When our son was six, he decided to get me a Christmas present. He came out of his room one day, all smiles, holding a wrapped box and put it under our tree. "That's for you, Mom," he said, proudly.

On Christmas morning, he ran to the tree and grabbed my gift and brought it to me to open, which I did. Inside was a very pretty brand new purse. I said, "Thank you, sweetheart. I love it." As I continued to look at it, I said, "You know, this looks a lot like a purse I have in my closet but haven't used yet."

"Yes, Mom. It is!" he said happily. "You weren't using it, so I decided to give it to you for Christmas!"

I hugged him and thanked him. It was one of the sweetest and most memorable gift I ever got.

Quite a few years ago, before I really took the time to pick out gifts for my family and before I was willing to spend some of my money on those gifts, I became a regifter. Usually I would just let my mom or sister pick out gifts for each other or my dad, and I would just add my name to it without having to do anything. But one day I was in the basement and I came across something- an unwrapped cd by the group "The Animals". I just found myself the perfect gift for dad! I wrapped it up and knew I did a great job. On Christmas morning, I remember my dad opening up the cd and saying, "The Animals...I think I already own this cd". I decided to tell him it was one and the same. My parents and sister all thought it was funny that I had decided to do some "shopping" in the house for some gifts. It's something that we can still laugh about to this day.

My 3yr old son received several duplicate gifts at his birthday party this particular year. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the gifts...they were brand new and well received by my child. I would buy something for my son to replace the duplicate gift. so it was not like my child was getting cheated out of his present.

Anyways, I decided to re-gift an item to my husband's nephew. It was a smaller item so I added to it with an additional gift. The child opened the re-gifted present and all was good...no one was the wiser and I felt as if I had successfully and tastefully re-gifted this present. Little did I know that when the re-gifted item, which was a toy, was opened by the parents later that night the original birthday card given to my son was neatly tucked into the box!! Even after explaining why the item was re-gifted, my brother-in-law was angry and not too understanding. So, beware when re-gifting...make sure there are no cards tucked inside the gift!!

Some Years back i got an Baseball Glove and a Baseball from a Friend i had no use for. So 1 Year later i re-gifted it as a Birthday Present to my Brother. 2 Years went by and last Christmas at the Company Party we had a Auction for wrapped Presents ( unknown whats inside ). I was all excited and started to Bid and won ! Anxious to see what i won ,i unwrapped it and ...... it was the Baseball Glove and a Baseball from the Friend i got 4 years ago :) Needless to say , i just go ahead and keep it now :)

Years ago my boyfriend got me one of those talking singing fish for valentines day. I hope it was mostly for a joke. I threw it in the trunk of my car and thought nothing of it, tried to block that awful memory out! A few months later, while working at a popular novelty store in the mall, a woman came in and was desperately trying to find one of "those fish that sing". We had sold out, and so I walked her through the mall parking lot and gave her my singing fish. She asked me how much I wanted for it. I told her to just take the thing. I hope it made someone with no taste happy for the holidays!

Our only child, Philip, died on October 25, 2009. We "regifted" his eyes, skin, bones, and more so that others would have the gift of sight. Over 70 people will be helped by the gift we gave to others from the precious gift God gave to us 18 years ago.

My mother in law was very short around 5ft but I am very tall 5'8' and she was notorious for giving regifted items but he best one was a nightgown that I received for Christmas one year I had to assume that she had bought it for herself and then found out it didn't fit right because when I opened the wrapped box I pulled out a nightgown with a 6 inch hem already pinned up at the bottom with the pins still in it.

I gave my dad's girlfriend, who is cat crazy and collects anything cat, a beautiful couch throw that I had hunted for months to find for her.
It was the perfect size for her couch and she used it for months.
Imagine my suprise, when on Christmas morning 5 years ago, I opened my gift from her and found this comforter staring up at me from the box!
My dad's girlfriend smiled joyfully and asked mehow I liked her gift, and I told her that I had loved it when I gave it to her last Year!
Boy was her face red!!!

Whenever I need a small lift,
To boost my spirits a bit,
I laugh with much glee,
And slap on my knee,
And remember never to regift!

My Mom was given two adorable stuffed bears for her birthday in November by a co-worker. She thought they were cute, but she felt "silly being a 60 year old woman with stuffed animals" So they were put away and not seen again, until a year later when I opened my Xmas present.A beautiful gift basket and the basket were the bears. I almost died laughing, my reaction was "Mom?!?!? Your a regifter????" to which she simply said, "why not, I would never have them out and I know you liked them and would display them somewhere"She was right of course, but I was still floored, who knew Mom was a regifter? It simply wasn't possible. Not my Mom.I lost her 2 years later and those two little bears ( one an Angel bear) now mean the world to me. I look at them everyday and am so glad Mom was a regifter. I know that Angel bear in particular is my Mom watching over me and letting me know everything is ok. I was never a regifter, but I believe in it now. Regifting is a beau