Giving and receiving gifts is part of what makes the holidays so fun, but sometimes things can get a little...weird.

If you've never had to open a gift that sent you into a confused panic while faking a "wow, thanks so much!" consider yourself lucky. Sometimes people with the best intentions can really miss the mark. It's never a bad idea to stick to socks, chocolate, gift cards, and cold hard cash. Everyone needs socks and money--skip the heart-shaped rhinestone necklace, please.

So, in light of the holiday season, a recent Reddit user asked, "What's the biggest 'WTF' gift you've ever received?" and disappointed parties everywhere were prepared to confess. Petty passive aggressive gifts, re-gifts, revenge gifts and just plain "What is happening gifts" unite! At least we can laugh about it.

1. Yikes, "artnerdhippie."

An Egyptian pharaoh pen when i was in middle school. It was all gold colored, and the pen barrel stuck out between his legs. Needless to say i was mocked mercilessly by my classmates for having this massive Egyptian dong pen.

2. Rats are not pets, "jchrysostom."

A pet rat, based on me having told the gifter that when I was in elementary school I liked the school's pet rat. I was 26 when I received this gift.

Rat turned out to be a very good rat-boi and we mourned his loss approximately 2 years later.

3. Ok this person hates you, "haggisforthesoul."

A cheese and champagne gift set that had the champagne and most of the other goodies taken out of it. So cheese in a mostly empty box.

4. What it...a scavenger hunt? "Sasklanding."

When I was accepted into my business college they sent me a single sock.

5. Did they want you to make pickled chocolate? "blipparipa."

I was once given some yeast, a cucumber and a pack of Toblerone for a secret Santa.

6. This is savage, "evieinthebath."

A lavender gift set (eye mask, cream, perfume) from my mother in law. I am severely allergic to lavender, and she knows this.

7. Grandmas! "CaptainWisconsin."

Christmas, 1993. I was eleven.

My grandma gave me one half of a pool cue.

She gifted the other half to my then-8-year-old brother.

Grandma: "See? You can only use it if you two cooperate and share!"

We did not own a pool table.

8. Wow, "TheDandyWarhol."

My little brother bought me a "How to become a Male Model" dvd. Got drunk with my buddy and his girlfriend. We were laughing the whole time. Then she wanted to watch it again and they had a fight over it.

9. Amazing, "PandaM5."

I got a can of shaving cream. I was 11 and couldn't grow a mustache to save my life. Still can't and I'm pretty sure the can is still under my bathroom sink. Edit: Guys, I'm 24 now

10. HA, "lola__bunny."

At my old company, we had a secret Santa gift exchange. The manager drew my name, and gifted me a very clearly used zoodler. He proceeded to explain, in front of everyone, that he thought I would have more use for it, as he only ate “real noodles”.

I don’t work there anymore.

11. Oh my god, "Infrequently-aware."

A pair of red crotchless g-string panties by my Portuguese mother-in-law. I opened the gift with all the family around me, and I was holding it in my hands trying to figure out what it was, because I couldnt reconcile the thought of a crotchless g-string wih my mother-in-law, while everyone else was laughing.

It was her subtle hint that she wanted to be a grandma, I guess. The thing is, it was 3 sizes too small so I couldn't put it on without snapping it in half.

12. WHAT, "cardboardpunk."

Not me but my sister. Her mother in law gave her a single Christmas chair cushion. They are pretty wealthy and gave her 1 cushion. Not even a set. My sister tied it to the chair she was sitting on and left it there when they got up to leave.

13. Wow, "Deseptikons."

For Christmas, my mom once gave me coupons to a restaurant that had recently went out of business

14. Classic re-gift, "Well_thatwas_random."

A pair of diabetic socks from my mother in law. I'm not diabetic.

I think she just thought they were warm socks for around the house and didn't read what they were really for.

15. Rude, "Wienerwrld."

certainly poor timing: my husband’s parents gifted him his cemetery plot on his 50th birthday. One for me, too!

16. Dinner? "uncamad."

My youth pastor showed up to my house on my birthday and made a big deal about the gift he brought me. I opened it and it was a dead squirrel he shot that day.

17. No thanks, "Kckc321."

A guinea pig. Just the guinea pig, no cage or anything.

People are sharing the most disturbing and strange holiday gifts they have ever received.