AUSSIES who do not give a XXXX about their Christmas presents are off-loading them online, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Ebay has found two-thirds of Australians have received at least one unwanted gift and claims they are off-loading them online.

An Ebay survey found that nearly a billion Aussie dollars wasted on unwanted Christmas gifts this year. This figure was more than $35 million more than last year.

While most people are stuck with socks, the most unpopular gifts are scented candles and joke ties. Foot spas are also likely to end up on eBay.

Apparently the worst buyers of gifts are mother-in-laws and work colleagues. The people who suffered the most were people aged between 18 and 34 years.

However the world wide wibble has provided some people with hope, according to Ebay. A spokeseBay claimed that a lot of the unwanted gifts are ending up on its site and those who used to suffer are making money on them.

Yesterday there was a significant spike in the number of books, CDs and DVDs posted for sale, she said.

Quite where someone is going to shift a job load of scented candles she did not say.

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