When I was a teenager, my mother gave me a shopping bag for Christmas on two different occasions - most definitely not what any teenager wants! I also got a hemmed length of coarse fabric from my MIL one year. Neither DH nor I could figure out what I was supposed to do with it, lol.
Oh yes, I have also been given several pairs of earrings for pierced ears. Just one small problem - my ears aren't pierced!