Your worst Christmas present

I have had some bad presents in the past:

A (secondhand) game console controller that was not compatible with my Sega Megadrive – age 7.

A plastic tricycle with a parent handle – age 8. No idea who gave it me but I suspect that it was intended to be a bad joke rather than a bad choice.

Cassette tapes of stories for young children (like Goldilocks and the Three Bears) – age 8.

Books intended for children in reception class – age 9.

A toy telephone – age 10. What exactly am I supposed to do with it?

KS1 SATS revision books – age 10.

Some toy designed for young children – age 14.

A set of colouring pencils with my name on them – age 16.

Oh dear Aran seems you never really got anything that suited you. I had a mixture, one main item which was always gratefully received as it would be second hand and really the best they could afford, I was always grateful, a chemistry set was brilliant,

Apart from the tricycle and the colouring pencils, the rest were probably genuine mistakes. I still have the game console controller as I later found an unorthodox use for it. I have also received numerous items of clothing over the years that don't fit me or are in styles that don't suit me.

One Christmas I received a Toffee Crisp bar. I ate it during the Queen's Speech.

Apart from the tricycle and the colouring pencils, the rest were probably genuine mistakes. I still have the game console controller as I later found an unorthodox use for it. I have also received numerous items of clothing over the years that don't fit me or are in styles that don't suit me.

One Christmas I received a Toffee Crisp bar. I ate it during the Queen's Speech.

Please let us know the unorthodox use you found for the games console controller (brain working overtime!)