My mom is a TERRIBLE gift-giver. Like, tacky, sequin-y outfits that I have no business wearing. But she's sooooo excited to find the "right" gift and have that person open it in front of her. She loves giving gifts and it would break her heart if we told her that they were awful. Lol. So we're gracious and thank her and tell her they're great.
Last year my mom gave me a terrible pj set with bunnies on them. A few weeks later, my sister and I were out and I compliment her MK purse, asked when she got that. "Oh mom and dad gave it to me for Christmas." Um, what? Oh, she also got me a movie starting Justin Timberlake.
I returned the pjs and got $16 of store credit. The odd thing is, my mom is usually a really good gift giver.