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The 10 worst holiday presents women get men

There are so many great gifts for men this holiday season, but for some reason, women never seem to be able to figure it out, even if we constantly “accidentally” leave our Amazon wishlists open on their computers all the time. Maybe they wait till the last minute, maybe they’re in bed hung over, or maybe they’re just watching “Clueless” (or perhaps all three). We’re here to help. While The Post’s Tricia Romano gave her list of top 10 worst gifts men give women, here is the rebuttal of fairly terrible presents the fairer sex give men:

Any clothing, especially ties


Skinny ties, like this tartan Canning model from Bonobos, are in, and bow ties are cool (thanks, Doctor Who), but they’re also a great way to ensure discord in the months to come when they sit unworn in the drawer for ages.
Even if you think you know a guy’s style, you probably don’t.

Anything gadgety


The Sharper Image (RIP) and Brookstone are fun places to kill a few minutes at the mall, but don’t come home with something like this Romo,which is a robot that holds your iPhone, for some reason. What am I, your grandfather? What is this, 1997? Thanks, but I’ll pick up my own SkyMall.

Grilling equipment


Sure, this branding gadget with interchangeable type from Think Geek is a great way to make sure no one steals your steak or Portobello mushrooms. But this is the male equivalent of buying a woman a whisk. And would you ever want me buying you a whisk?

Sports fan crap

Brigitte Stelzer
Maybe some guys do still love the Giants, despite this terrible season, even enough that the sight of this Eli Manning-signed jersey from the official NFL store isn’t offensive. But the only framed Jersey that belongs in this reporter’s house is Springsteen, thanks.

A watch

Anne Wermiel
Cool, a machine that tells time! If only it also made phone calls, received e-mails, played Angry Birds, had a flashlight, gave me restaurant reviews, had video chat, contained the daily newspaper and could summon all the world’s information at the touch of a finger, it might actually be useful. And at only $80,000 for pieces like this Cartier gold watch, it’s a real sensible gift.

Monthly grooming subscription


The perfect way to say: Even if our relationship doesn’t last, you’ll be burdened with the memory of it for the rest of the year with this monthly beard oil delivered to your door. And while this Birchbox for men is cool, surely even the most manscaped among us don’t really use THAT many grooming products a year?

A cheese-tasting course

Sitting in a room that smells like feet for two hours and trying to pretend like we can tell the difference between a Camembert and a Gruyère might sound like fun to some, but we’d rather just take the bottles of wine and go home instead of toiling through a class like Murray’s Tour of Italy class. Also, don’t you know that cheese can soften your libido like sun-ripened Velveeta?

A DVD set of a TV show


What do I look like, a caveman? Guys have Netflix, computers and limited apartment storage space for five seasons of “Breaking Bad” that, tops, they’re going to watch all the way through maybe one more time. Giving DVDs as a gift in this day and age is essentially like saying, “Here, you throw this away.”

Protein powder


Maybe your man has resolved to go to the gym more in the new year, but that’s not a license to come home with bulk-up formula like this 100 percent whey from Gold Standard. It’s the relationship equivalent of that muscle-bound guy who dismissively kicks sand at the pipsqueak on the beach.

Couples mani-pedi


Spending a day having your feet and nails scrubbed by a woman in a surgical mask sounds like a scene out of “The Hunger Games,” not our ideal post-holiday relaxation session. Save the spa days, like this one from Bliss spa, for your girls’ brunch group. We’ll stick to the tried-and-true maintenance method: angrily biting off our nails while waiting in the eternal line at Walgreens.