a patient of mine planted a tree every year in my memory

Worst present was from my future brother-in-law. Didn’t see me as a person, so he gave me what you’d give any Jew, a bottle of Mogen David wine.
Best presents have always been hand made things from my son or daughter.

This is going to sound odd. The best gift I ever got was a pocket knife from my father. I was around six or seven when he gave it to me.

The best present I ever received was when my wife had a garage built for me . I have lived in this house since I as born and always wanted a full size garage. I never wanted to spend the money and just had a shed .(To build a garage in New York City is very expensive )My wife inherited a good amount of money and surprised me .One day a contractor came by for the estimate and this is when I found out .I continue to enjoy it 16 years later

Best (I know this sounds weird, especially if you are under 45.) My best gift was when my father gave me his old black and white portable TV with a coat hanger antenna.

Every gift the year following my Mom’s. death. She loved Christmas, so the whole holiday sucked.

Damn... this question hit me hard with a memory of my poor sister back when we were kids. My first BBgun. My sister got some stupid game. She really wanted a Barbie doll. I was mean and all that, but her tears broke my heart. I'll never forget that.. damn.

I've never received a 'worst' gift. At least nothing that is noteworthy as being just the most awful thing ever, but I have received a 'best ever' gift. It was a gift that I'm sure changed the course of my life. It was 1947 and my uncle Leroy had just returned from Europe a couple of months before my 7th birthday.

For that birthday I got what I had asked for, a Roy Rogers pair of nickel plated six guns with a Roy Rogers holster set and a whole case of caps. I thought that was the best thing ever ... until Leroy brought out a long, beautiful mahogany box that was larger than I was.

In that box was a Zeiss-Jena telescope that he had picked up during a shore leave in France. All gleaming brass and bronze. I couldn't speak for a long time and I remember sputtering some nonsense when I found my voice. Up to that moment, I had only read about things like that and never thought I would have one or even have the opportunity to look through one.

My birthday is in the middle of November. We lived on a small farm in the hills leading to the western face of the Cascade mountains. There was a couple of feet of snow. It was bone chilling cold. Leroy and I spent most of the night and part of the wee hours of the morning watching as Saturn and Mars rose arm in arm over the mountains. I've been hooked on science ever since.

A pair of gloves with a hole in them????

What exactly is an adoption paper of that sort? What does it mean exactly?

I don't like gifts, on principle. But if I have to choose, I'd say funny or creative gifts are okay, as long as they're nothing expensive.