Thank you, Ronald, for posting the solution on the Xfce Bugzilla. For those who are suffering from the same problem, just like I was, edit the file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and be sure to set XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR to a small directory, since right clicking on the desktop will scan this directory.
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