WHEN’S THE RIGHT time to put up the Christmas tree? Should Santa gifts ever be wrapped? Is a new outfit essential for Christmas Day? These are just a few of the topics that divide opinion over the festive season.
Each week, we’ll be diving into a new Dinner Table Debate, getting to the bottom of the most contentious Christmas questions.
For some, re-gifting is an absolute no-go for fear of getting caught out, while for others it’s a harmless practice that both parties benefit from.
This week we’re asking: Is re-gifting ever okay?
To get you started, we asked some of our colleagues if they had ever re-gifted a present or had one re-gifted to them.
From getting caught to being a re-gifting professional, re-gifting is a very divisive topic…
The ultimate betrayal:
Every year my mum tells me, “Oh, I had a really nice perfume/lipstick/set of PJs picked out for you but then X dropped by with his daughter, and sure I had nothing to give her… so I gave her that.” Not re-gifting really, more blatant theft, but maybe it counts…
A re-gift is still a gift:
I’m actually re-gifting a load of stuff this year. Not because I don’t like the item, I just genuinely have too much stuff and I think it’s such a waste otherwise.
A thrifty act:
My boyfriend’s mam is re-gifting all of the unused Boots sets she’s collected over the past two years to all of her nieces.
Awkward for all involved:
I was once given a gift by a former colleague (A), in front of another colleague (B) and it turned out B had given A that gift. The awkwardness of it all. I then re-gifted it to C, who knew neither A or B.
The biggest mistake:
I know someone who got a gift and realised it was re-gifted because the original gift tag found its way into the new wrapping.
So tell us: Is re-gifting ever okay?
Share your thoughts in the comments!
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