http://www.regiftable.com Top 50 regifting stories http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1257 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 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:17 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1259 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!!! Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:56:18 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1272 My grandmother grew up during the Great Depression. There was never a lot of money growing up, and the family grew up hearing stories about how tight money was when they were little. Consequently, regifting was something she regularly did. My beloved grandmother lived to be almost 92, and over the years we got used to getting odd gifts from my Gram. Many were gifts that she had received and didn't think she needed. It wasn't unusual for me to receive a gift that my sister or Mom had given her the year before. Being brought up the right way, we would always look surprised on Christmas Day, and thank her so much for her gift. Gram has been gone 3 years now, and I still think back fondly on the 'unsual' gifts that I would receive from her each Christmas! Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:36:02 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1260 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. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:06:44 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1261 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. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:40:26 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1264 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! Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:45:02 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1268 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. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:56:34 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1274 Did you ever stop and think that your unused unwanted items might be someone elses treasure? I'm, a volunteer for the St Vincent de Paul Society. Each year we sponser a Giving Tree program for those in need. Many are working poor and those who live below the poverty line. We do home visits to each family who signs up for the gift progam to obtain the information about the children sizes, ages, items they could use for Christmas etc. Hours before one such visit a woman walked into our office and offered us a twin bed, the bedding and a Christmas tree with lights and ornaments. She was moving and had no need of these items. We took her name and said we'd call her if someone requested these things. One hour later as we concluded our home visit with a single working mom on an extermely tight budget.She inquired about a place she could go to find a single bed for her child and a used Christmas tree.The moral- always regift your unwanted/not needed gifts! Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:34 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1275 I have always been a regifter but last year I decided to take it one step further. I figured with the economy in such bad shape a lot of people would be hurting to make the budget stretch to include gift giving. So I put together a community wide event in which you bring things you would like to regift. It worked great! Everyone went home very happy with lots of quality stuff. My favorite item was a wall safe that still had the wrapping paper attached to the box. It was amazing to see what people had sitting in their closets taking up space. I had thought this event would mainly draw parents looking for toys, but was totally amazed how many adults exchanged things like crockpots, chocolate fountains, DVD's, and gadgets of all sorts. We are hosting this event again this year. If you would like to look at our rules or just to get ideas about hosting your own event you can look at our web site at www.givingexchange.blogspot.com Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:09:40 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1280 My family gets together with 5 other families each year the week before Christmas. The tradition started back when each set of parents realized they would all buy trees and decorate their houses, but hardly anyone would end up seeing their hard work. So we spend a day going from house to house, with traditions at each. We end with a white elephant gift exchange, the kind where everyone picks a number and you either get to steal from someone who went before you or pick a new gift. One year, about 7 years ago, someone brought an actual ceramic white elephant. It was more popular than the gift certificates others opened! Now it gets brought back every year, and it's the regift everyone wants to end up with! Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:53:52 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1286 Our family befriended some Missionaries one Christmas season. The 2 young men, being away from their families during this special season really attached on to our welcoming family. One night, we made a big batch of Oatmeal cookies and us kids thought it would be fun to sneak a big plate of them to their apartment doorstep! We felt good giving such a small but hearfelt gift to these Missionaries knowing they wouldn't receive much, if anything, for Christmas that year. The next night they came over for dinner. Imagine our surprise and shock when answering the door, one of the men held out a large plate of Oatmeal cookies as a "Thank You" gift for our family's kindness! I've never seen my dad move so fast as he dashed to the kitchen, grabbed the leftover cookies and hid them before either of the boys could see that the gift they were GIVING to our family had COME from our family the night before!! We of course ranted and raved at how amazing the cookies were! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:45:29 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1303 My mother was my best friend. she has since past away but I feel she still watches over me. When I was a young mother of two boys she said one day she had seen a paint by number portrait that reminded her of me and would buy it for me if I promised to paint it. I promised but never got around to it. I kept it unopened all these years and felt very guilty for not keeping the promise. It is a portrait of a young woman named Jennifer. We are on a tight budget this Christmas but my youngest son and his new bride are coming home for the holidays and I?d like to have lots of gifts for them under the tree. While thinking of gifts I remembered the portrait and thought his wife might like it. She likes art and the portrait reminds me of her and amazingly her name is Jennifer too. I will wrap it for her this Christmas along with its story and of course since it now a family heirloom I will ask her to promise to paint it. Kind of makes me feel like my mother is still with us. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:44:36 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1327 I work at a preschool and for Christmas we get lots of gifts. Right before Christmas break, I needed to buy a gift for my 1st graders teacher. I had gotten many nice gifts from the kids in my class. I debated whether or not to regift. This one gift was really regiftable. It was a nice thermos. I don't drink coffee so I regifted it to her teacher. Its a great teacher gift, after all I had just gotten it for a teacher gift myself . To rationalize that I had spent $0 on her gift, I thought I work in her class 1 day a week for the entire school year. The teacher sent it back to me and said I had given her the wrong gift. Best part, when I had gotten the gift myself I didn't open the box, I just wrapped and regifted! Only problem, the thermos had my NAME ENGRAVED on it! Everyone had a good laugh. I learned...Regift Responsibly and always open what you are regifting before you regift! Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:00:55 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1337 I got a bunch of cookbooks for our wedding in 2004, so the next year when my friends got married, I threw in a cookbook (with the rest of the random regifted items I was giving them). When I received their thank you note, they wrote "we're not sure who Melanie and Wilhelm are, but please thank them for the cookbook!" Apparently, I forgot to check the cookbook to notice that Melanie and Wilhelm had written a personal note to me on the inside cover of the cookbook the prior year! Thank goodness everyone was a good sport about my regifting and we still laugh about it today! One year for Christmas they even bought me a t-shirt that says "re-gift responsibly." Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:41:12 GMT http://regiftable.com/RegiftingStories/Default.aspx?storyID=1342 last year my son was 10 and i have no problem with the whole regift process.... as long as its something they would like, can use or is something cool. my cousin sent us gifts and when my son opened his i was like what the hell!? it was a stuffed alien doll, now that alone wouldnt have been so bad but this doll was a bright pink and covered with lipstick shaped lips kissing and was totally for a girl! she must have got it for her daughter who didnt like it so she passed it on to my son! lol Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:11:03 GMT