A dinner set, an ugly dinner set at that by my sister in law for Christmas one year. What made it worse was she spent weeks beforehand bigging it up, so I was expecting something spectacluar or at least unusual or something. Opened the box and thought "what the hell? Oh crap, what can I say, she's grinning in anticipation of my delight...."
My son bought me a string of green beads that were Christmas Tree decorations from the pond store as he thought they were a lovely necklace! he was only about 7 and he is attracted to sparkly things like a Magpie!