Stocking Fillers & Christmas Present Re-Gifting
On the Fifth Day of Christmas, My True Love Gave to Me, A Present That I’m Pretty Sure That I Got You Last Year?
Did you get another BBQ set for Christmas? Perhaps the latest mundane crappy autobiography from your supposedly favourite sports star? ANOTHER salad bowl & tongs?
Let’s all give a warm welcome to the concept of re-gifting.
Now whether you’re for or against re-gifting will probably be determined by whether you’ve been on the receiving end of a suspect gift or have been able to save a few dollars by grabbing last years unused present out of the closet, dusting it off and having a small giggle while you gift wrap it.
We should probably have a look at the broad definition of re-gifting, passing one of your unwanted presents onto someone else, putting that stocking filler your Mum got you straight onto eBay the following week, giving someone your Christmas present for their birthday or just trying to get an outright refund for your unwanted item of Christmas cheer?
The Life Cycle of a Pocket Sized Sport Towel
Each and every Christmas you might receive a few ‘stocking fillers’. Things that someone has no doubt walked past in the shop and thought “Ah, <your name here> would love that!” And that’s why on Christmas morning, you opened a small Christmas cracker shaped present and found a small white chamois that was about the size of a flannel but claimed to dry your whole body. Thanks for the sports towel Mum.
A year or two passed and a family friend had a stall at a swap meet (flea market/car boot sale), call it what you will, but it’s a bargain hunters paradise where people wake-up at a disgusting hour in the morning to walk laps around a car park and ogle other people’s junk.
That’s when the circle of life was complete, a middle aged stout mother wandered up to the stall, had a quick glance all over, honed in on the small white sports towel still in its packaging, asked how much, and then proclaimed “this’ll make a great stocking filler”.
And for a grand total of $2 the pocket sized sports towel was out of my life forever.
Lead Your Own Free World
Christmas morning is great, opening presents, watching people open what you got them, the whole thing has a nice vibe to it, it’s exciting and something to look forward to.
However in a push for leading a minimalist, de-cluttered and possibly location independent lifestyle think twice before you load up on stocking fillers! I’m sure eBay does a roaring trade every Boxing Day with all of the re-gifts people list, we can put a stop to this! 
Are you a re-gifter? Have you been on the receiving end and think that you’re a re-giftee? Leave a comment below the post!
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