Scrapheap gadgets
Despite technology topping wish lists this year, a third of people (31 per cent) have received a Christmas gadget that they never or hardly ever use, the poll for the British Video Association (BVA) found.
Digital photo frames, foot spas and blenders top the list of unwanted electrical gifts, followed by digital organisers, electronic Sudoku games and coffee machines.
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Hide AdOther gifts best avoided are digital radios, electric shavers and toothbrushes and breadmakers.
Anecdotal Christmas gaffs reported by those polled include lady shavers, desk-top vacuum cleaners, candy floss machines and yoghurt makers.