In Defence of Re-Gifting – Gizmodo Australia

I have a confession: I bought almost no Christmas presents this year.
Dont get me wrong, my Sikh arse loves this glitzy Christian holiday, so I gave people gifts, and good ones at that. I gave my sister some cute earrings, my childhood friend a dope scented candle, and my boyfriends mums boyfriend a copy of a photo book. But I didnt actually purchase any of those things. I regifted them.
Re-gifting is widely considered distasteful. Its assumed that a secondhand present means less than a new one,…

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