It doesn’t matter what you receive. Matters who is giving it to you and with what feeling. Intentions can be good, and a person can be nice, but he might pass his ‘problems’ onto you without even realizing it. Anything physical will bring specific results. That’s why electronic money transfer is probably the safest way to receive a ‘present’ nowadays. But even so, money sent with hatred will not bring you anything good.

Some ‘rules’.

DO NOT UNTIE KNOTS, which wasn’t done by you. Just cut them. Knot witchcraft is simple, strong, and fast in action. In daily life, a seller in a shop, without any thinking about you, could dive into his or her personal problems while making a knot on the bag with your order, and as soon as you untie that knot, you’ll take a fair portion of his problems on yourself.
Presents like a ring, watch, belt, bracelet, necklace – are a bind to a specific person or anything else. The easiest way to keep someone by your side or to tie an entity to a person.
EVERYTHING made by hand has the strongest energy! A hand-knit sweater by your grandmother is millions of times more precious than a sports car.
Stone, especially diamonds, stores more energy and information (good or bad) than any other natural material. 

So, what should you do?

If you are a whole person with a strong will and core – nothing. You are like a bulldozer to any bullshit – move without noticing it.
For the rest, there are many types of protection: egregorial, religious, and object-based. Choose any or all together as you prefer.
Never keep thing that makes you uncomfortable or re-gift your present. Better to donate such things.
If you know that the present was made by a bad person with ill will, at the very least, don’t open or touch it. After the party, right away donate it to a religious organization (the energy from their core egregor will eliminate most of the curses, etc.), or throw it away as far from your home as you can.

Bad gift ideas (which at the very least must be ‘paid off’ with coins):

Clock or watches – you limit the time of your relationship. It could end up with moving far from each other, divorce, or even death.
Sharp objects like knives, scissors, needles – bring conflicts or death.
Mirrors – the easiest way to destroy anyone’s life who looks into it.
Empty wallet, bag, drawer, vase, etc. – signify material losses. Place a silver coin in the wallet or bag, a blanket in the drawer, and flowers in the vase.
Clothing – slippery slope. Handkerchief brings tears, lingerie/socks/shoes – cheating and breakups. Combine underwear with sweets to ‘sweeten’ the relationships, socks/shoes with coins (even chocolate ones) – for luck.
Pets/pants – could take your problems. You had kidney stones, and your new puppy died in a few months because of kidney problems.
Collectable vintage antiquities – could be cursed by someone 300 years ago. With such things, everything is possible, and you must be extremely careful with them.

Good gift ideas:

Everything that is handcrafted with love and good mood from natural materials. Works like a prayer embodied in an object. The child’s drawing can bring a corpse back to life. As much as a mother’s soup. Not because of nutrition but of the energy she put into her creation.
Jewelry passed in the family is one of the strongest ‘protection’, but relationships in that family must be healthy and filled with love and happiness.
Gift cards – neutral and useful.

Be happy and live consciously.