else seems to enjoy presents.