Here we are in the middle of January with the holidays behind us and a pile of gifts that may just not quite be exactly what we wanted or needed but we received them from our favorite Aunt Gerte.
It’s time for regifting!
According to Wikipedia, the term regifting or regiving is the act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else, sometimes in the guise of a new gift. There is an art to re-gifting. 80% of our population has admitted to re-gifting, and the other 20% that say they haven’t. Are they telling a little fairytale? Here are my top 5 Regifting Tips!
Top 5 Regifting Etiquette Tips:
Tip #1 – The number one way to be a successful re-gifter is to re-wrap and re-tag the gift. If you didn’t buy it and you didn’t shop for it, have the decency to re-wrap it.
Tip #2 – Make sure that the gift is something the recipient is interested in. If they are an art lover, re-gifting an an art book is great.
Tip #3 – It is best to give outside of the social circle that you received the gift in. If you received the gift from a friend at church, then only re-gift that gift at work or your neighborhood book club.
Tip #4 – Don’t regift anything that is hand made, like those socks that your Aunt Gerte knitted for you three years ago.
Tip #5 – Remember you can always donate that unwanted gift to chairity, or sell it on Ebay.
Did you receive something for the holidays this year that will be on your regifting list?
Leave a comment below with your best regifting tale!
