I never pass along anything gift that was HANDMADE. Love anything handmade (no matter how ugly or how poorly made). I am 73 years old and I still have gifts people made for me when I was a child. New or in great condition gifts I pass along to anyone that can use them.

I was recently given a large candle. DH doesn't care for candles being burned. I can take them or leave them. So, I am passing (gifting) it to a friend who is low income. I recently gave her a tiny candle in a jar I had had laying around for a few years and you would have thought I gave her a $100. Being older we have so much we are not using and I am trying to find people who will appreciate a gift now and than that I can no long use whether it was a gift to me or not.

I have a big walk in pantry and the top shelf is the never used gift shelf. Most of the items are from silent auctions that the groups I belong to seem to always have. I usually bid on something just to help out. Anything there is up for grabs for anyone that wants it. My girls have used it as their last minute shopping store many times. DD found a new in box large cookie jar for her office party Dirty Santa gift this year on the shelf. I told her to open it there may be card or gift tag in the box!

[QUOTE=chance;7016179]I never pass along anything gift that was HANDMADE. Love anything handmade (no matter how ugly or how poorly made).
:thumbup: I agree. I'm too sentimental to pass along anything someone made especially for me.

I would never re gift but if it is something I can't use I donate it so someone can get use from it.

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.

Why can't people just say, "now gifts please"?

The last "re-gift" I received was a jacket with a hole in the pocket and a stain on the lapel..........lol (it was a gift from my father in law and his wife). She pocketed the money and dug something out of her closet.

My then father in law was furious. He handed me a $100.00 bill and told me to go shopping.


So I don't regift anything.

I have never re-gifted but do donate or take to resale shop on items I would never use. No use having in my already cluttered spaces.

If I recieve a gift that is not my thing, but I know someone who will be thrilled with it, I just pass it on.