How long should you keep an unwanted present before regifting it?

[yellowflowers]

Should I keep it for a couple of years in case the giver wants to come over and see it (it is a bag) or is it okay to get rid of it straight away?

Pass it on now. Or else you'll never get around to it.

(ruthless)

No say you lent it to somebody for a night out or something and get rid of it
Capodimonte statue anybody ?????

Six months-ish. Which may be related to the fact that there's approximately six months between my birthday and Christmas...

Boxing day is the day for wrapping up the presents again and giving them to someone with poor taste who will appreciate them.

Just make sure you remember who gave it to you.

that is easy - it was my MIL!

Straight away before it gets lost, damaged, forgotten about.

Oh Yellowflowers, I love you name! (I am obsessed with yellow flowers!)

As soon as the occasion presents itself (no pun intended).

I attended the local Chinese community's Christmas lunch as I know the chairperson - a formidable lady. Handed flowers to her as a thank-you for inviting us, and also we've worked together on different things over the past year. She immediately turned round and gave them to the Mayor saying: "These are for you." Chuckle. Well, a mayor should be holding flowers at civic events, and that was, it seemed, the one item that hadn't been thought of.

I would get rid immediately, but probably to the charity shop rather than regifting.

If asked about it, you need a pre prepared excuse such as - your DC's drink leaked in it, you ripped it........whatever as long as you are ready to fib!!

Keep it for a year or so. Don't re-gift it, give it to charity.

I give stuff like that to a charity shop straight away ;)

My sister in law showed me a boxed set of pyrex salad oil sprinklers with pictures of roses and spanish dancers on them that she had received as a wedding present, and which she said was hideous (it was!). She is great on recyling presents and two years later I received them as a Christmas present. I felt really insulted at the time and the set went straight to the charity shop after Christmas.

I never, ever re-gift. If I think something is hideous or useless, why would I want to insult anyone else by giving it to them?!! I put such things in the loft for a while and then bin whenever I have the next clear out. Usually every couple of years or so.