Scots drag star Lawrence Chaney has told how he had to spend Christmas away from his family for the first time after landing a dream job in Vegas.
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A bag of onions, toilet roll, anti-wrinkle cream and a fly zapper have been identified in a survey as among the worst gifts that people say they have ever received, with one in four saying they had an unwanted Christmas present last year.
Consumer group Which? commissioned a survey of more than 2,000 people who received Christmas gifts in 2022. It found that nearly a quarter (24 per cent) had received gifts that were unwanted or unsuitable.
When asked what they did with the unwanted gift, nearly three in 10 (27 per cent) said they had either given it away or were planning to, around one in seven (14 per cent) sold or planned to sell it on an online marketplace and 8 per cent had either returned the gift or were planning to. Less popular ways of getting rid of unsuitable gifts included throwing it away (5 per cent) and giving it back to the person who gifted it (3 per cent), according to the research carried out by Opinium across the UK in January 2023.
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People were also honest about the worst present they had ever received. Among them were a toilet roll and a fly zapper, a broken toy, a bag of onions and a woman who received anti-wrinkle cream from her husband.
One person said they had received chocolate from their dad despite being intolerant to milk. Another person, who is vegan, said they received a dead chicken from a friend who is a butcher.
Eight in 10 (78 per cent) people surveyed said that none of the Christmas presents they received included a gift receipt, meaning they would not be able to exchange any unwanted items for something more suitable.
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Scots drag star Lawrence Chaney has told how he had to spend Christmas away from his family for the first time after landing a dream job in Vegas.
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