On Regifting
Dec 28th 2011greenbucksMe & Money Watch & Thoughts
The third Thursday of December is said to be the National Regifting Day. I missed it! 😀
Two Christmases ago, my friends and I had a regifting exchange gift. Errr… or should I say we exchanged gifts that we haven’t used but think can be of use to others. I got two towels and liquid bath soaps. Yes, we’re still using the towels.
The idea of regifting is good (for me at least) IF and ONLY IF these few guidelines are observed:
- the gift itself has not been used
- the gifts don’t have torns and molds
- the gifts are put in an entirely new package (don’t ever give a present wrapped in Christmas wrappers during Valentine’s Day! No, no, no!)
- the gifts suit the giftee (give the urinary incontinence products to a grandaunt and not to the young niece or maybe a rap CD for an nephew and not for the uncle)
- the gifts are clean (or clean it yourself if it has been left to gather dust)
- the gift did not come from a manufacturer that has long ago closed it’s books (errr… outdated things like these scream regifts!!)
So, in this penny-pinching hard times, regifting is not really tacky, just do it with class and your gifts are as good as new 🙂
