Maybe giftcards i’ll never use like from resturants I don’t like, or for stores I don’t shop at

Probably not…we didn’t exchange gifts with anyone this year.

Tacky, tacky, tacky. If it’s something you really can’t stand, give it to charity. If there’s an emotional load attached…you know, the hideous sweater from your great aunt Minerva…keep it, wear it once to Minerva’s house, and then donate it.

I agree with the concept of giving someone a gift card to some store or restaurant where you never go. But give it away honestly. “Gee, Sam, I know you and your wife really love to go eat at Such-and-Such. I won’t be using this card. Would you like to use it?” But I sure wouldn’t act like I was the one who ran out and got Sam & Wife the card and thereby absolved myself from buying them anything.

Thank God my social group has abolished gift giving!

Naw, we bailed out of the gifting frenzie many years ago. While it’s true that I will get SOME crap I don’t want, I don’t ever feel correct in passing it on to some other poor SOB, I just toss it. Believe me, being a shopper at the thrift stores, I know that they don’t want the crap either.

I just don’t get Americans and their obsession with gifting. I just scratch my head when someone says something like: “I’ve got a present or two extra if someone should give ME somehting.” I guarantee that the extra present is crap that no one wants.

Consumables,though, I don’t mind: nuts, jams, etc. or useful things.

I think America has gone nuts with the commercialism of Christmas, and people are more in love with the “thrill of spending” than the “joy of giving”. Take those unwanted gifts and donate to the less fortunate, donate your time…it costs little to nothing. Get off your fat butts and do something useful with your miserable life. You will feel much better than being lazy or greedy!

A little group I belong to decided on a gift exchange. I tried to vote myself out but they insisted. I spent $25 on a young lady and in return someone gave me a $25 gift card to Bass Pro. I then gave the gift card to someone else as a gift. I don’t see that as re-gifting. I put out $25 bucks and gave a gift I really didn’t want to give and turned around and gave the gift card to someone I wanted to give to anyway. Same $25 bucks in my eyes.

Write it down folks. Amazed and I agree on something.

My usually re-gifted gifts come from the gift exchange at work. I don’t know how many times I say throughout the year I have too much “stuff”. Yet, I am bombarded with more stuff from these people. What is worse when they give me something totally inappropriate–like jewelry. They work with me every week and have never seen me wear jewelry, do they think I am going to start now?!

I hope I am setting an example by getting them small dollar gift cards to the places I know they go (restaurants, gas cards, etc).

All that to say this….Yes, I regift most of the stuff I get from them.

My wife and I returned our grandchildren to their parents on the 29th. Does that count?

Would and do.