5 gifts Australians don't want this Christmas

Candles are an easy gift for people who are hard to buy for.

But as it turns out not many people actually like receiving them.

A recent survey by Virgin Mobile asked 1,000 Australians what they considered the worst gifts to receive come Christmas time.

According to the results, 2 out of 3 Aussies think stocking fillers are a total waste of space, and consider novelty mugs as the worst possible present.

Here are the top 5 gifts Aussies loathe come Christmas time.

1. Novelty gifts (mugs and Christmas themed gifts) 57%
2. Something smelly (scented candles, beauty products and perfumes) 49%
3. Stuffed toys 47%
4. Trinkets 44%
5. A “gift with purchase” gift 44%

Instead the respondents said they would prefer these gifts to be replaced with something more practical – and this is a happy coincidence when you run a mobile phone business – like mobile data.

Almost 8 in 10 Australians are likely to increase their data use over the Christmas period, with staying connected and up to date (69%), shopping up an online storm including Boxing Day sales (38%) and streaming or downloading their favourite music, movies and TV series (38%) topping the list.

The research was conducted by Virgin Mobile and carried out by Lonergan from a nationally representative survey of Australians in November 2017.

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