And have you ever regifted? If so, what was it? Did the person ever find out it was a regift?
Just FYI, a "regift" is a gift that you receive that you give as a gift to someone else.
2007-12-22 17:39:40 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
I would say that these days the most common regift is gift cards. Yes I have regifted. I work in health care, and often my clients or thier loved ones like to give lotions or bath products as gifts. These are often unexpected gifts, and I can only use so many in a year. I regift them when I am faced with a friend or client that I did not think would expect a gift for me, or I hold on to them and regift them through out the year. As far as I am aware no one knows, or has been offended by a regift. I would not be offended if I found out that something was regifted to me.
2007-12-22 17:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by YouAreLookin 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well the common joke is fruitcake. And I believe the store bought fruitcake deserves that reputation. Not a fruitcake fan myself, but I have to say that no one would ever regift a properly made fruitcake. But then most folks aren't gonnas actually make it themselves, they'll go out and buy it then you'll find it being given again and again to everyone you know throughout the month.
2007-12-22 17:48:35 · answer #2 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My family regifts vases, envelope openers, candles and those little gift beauty sets.
People probably did realise but didn't say anything!
Although one time on Christmas morning I have a gift to my nephew for Christmas, and that night his mother gave me the same wrapping back on my present, complete with the creases I'd made!
2007-12-22 17:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by wndlssmgc 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i never regift an item. i dont know y i just feel bad. i find it tacky. if i dont like the gift, i either ask for the gift receipt so i can get the cash for it or i take it home and hope that someday i can find a use for it
2007-12-22 17:53:44 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruitcake - I re-gifted a candle once because it smelled really bad. The person I gave it to gave it to the person that gave it to me. She asked me what happened to the candle about a month later and I said that my cat knocked it off the counter but that I really did like it. She then told me that our mutual friend had given her one and that she only used vanilla in her house because that was the only scent her husband liked - she ran down to her house and gave it to me again. LOL. I burn it every time she comes over so she can suffer with me. Moral of the story...if you re-gift then make sure it is to someone that doesn't have ANY contact with the person you gave it to or it may come back to haunt you.
2007-12-22 17:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by Jeanne W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a ham. we lived on a hog farm and my girls hate ham...so as a gag gift they got canned ham from a secret santa. this has been a regift for 7 years now
2007-12-22 17:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by m_kay64 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I re-gift gift cards
I don't think the people are ever 100% sure. I gave a Borders bookstore gift card back to the person who gave it to me several months later.
2007-12-22 17:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by the Boss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruitcake
2007-12-22 17:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fondue Sets and Punch Bowls I still have several of both because I can't find anyone to give them to, and I know for a fact the person I got that from did not buy it for me!
2007-12-22 18:08:37 · answer #9 · answered by madison134 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no one has ever found out what i regifted
and i've regifted neckalaces and bags the most
2007-12-22 17:42:28 · answer #10 · answered by shortieroksmysox 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋