明らかにする/漏らすd: The WORST Christmas 現在のs Brits have ever received - and they're worse than you think

  • Out-of-date 保証人/証拠物件s and dead 工場/植物s have been 指名するd の中で the worst gifts??

Some would 匂いをかぐ at 存在 given socks, others might sulk at the sight of yet another pair of slippers.

But there are far worse things that could have been left wrapped up under the Christmas tree.

Out-of-date 保証人/証拠物件s, dead 工場/植物s and self-help 調書をとる/予約するs have been 指名するd の中で the most terrible 現在のs we have received. As the nation starts planning for Christmas, three 4半期/4分の1s (73 per cent) 自白する they have been given an awful gift in the past.

By far the worst thing to give a loved one is an 満了する/死ぬd 保証人/証拠物件, によれば a third (28 per cent) of those 調査するd who have been unfortunate enough to receive one.

Dead 工場/植物s (28 per cent) and out-of-date chocolates (25 per cent) were also 率d の中で the most disappointing in a 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) of the 最高の,を越す 40 worst gifts.

A fifth (22 per cent) of Britons say they have excitedly opened a 現在の on Christmas morning only to discover it is a pack of loo roll ? while 21 per cent have even been given a wig or a box of weedkiller (21 per cent).

Out-of-date vouchers, dead plants and self-help books have been named among the most terrible presents we have received (Stock Image)

Out-of-date 保証人/証拠物件s, dead 工場/植物s and self-help 調書をとる/予約するs have been 指名するd の中で the most terrible 現在のs we have received (在庫/株 Image)?

Ill-fitting 着せる/賦与するs (20 per cent), a mop and bucket (19 per cent), a 12-month subscription to a dating 場所/位置 and a packet of risotto rice (18 per cent) were also 指名するd in the 調査する of 2,000 adults, (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限d by Argos.

Shoe polish (17 per cent), きれいにする 製品s (16 per cent), an アイロンをかけるing board (15 per cent), a pack of かみそりs (13 per cent) and hair 除去 cream (19 per cent) also featured.

Re-gifted 現在のs also appear in the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる), with one in five (21 per cent) receiving something they wrapped up for the giver the year before. One in five (20 per cent) 受取人s say they've had something the giver 明確に got 解放する/自由な from work. Britons get an 普通の/平均(する) of two unwanted 現在のs every Christmas.

One in 20 収容する/認める they have never received anything they truly loved, にもかかわらず 80 per cent droppin g hints to friends and loved ones.

In fact, to 避ける disappointed 直面するs on Christmas morning, we 減少(する) an 普通の/平均(する) of 13 hints in the run-up to the big day, with four in ten taking no chances and 発表するing 正確に/まさに what they want.

This year Argos has teamed up with reality 星/主役にする Pete Wicks to 開始する,打ち上げる a Christmas Gift Hint messaging service to help 確実にする gift-givers are hitting the 示す.

Between 27th November and 8th December, worried Brits are 招待するd to 適用する for the chance to receive a personal Christmas Gift Hint from Pete.?

長,率いる to ArgosChristmasGiftHint and if you are 18 or over you can enter in the 詳細(に述べる)s of your 願望(する)d Christmas gift, and the 指名する of the person you hope to receive this gift from.

If chosen, Pete will 記録,記録的な/記録する a festive hint in the form of a short ビデオ that can then be 株d across your social マスコミ channels, 確実にするing that they get the hint.

The forty worst Christmas gifts Brits have received over the holidays??

1) An 満了する/死ぬd 保証人/証拠物件 - 28 per cent

2) A dead 工場/植物 - 28 per cent?

3)?Out of date chocolates - 25 per cent

4) 洗面所 roll - 22 per cent

5) Something I gave them the year before - 21 per cent

< p class="mol-para-with-font">6) A wig - 21 per cent

7) Weedkiller - 21 per cent?

8) Something they 明確に got 解放する/自由な from work - 20 per cent

9) Ill-fitting 着せる/賦与するs - 20 per cent?

10) A mop and bucket - 19 per cent?

11) Hair 除去 cream - 19 per cent?

12)? A 12-month dating subscription - 18 per cent?

13) Vacuum cleaner 捕らえる、獲得するs - 18 per cent?

14) A packet of risotto rice - 18 per cent?

15) A can of WD40 - 18 per cent

16)?A regifted bath 始める,決める - 17 per cent?

17) Shoe polish - 17 per cent?

18) きれいにする 製品s - 16?per cent

19) The same 現在の they gave you last year - 16?per cent

20) A gift card for a shop you never go in - 16?per cent

21) A 調書をとる/予約する you already read - 15?per cent

22)?An アイロンをかけるing board - 15?per cent

23) Light bulbs - 15?per cent

24)?Perfume or aftershave tha t you don’t like - 14 per cent

25) A pack of かみそりs - 13?per cent

26) Deodorant - 13 per cent

27) A 大打撃を与える - 13?per cent

28) A screwdriver - 12?per cent

29) Potpourri - 12?per cent

30) A novelty hat - 12?per cent

31) A car 空気/公表する freshener - 12?per cent

32) 半端物 smelling candle - 12?per cent

33) Festive socks - 12?per cent

34) A novelty jumper - 12?per cent

35) Socks - 12?per cent

36) An アイロンをかける - 11?per cent

37) A self-help 調書をとる/予約する - 9?per cent

38) A frying pan - 9?per cent

39) A 始める,決める of pencils - 9?per cent

40) A 声明 襲う,襲って強奪する - 9?per cent

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