Last year you got a lovely set of champagne glasses from your Aunt Ida. Unfortunately, you never drink champagne, so they’re still in the box a year later. Here’s some tips for passing them on.

Regift! It’s okay. If you won’t use something, but you know someone who will, re-wrap the gift and pass it on. It’s recycling. Just do it carefully.

Make sure those champagne glasses from Aunt Ida aren’t going to anyone Aunt Ida is likely to drink champagne with (obviously).

Don’t give Aunt Ida’s champagne glasses to your cousin, Don, who only drinks Bud Light. Regift items that are appropriate to the recipient. If you happened to get a gift that no one will want, donate it.

Carefully inspect the gift before you pass it on. Make sure Aunt Ida didn’t slip a little note in the bottom of the box. Check that there aren’t price stickers on the glasses, etc.

Add something new to the gift. Put the champagne glasses in a (regifted) basket with a bottle of organic sparkling wine or some fair trade chocolates.

Or make a joke out of it. Agree to regift with your friends. Have a holiday party where everyone brings a regifted item to exchange.

Regifting is a great way to match the right gift to the right person if things didn’t quite work out for you the first time around.

Are you a regifter?  Do you have any regifting  tips, tricks, or horror stories?