Five years ago, a couple we know started a hilarious tradition called the "Crappy Gift Exchange". Occuring shortly after New Year's, its stated purpose is to inflict "crappy" holiday gift on to your friends "Dirty Santa" style.They knew they were onto something when people were anticipating which relative or co-worker would be providing the crappy gift weeks before the original Christmas wrapping had been shred...
People are also STILL talking about the last party when one couple brought this hideous winter wonderland snow globe. When it was unwrapped at the party, the new recipient turned it over and found that there was a personalized and sentimental inscription to the couple from the husband's folks.
Well, the wife was just flabbergasted and mortified, and begged to have it back. To torment them further, the gift was stolen several more times until it was deemed "frozen". In the end, the final owner gave it back to the couple. The hideous snow globe went back to their house and the story went down in "crappy gift exchange" history.
Personally, I have an unopened, unused, and definitely unwanted fondue set to unload this year. It was a gift from my sister's ex-boyfriend of many Christmas' past...
Let's just say it's lost its sentimental sheen and there hasn't been any distant second cousins' weddings on the feuding side of the family lately...
Not that I ever re-gift or anything (cough, cough, cough...), but for all of you desperate holiday shopper out there, here are a few tips on re-gifting with style and grace. It can be done, people.
2 comments:
I always regift..
Happy Holidays.
I regift all the time. I have allergies to perfumes that give me migraines. Despite the fact that most people know this, since I have lots of migraines, I still get scented candles and body lotions. I just put them up, and the next time I have to give a gift I regift them. Unless the person is known to have migraines.
They've never been used, I do re-wrap in nice paper. The whole point is someone cares about you and gives you a gift. If you don't need it or want it, put it up and reuse it for someone who will love it. Why should I toss $25 of perfumed lotion because someone didn't know I could not use it, and then purchase a $25 gift for someone else later.
It saves me money, the other person gets a much nicer gift than I would have bought, and the land fill doesn't get filled.
It works for me. No guilt here. Just did it this week. She loved the gift, and I got rid of some "clutter".
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