Do you Re-Gift or
12-22-2014, 12:57 PM
#31
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I, too, am in the regift camp. I'm also in agreement that as long as the gift is new and doesn't get given to the xrayperson who gave it, then there is nothing wrong with doing it. Money can be tight and I would rather regift something I couldn't/didn't use to someone who might otherwise not get as much from me. I sent a little embroidered owl that held a hand sanitizer on a key chain, to my dd along with a mini table runner. Both were little gifts from my guild Christmas party. Now I did send her other things that I had bought just for her, but I thought that they were some things she would like. I didn't wrap them just stuck them in the box.
We also have an annual Christmas party at my church and we do a really fun gift exchange. I have regifted items for this and like someone else mentioned, it's encouraged. Lots of fun.
We also have an annual Christmas party at my church and we do a really fun gift exchange. I have regifted items for this and like someone else mentioned, it's encouraged. Lots of fun.
12-22-2014, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tothill
There is a CBC radio show called the Vinyl Cafe. One of the Christmas Shows is all about re-gifting. If you can find a podcast of it it is a great laugh.
I do regift. I also go to a Christmas Party each year where re-gifting is encouraged. Some of the items have been passed around for years now.
I am the only person in the family who makes any gifts. I generally give food items now.
I do not feel obligated to keep things that have been given to me.
I do regift. I also go to a Christmas Party each year where re-gifting is encouraged. Some of the items have been passed around for years now.
I am the only person in the family who makes any gifts. I generally give food items now.
I do not feel obligated to keep things that have been given to me.
Back to the original question.... I can't say that I officially REGIFT.... but I certainly give my DD and sisters a chance to enjoy something that I have been gifted & know I will never use, does that count?
A special re-gifting.... The last few years my Mom was able to be in her home... she would place a few special dishes out on the table when it was our birthday & we got to choose one for our gift.... It was SPECIAL and in no way would any of us have felt slighted to receive something that she had received as a wedding gift many years before.... or as a gift from one of us kids or grandkids.... So many different ways of looking at things, isn't there?
12-22-2014, 05:16 PM
#33
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I find it insulting to get a gift that was given to someone before. It seems...almost...deceitful. In turn, I tell my recipients that they may pass it on if they wish.
However, I do like re-gifting where everyone is participating and it is known ahead of time. It is the element of misrepresentation that I find insulting.
This is not about re-gifting but...my Mom, one year..gave me the gifts she bought and wrapped for me and the children the following September and it was kinda special. Because it could have been me doing that.
However, I do like re-gifting where everyone is participating and it is known ahead of time. It is the element of misrepresentation that I find insulting.
This is not about re-gifting but...my Mom, one year..gave me the gifts she bought and wrapped for me and the children the following September and it was kinda special. Because it could have been me doing that.
12-22-2014, 07:04 PM
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How would anyone know that they recieved an item that was "regifted" to them unless the giver told them???
Frankly, i have recieved plenty of gifts where minimal "thought" was given. Recently a good friend gave me a minky-like throw. I MAKE throws! I just exchanged it for some winter gloves. I could use the gloves and she will never know. The gloves are from her in my mind. Nothing deceitful in my mind.
sandy
Frankly, i have recieved plenty of gifts where minimal "thought" was given. Recently a good friend gave me a minky-like throw. I MAKE throws! I just exchanged it for some winter gloves. I could use the gloves and she will never know. The gloves are from her in my mind. Nothing deceitful in my mind.
sandy
12-22-2014, 08:47 PM
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What a timely thread! On the evening news they mentioned that the people in the province of British Columbia, were the people in Canada, who regifted the most. Almost everybody I know regifts. In fact we went to a Christmas party that was a secret Santa party, and all the gifts had to regifts. It was so much fun.
12-23-2014, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by EvelynB
When you give to charity, it is a gift. Therefore, when you give an unwanted present to Goodwill or Salvation Army you are indeed re gifting. Better than trashing it or setting it in the back of the closet for 20 years.
Yup!
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12-23-2014, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by EvelynB
When you give to charity, it is a gift. Therefore, when you give an unwanted present to Goodwill or Salvation Army you are indeed re gifting. Better than trashing it or setting it in the back of the closet for 20 years.
12-23-2014, 05:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Cogito
Lol, I wasn't going to respond but.....I DO "regift" and I see nothing wrong with it because it would never be anything used. I have a problem where I impulse buy..because I think it's darling or whatever. Then later I look at it and say....you know, so and so would really love this and it's just sitting here being unused. I do it with thought and intention. So to me it's not that I am just too lazy to shop. Also sometimes after I have bought something I feel guilty for spending the money on myself so I will "regift" it to my daughter because she and I have the same tastes! If I am regifting at Christmas, that person always received gifts I have purchased just for them, but then I will throw in one of those little regift items as just something a little extra. Sure would be sad if I thought someone would "give me a few choice comments."
No what you are talking about, in my mind, is not re gifting.......you overbought or impulse bought something for yourself, then on second thought gave as a gift to someone else.
12-23-2014, 06:08 AM
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I have occasionally re-gifted an item that I would never use. I appreciate the thought (or sometimes just the effort because not a lot of thought seemed to be involved in the choice!!) of every gift I have received.
On the thought of 'sitting on a shelf for 20 years'--many years ago, my DH gave me a very expensive necklace that was absolutely not my style. I asked him if he minded if I returned it and chose something more appropriate. He said go ahead but I could tell that I had hurt his feelings deeply. I did return the necklace and chose another--which has never given me the pleasure that I know my DH felt, choosing to original. In hindsight, I should have kept the original even if I never wore it.
On the thought of 'sitting on a shelf for 20 years'--many years ago, my DH gave me a very expensive necklace that was absolutely not my style. I asked him if he minded if I returned it and chose something more appropriate. He said go ahead but I could tell that I had hurt his feelings deeply. I did return the necklace and chose another--which has never given me the pleasure that I know my DH felt, choosing to original. In hindsight, I should have kept the original even if I never wore it.
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