With Christmas just around the corner, there will be lots of gift exchanging going on. There may be a lot of gifts that you’ll be excited to receive, but there are bound to be those that you find you just have no use for. Then you have to contemplate the question of regifting – do you return the item or regift it to someone who would have more use for it? If you do regift, under what circumstances would you do it and what is the etiquette that you follow? Or do you even bother doing it at all? These are the tough questions that we are all faced with during the hectic holiday season.

When regifting it’s important to know whether or not the recipient of the regift will like the present as well as wasn’t the person who gave it to you in the first place. Just make sure the original packaging has no remnants that it was wrapped once before, or has been personalized in some way. A good gift is a good gift, it shouldn’t matter if someone gave it to you first.  What’s most important is that the gift is thoughtful – it should be an accurate portrayal of your feelings towards the person you are giving it to. As long as your intentions are good and your heart is in the right place, there should be nothing wrong with saving a little money while giving a present to someone you care about.