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King Gizzard 07-11-2015 08:24 PM
Do you recycle Christmas presents?
 
Might judge you if you do

Jake. 07-11-2015 08:26 PM
what, like for plastic?

King Gizzard 07-11-2015 08:26 PM
As in, give them to someone else the following year

Jake. 07-11-2015 08:26 PM
no, I don't do that

Denver 07-11-2015 08:26 PM
i do one mans trash is another mans treasure

Josy 07-11-2015 10:18 PM
No ffs imagine you forgot who had given the present to you and gifted it back to them hahahah :laugh:

King Gizzard 08-11-2015 01:10 AM
My mum does it with all that toiletries sets crap

King Gizzard 08-11-2015 01:11 AM
Suppose they're all that old they'll forget what they gave each other

Shaun 08-11-2015 02:25 AM
I don't 'regift' them but I'll give my brother a deodorant or something I'm not keen on.

Ammi 08-11-2015 03:00 AM
....ouch/yes../occasionally/lots...I get so many from children, even though you say don't...most of them I'll give to little old neighbours and stuff etc..the only ones I'll really keep are ones that children have made themselves...

Cherie 08-11-2015 08:22 AM
No regifting, donate toiletries to fetes and leave chocs/biscuits in the staff room

DemolitionRed 08-11-2015 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Josy (Post 8272363)
No ffs imagine you forgot who had given the present to you and gifted it back to them hahahah :laugh:
My maternal grandmother often did that and she'd even give it back in the same gift wrap.

The worst time was when I gave her a little enamelled trinket box. I was still at school and working pt in the corner shop, so money was tight but it was my first salary and so I was being proudly generous. About six months later I was talking to my nan about a birthday present for my mum and she said, "I've got just the thing". She went off and got the trinket box I'd bought her and handed it to me saying, "a friend gave this to me but its really not my thing"

I've still got that trinket box :bawling:

Crimson Dynamo 08-11-2015 10:40 AM
Yes I sell them on ebay asap

smudgie 08-11-2015 10:45 AM
Not so much recycle, but if any of the kids presents aren't to my taste I tell daughter to gift them to her mates..or keep them herself.:laugh:
Doesn't happen very often as I am usually asked what I would like, just those pesky surprise ones that can be doff really.

Daniel-X 08-11-2015 10:57 AM
No. Once it was really embarrassing my mum gave my great aunty a bath set once Christmas and she got the SAME bath set off my great aunty the next Christmas. Lmao

DemolitionRed 08-11-2015 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by smudgie (Post 8272722)
Not so much recycle, but if any of the kids presents aren't to my taste I tell daughter to gift them to her mates..or keep them herself.:laugh:
Doesn't happen very often as I am usually asked what I would like, just those pesky surprise ones that can be doff really.
I haven't bought my dad a Xmas present for seven years now because seven years ago he handed back my gift.

Cherie 08-11-2015 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 8272764)
I haven't bought my dad a Xmas present for seven years now because seven years ago he handed back my gift.
Handed it back in what way ? As in here's what I got you, or I don't want it :umm2:

DemolitionRed 08-11-2015 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 8272825)
Handed it back in what way ? As in here's what I got you, or I don't want it :umm2:
He told me it was about as much use to him as an ashtray on a motorbike. If it had just been a shirt and tie that didn't fit, that would of been fine; what it was, was a scroll of his family tree that went right back to the 1700's and it had taken me a year and a huge amount of effort to research and get professionally mapped out.

I love my dad most of the time, but he can be a pompous old git sometimes. Our mum raised us never to be selfish but having an ultimately selfish dad gave us a lot of conflicting messages.

I know some people don't like surprise gifts but that's what they get from me and if anyone asks me what I want for Xmas/birthdays, I always ask them to surprise me. I really don't want to know what I'm getting.

Cherie 08-11-2015 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 8273117)
He told me it was about as much use to him as an ashtray on a motorbike. If it had just been a shirt and tie that didn't fit, that would of been fine; what it was, was a scroll of his family tree that went right back to the 1700's and it had taken me a year and a huge amount of effort to research and get professionally mapped out.
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I love my dad most of the time, but he can be a pompous old git sometimes. Our mum raised us never to be selfish but having an ultimately selfish dad gave us a lot of conflicting messages.

I know some people don't like surprise gifts but that's what they get from me and if anyone asks me what I want for Xmas/birthdays, I always ask them to surprise me. I really don't want to know what I'm getting.

That was a lovely thoughtful gift that so much effort went into, shame he couldn't see that

smudgie 08-11-2015 03:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 8273117)
He told me it was about as much use to him as an ashtray on a motorbike. If it had just been a shirt and tie that didn't fit, that would of been fine; what it was, was a scroll of his family tree that went right back to the 1700's and it had taken me a year and a huge amount of effort to research and get professionally mapped out.

I love my dad most of the time, but he can be a pompous old git sometimes. Our mum raised us never to be selfish but having an ultimately selfish dad gave us a lot of conflicting messages.

I know some people don't like surprise gifts but that's what they get from me and if anyone asks me what I want for Xmas/birthdays, I always ask them to surprise me. I really don't want to know what I'm getting.
Wow, that was a beautiful thoughtful gift.
The type of gift I tell my daughter to keep is when she buys me a giant red heart shaped umbrella that she has been coveting for herself all year.:laugh:
I can read her like a book, when hubby and I were much younger..and much more skint, I used to buy him the latest Rod Stewart LP (yes, we are that ancient) so that I could listen to it.
She obviously takes after her Mammy.:joker:

Cherie 08-11-2015 03:14 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by smudgie (Post 8273132)
Wow, that was a beautiful thoughtful gift.
The type of gift I tell my daughter to keep is when she buys me a giant red heart shaped umbrella that she has been coveting for herself all year.:laugh:
I can read her like a book, when hubby and I were much younger..and much more skint, I used to buy him the latest Rod Stewart LP (yes, we are that ancient) so that I could listen to it.
She obviously takes after her Mammy.:joker:
:joker: love it


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